The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-22
FOR
CAPITOL FRAUDS
PERSONS WHO INDICTED PENN.
sYLVANIA TO BE PUNISHED.
EIGHTEEN WILL BE SUED
Final Report Of the investigating Com.
mlttee Submitted to Gov.
stuart Who Promises Wig
orous Action.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 17.-Criminal
and civil proceedings against all per.
sons concerned In the fraudulent trans
actions in connection with the con.
struction and furnishing OF Penn.
sylyania's $4,000 900 capitol is recon-.
mended in the final report of the capt.
toll investigation commission, made to
Gov. Stuart Friday.
Eighteen persons are named In the
report as being involved In one way
or another In the irregular transac-
lions, and the attorney general,
through the governor, is urged to act
at once.
Eighteen Persons Named.
The persons named and against
whom either criminal or civil suits are
recommended are John H. Sandersons
of Philadelphia. contractor for furnish
ings: Jos. M. Huston. architect, and
Stanford Lewis, his assistant; ]. H.
Shumaker. OF Johnstown, former sup
erintendent of the board Of public
grounds and buildings; w. H, Snyder
and E. b. Hardenberg, former audi
tors general; w. l.. Mathues and
Frank G. Harris. former state treas
urers; Congressman. P. Burd Cassel.
president of the Pennsylvania Con.
structlon company which supplied the
metallic castings and furniture; Geo.
F. Payne, who built the capitol, and
his partner, Charles G. Wetter; Chas.
P. Kinsman, Wallis Boileau, John G..
Neuderer and Geo. X, Storm. who or
ganized the Pennsylvania Bronze COM
pany which supplied the loaded light
ing fixtures to Sanderson; Frank lrv-
inc, an auditor in the auditor gener-
ais office; Geo. C. Town, bookkeeper
under Shumaker, and the Information
al Manufacturing and Supply Com
pany, which bid against Sanderson for
the capitol furnishing contract.
Pennypacker Not Included.
The name of Gov. Pennypacker,
who by virtue of his Office was men,
Der OF the board of public grounds and
buildings which let the furnishing con-
tracts, and those of former Gov. Stone
and his associates who made up the
commission which constructed the
capitol. are not mentioned in the list
of persons against whom the investi.
gators recommend that action be TAX
en-.
Senator A. @. Dewalt and Represent
alive r. Scott zimmerman, the Demo.
oraffo y,oap,h oro of tho onrO pofocinn
presented brief supplemental report
In which they specifically name most
of these already mentioned as Grim
inally and civilly liable for the frauds
against the state. They are in entire
accord with the report of the Republi-
can members and presented their sup
plement as a further expression of
their Individual views.
Vigorous Prosecution Promised.
The report was presented to the
governor by Chairman Fisher in the
presence of the commission. After re,
ceiying 1t Gov. Stuart issued state.
ment in which he said: Il will trans.
init the report to the attorney general
for his action and can assure the
people OF Pennsylvania that there will
be vigorous prosecution Of every per.
son whom the evidence may show to
have been guilty of any criminal Of
tense in connection with the construc,
ton and furnishing of the state CAPT
toll. @ .
wherever the evidence submitted
shows that there has been any money
wrongfully or fraudufently taken from
the state treasury, civil suits win be
commenced to compel restitution"
ms.