Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1905 — STORMS WAS ALSO SHORT. [ARTICLE]

STORMS WAS ALSO SHORT.

It is now published that Secretary of State Daniel Storms was short about SIOO,OOO at the time ex-State Auditor Sherriok was ousted from office, but that his bondsmen and friends made up the shortage and the matter was kept on the q. t. Since that time it is asserted, his affairs have been in the bands of a trustee and all bis salary except a bare living are placed in a fund to repay the amounts borrowed to make good the alleged shortage. Storms is from Tippecanoe county and his bondsmen all reside there. A peculiar feature of the affair is that while his bond was executed Jan. 16, 1905, and was approved by Governor Hanly the same day, it was never placed on record with the recorder of Marion county until Sept. 15,1905, the day following the exposure of the Sherrick shortage. The Indianapolis Sentinel, the paper that has exposed the Storms matter, is asking some pertinent questions regarding the whereabouts of this bond during that time and why it was that Governor Hanly should oust Sherrick aud let Storms remain in offioe.

The largest line of .finest candies in town at the Chicago Bargain Store.

MEETING CALLED FOR TO-DAY. The meeting of McCoy bank creditors to affirm or reject the compromise made by the trustee regarding the S. R. Nichols indebtness to the bank, is called for Hammond today. Other matters are also to be considered at this meeting.