Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1908 — Trustee Pays Back $2,400. [ARTICLE]

Trustee Pays Back $2,400.

Columbus, Ind., Dec. 1. —The case of Adams school township, Decatur county, against Francis M. Howard, former trustee of that township, has been compromised here for 12,400. The present trustee of Adams township brought suit against Howard and . his bondsmen, alleging that money belonging to the township had been wrongfully spent by the trustee. The amount demanded was >20,000. The case was brought here for trial on a change of venue and it was the intention to try it this term.