The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-20
PARTY GRAFTERS.
Chief Executive Talks Much
About "Graft" but Puts His
0. K. on CTeamsr, Finley,
zubeT, ct al, Who MUlGted
State Of Real Money,


State Of Real Money. |
all questions and had taken Illegally |
but $6S.45 in two years, which is a
fine record as compared with other
Democrats who have been invesu-
gated. He made goOd.
C. H. WlRMEL, commissioner of
labor, Harmon's appointee, having
been in office but month or so, had
grated only $44.65.
T. p. kEARNS, insector Of work
shops and factories, appointed by
Harmon, had been in the position
about a month but had fair start
with $43.95 to put back. Harmon for.
gave both and sent their names to
the senate that their appointments
might be confirmed.
While state inspector Of oils, under
appointment OF Governor Pattison,
Mr.. VIM. L. Finley told his deputies
to charge fees for all oil coming into
their territory. Mr.. kilgore, the dep
uty at Lima, inspected the kerosene
made by the Solar Refining company
of that city by taking a sample from
the 40,000-barrel tank-that's what II
holds, forty thousand barrels. He
was directed by Finley to notify each
deputy the number of cars Of this In
sected oil shipped into his territory.
The deputies into whose districts
such oil was sent were told by Finley
to send in claims for fees on the
amounts of oil reported to them by
Kilgore. They did. Finley uttered
false vouchers for the amounts and
they got the money from the state
treasury.
The Finley conspiracy cost Ohio
$7,86S.35. Here is detailed expla-
| nation:
M. c. sHAFER of FindIay was paid
$73s.65 for inspecting kerosene he
never saw.
A. C. BAcHTEL, deputy inspector
Of oils at Akron, was directed to
charge fees for inspecting oils he
says he die not inspect, $149.2s.
THOMAS M. McBEE, Mansfield, by
direction of the state inspector Of
oils, VIM. L. Finley, charged and COL
lected $596.99 on vouchers Finley in
dorsed, for services never rendered.
FRANK L. REED, Mr.. FinIey's
deputy, was directed by him to
charge fees for 16,475 barrels Of kero-
sene as having been inspected by
him in tank cars he did not even see.
Mr.. Finley paid him from states
money $5oo16.
w. J. DEVANNY, an aristocratic
name In Democratic circles, was in
spector of oils under Mr.. Finley at
Cincinnati. He was a high priced
lieutenant and Mr.. Finley cashed for
him false vouchers for $1,476.1s,
knowing them to be false.
WIN. CoWELL, Toledo, by Fin.
ley's direction, charged for inspect.
ing 29,596 barrels of oil which had
been inspected previously by one Of
FinIey's men at the refinery and re-
ceived $717.95.
J. 3. kLUNk, Toledo, was In the
machine but two months. He, as did
others by Finley's direction, charged
for inspecting cars Of oil which bore
evidence that they had been inspect
ed previously and the law fully com
piled with.
| II. c. GRAY, deputy Inspector al
Hamilton, Jared better than Mr.. De
vanny VIM. L. Finley paid him or
false vouchers representing fees fol
Inspecting oil in the railway yards al
Hamilton, on which MIR. Finley hac
previously collected inspection fee'
at the Solar Refining company a
Lima.
The terms Of service of E, w. PEG
PIES and s. N. BEE6E as deputy
inspectors at Columbus were 81
short that Mr.. Finley gave then
states money on accounts falsified By
his direction for $194.4s for PeopIei
and $23o.57 for 1eebe.
All deputy oil inspectors save ONT
had a territory. Seven months be
fore his term ended the state :nspec
tor of oils, Mr.. Finley, found that tht
states share of the fees for inspect
ing kerosene was not being entirel!
eaten up by the ten deputies whit
were in conspiracy with him to holC
up the state by false vouchers. So h
made Schneider, Joseph Scameide
of Minister, inspector at large" O
something like that. Anyway Schmei
der went at the end of each montl
to Lima Inspector kiIgore had ready
for him false statements of oil In
spected by him. Schneider woul'
give kiIgore $5, sign the statement
send it to Finley, who would make |
voucher against the state and senC
him $40. This lasted seven months
till Finley was superseded. Schmei
der has represented Auglaize count!
in the legislature and had consider
able political power.
Here is anc ther interesting side
light on Mr.. Harmon's graft charges
Mr.. VIM. L. Finley, while lnspec
tor of oils, paid his stenographer $S
a month, When she saW in his an
nuaI report that he had collecte'
from the state $50 a month as he
salary she worried him about il
Then she told Governor Harris, VIII
sent for Finley. Then Finley fire.
her, but she declined to quit unit