Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-24

Total amount Iess drawn than entitled TO 5ol 81
So tina, drew less 10y 1904 81 ,bau wa. Justly en-
uuru TO have drawn; Exclusively OF the drafts fer
$4,000 and 510.) after allowing our Auditor SiO5 for
the error. in addition which he has made THU time a.
gdpst himself; uo doubt by mistake And vet he ba.
The finished inPerneuce TO say. " Had all Mr. Kings
checks been returned to the, IL il probable that his
whole default could have been accounted for with
equal clearness" Doubtless coui-and il l. certain
ha, his arihce throughout could have been exposed
with equal ease.
Blu, our Auditor proceeds The reader will OBJ.
serve amosg the cheeks for 1926, the 2l., OF
January, for $1,000, pay drafl in favor of s. NJ
Aleu-, one on the l7lh May, for $1,000 to paw "dr AFT
OF Auditor, for contingent purposes. as settled"
aud one on The 2lst November, foS $500. TO pay +
watkins drafi on account OF contingent" amountin,
In all to $780,, Sc Now. the reason why IA. do.
sires us particularly to observe these checks
hadsent up TO him among the rest) IL obvious
aud the eritce, indeed. with which he has here soush
to associate my with that OF the since dshonorJ
drawer OF the dras, to which they refer is should
uink almost too gross TO deceive any one. At all .
vents shall easily dsapFon his malice gain and an
swer all his Institutions against this point by a
snort and simple statement OF facts.
MT Wa'kln', then, was appointed 4,h Auditor I b.
heve, on the death OF Col freeman, sometime in m.
year iSsi-'o, ana became acquainted with him of
course rom my connex with the department short.
~ afterwards My intercourse with him. however
was confined entirely TO his Office, aud had ce,tainIv
no sort OF private business, dealing or
ing, OF any kind. with him. until the latter part nj Isos
"heh had occasion 10 have one, which shall soon
explain La this state OF things on the l7,h of J,nua
ry 1885, ne ,irow as fourth Auditor the said first Al
MI. AiIsnS
Co., Tor $1,000 payable at sight, with an accomp,ny;n
ieueF oil ADVICE in which he directed me 10 nav ,bs
amount out oil any appropriation in my hands. and
no,u 'oe same chargeabe 10 contingent for 1926
10 DE charged In my for the the GUAR
ter'-(See q, No. This draft being thur, ON il.
lace, Tor public pulp pos did no, hesitate of corr.
accep', and pay on its presentment, on The 2Ist of
'inudfy aud having done so, aiterward. charged il
anu sent up: as directed, with my quarterly return
Tor 3oth March, lS26-(See No. 81
Aherwards, on the OH of Nav 1926 h. d-.y H. .
aiu second dratt on in favor Of Sc Ia Hyatt s. Co
Tor $4,000, a, fifteen days after date. and d,ec,sd me-
10 charge IL, " without further advic.,-(See N, D
NOW, This draft was ceItaiuly not drawn for a nuhII
purpose as have since had eood eason TO know and
We manner In which 1t IL doawn ought, perhaps 10 have
haoe ne su-pect az much the time. Sill az had
neverhld the smallest dealing engagement of anv
Kind with Mr.. Watkins, aud had Certainly az | hav.
aready SAID no particular intimacy with him. could not
ana ld MOI, suppose for moment that he wound bavs
taken the liberty to draw upon me- for his own accom-
mediation, without further advice :" and therefore
conciu led that he must have drawn for nub,;c NM
pose when he would soon eNpain--and accordingly
accepted this draft Also and paid by che ok on The
B'nk marked, as has been seen, " pay DRAFT of An
AUDITOR, aud endorsed for contingent nurnosss a.
se'ted; Tor, "a had been directed TO CHARGE The for
mer draft TO contingent" naturally concluded tina,
wa, 10 charge This TO that had also, especially az
was me general or Tesiduary head may he
when ~ always presumed 70 be underst jod when no
par icuiar one is expressed. Some time Afterwards
however, hearing MOI hing from Mr. Wa,kins IN ,th
SUBJECT Of this draf', had expected | was led ,o
conclude that II must have been drawn for privats
purPose-and' accordingly, when my clerk was max
AM ADJ iis
graft in hand TO charge IT, directed him not 10 do So
as he Temenhers and certities.-[See No 81
After this again, the 18th of Sept 1926 bo drorv
the said third draft in favor of Seth Hawaii 81 %
for $780, at sixty days, and being absent from town NV
sell when II came to haad, my clerk, acting under a
power oil attorney from and supposng that it was on
public account, accepted for appears bv the co
ply OF ii annexed [Sec No 8. On nav return / was
sorry TO find that he had done so; but as kne ,bo,
acted from pure mo ives, and considered rnvself as
bound by his act, paid my check marked oto nav r.
Wakins's draft or ORDER, but charged il in NV
account. [See No g. 10y
Sometime after this, being in Washington ON tbe IN,
sihess oil my once took oc' aston to speak to Mr. w
on the subject of these two latter drafts when he oc
knowledged frankly that he had drawn them for his own
accommodations and readily promised TO paw me back
me money which had paid them soon as he couId
rllse It, lie accordingly gave his note for The sInn
OF fifteen hundred dollars dated 2lth December 1000
payable SIXTY days after date and promised to pay me
the balance iron time to time, his paw as i he
came due Alter this, forwarded his note AZ m,turi,
through the United States Bank, and had il presenteJ
TO him for payment which, however, he did not MAKE
eXcung himself 1T seems, for doing so bv TELLING
the Notary that she expected funds by MONDAYS mali;
(c u ~ was ute'euPoh protested and returned TO me-
(See No. A. Subsequently to this, he made me some
small payment, through of the clerks of his office
amounting to about 800 And some time afterwards
ON the goth of June, 1929, he the liberty ,o draw
another draft on in favor of Peter Force for thou
SAND dollars al sixty days, without advice) which re-
fused, oil course, TO accept paw and il was onor
wards protested accordingly for non payment Csec No
p Here endsd the whole of my transactions viii, Mr.
watkins, and think may safely leave fbe re,Jor -
1uige whether they furnish any ground impeach nv
integrity. my
ITO, be eoneluded)
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