New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-07
OHIO cTATE TREASURY DEFALCATIO%
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nesns and papers except employees Oh Ine treasury
nece and Of the Depostores ofthe S,ate-the exami-
nation procee slowly. Report will no. De made per-
hsps. for ten days. Mr. Breslin has covered up his
tracks 20 tina. will be difficult 70 trace 1hereabout
is the peoples money. Mr. Thomas Sparrow, Well
known as a leading member OF :he Democratic patty
Of Franklin County recently Postmaster OF Columbus,
and member Of the Investigating Committee which eA-
am,ntd the Treasury in 1917, isa lawyer o. industry
and ability, and s devoted to thorough search, as
far as is in the power of the Committee, OF the comp.
Gated details Of cicisl mismanagemec. aid mystical
ton of the two late Treasurers.
A thorough OVERLAPPING OF the Auditors and Treas
uIers books has been made, and statement Of he
account Of the Treasury from Jan. IL 1862, 70 Jare
IT, 1857 bar been prepared, showing tina: the deacs
ton at the latter date amounted 70 $728, 69l Oh.
The Committee have devoted their investigation 20
these two points: How much has been The defalca-
toni BY whom has been the default AMI assure
The people that they have worked with an industry
and ability which is to their credit. believe they
are satisfied that :hey have determined the srnount
wropgfuy withheld from the State - be the sum
noted above. To decide the question, by whom has
been the defaulti learn tina: extensive testimony
has been taken.
A number Of parties have been questioned Gs 70 the
business relations Of both the Treasurers implicated,
and after close examination Of Mr.. Gibson, whose
t. sony is comprised in forty manuscr pit pages, with
all papers and accounts in their reach Mr.. Gibson
former statements to the contrary, only 500 900 hav
been returned Of sum of more taan one million do
lars, taken from the Treasury by Mr.. Brssln,
which he alone was in default making John u. Bres-
lin a defduiter for 4728 s9l Ol
OF this sum be furnished deprecated paper amount
ing to $l54,t 50, making the State loser outright
claims that not one dollar Of the public money ha
stuck to his hands been lost by him, ard present
an account Of balance due 20 him BY the State OF
$4,000.
The Developments OF the Committee will show up
tome gentlemen who have affected 10 be very indgnan,
at the official conduct in this transaction OF the present
Executive.
state ments in October 1855, which showed that over
500 600 was then in the Treasury 1t will appear from
the testimony of Mr.. Deshler Cashier of the Clinton
Bank of this city that Mr. Bresns draft for $oO0oU
was protested in NewYork and not paid for weeks az
ter its return here, and then in dbets, which facts
were known to the Fund Commissioners and Governor
Medill. Mr.. Auditor Morgan, whose books called for
the Treasurer TO have hsnd the large sum of money
reported knew of this dragging the honor CT the State
in the dust, and Governor then called on the de-
faul,ing Treasurer to resign, as did Governor Chase
when Mr. Gibsons revelations were made known to
him.
Mr. Breslin lost the confidence Of hi. own political
friends here when he left lis own country and fed to
the doniniops of Queen Victoria-the refuge OF fug
tive slaves. Testimony has been given that he has
sign6ed his intention net 20 return. and few days
since his family repaired to Windsor, his present place
of sojourn.
One of my former articles spoke OF the possibility Of
cure the return Of Mr.. b. EOrewarned the gentleman
in Canada loaded himself with deadly weapons, pre-
pared TO defend himself from illegal arrest being sat
isfed treaty st pulatOns warranted his extradition
Mr. Gibson, under 81 TO- 900 bonds for bis appearance
at the Franklin County Court in October, has been
here for several days, and returns this morning to
Tifin.
He declares that no human soul was knowing os the
fatal step taken by him Of concealiDg Breslns defal
cation His motives he declares, were two-fold-to
protect his own interests and those OF the State. lie
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dearest friends in Seneca County, many of them in
duced to become by him, We're also Bresins secu-
rites. On learning of his predecessors defGcaon,
deemed it to be his and their interest TO save him and
them from loss For the interest of the State he
deemed best TO conceal it and obtain much of the
money back be could, by carrying the load on his
shoulders. Fatal determination.
He claims that not dollar of the money of the State
has been used i'll. galy nisappied by him, but tina
the chances that the 1903 600 obtqined from Bres-
lin by him would not otherwise have been brought into
the Golfers Of the State.
Nv his exertons he claims that $50 900 was secured
Of Bes ms suspended debt, from the Dayton Bank, Of
the Becke clar, part Of which has been paid That
Mr. Breslin would have, if then exposed, eft imned
influence with Breslin ard conided on his promises,
and carried the losd he did until it crushed hin
Testimony will show Mr.. Breslins completely with
Maryland and Indiana Banks, with railroad invest
ments, &c. at home, the pressure on him to use the
public money for party purposes by urgent leaders
&c. One Of the Hamilton County parties, really or
OstenelDIV, d
table during or about the time of the assembling Of the
National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, sum
Of money reported to be $7 600; suit for which was
entered, but large portion was returned on the with
drawal Of the suit. 1t has been reported that gam
bers followed the party 10 kanawha where
over $50, GOO llghtened from his pockets,
much Of the money being of the iar;famed Bank In
Maryland, in which Breslin exploited and to retain
The charter for which recent testimony says Sl00O0
was expended by Breslin. Was that for lobbying in
the Maryland Legislature
Ipe sonally am aware of the payment of the bills Of
the Miami tribe Democrats, by this same person, when
the drinking rout TO this place from Cincinnati II
organize the Legislature on the assembling of the last
Democratic Legislature January, 1855, and who was
| 20 prominent person in managing the election Of
George Z. Pugh as United States Senator.
1t ii becomes those who knew of Mr.. BEesn's de-
facation that early and who made but feeble efforts
to expose him, and finally consented to run again on
the ticket with him, to endeavOr TO prejudice the
present Administration for the lntdehty OF Gibson
who was dismissed from service, made to release the
KEYS Of office the moment it made known that he
was in sppsrent completely with fraud. Gov. Chase,
as did the Legislature which made the most guarded
and stir gent laws ever enacted against future depre
daiions on the Treasury shu the door ever against
irregularities and inequalities between the books Of the
Auditor and Treasurer, fully believed that the State
money was all igh and hal he known for one moment
that one of his officers kitipg around the City Of
Columbus for two weeks trying to kite ,ney enough
to pay protested draft for $4,000 as did Breslin,
whe n Auditor Morgan's books showed that he ought
10 have had fifteen times that money, such Treasurer
would have gone kittng out of his Office in the twink
ling of eye, did Mr.. Gibson.
The Administration of Gov. Chase is net only an
able, but it is a pure Administration.
The people deeply and sorrowfully lament the eror
the crime Of one Of the most hopeful young men OF
the State, who hazsrded well secured reputation on
deubful. enterprise at perilous cost, but they
capnot be hoodwinked by denagogues who seek to
msleod them by innuendoes or charges against the
Executive or against the Rep, blcan General Assem-
bly, which has done much tosystematiLe and protest
| the Financial Bureaus Of the State.