When paunchy Robert M. Sweitzer ended 24 years as Cook County Clerk in 1934 with a $453,202 shortage in his accounts, he smiled broadly but produced only $39,073 of it (TIME, June 17, 1935, et seq.). Ousted from public office and indicted on criminal charges, he charmed a jury into acquitting him and his smile became a grin. Last April he died, leaving an estate of $25,500 and Cook County holding an empty bag.
Clerk Sweitzer had been bonded by U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. When his jury declared him innocent of...
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