Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — POSTAL FUNDS DISAPPEAR. [ARTICLE]

POSTAL FUNDS DISAPPEAR.

Shortage of *833.36 in lowa Poatoffloe. A shortage in the accounts of the Marshalltown, lowa, poetmaster, made public Thursday, created considerable excitement in business circles there. The. shortage was discovered by Postofflee Inspector W. M. Ketcham and amounts to >833.36. Postmaster J. Q. Saint was at once Informed of the shortage and promptly made good the loss. The responsibility of the $15,000 in stock and the $3,000 in postal funds has largely rested with Deputy Postmaster Max Kruskopf. However, others have access to the funds, which are kept in the vault, and there can be no determination made as to who must be held responsible until the matter has been fully investigated. A deputy United States marshal was summoned, but it is understood he made no arrests. Postmaster Saint, Deputy Kruskopf, and Chief Clerk Hawley accompanied the offlial to Des Moines, where they were cited to appear before United States Commissioner W. C. McArthur. Deputy Kruskopf arranged to reimburse Postmaster Saint, pending the investigation. He has been employed in the postofflee here for about sixteen years and the public is inclined to give him the benefit of every doubt. Saint was appointed during McKinley’s first administration. That a crime has been committed has not yet been charged and whether or not any arrests will be made depends on the results of the investigation at Des Moines.