Show OUGH H AS S SENSE Name of T HF Dupe Dup Co Signed to toOne toOne toOne One Check WORKED WITHOUT SYSTEM LATEST ESTIMATE OF AMOUNT MOUNT SECURED IS Peoria III Ill Oct U nN X C Dougherty Dou 1000 by b using the tho name nemo of A AIL 31 IL Andrew Co of Chicago in three years This 68 developed d before the tho grand jury today when whon H J Merle secretary of at the company appeared be before before fore tore the grand Jury with the books of or orthe the tho company compan While the Ute business s done by the school chool board with the firm had been beon comparatively limited for fOl two years year or more Mr Mt Ir Doughertys use of the firm name me in forging checks and school scrip had been extensive Fantastic Names Used The Tho vagaries of at his actions are al almost almost 1 most incomprehensible In one case cane he ho forged a IL check for In another a n sense of or humor developed when the name of F Dupe Co had been forged Th jie most fantastic names wore ware used and anit there seems Hems to have been no system whatever wh used u ed in his work Time The members of af the school board are following the tio theory ry that Dougherty lost large sums of money in wildcat gold gohl mining schemes at be between tween OOOO and The grand jury reported ltD tha states attorney today that they the would w uld report at least t more cases against Dougherty Dou herty Secured a Large Sum Im The latest estimate placed on his pec pee peculation peculation in padded payrolls places s the amount at So far as ns it has litta been figured from the cancelled checks it shows that for ten years ears past he lie av averaged from OO to per month As new ne school houses were built and new teachers added the proportion of added names were carried out The check checks for tor the fictitious names were cashed cubed by Dougherty himself who ex cx explained explaIned that he would hand the tho money to the teachers In person |