Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — BEFORE REFEREE BOWERS. [ARTICLE]

BEFORE REFEREE BOWERS.

Trustee Chapman and Judge Thompson have been before Referee Bowers at Hammond a couple of days this week on matters connected with he McCoy bank failure. Among the questions it was expected would be ruled on was that of S. R. Nichols paying his private debt to the McCoys by offsetting county funds deposited in the bank. The bondsmen are anxious to have favorable action on this, it is said, as it will place them in nruch better shape if a democrat is ever elected county treasurer and this shortage has to be made good. At the hour of going to press the parties had not returned from Hammond, therefore we are unable to say what action the referee took in the matter.