Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-13
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the day and year aforesaid, at said county,
the said Dorsey unlawfully, and without
authority of law, took from the said Treas
ury and used and inverted to his own use
said ten thousand dollars of money and cur
rency belonging to the, State; and that
heretofore, to-wit: on the 18th day of May,
A. d. 1865, the said Dorsey then, and as
Treasurer of said State, had in the Treasu-
ry OF, said State for safe-keeping other fifty
thousand dollars belonging to the State, and
which consisted of paper money, common
and of the value of fifty thousand dollars;
and afterwards, to-wit: on the same day and
year, at said county, the saidDorsey unlaw-
fully and without authority of law, did pay
over, deliver and loan, without interest, to
Benjamin E. Smith and John f. Bartlitt,
firm or company doing business as bank
ers under the name and style OF Bartlitt &
Smith. and said fifty thousand dollars above
described belonging to the State; and,
WHEREAS, The acts aforesaid, done and
committed at said Franklin county, are,
and each of them are, breaches of trust and
embezzlement; ; and on receipt of said re-
port the said Charles Anderson, Governor
of the State submitted the same to James
II. Goldman, Auditor of State, and Moses r.
Bradley, Comptroller of the Treasury; and
the said Governor, Auditor and Comptroll-
er, finding the facts of the breach ,of,trust
and embezzlenent, herein above stated,
and reported to them, to be true, and they
concurring in the order of arrest:
Nooo therefore, l, Charles Anderson, GOF-
ernor of the State of Ohio, in the name and
/ by the authority of said State, do hereby
order and command you to take and arrest
! the said Goodwin Volney Dorsey, and him
/ in safe confinement keep, until trial be had
Of said breach of trust and embeZzlement
above set forth, unless he gives bonds, with
good security in an amount at least equal
to his official bond as State Treasurer, to
abide his trial on the charges aforesaid
made against him. and you will also make
return OF this order and your doiugs in the
premises to the Court of Common Pleas of
franklin county, on-the first day of the
next term, and also make return toIthe Of
flee of the Governor of this State, at the
Capitol ia Columbus, of your doings in the
premises, forthwith. 49,, ~
In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto sub
"'' scribed my name, and caused the
~ great Seal ofthe State of Ohio to be
lqI2. affixed, at Columbus, on this tho
Il. 81 ninth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hum
CHARLEs ANDERSON
By the Governor: atg..rgg sraEsaG- sfi'
WIN. HENRY SMITH, Secretary of State,
we, the undersigned. James II. Goldman,
Auditor of State, and Moses r. Bradley,
Comptroller of the Treasury, do find the
facts within set forth and reportedHtO, them
and the Governor, to be true and did and
do concur in the issue of this order of arrest,
JAS. III. GoDMAE,i .,s: - ~
Auditor of State.
-..l.sr r.,r-..,.. MOSES r. BRAuEY, az
l.a Comptroller of the Treasurys
COLUMBUS, Sept IL, 1865.
Upon this warrant the State Treasurer
was arrested. He gave Immediately the
bond required for appearance ,at Court, but
refused to deliver the keys of his office.
These facts being reported by the Sheriff to
the Governor, the bond was accepted, and
the Sheriff was ordered to make a forcible
election OF the Treasurer of State from
office, ii he persisted in refusal to deliver
the keys. This determination of the Gov
ernor having been made known to the
Treasurer, a consultation was had between
the counsel of the Treasurer and the Gov
ernor, and it was agreed upon that one por-
tiOn of the combination key of the Treas
ury safe in which the funds of the State are
deposited, should be held by the Governor
and the other by the Treasurer, until such
time Us his successor had been appointed
and duly qualified. fTJtHI5 :l1eio'o
The gentlemen acting as counsel for the
Treasurer were Hooking hunter i2hfien u.
Thurman;9L. j. Critchheld, and M. A.: Do
herty, of Lancaster. Governor Anderson
called as counsel, the Attorney General
being absent from the city. Jos. r. Swan.
"A successor, to Treasurer, Dorsey has not
yetbeen appointed. When it was deter
mined that the office of Treasurer must be
vacated, Governor Anderson asked Dr. An
drows, President of the State Board Of Conl
troll to accept the place. He declined, The
postwas ,then, offered Joseph r. Swan, wbe
also declined. George NJ. Parsons was then
selected. Mr.. Parsons would not accept.
John R,IFinn, of Elyria,' was next offered
the post, and Mr.. Finn answered that''he
would respond In person to-day. Whether
Mr.. Finn will acceptis a question yet to be
settled. Meantime, the State, Treasury, is
closed and business thereat suspended, as
will be seen by official notice from the Gov
iernor in another column. 9a5 70 1'bfo "a
Itis believed that the late Treasurer, Mr..
Dorsey, will insist upon decision of the
Supreme Court to the power Of the Gov
ernor to eject him. go,
The Independent Treasury law requires
the Governor to vacate the office of the
Treasurer, but prescribes no mode except
by.'arbitrary arrest,p The Governor, has
acted under the general CONSTITUTIONAL
provision which requires him to see thataIl
laws are executed.
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