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Lake County Time Machine: The Shafter Matthews Embezzlement Trial

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In 1920 Shafter Matthews, a Lake County clerk, was tried for 93 counts of embezzlement.  The trial stretched over several months, with perjury charges, strange bookkeeping practices, and a hung jury.  Take a look at the time machine to see the drama of the trial unfold.

Lake County Bee, 1.1.1920

Lake County Bee, 2.19.1920

The Lake County Library provides these historical articles from the library’s collection of microfilmed newspapers.

The list of titles is on the library website at http://www.lakecountyca.gov/Assets/Departments/Library/Documents/Newspapers.pdf.

The public is welcome to use the library’s microfilm reader-printer. The Lake County Library does provide scanned copies of newspaper articles and obituaries to researchers. Contact the library for details at 707-263-8817 ext. 17106.

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Jan Cook

Article by Jan Cook

Jan Cook is a library technician for the Lake County Library where she has worked since 1989. She wears a multitude of library hats, including the one for answering Lake County genealogy and history questions. Jan belongs to the Lake County Genealogical Society, the Lake County Historical Society and the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild. She designed Lakeport Library’s Quilt Trail block, Friends of the Library. One of her favorite library jobs is doing research in the old newspapers.

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