Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1911 — INDIANA MEN [ARTICLE]

INDIANA MEN

Charged With Having Used the United States Mails Fraudulently. Ft. Wayne, Ind., May 19. Charged with having used the United States mails for fradulent purposes, Elmer Wise of Upland and Alex Ward of Albion, were brought to Ft. Wayne today and held under bond to t*he Federal Grand Jury. The two men have been operating auction stores throught Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio, and, it is alleged, that they made a practice of ordering goods from Eastern concents, which they would ship to another point to avoid payment. Ward is Superintendent of the waterworks at Albion and is prominent politically.