The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-04
Local and Miscellaneous.
The Saturday Might sre citing.

The Saturday Night Meeting.
The call of the Committee for investigat-
ing the financial affairs of the Township,
brought together on Saturday night one of
the densest and most excited crowds that
ever filed the Court House. The report
was read, and a general call made for the
peculating Trustees and their Treasurer, but
they were not found present; the evidence
was too conclusive, and the storm of popular
indignation too strong for either of them to
face. Their counsel, however, was present,
and without any attempt at defense or justi-
6cation, repeated their "death-bed" confess
ion of repentance, and presented their petit
ton for mercy. Mr.. Chandler, on the part
of Mr.. Kramer, asked for the sympathy of
the meeting in his fallen and wretched
state; he promised most sacredly to restore
every cent he had taken of the distracted
funds. Mr.. johnson, counsel for Mr.. Sharpe
and James T. Walker, said, on their behalf
that after "the noise ard confusion - had
passed, they would make an explanation of
their populations, and restore about as much
as they thought ought to be repaid to the
township.
Mr.. Walker said Mr.. Crisp, as Librarian
of the Reading Room, had been paid $500
per annum; he was entitled to as much
which, with therent Of the room, would give
him about $500 year, and this, for FIVE
years, would cover all he Lad taken
Mr.. Sharp said, through his counsel, that
he had had I've school houses in charge, and
his buggy hire in visiting them had been
very expensive, and that was the reason he
took 81 500 of the public money.
These reasons not appearing to bessatis-
factory TO the meeting, proposition was
made to take Judgment against them by de-
fault, and they were unanimously pro-
nounced guilty of the charges on which
they were arraigned.
Mr.. DENLY justified himself. He had
made a fair contract as any lawyer would
had got the money and applied it to good
use; and as it was unprofessional in lawyers
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gotten. There was nothing wrong or I'M
professional in his acts. He had nothing to
say for the trustees.
Resolutions were offered by Mr.. Blythe,
and adopted with single dissenting voice :
That the Common Council of the city be
requested to appoint Robt. Early and James
NJ. Shanklin to examine into the condit on
of the financial accounts of the city
That the County Commissioners appoint
VIM. Hubbell, VIM. Bingham, and H. C.
Gwathney, to examine the books accounts,
and vouchers of the Auditor and Treasurer
of the county and also to see if all the
sums due the school funds from the Justices
and Clerk of the Court, had been duly hand
ed over; and that these gentlemen be paid Il
reasonable compensation for their labor !;
and when ready to report, they were re-
quested to call meeting of the citizens
The only dissenting vote to these resolu-
tons, was that of Mr. j. j. Chandler who
said he had very recently joined the Dem
Ocratic party, and as pilfering public treas
uries was one of the usual motives of men for
uniting with that party, he thought inves-
tigating committees were nuisance, and
their appointment very inopportune for him
now, when he had just got over the threshold
of the temple and had not yet had single
chance for "grab
There could not, of late, be any stealth:
done anywhere, from the national treasury
at Washington down to the lowest township
depository, but an investigating committee
was nosing about the premises. They were
by their constitution, intrusive, impertinent
overbearing, and insufferable; looking into
every public officers pot and bread-hasket
and searching to know how many dimes he
had in bis pocket, or laid away for rainy
day. They had become pest and intolera
BILE bore, and he was sorry to see their in
PRODUCTION into Vanderburgh county. H,
therefore voted against the appointment.
Mr.. Richard Raleigh presided and Mr.
Robt. Early acted as Secretary. The meet
lag was spirited and most decided in its ex
preston of its opinion in regard to the pee
ulating Trustees, but no indications of it
sentiments in regard to other candidate
vera elected.
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