The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-14

Charles Allen. who Was road supervisor
IN diAtr;ct -. known - Ingiswood. WAS
charged In Justice AoEiwain's court last
evening with forgery. a warrant was ss-
sued for his arrest. but u viii be . diffi-
cult matter to find him. X the report re-
ccived BY Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Wiltshire - true. Alien v alleged 10 have
skipped the country and 70 have shiilfuiiy
concealed his whereabouts.
The compliant against Allen charges
him with forging c. ~. Angman's name TO
. county warrant for y. but this II only
one OF humorous alleged cases against
him. Mr.. Wiltshire sid taAt he had NOT
bean able % ct IN accurate estipate Of
the amount Of money Alien u Thought to
ujeuf means, but that q would amount 70
. moderate sum At the isast calculation
Immediately after the proceedings in shs
Justice court q letter Was SAINT TO the coun-
" treasurer asking him to refuse pay
Uent Of the following warrants. owing TO
Information In the possession of the pros
ecuting attorney that they were freudu-
lent:
Road and bridge fund-s.s7, &sss. s.ss.
$50. Road fund-iss2. $50
The story Of Aliens alleged misdo!ngs
wss brought TO tho attention Of Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Wiltshire by B. J..
Blomskog. Bsomskog was .. political OPP
ponent Of Alien. Allen Was successful. As
nsar IS can b ascArtained this applies to
the election next preceding the one held
last tail.
Blomskog told Mr. wiltshire that he be-
came convinced that Allen was not doing
right. and consequently set about tnvesti-
eating the matter. He also said that be-
fore the affair reached . head several
other people In <he district combined their
knowledge with his In order to get At the
straight OF the business" They found,
ne said. that Allen was collecting money
from the county for work that had never
been done. Several Instances were found
where men were credited with work that
they had not performed Once Blomskog
questioned Allen about II. and he replied
that even II the men did not do the work
he did 1t. aud thus actually earned the
sum.
Mr.. Wiltshire learned from Blomskog
that 1t was custom in the road district
for the supervisor TO turn In time for all
the men and receive the money himself
from the county. After this he would pay
the men the amounts due them. When
the pay roll would be made up at the end
OF the month each man would assign, in
his own handwriting. his money TO the
supervisor.
THIS system. combined with alleged for
9eries made Ii possible for Allen to collect
Mr. Biomskog gave one special illustration
of the method said 10 have been followed
by Allen. as follows: A man worked
three or four days In a certain month. AT
the end OF the month he assigned his
claim. The next month he did not work,
but his name appeared on the roll just the
same and the money due him was appar-
emily assigned in due form. The forgery
came In where the Assignment was made.
Allen, II Il claimed. would assign the Ia
borer's claim BY few skiilful. or perhaps
unsksl.fui scratches Of the pen. draw the
money and pocket Il. Unless something
happened TO call this particular iaborers
attention to what had been done he would
have no occasion 10 investigate He was
not losing anything. The district was the
special sufferer
Blomskog said that he had Investigated
the dolngs OF Allen. and thought that the
state was justified In proceeding against
him for forgery. Mr.. Wiltshire was salts
fed from the presentation OF alleged facts
that Alien had been guilty OF crookedness
and issued the complaint.