Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10
EIGHTY.FOUR INDICTMENTS
Grand Jury Turns in Another Batch of
Charges Against DOughsrty.
ALLEGE FORGERY AND EMBEzzLEMENT
Peoria BaRker-Educator Loses HIS
BraEen Front and shows
First signs of Col
lapse.

/ PEORIA, Ill, oct. s.-Shortly before
O'Clock this afternoon the grand jury re-
ported eighty-four indictments against
Newton c. Dougherty in addition to the
thirteen already found. Forty-flve Of these
are for forgery. each containing eight
counts Thirty-nine are for embezzlement,
each containing six counts. The amounts
involved are from $40 to $500.
| Bonds are fixed in the sum OF $1,000 on
each indictment for forgery and for $500 on
| each for embezzlement, making total Of
$s4,5OO.
Joseph Well Doughertys attorney an
| nounced that he would appear in court of
his own accord.
The grand jury is not yet through and
! II is expected by the end OF the week in
dictments will be returned duplicating other
! Peorians
! 1t IL said on good authority that Dough-
erty will not confess, but that he will plead
not guilty and put up a defense Of insanity
being caused by a fall from horse some
years ago.
Dougherty showed the first signs Of col.
lapse today. For the first time he
| remained at his home this morning. He has
| lost the brazen front which has been MAIN
tanned throughout the last week.
Newton c. Dougherty tonight drove to
the county jail and delivered himself into
the custody of the sheriff. He was locked
! in a cell
Interview with DouEherty.
CHICAGO. Oct. "a special to the Daily
tNews from Peoria says:
''If have done wrong" Dougherty said
to the News correspondent, Il suppose l.
ought to be punished for it."
do you ascribe your present prosecution
=
mo, I cannot" he answered. 'It can be
ascribed to the wave OF reform which seems
to be sweeping over the country. It is
shown in the investigation of the life in
surance companies, in the Milwaukee graft
investigation and similar Investigations in
other cities, and in some instances these
investigations have accomplished a great
deal of good"
Reverting to his dealings with the Peoria
National bank Dougherty declared that he
had no personal knowledge of the bank s
affairs.
Dougherty. 1t would appear, was prac-
tically a dummy" president AS the head
Of the bank institution he received a nomi-
nal salary, less than $1,000 a year. He
merely attended the directors meetings and
concurred in anything his fellow officers
placed before him for approval.
II am a teacher and not a banker" was
the way he expressed his position, "and
I left the management OF the bank In the
hands OF the experienced men
II may be said that the experience as
a banker of one of the other officials was
limited to the management of a jewery
store in Quincy before his connection with
the bank.
81 took the position of president under
, protest" declared Dougherty, Just because
there was no one else to take it. I did
not want it,
Deposit to Cover Errors.
1T Is said that the s1SsOO0 in securities
which you have put UP to cover the short
' ages in the school fund will not prove
I worth their face value, Mr.. Dougherty. Dc
, you wish to make a statement in reference
r to Ihat?"
Don't call It shortages No, rather any
r errors that may be found in the school
{ funds. That is what put these securities
. up for and they will be found all right.
he said.
[ Dougherty was asked to make an ex.
PLANTATION OF the charges made by the grand
e jury involving the school funds transac
e tions.
0 'Oh, suppose there are errors. am mo-
Z a bookkeeper but teacher and know
. nothing of bookkeeping, it Is possible tha
I many errors will be found
n Did not the school board keep a regular
$ set of books. seeing the expenditures wer'
y $4,000 to $4,000 a year?"
n mo, it had no need of books 1t received
e moneys from three sources-taxes, stat,
4 appropriations and rents. These money
: were divided about equally between tn
) Central National bank and the Peoria Ma
e tional. The various boards passed AM
J. approved bills and they were paid from thi
fund, The Peoria National paid all tn
n checks and drew on the Central Nationa
= when it needed more money. That is al
t the bookkeeping there was to the schoo
: fund"
1t is estimated now that the shortage
In the school fund amounted to an averag
: Of $4,000 a year for most of the twenty
seven years of Dougherty's Management
of the school fund affairs. 1t is believe
the total will reach $4,000
The money is supposed to have been los
largely in a slump in steel stock and /
western mining ventures.