Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — CLEARS INDIANAPOLIS MEN [ARTICLE]

CLEARS INDIANAPOLIS MEN

Indictments Against Fauvre, Gates and Elliott Dismissed. Dec. 4. —The indictments charging embezzlement against Frank Fauvre. Harry B. Gates and C. Edgar Elliott, all of Indianapolis, directors of the Marion Contract and Construction Co., returned against them in Louisville, Ky.. were dismissed in the Kentucky court on the grounds that the men were not guilty of anything criminal and that the indictments would not stand the test in court. In the indictments as returned, the three defendants were accused of using 847,000 of the construction company’s money to purchase stock in the Louisville and Eastern railroad for their own use and benefit.