The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-12-22
SAM. E. MAY A DEFAuLTsa /!
Embezzlement Of $4,000! And More to
be Discovered.
Five Indictments Have Been Found by
the Grand Jury OF n1arien County!

the Grand Jury OF Marien County!
We learn from the Herald of last
Tuesday that on the convening of
the Grand Jury of Marion county at
the late session of the Circuit Court,
at Salem, Gov. Grover presented the
facts showing the defaults and en-
bezzlements of Samuel E. May, late
Secretary of State "under Radical
rule.n
-Four classes of these thefts were
shown to sum up to about SD, 900, as
far as discovered, and yet, owing to
the confused condition of the State
accounts and the modes adopted OF
doing, or rather undoing, the public
business, the ascertaining of all losses
is not now possible.
The five indictments found ars as
follows:
/. Larceny, of $3.50 20; taken
from the 5-per cent. fund arising from
the sales of United States public
lands.
.. Larceny. of s1,s57 46; taken
from the 5-per cent. fund.
S. Embezzling the proceeds of the
sales of seven hundred and forty.two
copies of the Code, authorized to be
sold at Sc per volume, s4,452.
Larceny of s1,152 90, School and
University funds, arising from the sale
of lands.
5. Larceny of s2,635 90, paid to
May as Secretary on account of sup
port of persons in the Insane Asy-
lum, and not paid to the Treasurer as
the law requires.
All the money paid to May as one
OF the Board of School Land Com
missioners cannot be now ascertained,
as that Board "under Radical rule"
kept no record of the deeds executed
by them.
From the Salem Mere,ay of the
same date we CLEAN the following:
The aggregate total of the thefts
perpetrated by the last Republican
administration was ascertained to the
satisfaction of the Republican Grand
Jury to be s13,663 45l And this is
not all. Other developments are be-
ing made involving additional sums
stolen. What now becomes of the
plea set up by the Statesman and Ore
gonian that Mays bond amply cover
ed his theits The actual total of
losses to the State through Republ;-
can thieving will not fall short Of $780,
900. Mays bond only calls for ten
thousand. And what now becomes
of the assertion of the same papers
that these things were being held
back till just before the election. The
fact is that the matters against the
last administration were being hur-
ried up with all possible dispatch. In
fact the State Department came into
possession of Mays letters ordering
the appropriation of the 5-per cent.
money, in San Francisco, on Thurs
day preceding the convention of the
Circuit Court on Monday. The fix
ing, so far, of the crimes upon their
perpetrators with defin;teness and GER
tainty was the result of tedious pro-
cess of development. That Woods
did not participate in the 5-per cent.
robbery it is hardly reasonable to
suppose. The Department at Wash
ington, addressing Gov. Woods, gave
notice that there was to the credit of
this State the sums soon after stolen
by May. What right had May with
this correspondence while Wood was
at home in this city? 1t is not prob
able that May robbed Woods box at
the postofiice, nor is it probable that
Woods never knew of the receipt of
the 5-per cent. fund from Washington.
There is no explanation that we can
see, consistent with Woods inno-
cence.
We are informed that Mr.. Foudray,
of Jacksonville, was over week ago
sent to Utah with a requisition from
Gov. Grover for Mays arrest, and he
has doubtless ere this secured his
prize. 1t is probable that before
many moons shall have passed the ell
egant, dignifed, and high-toned Sam.
will be seen marching up "May Ave
nue." (which leads to the Penitentia-
ry) between two guards, and that he
will be afforded an opportunity to
learn trade which will enable him to
earn an honest living. and thus relieve
the Radical party from the necessity
of placing him in position where he
can steuI one.
.1eA.1.s1nzz.E
THE MONOPOLY QUESTION.
The willamette Farmer of last
week has the following sensible words
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