Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-06-27 | Page 1 | Nashville Robbed of Million, Belief

I NASHVILLE ROBBED OF 0 MILLION BELIEF EE Frauds Said to Be Far Reaching Mayor Faces Probe NASHVILLE Tenn June 26 Nashville's boodle investigation reached the boiling boUinS' point toda today In Indictments Indictments In- In were returned against Lyle Andrews commissioner of or finance R. R Miles Burns Durns city comp comptroller and City Treasurer West Vest and according to rumors that filtered from the tho little room where the investigators owel wel- wel Mayor Hawses Hawse's official lifo life willbo will wll bo be given I en the same scrutiny us as has been heen given en the affairs affair's of oC the treasury The men in indicted to today aro charged 1 with being accessories to the theft of or records records' of ot the treasury and pai participation in the alleged loot The magnitude of ot tho the revelations rc grow grew toda today under the gr grand d J Jurys Jury's s In In- In Bale after atter hale bale of ot city records were examined and though little information could be had from tho the chaotic ot of papers the grand jur Jury became convinced that funds had been Juggled in reckless fashion It was found that realty really taxes were shifted from one account Recount to o another that money from bonds was duplicated in many records and Hud that proper propel accounting wan was not made of or several eral other funds Many l city records are arc missing nn and 1 it will bo be up to o an audit to lo determine more definitely the tho amount of the tho loot Jool now no roughly estimated at nt covering ton len years It is not known whether Mayor Howse will bo ho n asked keLl to go before the grand Jury jun but it Jt is understood that the ho prosecutor does 10 9 not Intend to summon any witnesses from the tho higher ups at tho expense of ot im Im- im- im The hearing of or the bill rued fLied by Comptroller Burns to have have- havethe the city l' placed In the hands of ot a n. receiver Isto is 13 iso to o bo be 9 held Monday