Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — BANKRUPTED BY SANTA [ARTICLE]

BANKRUPTED BY SANTA

Receiver’s Examination Shows Thousands Were Presented to Employes. Cincinnati, May 4. —The result of the receiver’s investigation of the O’Dell Brokerage company’s books was admitted as evidence in the trial of Louis W. Foster and five others charged with running a “bucket shop.” There were some generous Christinas gifts, thousands being scattered among the employes. Telegraph ope rr.tors received anywhere from $3,000 to S2OO.