M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-07-22

the orders in his safe-that some bit.
ter enemy of his had taken them ont
of the Auditors Office and put them
ON his safe. When we named the
missing orders to him, he said he had
been in trouble for some weeks past,
as he had lost aboutV$100 out Of his
safe. lie said he had plenty of mon.
ey TO make the county all right. Al.
ter finding the missing orders and
thinking the matter over, we conclu.
ded the settlement, and found the
money of the county all right. We
concluded to keep the matter quiet un-
til some other person should beplaced
| in possession Of the county funds.-
We gave the Treasurer until Tuesday
ito think about the matter and said
nothing about it meantime. Orders
count to the Treasurer the same as
money. The Doctor wanted to know
what course we intended to pursue,
then he would know what he should
do. The Commissioners concluded
before Friday, the day oftheir adjourn
ment, to get Holland to resign. When
we requested him to resign he said he
did not want the Office, and as soon
as he could get things regulated to-
settle up right he should do 80. lie
gave me to understand that some
money was missing. Am not sure
that this was the first, but it was du'
ring the talk upon the subject. He
at first said he had missed 400 or 45O
dollars, and afterwards said it was
5000, but he had collected one hun.
dred and put it in the Treasury. Said
he was willing to abide any honorable
proposition. We saw that there was
J, a mis-. deal, and whether he was gull
ty or not, he was the one who should
have kept things straight. | did not
I feel willing to believe chat he was
J guilty of abstracting the orders, but
E he was responsible as Treasurer; and
D we inferred from the facts that there
+ might be something else wrong.
. RE.ExAMINED.-The first time I
= talked to the Doctor about resigning
, was before tho adjournment Of Friday.
] | had several talks with him previous
b to that adjournment. Think it was
! Tuesday following wher he agreed to
/ resign. lie had other funds in his
:. possession besides county. He did
t not indicate to commissioners at the
o settlement that he was behind in his
e accounts. When the Doctor produced
c the money we had not otreque8ted him
:. to resign. Thought once that the
d Doctors mind was a little out of bal
1t ance. The object in keeping quiet
o when We adjourned was to get things
l. settled up. To make it public then
C might defeat the object, as other per-
/ sons might interfere.
= Samuel Magce caled.-Am comInission-
erof Vinton county and took part in June
It settlement. We commenced by counting
" the June package, and found 1t correct. Re-
! turned il and got March package, and found
: some orders missing We found missing Or
| ders in June package. Holland said they
- were the same He denied that he bad t.aSss- a.
e ken them from the Auditors office and pla.
d ced them in the treasurer's safe. He said
, very little that night Next morning he
wanted us to tell him whGt course we would
take then he would know what 10 do AZ
q ter we had counted the June deposit, he said
n the others were all right, too as he and the
d Auditor had been very careful. He said the
10 night the orders were detected that Others
= had had his keys, ard threw out insinuations
10 lie told me afterwards that he would clear
a Gold always, that he thought no one in the
d Court House was guilty. There was some
10 talk about secresy, but no such agreement
4 as the Dr's article describes. Felt as a
- friend of Holland and his family, that it
- would be best to say nothing. He once
le said that he and Newton entered his office
" one morning and found some orders on the
It safe, and he said to Newton or Newton said
r to him that it was careless trick, and he
:. picked up the orders and placed them in safe.
- Cross Exile agreed 10 resign on Tues
C day alter the adjournment of FGday.--
Ot On Tuesday he first mentioned the deficit
in Treasury. The reason for asking the
=, Doctor to resign was the missing orders.--
Il hHeH UTOuSut up W lle huultuI OllCe dL
u night, the Doctor asked how we came to
} look in the June package. Auditor said
|. the Doctors key would fit his door and that
q his key would not unlock the Doctors. The
Doctor admitted that the orders had been
counted twice.
!. After the examination Of Mr.. Magee, the
q Court adjourned until Wednesday morning.
We shall conclude the testimony next week.
: OFThe Albany correspondent of
e the N. Y. Times says that there is
}, quite an extended movement on foot
d among the "Republicans" to run Ger