Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1910 — TO PROBE WATER THEFTS [ARTICLE]

TO PROBE WATER THEFTS

Kalamazoo Business Men Charged With Defrauding the City. As the result of the probe being made at Kalamazoo, Mich., into the water thefts by the city council a grand jury may be called While the inquiry has continued only two days, it is declared that sufficient evidence has been secured to convict a number of the leading men of the city on charges of stealing water. Mains supposed to be used for fire purposes only, it is stated, have been tapped by factories in dozens of places. City officials figure that in the last two or three years Kalamazoo has lost over w" . "* ~ - w f a * a • . “ _