Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1912 — ACCEPTED BRIBE SAYS FORMER CLERK [ARTICLE]

ACCEPTED BRIBE SAYS FORMER CLERK

Gary Man Who Skipped Out Returns and Says That He Received $3,000 For Leaving. Harry G. Moose, former clerk oi Gary, is under arrest and in jail at Crown Point. Thursday he confessed to having accepted a bribe and named Mayor Knotts and former city hall contractor, Bill Cain, of Gary, as the men who had bribed him. He says that Knotts gave him $2,000 and Cain SI,OOO to leave when the bribery cases were on trial. His case will, come up on Nov. 18th. It is thought probable that the Gary graft cases against Knotts and others will be brought up again and that convictions can be procured on the testimony of Moose. Heber G. Hamilton, surveyor oi Newton county, was the only republican elected to county office. He defeated the democratic nominee, Bruck, by 14 votes. Barker, democrat, defeated Dickinson, republican, for commissioner of the second district, by 4 votes. Curtis Walling, a child from Mt. Vernon, who was bitten by a cat suffering with rabies recently, has been taken to Indianapolis for free Pasteur treatment at the state’s pothological laboratories. The cat’s head was sent to the state laboratories and pronounced full of rabies germs. The animal had been bitten by a dog. Monday was pension day at the clerk’s office and probably the last under the agency plan of payment. After the close of this year checks will be sent direct from Washington, but vouchers will still have to be certified, and likely the clerk will continue to perform this duty as heretofore. The climbing of the court house stairway is getting to be more and more of an undertaking for the veterans as their years increase and sickness becomes more common among them. Last Monday eight or nine of them were unable to appear, and Clerk Preston went to their homes and certified their vouchers for them. — Monticello Herald. The Hebron fire, briefly reported in yesterday’s items, resulted in a loss of about $75,000, according to a disVfatch from Valparaiso. The fire Started from an over-heated furnace in the basement of Smith Bros.’ hardware and furniture store. The Masonic Temple, G. A. R. building, the Seivers block, the Dilley building and Miller & Crawford, boots and shoes were destroyed by fire. The flames jumped across the street and seriously damaged the K. ot P. hall, Dr. Freer’s building, Dr. Blood’s one-story frame structure, the Enoch Bagley building J. M. Morrow’s building, the Teetz meat market, the McAlpine restaurant, the Pierce restaurant, the Morgan bakery, the Hoshaw jewelry store and the Well’s barbershop. The Hebron News office, which was burned o"t in September, had to be moved and all was saved, although the building itself was destroyed. # The chances are more than even that every person who contributed to two Syrians who were soliciting money here this week were victimized into assisting >a, very bad form of graft. The men were attired in ministerial garb and presented papers to show that they were authorized to collect money for the poor of their native country. They could speak but little English, according to their claim and played their parts quite well. They thus received considerable aid. They were seen at the depot yesterday morning by a reporter for The Republican, to whom the apparent leader refused to talk. He said he had “no time,” and seemed decidedly worried because be was being interviewed. Money given to local charities or t« the foreign missionary societies of the local churches will get into the places where it will do the most good and persons who come here independent!} should be thoroughly investigated before they are given a cent To all appearances these two men were professional beggars, who kept every cent they collected for their own pse.