The herald., 1897-11-28
"A SCAPEGOAT BADLY NEEDED

German-American Savings bank. and
| that it would be paid as soon as
the job was delivered. That was al!
that Mcintyre did. and. thinking himself
secure in the position already. he began
preparations to take the place. Another
person. however, was elected. After the
election, Mcintyre met other members
of the board whose assistance he had So
licited, not In financial way however,
and learned from them that his appllca-
tion had never been before the board.
He was assured that had it been filed he
would have received seven out of the
nine votes. Adams had simply pock-
eted the application. and had said moth
ing about 1t at the meeting Of the board.
DEALING IN FUTURES
Later. Mcintyre demanded an ex-
planatiOn of Adams. The latter told
him that there would be a number Of new
positions to be disposed of when the new
buildings provided for in the bond cleo
ton were erected. He said that pres
sure had been brought to bear upon him
TO vote for the man who received the
position at the high school, but he prom
sed that when the new high school was
built he would secure the position of jan
itor there for Mcintyre. Nothing else
vas said about money. but Mr.. Mcintyre
understood from his words and manner
that the price OF the new position would
Do the same as that of the old one. 1t
vas, however, dependent upon the sue
coss Of the proposed bond issue. II sup
pose," said he last night, that If my po-
7it!on depends upon those bonds carry
a "a pp1Ic T
Tet the place. l intend voting against
them myself"
PITMAN'S CHURCH DEBT
Those who are pushing the investiga-
tion into the scandal have been given a
hint which they are endeavoring to
follow, and which, as far as they have
gone. shows that there is more of truth
than CT poetry in the report. Several
witnesses at the investigation have
stated that they contributed to the
dedication. The report is that the
That fund was for the purpose of rails
ing the church debt at the time of it's
dedication. The report Is that the
greater portion of this debt was paid
5J employees in the school department
1t is known that at the dedicatory SER
vice the congregation was largely COM
posed of teachers and others who de-
pended upon the board for their posi-
tions. 1t is also known that a majority
of them paid something. The investi-
gators are endeavoring to establish the
truth of the report that prior to that
service Pitman, who was then member
Of the board, gave certain teachers to
understand that contribution from
hnr 1a l..
of the school employees who paid did
not attend the service. and the inves-
tigators intend to find out if possible
just who pungled UP.
TO BE SUMMONED
Pitman is to be summoned to appear
before the board to tell what he knows
of the extortion and bribery. He may
not obey the summons, and if he does not
come 1t will be learned whether the
law giving such bodies the right to
compel the attepdance OF witnesses can
be enforced. The school law provides
that witnesses may be compelled to
appear and testify. I'VE are going to
have that man Pitman here if we can
get him." said Judge Phillips yester-
day. THE law says that he may be
compelled to come ai,d-testify before
lawfuldnyestigattons .lWethink no court
in the landywould declare that this was
anything but a lawful Investigation. If
he does not come we will know the rea-
son why"
The cross-eXamination Of Prof Mark
Keppel will be the first thing in order at
tomorrow nights session of the board.
This will consume an hour or more.
and then something is very liable to
pop.