The sun., 1910-06-03
FINDS IS GRAFT INDICTMENTS
SCHENECTADY GRAND JURY
PUTS ~ 4 BlTCH.

suDsr, lsors and Others Are Accused Of
I.soting the C0untJ Treasury By
Means Of FrauduIent Claims and Bills
system 0G Auditing Condemned.
ScHESEcTADY. June 2-Eghteen in
d,ctments in graft cases were handed up
this morning al II 20 O'Clock by the Grand
Jury which has baen sitting In connection
with the extraordinary trial term OF the
Supreme Court since May IS. Bench war
rants were Immediately issued and by
$50 O'Clock this afterpOon sheriff Hath
away had served sixteen OF the warrants
and the defendants were arraigned before
Justice Van Kirk 10 plead 90 the indict-
msnts. Two II the defendants are out Of
town. Its said that one of these, against
whom an indictment for misdeEleanor
was returned. 10 absent only temporarily.
The other. who is said 70 have been in
dirtsd for felony is reported I" have 70
GENTLY disposed II HE real and personal
pr1rertv here and 70 have taken trip 70
south America The indictments found
to-day were as follows
Dr Vbarlps Y Van DenberRe, indicted
for forgery aud Tor wrOugfully obtaining
AZ; for labor performed in the name ~
WIiHam J Palmer Dr. Van Denberge
was IN 1909 Super rntendent ot Construction
and Repairs He resigned when comp
troller Glynns graft hunters began their
exam nation into Schenectady county
afairs.
Aaron HuHmire. five indictments for
grand rCauv. second degree. IN present
M and collnctiong bills for road building
done ln the name II II. Miller. Huhmire
Was a member ~ the 1913 Board Oi super
yi~urs. aud resigned.
George A Pepper grand larceny, sec.
0nd degree Pepper was supervisor oi
Hi Ehways and presented and collected
fraudulent bills
Mvron " Jacobson. grand larceny,
second degree. five indictments Tor traudu'
'entIy presenting and collecting false
claims aggregating 500. I've also re-
signed from the 1915 board
Philip Mulderick. grand larceny secoh9
degree He is plumber and h charged
with presenting and collecuong Two iaise
bulls aggro eating 25i 30
Supervisor William Dunleavy and My.
ron jacobson were jointly indicted Tor
conRpiracy IN presenting ana couecung
several accounts aggregating SB2s m the
name Of Frank Mooney.
Fret Rolfc. perjury, in having signed
a draft or cheek for tisO and swearing
he mai rot siEnei it.
In addition TO the felony indictments
the following were indicted Tor misde'
meauors.
supervisor Thomas " Winnie of Ms
kavuun. former member Of Assembly
aud Supervisor Isaac J.. NhltmyTe OF
tins citv: former Supervisors William
AZ naytz Johu " HudaDu James u
Hilderbrand. Edward n Robinson. audi
tor OF the Schenectady Illuminating
Company. and Ansou II. Caty Tor either
selling TO the county while members Of
the boarl or frauduiently auditing ac-
counts not properly ltemizsi. John II
Peters. clerk ~ the present board and
a notary public. and Irving :. Neider,
a merchant and commissioner Ot deeds,
for falsely certifying 70 the signatures
on bills when the persons whose names
we're signed hat not appeared before
them and hal never signed them.
All pleaded not guilty and were al.
mittai 70 bail Justice Van Kirk Fixed
bail on only one Indictment IN each case,
the amount being A. ,OoO in allfelony cases
and 8SO IN all misdemstnOr cases. The
raae. were sat down for Monday, Jure
rs. but motions by counsel will he heard
next Monday afternoon. June 3.
IN handing up the indictments the
Grand jury also submitted report
which criticises tho ms'hJ'ss in use IN
the hoard Of superv .sors and concludes
~ follows
we feel however. that unless an en-
tfrsly new system of scrutnixing aud
auditing accounts In Schenectady county
Is inaugurated our hbors will have been
IN vain