The Detroit times., 1910-02-21
.OHIO FUGITIVE
ARRESTED HERE
Mark Slater, State Printeg, Is Ac'
cused OF Grating To Amount
OF $4,000

Charged with appropgiaung TO his
own use Sl5.0V0 oI the state munet
handled IS aim a. state printer oi
Ohio and with every indication th@t
th, amount Viii ic.ch in tie nelsh
0urnood %. 100000 uom taFshet I'D
vest. alton NOW u progress Ma Is
slate. o, Columbus o.. Was Afiesse 3
ia Detroit Friday lie was working a.
an agent Tor The Consolidation Coat
/ Co. SO 1913 Ford laiidius. and Was
tipped Cn 90 Detectives steuton ana
DoNo
Detective g. s. LAudacle. OF Column
hus. arrived Ia DetEoit Friday night To
take Slate. back iot rial and leit
acre With his prisone. SATURDAY noon
slater was pu0.ic printer or super
tisCr a. printing ana supplies Iom
Iuue NJ. 1901. 90 June A.. 1905.
p r Hresiurd Dayton printer
was slater partner in business. and
p.eIslord confessed. before probe
committee, Feb IL thar with Slater 5
= k he had drawn pay on bills
secrt -atiu- $4,000 OF that amount.
D., -ail $4,000 worth had never even
been delivered 90 tAe state and the
-toas delivered ANA billed al $4,000,
c.s- Ele.sford only Sl350. ne testl-
EeJ BItlslor5 said that the agree
mont between aimSe and Slater was
tAat Bee' ford vas 90 take the biz
ac,aal profits aud that DE and Slater
Nege ro sp.t he excess charges, Tor
uh.eh goods wcfc never delivered lie
said that Slater had received the
NhClt $4,000 rAcpss. however while
Hre'sto-a retained the 81 900 paid "a
Sl55y worth oi goods
The rro1c committee is nov delvns
INTO l-sls actions involving $4,000 be-
tween Siates and one y " Densmore
ct CA.caso.
Naen asked Iof statement which
he refused 10 make. 10 local police
headquarters Slater is alleged 10 have
auXoUsiy inquired. Have they founa
De.suorc
Bltlsf0rGS startling confession OF
graft, involving Public Printer slater.
came "a a second aytempt OF the prove
committee During the week Of Fen
S be- ha1 been summoned, out sad
that he i.LCw u0,liug about trausac-
items with Slater
on Feb lt bee WAS again summone {.
I'D statute on Granting immunltf
fum punishment 10 infOrmers Wa
read o. him lie then told his whole
e-oyy freely
The warrant agains, slater was
issued Feb Is. and The Columbus all
,ho-ities ho had heard tina me- was
10 Michigan finally received a tip that
Ac was here. Hls arrest followed. He
has lecn here since last June
B.ndert supplies sUc b as cloth no
rocco, paper sheep and gold leaf were
bought fer the state 0y Slater from
Blelsiord al cXOrbitant prices it is
alleged In addition he is alleged to
have sent in bills fer thousands ~
dollars worth OF goods which were
never purchased ie also dealt WIN
Others. and these transactions are un-
der Investigation
When Slater jeff the Office In l94S
ais successor, J. " Johnson made
accusations against Slater The new~.
papers were fuil OF graft tories ab0l,
The former public PRINTER. bur Slater
was never investigated Johnson.
though. Was Indicted for making the
accusations Nothing came VI the
case.
Finally Johnson reported officially
70 the governor bUf Gothing was don
about he craft rumors AZ that time
Since Slater relinquished office. he
has been roaming around The country
doing whatever WORK. he could get. 10
90 When arrested he az first denied
his indeuty. but when the station was
reached said he was the man they
wanted and that be was ia hurr7
10 get back 10 Ohio.
Slaters downfall is blamed ON be-
inz q good fellow IN politics Satur-
day morning be was utterly crushed.
Before his departure for Columbus.
he thanked the local officers for what
fav0rs they had done Tor him and
said they were the "whitest men NJ