Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1911 — Another Gary Official Who Wanted Big Pay ior Vote. [ARTICLE]

Another Gary Official Who Wanted Big Pay ior Vote.

Gary, Ind., Sept. 11.—A warrant charging John J. Nyhoff, former commissioner of public works, with soliciting a bribe, was sworn out today in Crown Point, Ind., according to Prosecutor Charles Greenwald, making a total of eight city officials including Mayor Knotts, now facing charged of being municipal grafters. Nyhoff was not arrested during the day. He is charged with having demanded $19,000 for his' aid in pushing through a franchise giving heating and power rights to the Dean Heating and Power company of Louisville. W. D. Hodges, counsel for Dean in Gary, announced that ouster proceedings would be started against tbe eight officials now facing criihinal charges.