The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
GRAVE CHARGES ARE
MADE AGAINST
C. D. HOLT
Probation Officer of Mime
apolis Is the Subject of
Serious Allegations Laid
Before the State Board Of
Control = Parties Protest
Against His Reappoint-
ment.

Charges of a serious nature-exact-
ly what has not been disclosed-have
been preferred against George d. Holt,
probation officer. at Minneapolis.
Several interested persons called
yesterday upon the state board of con-
troll, upon which devolves the initia-
tive in making the appointment
In the present condition of the case
the board of control is closely reticent
as to the details of the information in
it's possession, but it is known that two
Minneapolis men, who are opposed to
the reappointment Of Mr.. Holt, spent
some time yesterday afternoon and
presented before the board what pur-
port to be copies of affidavits seriously
rejecting upon the conduct of Mr.. Holt.
These affidavits, it is understood, are
calculated not only to throw discredit
upon Mr.. Hollis administration of his
official position, but also to show that
his private character is such as to
make him unfit to hold that position.
S. w. Leavitt, of the board of con-
troll when questioned as to the case
yesterday by t h e G. o b e, said:
I'VE have not yet taken any official
action and 1 hardly feel that the mat
ter is formally before our board yet, as
the documents which have been pre-
scented to us are not original affidavits.
They are laid before us as copies of
aff1daVits, but we have declined to re-
ceive any such documents as evidence,
and the persons who brought them
now say that they will present the
originals. Then. too. there has not
yet been any formal protest in writ
ing against the reappointment of Mr..
Holt; although I suppose the presenta-
ton Of these documents may be con-
sidered in the nature of a protest,
as their character is such as to plain
ly indicate hostility toward Mr.. Holt
on the part of any person who would
bring them to notice"
Should there be filed a formal pro-
test and original afhdavits to verify
these purported copies, it would be the
duty of our board to fully investigate
the allegations made against Mr.. Holt
and we would assuredly do so. But
owing to the informal nature Of the
documents now in our hands and the
serious character of the charges, I
would not feel justified in making any
Of the details public at this time. There
are two sides to every case and thus
far only one side Of this case has been
presented and not in very positive
form"
The law under which Mr.. Holt holds
Office provides for probation officers in
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth and
specifies that they shall be appointed
by the state board of control and their
appointment verified by the judges Of
the district court. The term of Office
has been two years, but the legislature
Of last winter extended it to four
years. The term Of Mr.. Holt has ex-
pired, except that the new law can be
construed as extending the terms Of
the officers incumbent at the time of
the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Holt has occupied his present
position or one closely similar to it in
Minneapolis for fourteen years past,
and at one time was a member Of the
state reformatory board.