Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1913 — Postmasters Called Before The Federal Grand Jury. [ARTICLE]

Postmasters Called Before The Federal Grand Jury.

A deputy United States marshal was in Wheatfield Wednesday afternoon and is reported to hgye driven from there to Laura to serve a subpoena on Postmaster Wallace to attend the federal grand jury at Indianapolis. This report, however, could not be verified, although from another source it was learned that a number of postmasters in small towns had been summoned before the federal grand jury for tlieir failure to make complete returns to the government at the stated times. Postmasters are allowed to hold a reserve of only SSO and many are said to have been in the habit of carrying reserves greatly in excess of that sum.

The Republican was informed that Postmaster Lucas at Newland and former Postmaster Guy Beebe, of that place, had been summoned eo Indianapolis, but Mr. Lucas, over the telephone, denied that this was the case and said that he had not been and he was quite certain Mr. Beebe had not been summoned. The Republican’s informant stated that in turning over the Newland office to Mr. Lucas, Beebe had made complete surrender of all •funds, but that he like other postmasters had been holding in excess of SSO untiF the final settlement. It is probable that nothing more will be done than caution postmas-' ters that they must comply with the requirements and hold a reserve fund of only SSO.