Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1903 — FINDS CITY OFFICIALS GUILTY [ARTICLE]

FINDS CITY OFFICIALS GUILTY

Jury Sustains Charge of Malfeasance in Office at Belleville, ill. Belleville, 111., special: Fred F. Vanderburg, mayor; William D. West, city clerk, and John Strycklin, commissioner of streets, charged with malfeasance In office, were found guilty In the St. Clair County Court. Vanderburg was given two years in prison and a fine of SSOO, Strycklin was sentenced to one year and West’s punishment was left to the court.