Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1913 — ROAD SUPERVISOR CHARGED WITH GRAFT [ARTICLE]

ROAD SUPERVISOR CHARGED WITH GRAFT

F. M. Goff, of Union Township, Alleged to Have Given Road Receipts to Three. Frank M. Goff, of Fair Oaks, a well known citizen, was arrested by Sheriff Hoover Thursday on three indictments returned by the grand jury. In each case he Ja charged with haying given away road receipts. The beneficiaries of his alleged actions were Jacob Leichty, Frank Stover and Simon OverholA The presumption is that Goff i** ceived money for the road receipts and exempted the persons named from working out a part of their road tax. Goffs bond was placed at SIOO in each case and he was released to procure the same. Another Fair Oaks person to be arrested on a grand jury indictment was Mrs. Lucy Warren, who is alleged to have severely beaten her child. Mrs. Warren is an ardent holiness church woman and it Is presumed that she is mentally affected by her fanaticism. When taken before Judge Hanley she refused to be represented by counsel, saying that since her conversion she had depended entirely upon the Lord for her protection. She was released on SIOO bond, whieh she signed herself.