His father owned several telephone companies and was president of Fidelity State and Savings Bank in Emporia, Kansas.
(Tom) Boyd resigned, after admitting he had given access to the state treasury vaults to Finney, who took some bonds so that he could forge them.
He pleaded guilty in December 1933 to 31 counts of forgery after an insanity defense failed, and was sentenced to 31 to 635 years in prison.
[7] State Treasurer Tom Boyd was convicted in January 1934 of mail fraud and was sentenced to a term of four to ten years in prison.
In 1862, Governor Charles L. Robinson was impeached by his political enemies for his alleged role in the sale of state and war bonds, although he was exonerated.