Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-12

you to accept \ little present from me. We
put some deals through last night, amount
ing to about $500. and got 10 per cent OF
this amount. which was divided up between
four OF us. II is the only way we have OF
getting any pay for our work in the board.
Sometimes we get 10 per cent and some
times only 5 per cent Of the small deals we
put through"
Miss DIVERS Experience.
The actual transaction Of passing money
is described by Sadie Oliver, who swears
that last Wednesday, in Kubat's own drug
store, she handed him IS, with the ex-
PLANTATION that It was the amount suggested
by Miller, and that Kubat pocketed It. say
ing: Good! Is It all right?" but that the
next morning he called at the school and
tried to return the money to Miss Oliver In
an envelope, saying that after considern-
tion he had concluded he couldn't accept 1t.
Miss Oliver swears she threw II "at his feet
The members now in trouble were among
those indicted last fall for malfeasance in
office. The case against John Henry Loech-
ner was the first to be called and his at
torneys succeeded in having 1t knocked out
in district court on the technical grounds
that the statutes apply only to ministerial
officers and that a member OF the school
board WAS not such an oflcer. The county
attorney filed exceptions and carried the
matter to the supreme court, where Judge
Baxter's ruling was reversed In an opinion
handed down by Judge Holcomb Thursday.
County Attorney Shields said today that he
had not determined what shall be his next
step In this matter.
A. V. Miller was on the streets Of South
Omaha yesterday. Miller said to a Bee re-
| rnrtor that ba AoA pauar dap,apAad ony
money from teachers either for their po-
sitions or for granting them an increase
in salary. He made a general denial Of the
complaint.
Miller Denies the Charges.
He did say this: 81 was handed a pack
age by Miss Cecile Lyon and 1 did not open
1t until reached home. l found a IS gold
piece in the envelope. In speaking to ny
wife about 1t she urged me to return the
money at once. On Friday, October 10. !
went to the High school annex and tried to
return the money to Miss Lyon. She re-
fused to accept II and this was the first in
timation that there was something doing.
MY arrest was a complete surprise to
me, although / had heard that steps were
being taken to investigate the actions OF
certain members Of the board"
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derstood that between thirty and forty
complaints had been made to the county at
torney. each alleging that he, Miller, had
accepted money from teachers. This in
formation seemed to shock Miller and he
stood mute for a moment before making
any reply. When he did 1t was a general
denial.
AS for the typewriter deal, Miller said
that he had left the whole matter to Law
erty and that he had proof that Laverty had
received money from the oliver Typewriter
company.
Only a few weeks ago the board directed
that all the typewriters in the business de-
partment of the schools be cleaned. This
was done and the machines returned to the
board rooms in good condition. Next came
the oliver agent and he succeeded in sell
ing the board twelve machines for S22 each
taking the machines then in use for part
payment President Miller denies most
positively that he had anything to do with
the typewriter deal.
A report was current yesterday that
Colonel A. L. Lott, secretary of the board.
had skipped out, but this proved to be
groundless. as Colonel Lott talked to a Bee
reporter at noon today. Colonel Lott de-
MES any knowledge of any deal and asserts
that ne Is Innocent Of any wrongdoing.
l. p FsAIIs Four Give Bonds. .
Miller, Lott and Rubat were arrested late
In the afternoon bye Deputy Sheriff Roach
and brought before Judge Vinsonhaler. Each
gave bono in the sum of 1000 for his ap-
pearance at the time to be set for the
preliminary hearing. Schroeder was not ar
rested until later in the evening and did
not appear in court until 8 o'clock. He was
also released on 81 900 bond.