Show EMBEZZLED INDIAN FUNDS Samuel McGowan of Kansas Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Oklahoma Okla Ohla Feb 8 SSamuel Samuel SIc Mc McCowan Ic Gowan Cowan of Degraff Degraft Kas one of ot the beet best known Indian authorities in the tho I country count was swan arrested here today on a federal grand jury Indictment chars j jIng ing lug him with embezzlement and misappropriation misappropriation misappropriation of federal funds while su superintendent superintendent t of the Inc Indian school at eo Okla Okia from 1904 1304 to 1908 He lIu lb was released l on bond The indictments which were re returned returned returned turned on Friday Frida last consist of ot nine counts alleging and five fic ficor for or making vouchers Do charges allege th van nn an converted money belonging tu the Indians to his own use Ule and also took grain and live livestock livestock livestock stock and that ho he made false vouchers thereby securing money from the United States at SL Louis Tn There re is an alleged shortage of I 09 and the Indictments intimate that an additional sum was wrongfully secured Agents of the federal government have hae been working on the McGowan accounts for almost a n year and the tue In Indictments Indictments were based on their report McGowan was superintendent of the governments Indian exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St StLouIs StLouis LouIs Louie and at the time Of or his arrest was preparing to go to Seattle to take charge hargo of a similar exhibit during the exposition |