Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — GRAFT CHARGED AGAINST BENTON COUNTY TRUSTEE. [ARTICLE]

GRAFT CHARGED AGAINST BENTON COUNTY TRUSTEE.

Accused Officer Resigns Under Fire And Accountants Allege Extravagance and Deceit Fred Killin, trustee of Bolivar township, Benton county, is accused in the report of the accountants who have been examining his accounts, to have been guilty of rank extravagance and to have resorted to various schemes to graft money. He is said to have approached teachers with whom he had contracted and offered to pay them more money than he had contracted to pay and to have asked them for a divide. Money is alleged to have been spent recklessly and while the report does not indicate the amount presumed to have been grafted or misused, a number of affidavits that seem to clearly establish the guilt of the trustee have been produced, and the accused trustee has tendered his resignation. The county auditor is a democrat and after the resignation of Killian, who is a republican, there are left five republican and five democratic trustees. The appointment of a democrat will give the democrats a majority and the election of a democratic county school superintendent will ensue. Charles E. Lambert, a former trustee of Center township, Delaware county, is alleged by accountants to be short 812,368.53. Are you having any trouble in getting good bread from the flour you are using? If so, try the great prize winners at the Jasper Co. Bread Making Contest—Aristos and Gem of the Valley. Money refunded if they are not the best flours made. Only 81-50 a sack. JOHN EGER.