Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-07
Prosecuting Attorney Of Ada
County Alleges Former Adju-
tant General Made False
Voucher Certification.
FOR WASHINGTON TRIP
Accused Representative APP
peared Before Justice Rust
and Gave Bond for $500
Outgrowth of Investigation.

Representative c. S. Moody, former
adjutant general of Idaho, faces a
criminal charge of ''wilfully, unlaw-
fully and feloniously" making false
certificate securing the payment of u
claim of $176.63 contracted on trip
to Washington in December of 1918,
and was arrested by Sheriff Emmitt
Pfost under a warrant issued out of
Justice of Peace Rust's court Thursday
evening. He gave bond for $500 with
Representatives III. Fl. Hoff of Bear
Lake county and George A. Patterson
Of Valley county, both Democratic
members of the lower house, as bonds
men. The date for the preliminary
hearing has not been set. The COM
plant was filed in justice court by
Prosecuting Attorney Ebert S. De-
lana at $3.50 o'clock in the evening.
The arrest is the outgrowth of the
investigation of a legislative investi-
eating committee during the present
session. The findings of this comit-
tee were to the effect that moneys from
the militia or adjutant generals fund
were Illegally and criminally used"
The attorney general and the prose-
cutting attorney of Ada county were
urged to make a more searching in
vestigation Of the fund and to bring
those guilty of unIawfully using it to
trial.
GENERAL CHARGE MADE.
Representative Hoff, minority
member of the committee filed a mi
nority report in which he exonerated
Moody. He is now one of the former
adjutant generals bondsmen.
1t is charged in that Certificates
were made for the purpose of securing
payment Of said claim, and that said
certificates, and each of them, were
false, in that neither said claim, nor
any part thereof, was just or proper
charge against the state of Idaho, and
that the various items specified in said
claim were for alleged expenses in
CURED by Charles S. Moody on a trip
made by him from Boise to Washing
ton and return, which trip was made
by said Charles S. Moody for and in
behalf of the United States and under
Its order and direction and at it's ex-
pense, and not for or in behalf of or
at the request or upon the order of the
state of Idaho, nor in the public SER
vice of the state of Idaho, necessary
or otherwise; and for the further rea-
son that portion of said expense rep
resented by said voucher had been
actually paid said Charles S. Moody by
the United States prior to the time of
his making said certificates to said
voucher and prior to the filing of the
same with the state board of exam
liners of the state of Idaho
DETAILED EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
The exhibit attached to the COM
plant contains an itimized expense
account covering the trip to Washing
ton, as follows:
Dec. 3, ticket So; Dec. 10, breakfast
$3.50, porter $50, dinner $2.25, dinner
$3.50, telegram for governor s3.O5;
Dec. II, meals s2.40, meals $3.50; Dec
IL, meals $2.25; Dec. IL, breakfast So
porter $3.50; Dec. 10, breakfast $2.75
lunch $2.05, porter 81, dinner SITS;
Dec. IA, breakfast 81, taxi 81, dinner
$3.50, taxi so cents, dinner $3.50; Dec
Is, dinner $1.25; Dec. 16, dinner $1.65
breakfast $1.10; Dec. Is, dinner $1.40
breakfast 81, lunch $1.05; Dec. II, din
ner SIPS, room s32.10, fare Sc cents
cab 81; Dec. is, breakfast $2.25; Dec
10. lunch 81; Dec. 20, meal so cents
Dec. 81, hotel $59.42; Dec. %, dinner
$2.75, breakfast SEES, lunch $2.25, tele.
gram so cents; Dec. 20, breakfast SIPS
lunch $2.25, dinner $3.50; Dec. "a
breakfast $3.50, dinner $3.50; Dec. 23
meals 81; Dec. IS, room $3.50, expense.
not otherwise accounted for 1915"
Former Governor NJ. Alexander wen
to Washington at the same time ant
part of the expenses enumerated abov,
include his travelling expenses, Prose
cutting Attorney Delana said in ex
gn1afninR the items