Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — SENATOR ACCUSED OF FRAUD [ARTICLE]

SENATOR ACCUSED OF FRAUD

Did Not Follow Specifications in Road Building. The state board of accounts has charged State Senator James I. Nejdl of Lake county with having fraudulently obtained $17,969 from Lake county through the improper construction of two miles*of brick road. It is charged that Mr. Nejdl as contractor did not build into the street intersections; that at places the roadway is without a protecting shoulder whereas a four-foot shoulder was specified; that a mixture very poor in cement was used; that the sand cushion for the bricks was improperly prepared and that the surface was left uncovered with sand or earth as is deemed best. It is charged also that although the road is not yet a year old it has proved defective in many places. Unless the senator makes good the accounts alleged to be due Lake county he will be subject for action by the attorney general, It was stated.