Show stole a quarter of a million from the schools N C dougherty realized by using the name of A H andrews company of chicago in three years this was developed before the grand jury today when H J merle secretary ol 01 the company appeared before the grand jury with the books of th company while the business dono by abo school board with tho firm had been comparatively limited for two or more sir doughertys Dougher tys use of the farm name in forging checks and school scrip had been extensive ane vagaries of his actions arc almost incomprehensible in one case ho forged a check for in another a of humor developed when the name of F dupe and co had been forged the most fantastic names were used and there seems to have been no system whatever used in his work thac members of the school board are following tho theory that dough arty lost large sums oi money in wildcat gold mining schemes estimated at between and the grand jury reported to the states attorney today that they report at least twenty four more cases against dougherty the latest estimate placed on his speculations peculations in padded pay rolls places the amount at a quarter of a million dollars so far as it has been figured from the canceled checks it shows that for ten years past he a er aged from 2500 to per month now school houses acro built and new teachers added the proportion to added names was carried out the checks for the fictitious names were cashed by dougherty himself who explained that he would hand the money to the teachers in person |