The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-09-05

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lstarasaty VI way ehsfat,.t, muA
s',atRrs A. hsiuH made that am
rattnta IN the sssth arg ii she III
n.iai duties II my "sHee ! .isem |.
iass 10 tbs people shen ! have .hr
homer w represent, AMI especially
~ m,seif. ~ examine same ~ TIE
rha,urs mads agains. me and hy
lol,lipa them ar u the ligh, AMI
applying the tcs, ~ truth % them
sss how entirely antfa,lfal nnd
malicious they are.
In tho firs, place |. Ii charged
that
~ II not, and cannnt ba disral.
ed that ,he county has lost more
money under Treasurer Meon's al.
mmislration than under any other
Treasurer since the county was or.
ganisci."
Tho riie, Shiny lips that uttered
tho above, II they intended 10 con.
scy tho idca that | stole. squan,lcr.
ed or misapplicd any large
Or small amount of money
insrnstcd 10 my care, Or coming
into my hands officially, have
uttered a base and nnmitigated
falschood. Investigations Mt va,i.
ons times have been made by men
whose honesty and vcracity ARC III.
questionable to all (cxccpt n few
nmrom.min.isd, m,cnifieatoi Grip.
lie.bra;nea fruit. h.JiMitrs who SEQ no
good IN any, except thcinselvcs),
tho results OF which have been
made public, stating that tho vari.
tions accounts have been accurately
aud correctly kept, mud that oil
monics collected Or received by mo
officially ha.o been properly and
correctly charged to my account,
anl vouchers Tor every dollar pAil
out.
II thcy intended 70 convey the
idca that tho county lost the money
In consequence OF the county safe
having boon robbed, why lid they
not candilly aud honestly say 10 !,
Why /? Simply for tho reason that
that would not answer their VILLAIN.
ous intentions. II IL true tho safe
Aan robbed, but was | to blame I
Tie county money was In tho saie
provided by tho county, aud just
where II directed That il should be
kept. WINS tho robbery In conse.
Inuncc u carclcSsnuss or any neg
luet " duty on my par. No can.
did man, to my knowledge, ever
charged ma with either. Every In.
t.lligcnt man knows. or ought to
known, TINT II County Treasurer
should keep tho county funds IN
any other place than that directed
by .hl board Of Supervisors and Il
shoulh bo stolen tho Treasurer md
his bonds would III TINT case bu
holden 10 the county for every dol.
lnr, and the Treasurer might aud
probably would bo o.nanrablo.
| Again IL II charged that
"l',c only efforts whicl Trcasur.
Or Moon maic To and thu robbers
anil tho money was Three o. four
days after Tho robbery ho walked
from tho Truasnrcr's oilise In Cres.
% 10 Tho depot of tho Milwaukee
Il 81. Paul railway mud quietly
took tho ears Tor cono,cr, and
there quietly awaiting tho up.train
returned tu Crcsco, md walked
back 10 tho Treasurer olllro salts.
lied That tho robbery would forever
remain q mystery"
This charge II an entire m,arcpre.
sentation Of facts, either ignorantly
Or mnlicionsly -, aud II does not
matter which tho facts are, IH,i
not vo "a Con0rer at ab. | never
made any remark TINT would lead
my person to inicr that ! tclt NJ
stated above, on tho contrary
through my instr umcntality, men
wcrc started ouLin every d.
reo.ion ~ soon ~ possible, tho
telegraph was used by mo 70 son.l
dispatches 10 all important points.
Mr.. i'inkcrton Of Chicago, the
best detective In tho north wcst
wa. .ont for by m aud was hcrc !
believe tho third day aItcr The rob.
berry with two ASSISTANTS, aud his
services werc secured for two
weeks In trying 70 detect the
robbers. Two persons werc nrrc1t.
"a on suspicion, ono was discharged
on i preliminary examination. tho
othor held Tor trial, and After 4 three
lays trial was, by . jury Of How.
ard county, found Gnilty. A mo.
.ion Tor : rev trial WAS granted.
and tho prisoner proved ~ a!ibi
and was discharged. Time an.l
rpncc wall mt allow mc 10 cnu,mcr.
nlc nll tho efforts aud means used
To detect tho robbers. | have aim.
ply mentioned these .teo TO show