Charles R. Forbes, who once headed the Veteran's Bureau and since has been investigated, was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago for conspiracy to defraud the Government. Thus after many months of Senate investigation and public scandalmongering,, the law at last started towards a conclusion on the merits of the case.
The indictment declared that "Forbes, Thompson, Black [contractors], Cramer [General Counsel of the Veterans' Bureau, who committed suicide last summer during the investigation] and Mortimer [of Thompson and Black, and chief witness for the Government] from April 1, 1922, to...
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