Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1908 — AFTER HONEST BOB. [ARTICLE]

AFTER HONEST BOB.

James Callaghan has been circulating a petition asking Judge Hanly to appoint special council to prosecute Bob Parker, and has secured the names of a big lot of the creditors already. When you add all the information that crops up, it is evident that Parker was as hypocritical a sinner as ever led an outward Christian life. One of his plans was to have bogus Building & Loan stock certificates lithographed, which he would give tp men who wanted to invest their money in something safe (?), and after the failure he traded genuine Building & Loan stock back to these people to escape the charge of forgery, and those who got the genuine now have to turn it over to the trustee, and Parker has got his bogus certificates destroyed by the trick. It has leaked out that Parker took a lot of securities home with him when he closed the doors of his bank, and proceeded to give them out to those who applied too much pressure, thus apparently hoping to keep out of any criminal proceedings. While taking that, he undoubtedly took a lot of good stuff which he has salted until the clouds roll by.—Benton Review.