Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — HOOSIER SUES TO RECEIVE CASH [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER SUES TO RECEIVE CASH

Alleged To Rave Been Offered as a Bribe To Prosecuting Attorney. Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 6. —Attorney J. W. Strawn, for David P. Fisher, filed suit today against Herbert Wills, of this city charging that, in 1906, be gave Wills $3,000 to be used in bribing Prosecuting Attorney D. P. Flanigan If the latter would drop two charges against Fisher to be tried before Judge Dehart at. Lafayette, one for alleged criminal assault, the other for alleged perjury, the cases having been taken to that Court on a change of venue. It is alleged that Wills gave SSOO of the money to Flanigan to dismiss the case and kept the balance. Dehart, the Lafayette Judge, before whom the cases were set, refused to dismiss them. Fisher, however, was acquitted. Flanigan, it is said, paid back to Wills the SSOO. Wills, .it is alleged, refused to pay back to Fisher $1,500 of the $3,000 and suit is brought to recover.