Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — TRUSTEE PAYS RACK $2,400. [ARTICLE]

TRUSTEE PAYS RACK $2,400.

Suit Against Township Official to Collect $20,000 Compromised. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 28.—The case of Adams school township, Decatur county, against Francis M. Howard, former trustee of that township, has been compromised here for $2,40*6. The present trustee of Adams township brought toiit against Howard and his bondsmen, alleging that money belonging io the township had been wrongfully spent by the. trustee. The amount demanded was $20,000. The case was brought here for trial on a change of venue and it was the Intention to try it this term.