Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — Burford Has Nothing to Say. [ARTICLE]

Burford Has Nothing to Say.

A marked copy of The Democrat of last week was sent to W. B. Burford of Indianapolis, in the hope that he would explain matters in regard to his book and stationery bills against this county, but up to the hour of going to press not a line had been received from him. As stated last week, no man having an honest bill of $608.25 against Jasper county would submit to have such bill cut to $95.75 without a vigorous protest in the courts, and wehave heard of no suit being brought. There has been a great deal of chicanery in the book and stationery business in Jasper county, and it would seem that in view of the cutting down of one of his bills over SSOO and the dismissal of others altogether, that, if blameless in the matter himself, he would be only too anxious to set himself right before the people, who must pay the fiddler. Perhaps, though, matters have been arranged with Mr. Burford whereby he loses nothing, and the recorded action of the commissioners is but a little pudding for the taxpayers, in the attempt convince them that the commissioners are carefully looking after their interests. An investigation will show up all of these things.