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Show THESE CITY OFFICIALS HAD A REGULAR GRAFT Carried Straw Men on Payrolls and Divided Up the . Salaries Amene Themselves. BELIjVILLE, 111., Jan. 16. The trial of Fred Vanderburg, William D. "West, City Clerk, and John Strycklln, Commissioner of Streets of the city of Brooklyn, 111., charged with malfeasance In office and a conspiracy to defraud the city, which has been onn the St. Clair county Circuit court for the last four days, came to an end last night when the Jury returned a verdict finding all three men guilty as charged. Vanderburg was given two years In the Chester penitentiary, and a fine of $500; Strycklln received one year and was fined $250, anl the punishment pun-ishment of West was left with the court. ' The Indictment charged that Strycklln had carried a number of straw men on his payroll for several months, with the knowledge and will of Vanderburg and West. Orders would be drawn on the treasury for pay fo these, and Strycklln would then, according to previous agreement, divide up. the money equally with his co-partners. It was also 'found upon Investigation that the three officials had raised warrants and by other systematic schemes had defrauded de-frauded the city of Brooklyn out of several thousands of dollars. . . |