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Former Lima welfare director admits embezzlement
Miss Isobel I. McCaslin 33 former Lima Welfare Department director pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to embezzling 573.16 of public funds charged by Police Inspector Earl D. Miller. After arraignment before Judge James B. Steiner she was bound to the grand jury under 1000 bond. The offense covered 23 months from January 1 1948 to November 15 1949. She had repaid 826.70 claimed as restitution and later 468.16 more. prosecutors say all but 55 were repaid. The case stems from funds used for hospitalization and care of indigent and aged residents. The city had been pressing the matter amid prior criticism of the department.
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James B. Steiner
Miss McCaslin
Spector Miller
George Burgoon
Allen County
A. J Bowers
Robert Fawcett
Ottawa
The
Ohio Welfare
Burgoon
Stanley Welker