Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-07-16
A New Development in the De.
falcafiOn Mystery--The FUs
ion Auditor Mixed i'm the Mat

A New Development in the De-
falcafiOn MyStcrY--The FuS
ion Auditor Mixed i'm the Mat
ter.
In looking out over the official Report
of the Auditor, F. NJ. WRIGHT, made
December 31st, 1856, about one year af-
ter Gibson was established as Treasurer,
we 6nd the following remarkable ad-
mission, which is a clincher to this
whole controversy about who stole the
peoples money" The Auditor says:
eThe amount of the available balance
in the Treasury, on the 10Th of Novem-
Der, 1856, has been stated on the pre-
ceeding page. I deem it proper to say
that the accuracy of the amount repor-
ted was ascertained, not only by the
books of this office, and those of the
Treasury department but By personal &c
animation and count of the funds Of the
Treasurcr's rauHs, as required by the
provisions of the act of April 9th, 49,
So"
Now it is an admitted fact that a year
before when BREsLIN left the Treasur-
cr,s office, he accounted for all the mon
les belonging to the State save 100000
which-had been deposited in Fusion
banks, Gall save one) and which banks
had failed and the further item OF
about $4,000 which he had charged the
State for exchange and which was a dis
puted matter. The last Report of Mr..
Breslin disclosed this state of things, the
failure of these Banks and this suspen-
ded account. There wasIno c~oncealment
init at all. 1t was looked upon as a
mere misplacement of funds and no
misapplication of them. The joint Fl
nance Committee of the Legislature APP
pointed to investigate this matter, found
tprecisely as BREsLIN had reported it.
iGIBsoN his successor ~corroborated
DREsLIN and the Committee. The smell
ling committee we believe too, had a
time at IT
Here we have the statement of the
Auditor given under his official oath
late as the 31st of December last, certi-
flying that "6y personal count cfhet uads
an the Tredsurer's roaLts' he has ascer-
tained the money and all the money due
the State was there. This if it does not
exhonerate Mr.. Breslin exhonerates his
bail; for the latter were security to the
State, and here it is in proof that the
money WAS in t:ie hands of the State
and could not be drawn out except in
the forms prescribed by law.
The money was in the vaults, says
Nj. Wright, the Auditor, for II Conn
ted a.p Six months after, the money is
missing! There is no Democrat allowed
TO come within a gun shot of said vault
during said time The key is kept by a
f~usionist and the money counted by a
f~usionist- The committees to examine
and report are all ~fusionists. Here this
fusion family have exclusive aud Official
control of the Treasury for eighteen
months, examination after examination
is made, and as late as the end of De-
cember last the Auditor himself exam
ines the books, counts the funds, and
assures the Legislature and the people
that all is right. All at once it appears
that all is wrong, that the money is gone,
and the State is bankrupt.
The question is now asked, "Where
did the money which was on his hands in
January go to? How did it get out of
Treasury 2" That is for the Fusionists
who have had the moaey in their cor
tsol t. answer. They confess it was in
their keeping as late as january last.
Where is it now and who drew it out
The Treasurer pays nothing except up
on the draft of the Auditor, unless di-
rected to do so BIZ law. Where are the
drafts and where is the law that has
spirited away this money since January
last Let these Fusion officials answer
Where are there false books kept show.
ing a false balance? IF so, who kept
the books? Where are there false
checks and false drafts on deposit,
and if so, who drew them? Where the
books, balances, checks and drafts &c,
forgerics, and if so, by whom forged
1t will not be contendcd that any Dem-
ocrdt had access to the books, or could
have made the drafts, or get near enough
to the vault to have made such depos-
itsCD
The people want light and the time
has come for a full and final settlement
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