The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-12-28
MORE INVESTIGATION
Affairs at the County Hospital Are to Be
Probed by the Board OF Supervisors.

HlIdlfo al lNt OON'Nf fiSSH'N"' ~
Probed by the Board OF Supervisors.
There is going to be an investigation
Of Things at the county poor farm ~
the first meeting Of the board OF su.
pervisors Of this county in the new
year. Mr. and Mrs VIM. Lyons who
have been in charge ont there for the
past five years. have asked for an in
vestigation and the supervisors have
notified the board OF poor commission.
ers 10 be on hand az the January
meeting Of the board.
The trouble at the poor farm has
been brewing for some time back. II
started couple OF years ago when Ac-
countant Dresser complained TO the su
pervisors that no adequate system OF ac
counts were kept by those in authority
at the poor farm and. on instructions
from the board, Mr.. Dresser prepared q
form of accounts and several blanks
amoug others being an order blank
which the superintendent was asked TO
iii ont every time anything WAS need
ed on the farm.
IL had been the custom, 80 IL Is re-
ported. to trade produce for provisions.
Mr.. Dresser started system whereby
everything snould pass upon a cash
basis and the cash collected should be
turned over to the county treasurer to
the credit Of the poor fund.
Robert Munns has been secretary Of
the board for long time and il was
mainly through his efforts tnat Mr..
and Mrs Lyons secured the job at the
poor farm, their application being
vigorousy opposed at the time by the
late 4 red Miller, a member Of the com.
mission at the time,
Upon Mr.. Munns was set the respon.
sibility OF swinging the business of the
institution TO the basis estab
lished by Mr. Dresser. It seems that
the Lyons people didn't take kindly
70 the plan and friction between them
and Mr.. Munns started at that time
that has grown in intensity ever since.
until it finally eliminated in the dis
charge OF the Lyons people by full
vote of the commissioners nj the last
meeting
The canss OF the discharge WAS not
given ont at the time but IL HAS since
developed tnat the Lyons people were
charged with having sold produce
from the farm and not accounting for
the receipts
The stoty OF the discovery of his
practice goes back to last spring when
Captain Richards secured some seed
potatoes from the farm and paid Mr..
Lyons a check for them. less some
work that mad been done for the farm
az the mine shops. Later on la con-
versation, Mr. Richards happened to
mention this transaction 10 Mr.. Munns
who Immediately began to investigate.
He had received some money from Mr.
Lyons about slG-and he asked where
IL came from He was told that g. +.
Brown bought some potatoes. IL de
veloped that q. r. Brown didn't buy
any potatoes. Then il was Osterberg.
bnt the latter denied having bought
any. One thing lead to another until
a general Investigation was made aud
il was discovered that milk. butter,
eggs and other products Of the farm
had heen sold 10y the Lyons people for
several years and In justification of
their act. Mrs. Lyons explains that
long ago she offered Mr.. MunRs So
cents tor some butter she said she sold
and he refused II. She took it Nom
that that she had right 10 sell butter
and sggs. Mr.. Munns denies any such
incident and gives an entirely differ.
ent story of the ocourance, saying that
she never offered him any money but