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NOON EDITION ONE CENT MRS. BRADY REFUSED DIVORCE GIRL TRIES SUICIDE; NAMES MAN ROBERT T. LINCOLN IS ILL, HE SAYS MEXICAN SITUATION IS WARM THE DAY BOOK Ah Adless Newspaper Daily Except Sunday VOL.4, NO. 163 Chicago, Thursday, April 8, 1915 398 HOYNE SAYS HE'S GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH ON VOTE FRAUD PROBE Evidence to Be Presented to Grand Jury Monday Investigator Still Checking Up on Complaints Two Cases. Continued. State's Attorney Hoyne announces his intention of going straight through with his probe into alleged violations of the election law. despite the plea of politicians to "lay off now that the election is all settled." All night Tuesday and yesterday Hoyne's assistants were busy dig ging into the mass of evidence that had been presented to them. Although Hoyne is at present con fined to his .bed, it is planned to take the matter up before the present grand jury next Monday. Affidavits filed by Thompson workers are now being investigated, so that the state's attorney's office will be in possession. of full evidence. Hoyne had his own investigators scattered throughout the city Tues day and ihey reported baclcwitli. sto ries of suspicious work and attempt ed coercion of political workers. It is believed that the 1st, 18th and 21st wards will be hit Hardest by the invesitgation. At the same time County Judge Scully said that he would have the election commissioners' office make a thorough investigation without re gard to political factions. John Smith, Sweitzer worker, who was arersted at 23d st and Wabash av. with 1,000 one-dollar bills in his possession, was arraigned before Judge Prindiville yesterday. Case continued. Ralph Draker, Thompson worker, who was accused by Mrs. Lulu Moffo- letto, 525 N. Morgan st, of snatching a Sweitzer button from her coat, had case continued to, April 14. Today sauads of Hoyna men will va "fad-