Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Is Short Nearly $30,000 [ARTICLE]

Is Short Nearly $30,000

Colorado Springs, Colo., June 4. Export Accountant Krause, after three weeks’ examination of tlie boofck of ex-Ctt.v Treasurer Moses T. Hale, finds the shortage to be $29,157. Willard Hale, a brother, of Newburyport, Mass., placed $30,000 in topiks here to protect tlie city. However, Hale and Ills predecessor. Charles E. Smith, have been arrested for embezzlement and will in* tried In September. Hale was elected in 1893. He hns served continuously since. Ills downfall Is attributed to speculation and to a weaknesa In accommodating Ills friends.