 U.S. Attorney Campbell presented the case to the grand jury personally . Glasser , Kretske , Alfred E. Roth , Anthony Horton , and Louis Kaplan were indicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on two counts of a bribery conspiracy on September 29 , 1939 . Glasser and Kretske were former Assistant U.S. Attorneys ; Roth was a defense attorney representing the bribe payors in the majority of the cases alleged to be fixed ; and Horton and Kaplan were " go @-@ betweens " for the bribes . Horton was an African @-@ American bail bondsman ; Kaplan was a purveyor of untaxed liquor . The allegations were that the prosecutors either agreed to recommend the dismissal of charges or ensured that the grand jury would not return an indictment . The maximum authorized sentence under the charges was two years imprisonment and a $ 10 @,@ 000 fine . All five made bail of $ 1 @,@ 500 each . 
