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Show INDICTED FOR SWINDLINC. 1 ii m prominent Southern Men Accused of IK Defrauding the City of LouUvIlle. m insviUE, Oct. 2. Colonel Zeb M -d, one of the prominent citizens of td unsas, and Scott Newman, jr., a lo- politician, were indicted by the Jef-ai Jef-ai on comity grand jury today on M -ges of swindling tho city ju a lile contract. Tho indietinonts 2 specifically as. follows: - First, a t indictment against Scott Ncv- i jr., and Colonel Zeb Ward, charg-I charg-I obtaining money by false pretenses. ' ond, an indictment against Scott ' 'Han jr., charging that he obtained ijnature to the city treasurer's rant on which the money was ! or to be paid by false H lenses. An indictment vvas i returned against It. T. Scow-city Scow-city engineer, charging him wilh itiry.' About three weeks the Even- Post of this city exploded a local - I'nshell by publishing specitic jesto the effect that" Ward and "man, who have a contract to fur-1 fur-1 i the city several hundred thousand sm worth of granite blocks for 'I paving, had been systematical-" systematical-" robbing thfl city by mak-false mak-false weights, and that , : bad already collected $13,000 5 re than they were rightly entitled to. "nel Zeb Ward at once 'brought suit 100,UOO against the Post and Scott it "man did likewise. The paper reit-ted reit-ted its charges and had the matter 'ight before the grand jury, the indents in-dents being the result. Scowden, dty engineer, who has recently wd to Chicago, it is alleged, knew 'lie matter. |