Indiana daily times., 1922-01-09

John Wills, for six months an employs
| at the municipal garage under the Jewett
| administration, was called before the
| board and told by Mr.. Shank he would
have TO tell the truth if he expected to
keep his job. Wills said he knew several
OF the mechanics employed at the garage
during the last six months o. 1921 We're
getting gasoline for their own autclIo-
biles and working on their oR7NRr~ at
the municipal garage. He i.aplicS Afkle
son of n prominent wcrd politieiN
three others. whose names are being E.<
held pending further Investigation.
politicians son did not work at = IN
garage, but was in the habit of hlIinN
his private gas tank from the city stores,
Wills said.
MAY TURN MATTER
OVER TO GRAND JURY.
Mr.. Shank said he is considering tho
advisability Of referring the whole mat
7 Ter Of disappearance of city property to
the Marion County grand ury.
Jay until year a year ago was su-
perintenient Of the Marion County. ssv..
lem for the Poor. He was replaced by
J Charles Lewis. It is said his dismissal
was brought about by Commissioner
Carlin Shank, brother Of the mayor. The
Jewett administration then gave him
the post at the city yards Mr.. Shank
was informed that the pump in question:
was missing from the city yards a
/ that it had been loaded into Jaws 5tItS-4
mobile by some Of his subOrdinates One
Of these subOrdinates was called before
the board of works and questioned about
the incident. He declared he had had
nothing to do with loading the pumD.
but knew Jay had taken it. This was
about three weeks ago, the employe said,
Mr Shank dispatched two city detec-
uyes 10 Jays place in Bridgeport. They
returned in about two hours and re-
ported to the mayor and the board that
the pump was in Jays possession. but
that 1t had been brought back TO iae
city yards. The detectives said jay ad-
mltted taking It, but explained he thought
1t was worthless
Upon this report W. II. Freeman. Re-
publican member OF the board. moved
Jays arrest and prosecution.
Mr. Shank said he would instruct the
police department to file charge of
grand larceny against Jay.
MAYOR DIRECTS SHARP
OSS-QUESTIONING.
The city yards employe was sEarrly
croSs-eXamined by the mayor as to the
disappearance of other property. He said
there were eleven axes gone and that
twelve tool boxes were practically empt,
Pressed for information as to who has
the missing articles the empIoye said
said he did not know anything beyond
that they had been issued to emrIoyes
ana never were brought back.
There must be thousands of dOIIars'
worth of stuff gone from various CITY de-
partments,'' said Mr. Shank. "Tbe peo-
pie who took it had better be bringing IL
back"
SUGGESTION TO KEEP
CHECK on CITY CARS.
Emmett J. Hogan. assigned 10 the
municipal garage as a car tracer. VINO
has been trying to locate all OF the
automobiles and equipment supposed TO
be there, reported to Mr.. Shank that he
has not been able to get the records
Strengthened out, but that he has been
Informed that city ears have been seen
as far away from Indianapolis as Chl
cago and Louisville. He said he had
been told they were used on 10y rides
To correct this evil Mr.. Hogan nro-
posed that every driver O, CITY ear
be compelled to register on a permanent
record at the garage the hour he takes
MS machine out and the time he brings
II Dack. There should be regulation
requiring every city ear to be kent in
the garage At night and not at the hoaes
OF employees as he has found some have
peeh IN The past, he declared.