The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17
WHO Stole the Money. A Certain
Mode of Discovering tile Real
Criminal.

WEO StOIc the mOhe!s ~ oAAAt
Mode of Discovering tile Real
Criminal.
The friends of Gibson are nervously la-
boring to convince the people of Ohio, that
they and their Treasurer are entirely limo.
cent Of the late enormous defalcation in the
State Treasury. In order to prove his in
nocence, they are compelled TO make him
cut on accessory 10 the crime, a Perjurer
ard william. They are forced to admit that
Chase was a fssifer or a fool, when he pub
lished in his message that Breslin had paid
over all the money to Gibson, except S2o4,'
coo which had been depositei.ia banks
They are forced to admit that when Auditor
Wright "courtcd tie money and found it all
there" he either made the statement inten-
tionally TO deceive the rubIic, or was so ig'
norant of simple addition that he made q
mistake in counting the money. They are
forced to admit that Alfred Kelley and his
four associates, and R. w. Taylor and his
two associates, were all too blind TO discover
the fraud or TOO corrupt TO report it TO the
public. All these wiihering, humiliating
admissions they are compelled to make. Ii
places them in an exceedingly unfortunate
position. No wonder that they wrlthe like
serpcnts in tie fire, when the subject is
forced upon them.
But nest Unfortunately for them they are
still unrelieyed from the difficulties. All
this perjury, sub.ornation OF perjury, end
fasehood only adds to their criminality.-
There is aLother mode of detecting the de-
fautcr, which fixes the guilt uron the brow
of Gitson with an intcIlible brand. We call
c0rrcst attention 10 few facts:
BY referring to the-Annual Report OF State
Auditor Wright, (RcPublican) for the year
1866, On page three, we find that the bal.
arce in tie State Treasury FOR the year end
ing Nov. 18th 1915, was 3,370,O8.-
This is The amount which ough! to have
been paid over by Breslin, to be expended
by Gibson for the fiscal year 1855, provided
he (Breslin) was guilty Of no defalcation.-
We also fEd by reference 10 the third and
fourth pages Of the Auditors Report for
1856, that the whole amount of money re-
cciped into Tie treasury (including deinquen
cics) collected en- tie grand duplicate was
ts follows:
ii C',,to "a,
Fund, $63S,234,8 so
For State expenses, j0l,4O3,G 60
For State Com. School fund, 1,249,l22, ,94
For Dist. School Literary fund, S9,257,2O
Total State Taxes collected, 2,67l0l6,G5
Canal Tolls and Water Rents, 396,G73,G
/ Dividends on Railroad, Canal
and other Stocks, 81. 5.aG6,07
/ Surplus Revenue, Interest and
! principal, 52,5Sj,O4
Proceeds Of sales Of Section 1G
and 30 w. r. Lands, I3G,371l9
Ohio Penitentiary Convict Labor, 56, 6,l55 81
Receipt from Banks, 225 ,4o5 6E
On account OF per cent. fund, 263, sc
| Receipts from all ether sources, 1892 ,6S
| Total Receipts for 1866, $3,588. 1881
To this add balance due from
Brcslin as above. 7O3,37O,o
Total amount in the Treasury
for the fiscal year 1855, $4,29l,73G So
This is tie amount which should have been
in the Treasury, provided the money due from
Breslin was all paid over to his successor,
| Gibson.
On page four OF the same Report Of Au,
ditor Wright, we find that tGibson during the
year 1856, made the following disburse.
ments:
Payment Of Expenses Of State
Government, $500, 80
Payment OF interest Of foreign
State Debt, l2,7SO,52
Payment of interest on domestic
State Debi, 15,l71,74
Pay't of int. or in edGcabIe debt, 1873, 1906
Payment Of principal on domestic
State Debt, ,21.2o
State Common School funt; paid
to counties, 1890, ,9l2 90
Dist. School Literary fund S2,499,22
Public Works, 4G9,7O5,7O
Payment on account OF three
per cent tund, 2,G0o,04
All other payments, 4,G97,C5
Total disbursements for year
1856, by Gibson, $3Fl2 ,20G,32
BY turning to page eleven OF the Aujitor's
Report, we learn that the amount of ayaia.
bic funds in the Treasury on the 18th day
of November 1856, being the close of the
fiscal year, was $35O,950,G3. Add the
amount which was in the treasury at the
close Of the year, TO the amount actually
disbursed by Gibson, during the fiscal year
1856, (bcirg $3,7l2,2CG,32) and we have
$4,000, 1865. Deduct this from 54,29I,-
1880, the whole amount which ought 10
have been in the Treasury for the fsca year
1856, and there is balance of 1927 $685.
Now by turning TO page seven of the State
Auditors Report, we ascertain, that, OF this
balance, $204,C3G. &c had been deposited by
Bresiin in Banks, and the greater portion oil
the same lost to the State. There is also
the additional sum Of $21 1864 charged
and retained by Breslin as the amount paid
for exchange Oil New York. To this is to
be added the further sum of S2,747,G4, cx.