Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — ETERNAL WELFARE AT STAKE [ARTICLE]

ETERNAL WELFARE AT STAKE

Returns Illegally Obtained Bounty on Sevan Fox Scalps. La Porte, ind„ Dec. 1. —C Vail, a contractor at. ColbjZ. Kan., sent to George Link, clerk of the La Porte county circuit court, a draft for $11.90, principal and interest of a sum which he says he collected wrongfully from La Porte county. Accompanying thedraft was the following letter: "About forty years ago. when a mere lad, 1 obtained a bounty wrongfully on seven fox scalps, and I now want to make restitution, as I believe my eternal welfare is at stake ’’