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Show JUDGE UPHOLDS BRIBERYCHARGE FEDERAL JUDGE FOSTER OVERRULES OVER-RULES DEMURRER IN CHARGE AGAINST MEANS Men Must Now St.-'.nd Trial on Charge Thr.t They Obtained Money For Purpose ot Alleged Bribery New York, Federal Judge Foster has upheld the indictment of Gaston 13. Means, former department of justice jus-tice agent; his secretary, Elmer Jar necke, and his attorney, Thomas E. Felder, on charges that they received money which they misrepresented was to be used in the bribery of former Attorney General Daugherty and other government officials-. The indictment was upheld when the court overruled a demurrer re cently filed by Felder in which he contender) that the three defendants were not charged with the violations md that the charges were vague and ir.dcf inite. Means, Janvcke. and Felder were indicted by a federal grand jury last March on charges that they hail re coived $(m,8u0 from officials of the Creager System and the Glass Casket company of Altoona, Pa., for pur poses- of alleged bribery. They are accused of having rep resented to these officials who hail just been convicted of using the mails to defraud in the sale of the stock of the Glass Casket company, that the money was- to be paid to the then Attorney General Daugherty Hay .vard ami other government officials. In return for this money they are nllegcd to have told the convicted men, the government officials would cause them to be leniently dealt Aith. |