The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-22
QUILL HAS BEEN INDICTED
AND TYLER KEEPS HIM COMPANY
The Township Assessor Finds Himself in
Jail-Bond Finally Given-Five In
dictments Found Against Each
of the COnspiratoTs.
Daily sentinel Of May III

Mr.. Thomas T. Quill, assessor of Cen ter
township, and Mr.. Charles NJ. Tyler, Quilts
chief deputy and right bower, were indicted
yesterday by the Marion county grand jury on
five separate charges each.
Along about o'clock in the afternoon it be-
gan to be whispered about that Quill and
Tyler we're in jeopardy; that the grand jury
was about 70 place them in a position where
they could be punished for their rascally oper.
ations. Sure enough, q little after
3 o'clock, Clerk Kerr of the criminal
court came tripping down the iron-shod stairs
holding a bundle OF MISUNDERSTANDING docu
ments in his hand.
'Here, said Kerr to Chief Deputy Sheriff
Corbaly "are some love letters for Quill and
Tyler" and with this he handed the papers
over to the deputy.
by jingo," said Corbaly as he scanned the
papers over the top OF his specs, these are
warrants against Quill and Tyler. Poor old
Tom. There won't be any child's play
for him." Just then big, long, lanky
Henry Langenberg came wandering in.
Here, Henry" said CORDIALLY, I've got some
work for you. Just step across the hall and
serve these warrants, will you?"
"Al right" said Henry, IN serve 'em;' and
Henry suited his actions to his words. He
seized the papers in his hands and strobe
softly across the hall where unsusrecting Quill
was busily engaged in looking over his books.
Tom" said Langenberg quietly; its very
painful, but the grand jury has indicted you.
Here's the papers"
For moment Quill appeared dazed, but at
last said, slowly and dejectedly, Il hardly ex-
pected this"
But Tyler took the announcement in differ
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ling form he listened to Iangenberg's state
ment. He grasped table for support, and
his lower jaw hung down as If be were
about to be executed on the scafold.
"Oh, my God" Tyler groaned, ''this is too
much" and he sank despairingly into chair,
wiping great beads OF Precipitation of his brow.
Langenberg however, had no time TO waste,
and said, shortly: "Well, you fellows must
come into the sherif's Office and settle the
matter for the present with Corbaly. Your
bail is s. 900 each. ! don't think you viii have
any trouble to raise that amount"
Corbaly told the prisoners that he would
give them until o'clock TO raise the amount
of their respective bonds and If they could
not secure the proper bail BY that time, they
would have TO 60 to jail.
The indictments against the two men are ter
IN number-hve against each-and each OhenSe
bailable in the sum of s. 600 The charges ars
the same in both cases, VIZ: Grand larceny,
conspiracy, presenting false claims 10 the board
OF commissioners obtaining money under false
pretenses and presenting false claims 10 the
county auditor.
In about half an hour Tyler succeeded in
getting Bob Coffman one of the attaches of the
Office, and Quill 10 90 on his bond and was re-
leased. Quill, however, was less fortunate, and
though the city was theoretically secured by
his friends in the afternoon in search of bonds
men, they were not forthcoming and Iangen-
berg was finally compelled TO remove Quill to
the county bastile.
Quill remained in Jail an hour and twenty
minutes. A reporter called at the bastile about
O'Clock, and inquired If Quill was occupying
Sam Perkins old cell, No. II.
'No, Tom is out" replied Bob Emmett, dep
ury jailer 'Jake Bos and Philip Reichwein
agreed to 90 his bond. Tom made the boast
that he could get as many democrats as repub-
lcans who would go his bond, and guess he
was right. Reichwein is republican and BOs
is democrat Both are retired saloon-keep-
ers."
The action of the grand jury meets with al
most the universal appreciation OF the public.
Quill and Tyler have for a long time carried
things with high hand in the assessors Office
and it is the general feeling that they are
worthy of the severest punishment The mers
fact that the indictments were returned by
grand jury heavily republican goes 10 show
that the evidence against Quill and Tyler must
be of an exceedingly damaging character
such that no grand jury, however biased,
could afford to overlook.