The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16

The following from the Sun
day morning edition of the Indi,
annapolis News contains a num-
Der OF bombshells, which are
very interesting" to. residents
OF Plymouth and Center town
ship.
A tale of extravaganza and
misconduct in office is told in
the report which two field exam
liners made of their : examina-
tion into the affairs OF Fred
Corse, who was trustee of Cen
ter township, Marshall county,
from 1905 to 1908. The report,
which was made public at the
Office of the state Accounting
board, says that Corse owes the
township $11 ,009.25. The report
also charges that Corse's prede-
cessor in the office, c. P. Jack
man, turned nothing over TO
Corse. when the latter assumed
office, although the books show
ed that Jackman had on hand
balances amounting to S6,506.99.
Corse, according 10 the report,
refused to accept certain over
drafts from Jackman when the
change was made, amounting to
$250.72. Therefore, Corse start
ed with nothing in any of the
township funds. In other words
he started at zero But from the
way the report reads, he began
a career of official extravaganza
at once. During mis- term he
spent $9,4s5.2O for supplies. Tor
which he had no itemized bills.
Much 1of this sum was spent
with Charles Turner, a supply
man of Plymouth. and S. D. XII
ger & Co., OF Indianapolis.
The examiners made the def
mite charge in their report that
Corse "was extravagant and ne
made frequent illegal use of the
funds of the township
Unnecessary Supplies
When the examiners investi-
gated they found that many of
the supplies which Corse had
purchased at high prices were
unnecessary; that many OF the
road tools were unnecessary and.
unused; that there were stored
in the Office OF the trustee many
charts, portfolios and cabinets
purchased for school use, but
which were unnecessary and un-
used. They found also that the
township advisory board had
not made any appropriations for
the purchase OF these supplies as
the board is required by law tc
do. A trustee has no right to
spend township money unless an
appropriation for that purpose
has been made previously by the
township advisory board.
The report says that during
his term in office Corse overpaid
himself $536.40 for salary and
that he overpaid small sums on
various other accounts.
In the case of Jackman, the
former trustee. the examiners
say that he was eNtravagant and
that he was easy prey for sup
ply men. They say he was dis
sipated and that since his re-
tirement from office he has NOV
ed to the state of Washington
and that he has no property in
Indiana.
Center Township Report.
A copy of the report on Cen
ter township affairs has been
made for transmission to Cover
nor Marshall, but chief account
ant Dehority is in New York
and the copy has not yet reach
ed the Governors office.
Center township, Marshall
county. apears to have been a
paradise for supply men as there
is another report which indicates
some OF the methods which have
been in Use there. When the ex
aminers looked into the books of
Iohn Richards, present trustee,
they found one item among the
receipts which read:
Donation from supply man
81"
They asked Trustee Richard
what it meant and he said the
money was paid to him by Chas.
Turner, a supply man of Ply
mouth. He said he bought a
bill OF goods of Turner amount