Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-09
J. H. WALLIS IS
UNDER INDICTMENT
Charges said to Have Been Made
Include Collection Of Money
Not Due Hin.

II.
lis has agreed to return to Idaho and
stand trial for mafeasance In office.
When the grand jury reported to
Judge Mccarthy Thursday the gen
eral impression was that an indiot.
ment was returned against the for.
mer dairy, food and sanitary com.
missioner. No return was made that
day ON the bench warrant ordered is
sued, but Sheriff Roberts left on the
eastbound train Friday noon and It
was supposed that his destination was
Salt Lake, where Wallis ds said to be
at this time.
Some conjecture was current when
the Wallis indictment was suggested
that, ID he was in another state he
might object to being returned here
to answer in the case. 1t was under
stood Friday, however, that he would
offer no objection and 1T is known
that Sheriff Roberts took no extradi-
ton papers with him.
In 1909 Mr.. Wallis was appointed
TO be state dairy, foodan d sanitary
inspector, and he held the place until
October A, 1914, when his resignation
was demanded by Attorney General
Peterson, who made a special trip to
Salt Lake to obtain 1t. Mr.. Wallis
was at that time I'm the Utah capital
conducting a clean city campaign on
leave OF absence from his duties as
am official of the State of Idaho. No
definite charges were made at that
time though there We're said to be
scme irregularities In his accounts.
1t was also charged that he had di. |
verified to his own use food products
which he had condemned as state of. |
Ger.
When the present official took
charge of the office, there was prac.
tically nothing left of the funds ap-
propriated for the department and
records were found where part of
the running expenses of the first two
months of the year had been paid out
of the old fund under which the de-
partment had been operating, but
which was legislated out by the 1918
legislature.
Immediately before the retirement
of Mr.. Wallis as head of the depart.
ment 1t was shown I'm q suit In the
federal court that he had been di-
rected in his campaign against the
Crescent Baking Powder company by
an attorney said to have been In the
employ of the baking powder trust,
so-called. Mr.. Wallis denied that the
advice was given for any other rea-
BON than that the two men were close
friends.
When the grand jury was called 1t
vas said that the accounts of the pure
ood department would be investigated
md because many of the witnesses
we're at present In the service or had
'een employed by the pure food de- h
1t has been the understand b
ng that the Jury began on this case .
tuesday afternoon. e
From reports to the governor and to
he board of examdn ers, ,is is presumed
hat the charges against Mr.. Wallis
re manipulation of the records of the
ffice and misuse of funds, and 1t ds 4
lso said that he will be called to ac- y
ount because he drew pay for the n
lonth of October, when he resigned n
arly In the month. Funds for the Il
ffice were appropriated for. specific
and 1t Is said that no at
,mpt was made to keep Within the ,
NIT of these specifications.
If Mr.. Wallis agrees to come to
ithin day or so.
oise without requisition proceedings y,
. will probably be here In the city .,
ithin day or so.-Statesman. r.
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