Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1910 — STATE VS. COMMISSIONERS AND BADER IS BEGUN. [ARTICLE]

STATE VS. COMMISSIONERS AND BADER IS BEGUN.

Judge Darroch, of Kentland, Is Hear* Ing the Case and a Number of Lawyers Are Retained! / -I < The case of the State of Indiana vs. Clinton L. Bader and the commissioners of Jasper county, viz. John F. Pettit, Fred Waymire, and Charles T. Denham, was started this Monday morning, shortly-before noon. William Darroch, of Kentland, is sitting as special judge. _ The is the case brought by an affidavit by Prosecuting Attorney Longwell, after the grand Jury had refused to indict the commissioners on the evidence furnished them.- The defendants are charged with having altered a public document, and the specific paper is a bid submitted by Bader for the construction of a bridge over the Howe , ditch. The allegation is that they altered the bld, raising the figures from $1,240 to $1,400. Mr. Bader and the commissioners are not acting jointly In the defense, he being represented by Attorney Williams, of Rensselaer; Attorney Glazebrook, of Knox, and Attorney Stels, of South Bend. Attorney Halleck, of Rensselaer, and Attorney Sellers, of Monticello, represent the commissioners. Prosecuting Attorney Longwell, of Brook, is representing the state. The’jury was being examined today. It is probable that the case will not consume much time.