Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-04-10


amount of about $1,000. was your at
tention ever called to that?
! i. Never in the world, 1 never was
spoken 10 on that subject by either Mr..
Clark or any of his clerks.
q. Did You ever pay out any money
To Mr.. Clark without warrant or
order? <p
! 4. ! think there was SS!na!l amount
paid to him that he gave NE credit for.
some road fees [ think, he would moi
! give me an order for il; don't think It
exceeded 800; have no KNOWLEDGE OF
any other ti:ae but that once: that was
! the time Mr- Wlhirsoa was after him
/ Oh account Of fees; he wouldn't give
me an order foc-it but gave :ne credit.
Q. Upon The suppOSition Of this dis
icrepancy of about 81, 400, what is your
/ theory about it?
y. L have none, / have ciyhered al
| it every way, 3D and down and can
give no explanatiolr Vi if.
G. There was 40 halauc e of $f2. .00G in
your Treasury when you left it.
4. No sill When / made my final
settlement with the Auditor there was
no appEeciable difference between Us; I
always carried little balance but that
was always taken out by the next set
tleInent or collection. .
q. 10 you recoliect any Of the per
sons who presented my portion of that
81 200 worth Of bonds?
\. No sir.
q. Did Darrah or Adams ever pre-
sent any bontis toyOu for payment +?
y. No | don't recOllect that they
ever did; Darrah never did; Mr. lark
! did few, not many, the amount 7
cannot recoiiect, but pot amounting to
d very great deal; / don't think he had
I his money N bonds. Daring my four
years there never was any person.
Auditor, clerk or any ether individual
who ever intimated TO me ANYTHING
| like corruption, CIR anytIiin. of the
kind, in either Of these Offices.
Q. Did you ever hear any iatima-
tions of careIessness in the conduct of
the Auditors Office"
a. Yes, at different times there " as
such intimations.
Q. Of what kind Of rrsreleSsness
\. Perhaps might say of two kinds:
first, in regard to making duplicates:
L have been frequently warned bv the
Commissioners themselves that there
~ III VI t.lSa EH1nHS
| il was intiinated 10 me by Frasber and
Alexander that there was rather loose
business in the Auditors Office. and
they said woul'l have to keep Il close
account myself, that the thing was =
little loose; the Commissioners ALWAYS
Imade tfleir settlements with me every
time very close; can't say that L was
aware OF the Commissioners signing
bonds i'll blank; ] never saw anv of
these bonds signed in blank.
/ Q. Did you ever pay any bonds be-
fore they were due? s--. ... s.t..
a. There was once they claimed that
a bond was redeemed and not due. and
upon examination found it had been
niistlated. There were a great many
bonds of a duplicate number. and the
dating did not agree always; 7 aju'i
positive about duplicating the numbers
Of bonds, 1 think there were some:
: orders very frequently were.
O.. Have You any. recollection Of du.
: plic2la numbered f0nds? L
\. I don't know that have, I have
If in my head, perhaps the idea came
ffom duplicate orders; the coupons fre.
nnentiy had duplicate numbers.
q. Did y0u at the June payment O.
taxes redeem bonds and coupons oot
6ue until December following?
A, No sir, [ never redeemed a bono
| that would not be due at the next an
| Duai settlement, and very seldom die
thai: sometimes in case coupons wer.
: moi redeemed 1T the March settlement
and not presented ustii 'tax-payiIig il
lime. frequently took OF. both cou
: pons ut once, March and Septemher
and | sometimes redeemed coup0n.
[ that were not due for q month vet: il
l the June inStallment of taxes I took III
e few coupons due in September, not tt
: any great extent, but for the eaccomoda
e tioyl of parties who had not the money
j O. Look on these bords little (here
bonds were given witness) and sa,
i how many are cancelled in such a way
as would have prevented you from
= paving them a second time if they had
i been presented?
: A. can't imagine how it Wou!(
, happen that bonds passed US withou
canceiling, we used little stamp, tha
;, was my habit in taking up bonds OF
= settlement.
@. Have you any knowledge wher,
> redeemed bonds are kept in this Office
Il (Auditor's. f
A. have not, / never saw then
!. after they came TO this Office.
= Q. Did you always examine thi
:, Register to see whether the amount
u credited to you are the same amount
i com pared with the settlements
" A. We always compared and check
= ed our settlements together, item b,
. item; there was no discrepancy at an,
:. time during my time of holding tha
y office; very frequently in settlement
y - with the Commissioners I did nc
. know anything about what my balanc
; was as far as the. Auditors Registe
= was concerned, until after the Commi;
u sioners had counted and examined M
~ :, vouchers; not Till after the settlemeI
= was over.