Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1915 — To Probe County Offices. [ARTICLE]

To Probe County Offices.

Judge Fred C. Gause, of the Henry circuit court, Wednesday afternoon ordered the jury commissioners to draw a grand jury, which will begin its duties after receiving final instructions. Among the things to be investigated is a charge made by Ollie Skinner, an inmate of the county jail, who charges that he bribed Mayor Leb Watkins to give him protection while he ran a gambling house. He alleges that he paid Watkins $lO every Monday morning from May until November and said that the mayor kept Mm posted on the activities of the police. In addition to this charge the grand jury will investigate charges made by the Newcastle Democrat that , three county offices held by republicans need investigating.