An Expected Revelation
March 4, 1908
The report of John Oiney, the expert employed to investigate the books of the County officers is now on file, and public property. It is an extended document and cannot be given publicity in full in this county for some weeks.
In the meantime, it may be stated that the rumors which have been growing in definiteness during the past three years concerning the methods of ex-Superintendent of School J. F. Dixon, have been crystallized into rather disconcerting facts, the expert finding that the school districts of the County have suffered a lost at Dixon’s hands that cannot, owing to the careless methods of District Boards of Trustees, be even approximately determined.
Figures submitted, however, show that during his term of office, over two thousand dollars were wrongfully, and with a boldness and persistency that challenges belief, “diverted” into the Dixon pocket.
We do not wish to hamper the administration of justice in this matter, and there being no pressing reason for its discussion at this time, leave its discussion to the future.
