People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — Friedling Charged with Bribery. [ARTICLE]

Friedling Charged with Bribery.

Kansas City, Mo., May B.—At an open meeting of the Kansas City, Kan., board of education a sensation was created when Benjamin Frledllng, president of the board of trade and owner of the Consolidated Electric Light works, was accused of bribery. It appears that when the question of appointing a city superintendent was up recently the board of trade sent a committee to the board of education to urge delay. Harry Bell and William Fletcher, reputable citizens, declared that Frledllng had openly offered them money to cause a postponement of the appointments. An Investigation has been ordered.