Kansas Gov. Alf Landon called out two officers of the Kansas National Guard in 1933 to protect the treasury at the Kansas Statehouse as authorities investigated a scandal involving the forgery of $1.25 million in municipal bonds….the Great Kansas Bond Scandal, which came about in the midst of the Great Depression after bank examiners questioned the authenticity of bonds held as collateral by a bank in Topeka.
Investigators concluded State Treasurer T.B. “Tom” Boyd had given access to the treasury vaults to 34-year-old Ronald Finney, the son of wealthy Emporia banker W.W. “Warren” Finney, who was also part of the scheme.
Ronald Finney took bonds from the treasury, forged them and distributed them as collateral.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)