The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-29
HAS NEW LEAD IN
The ASPHALT CASES
prosecutor Intimates That
He Will Spring More I'm
portant Evidence.
THE CHARGES ARE SERIOUS
Not Known When Marshall and
Others Of Western Construction
Company VIII be Tried.

indianapolis, Oct %. - Prosecutor
! Hooton said yesterday that a new lead
| in the matter had been given him and
that before the grand jury meets again
next Monday for the November session
ne probably will have something of i'm
portance TO submit to it in relation to
the graft cases. He declined to make
any statement as to the nature of the
new Information. but he appeared to
consider 1t of great Importance. He
refused TO tell whether it referred to
the Western Construction company's
contract or to some other contract
1t Is not known yet just when the
cases OF Brunaugh. Marshall, Baxter.
| Shu1elton and Rosasco will be called
for trial, but the prospects are that
they viii not be delayed long. Prose
cutor Hooton said that the Schwo-
meyer murder case, which is to be
called in criminal court, Nov. II, will
require couple of weeks, and that
nothing can be done in the graft cases
until that has been disposed Of After
that he said. he will ask to have the
asphalt graft cases set for trial and
VIII push them along as rapidly as
possible
Brunaugh Furnishes Bail.
Harry p. Brunaugh was released
from the county jail about o'clock
Saturday evening when bond in the
sum of $4,000 was furnished for him
by the Federal Union Surety company.
Arrangements for the bond were made
by Joseph E. Bell, attorney for Brun-
augh' after attorney and client had held
a conference.
Brunaugh went at once to the home
OF George w. Fross, 1413 BeHefontaine
street, where he has made his home for
some time Yesterday he was about his
old haunts around town, spending q
large part Of the day at the Denison
Hotel where he met number Of his
old friends.
Two indictments were returned
against him by the grand jury Satur-
day. One of these was against Rrun-
augh separately. and is in three counts
The first count charges that on Nav 10
1907, he did ,unlawfuIly steal. take and
carry away s1,700 in money. of the
personal goods and ehattels of the citv
of Indianapolis. This is a plain charge
of grand larceny
What Second Count Contains.
In the second count 1t is charged that
he did, wilfully, feloniously and de-
s1gnedly, with intent to defraud the
city of indianapolis, pretend to the
board of public works that in Aprfl
the Western Construction company had
laid 16,69199 square yards of asphalt
in the street of the city of INDIANAPOLIS
Of the value OF $11O16.65, and that the
board acted on this false pretense and
allowed the claim of the company. and
that Brunaugh obtained that amount
of money. when, in fact the company
had laid only 1850 square yards.
The third count charges that he did
unlawfully, feloniously and designedlv.
with intent to cheat ard defraud the
city of indianapolis, present a false
and fraudulent claim against the city
for street repairs, and that he obtained
the allowance of the claim for 16.691.90
square yards when the Western Con-
struction company had not laid that
much asphalt
Charged with Conspiracy.
In the second indictment Brunaugh.
Henry Marshall, George w Baxter.
Thomas Shufelton and John Rosasco
are indicted jointly on charges of con
spiracy. The bill also contains three
counts. The first count charges that
these men did, on May 10. 1907. con-
spire, confederate and agree to and
with each other to unlawfully and
feloniously steal, take and carry away
S3'4O2.75 of the money of the city of
indianapolis.
In the second count it is alleged that
these men conspired to steal, take and
carry away a certain bank check of the
value of S3.4o2.75. the property of the
city of Indianapolis.
The third count charges that they did
unlawfully, knowingly and feIoniously
unite, conspire, confederate and agree
to and with each 'other with unlawful
and felonious intent to then and there
defraud the city of Indianapolis. make
out and present to the board of public
works a certain false and fraudulent
claim against the city of Indianapolis
for repair of asphalt streets by the
Western Construction company In the
amount of 16.961.90 square yards. of
value of s11.016.65, and to secure the
allowance of said claim, we'll knowing
that the claim was false and fraudulent
and that the Western Construction
company had not laid 16.6e1sO square
yards and was not entitled to said sum
Furnishes $4,000 Bond.
Brunaugh's bond was fixed at $4,000
on his separate indictments, and the
bonds OF all the men indicted were
fixed at $4,000 on the indictment charg-
ing conspiracy. This compelled Brun-
augh to furnish $4,000 bond. while the
others were only required to put UP
IS. 600
The first indictment returned against
Brunaugh by the grand jury was dis
missed This was the one on which
the warrant was issued a week ago last
Saturday, the day that Brunaugh left
the city 1t was prepared hurriedly in
the prosecutors Office and was not ex-
peeted to hold good. 1t merely charged