Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1920 — TAX BRIBER IS CONVICTED [ARTICLE]

TAX BRIBER IS CONVICTED

U. 8. Jury at Chicago Finds Wrecking Contractor Guilty of $15,000 Offer—Gets Three Years. Chicago, 15. —Albert I. Lauer, secretary treasurer of Briggas & Turivas, wrecking contractors. Is under conyictiou on the charge of offering a bribe of $15,000;to Charles Callner, an Income tax collector. Lauer was found guilty by a jury in Judge Landis’ court. Lauer’s case was the Ast of a number in which indictments were returned in connection with falsification of income tax returns to be cabled for trial. Callner’s testimony was to the effect that Lauer had given him*sls,ooo and promised to pay a similar amount in addition for the falsification of income tax returns for the contractors. The penalty for Lauer’s offense is three years in the penitentiary and a fine of three times the amount of the bribe offered. Ca liner accepted the bribe money under instruction* from Daniel Chapin, chief of the internal revenue department. The check given dallner was indorsed by Joseph H. Turivas, a member of the contractor’s firm, whc also is under indictment.