The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-02

udhiu2 PdOD LOT seven years extra rtt-
vices" and, therefore he received It.
This is the only defense be has ever
made to his taking thai 500, and re-
fusing to refund it, Blu rais is very
poor play. Doesn't he that If Il
iustifies him, it justiies also Mr. Au-
.htor Bisch for every doli9r he has
UFen from the County Treasury,
however wrongiully? For In his case,
also, . the Board allowed it. Yet he
deuounees Bisch on all occasions, and
after procuring him to- be indicted
gets up a petition demanding that
the County Board cause civil proceed
Ihgs to be instituted against him to
force him to refund the money he
has Illegally taken from the county.
In this same card, he further admits
that the decision Of ia lge Parrett
was adverse to extra allowances"
and " certainly should have settled
the matter, atleast 80 far as this coua-
y is concerned - There seems to be
Q very general agree ment with Mr.
W alker upon this point. The only
wonder is, Why he don't see its appli-
cation 20 his own case Why he
don't permit the decision TO settle the
matter 50 far as he is concerned In
other words, WHY He DON'T REFUND
The next charge, that he attempted
to make the County Board allow him
81, 838 80 for the same extra SER
vice" for which he had already been
allowed the 500. and to force it to do so
by suit Ia the Circuit Court, he ad-
mits, without qualification. in his
Card No. 2. What is the effect Of
that admission Why, plainly, that
he was willing, and a little anxious,
illegally to take pay a second time for
what he admits, ia his Gard No. 3, he
had once already illegally taken pay.
That " cards badly played"
Then as to the Real Estate Reg
listers" 1t is charged that he got
Sl66 so from the county for the labor
10 making them out In his Card
No. D, published Ia the Courier Of
March 25th, be comedies this also.
True, In the same card, he claims
that the registers were his own pr
vate property. But the reason he
gives for the claim is most re-
markable one. He says, the books
Themselves were my own property. I
bought them and paid for them with
my own money! That's a foul play
"a clear revoke r He refuses to
follow suit. Suppose he did buy the
books, and pay for them with his own
money, when he afterwards put upon
them labor for which the County paid
him Sl66 80, ali he demanded for
them, whose property we're they2 It
will take a bold man to claim
they were not the County's but
Walkers. because. forsooth. he
bought the books with his own
money But again, it is charged that
the Registers were made up by his
deputy, Brauns, aud in his hand
writing; that these were the Regis
ters the county paid him for, and the
Registers he carried off from the Au-
dItor' Office, and still has possession
o.. l have carefully exam ned all
his Cards, individual and editorial.
aud all bis speeches, and can't find
that he anywhere denies, or even
notices this charge. Upon this point
he seems to play-dummy.
1t is the same with reference to the
charge that he took pay twice for
acting as Librarian. What could be /
more convincing than the proof upon
this subject? The Record-his own
record, ia his own handwriting !
shows that he received the full salary
allowed him by law, for services as 4
1t also shows that by the I
shreWd trick of itemizing these SER
vices IN his bill, he succeeded in get I
ling pay for them a second time. Is I
g not plain that the entering on the T
Library Register the books taken out I
vas the very serbice for which the sal /
Try was provided by law2 What /
tight had he, then, to take the salary
md specific pay for entering the
books also2 Ii is just as if one en-
)loyed a gardener at so much a
month, and after paying him his
wages, should be presented
With a bill covering the same time
, for. services in hoeing potatoes. &c.
Mr. Walker has never even alluded
% this charge. lie finds il n very
dangerous lead. he has no Card tar
3 In all hts handful Of Cards. 1t +
ant be refuted or denied, for there
s the proof In his own writing, on
us own record. 1t can't be explained.
ither, or he would at least attempt it..
Vow, CH his own style.) what must
re thought of man who is compelled
0 play mum. when such charges as
hese are made against him, daring to
-sk the people of Evansville to elect
lin its Mayor!ll
1t would be taking up too much of
our space to examine the last card
layed By Mr.. W. Those noticed. [
hink, sufficiently demonstrate the
,eakness Of his game. In fact there
re strong indications that he knew
rom the start that his chance was a