The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-15
McCKLER's ANSWER.


MccKLER's ANSWER
Thank you, Hyland; If l am guilty OF
any charges prepare them.
MocKLER.
was going TO my dinner or supper,
when Mockler handed the note back to
me over the railing OF the stairs. / then
advised with my bondsmen and they
told me 10 make complaint / then went
10 the mayor, on last Tuesday week, and
laid in my charges. / bad scuffie with
Mr.. Mockler. Itdidn't amount TO much.
One morning we were In his Office alone.
] wanted TO examine his books, and he
would not allow me, and told me to stay
in my own Office; l told him the clerks
Office was public place. He told me
he wouldn't allow me to come in, and
told him-well told him he was SON.
ofa-bitch! Then we had rough and
tumble, and don't think i came out
second best. ] was in there because i
had found out he had been issuing licen-
ses and making no return, and i went TO
examine his books. (The treasurer's book
was handed to Witness / keep record
OF all money received for licenses. put
down the name and amount the moment
the money is paid In. i never received
the money for the license Issued by
Mockler 20 Lame & CO., mover received
the money for the license he issued to
Valentine Resch, G.. NJ. Alden and Tnos.
strother. When first i detected that
Mockler had been issuing licenses with
! out my receipt, told him To pay over
the money. This was about the last
week Of April. When / threatened him
he asked me IL ! would tell, and COM
menced whining about his his family.
| told him yes, I'll tell Oberly. "1f you
do" he replied, "whutll do?" He ask
ed IL there was any way OF fixing IL up.
told him yes, II he'd pay over the
money, and never issue another license
without nay receipt, and let me look at
his books every Saturday, II could be set
tied He told me he couldn't settled II
before the first OF July; there
was mortgage or deed OF
trust on his house, that he had to pay
of, and on the LIST of July he thought he
could settle II. On the LIST OF July he
settled not cent. The clerks license
record was here examined. The license
To G. Lame a Co. is not on the book;
Thomas Strother, not recorded; Ferdi-
nand Koehler not recorded; i saw his
name there positively, but II is now
scratched out. understood that Koch
ler's license amounted to Sl46 but have
since heard differently. The name Of
q. NJ. Alden IL not on the book; Reed q
Mann's name was on the book; but IL
now blotted out, as the book itself shows.
never authorized Mr.. Mockler TO receive
monies for me; on the contrary, three
DAYS after | took the Office there was
difference about so or 90 cents in money
he had received for q license and then
paid over TO me. then told him to at
tend 10 his own business and l would
attend TO mine; that didn't want him
TO issue any more licenses without my
receipt. This was way back, six weeks
before the other cases spoken OF. again
warned him to quit receiving money for
licenses when We got 10 talking about
the wharf-boat licenses.
Cross. examined. - About three days
after entering upon my Office told MIN
i didn't want him 10 issue any more
licenses without my receipt told nun
almost every week not 10 receive the
money for licenses Reed Il Mann's and
the butchers money was the first that
discovered had not been paid over. Once
and q while Mockler would pay over
money and then I'd tell him to quit re-
ceiving ID. When he came in aud was
examining his book told him he was a
rogue. i told him he was rogue and a
fool. He was rogue to receive the city's
money and keep 1t, and he was fool to
make entries that wonld show his guilt.
L aunt report nun peIoIe, De
cause he promised to settle on the first
of July, and / told him / would
wait until then. The scuffie
had with him had nothing to do with
my reporting him. l would have re-
ported him had he not bit my finger.
He never offered to pay me before re-
porting him. He never rendered me
red cent. | never told him was going
to have my revenge. He never asked
me to come back to his office and settle
up the matter. He wanted me To come
back and talk, aud told him | had no
sympathy for "a thief Idon't suppose he
feels very kind toward me since l have
reported him. / reported him to the
mayor because believed him the proper
person TO report TO. wentin person 10
the mayor This was about two weeks
after the scufiie. My finger was not
quite well then-is not quite well yet.
i am not familiar with his books; never
compared books with him, and when
I'd get sight at his he'd shoulder me
away. We had conversation abont
some entries before my time. We
talked about license thai had been ISSUED
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