Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1910 — CHAS. G. MAUZY OF BENTON CO. [ARTICLE]

CHAS. G. MAUZY OF BENTON CO.

Arrested As Result ot Road Tax Swindle in Newton Go. FORMER COUNTY CHAIRMAN ' / . ' ... ' \ • A , . M , .. i .1And Prominent In Republican Politics—Prosecutor Longwell Strikes “Pay Dirt” In His Efforts to Bring to Justice Graf- * ters In His Home County As Well as Jasper

Kentland Enterprise: New developments in the road work graft mentioned last week came to light Tuesday when Charles G. ' Mauzy was arrested and brought into court to answer the charge of offering a bribe to John Starkey, a road supervisor of Beaver township. Mr. Mauzy gave bond and the case will not be tried this term. As an introductory it may be stated that Mauzy took a contract from the C. I. & S. railway company to .perform its road work in Newton county for the year 1909. Mauzy, it is alleged, approached Supervisor Starkey and proposed that if Starkey would surrender to him the railroad’s tax receipt for Beaver township he, Mauzy, would give Starkey a new buggy. The proposition being alleged that Mauzy offered to di : vide profits. We are advised that Starkey refused both offers, and that the work in question has not been done to this day. These facts are in accordance with the testimony given before the grand jury, and on which Mauzy was indicted for attempted bribery. Prosecutor Longwell believes that crookedness exists in some of the other townships through which the C. I. &JL runs in reference to road work and will make a thorough investigation. The railroad company holds a receipt for $270 from another of the west tier of townships to offset its road assessment, yet good men declare on oath that work was not done on the roads of that township last year to the extent of more than SSO or S6O. No indictment has been returned in this case however, and therefore the evidence has not been given the public. Mr. Mauzy is a well known politician of Benton county, and is known to many of the people of this county. For many years he has engaged as a contractor.