On This Date in Minnesota History: November 24

November 24, 1916 – The St. Louis County grand jury today returned indictments naming Victor Power, mayor of Hibbing; D. D. McEachin, former village treasurer W. J. Ryder, Rupert Swinnerton, B. J. Burrows and H. P. Curran, members of the Hibbing village council, and Albert Dixon and Jacob Messier, for alleged malfeasance in office and alleged misappropriation of public moneys.

C. M. Atkinson and R. W. Hitchcock, newspaper publishers, were also named for alleged complicity in obtaining public moneys fraudulently.

The men were arraigned before Judge W. A. Cant of the St. Louis county district court. Pleas will be made at Hibbing before Judge Hughes. Bail of $500 in each case was fixed.

John Mulvahill and Sam Sanderson, who also were indicted, did not appear in court.

The indicted men were represented by Attorney H. B. Fryberger, who raised an objection to the arraigning of the men in Duluth. The objection was overruled, but a request to allow the men to make their pleas at Hibbing was allowed.

No formal arrests were made by the sheriff, the men being called by telephone and told to appear before the court.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Mayor and Other Hibbing Officials Are Arraigned. Indictments Charge Misuse of Village Funds—No Formal Arrests.”; Nov.25, 1916; p. 1.

Victor Power, Mayor of Hibbing
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