, 1875-12-18

1ako notice hore TINT for tho frat list nr.
po''g'tHa waa indebted 10 DR.. Isoas's
private n1omnrandun-hook, wltlo tho d'Bcoyeriaa
embraced hotwoen the inysi,cal 1ottotn refarrnd
to In tho above document woro made with his
aid and al his an6gcFton And then
hAhn THIS.
enIy I'll" vouchers wnra ead to he missing, Tho
etulH for cacl, alttI avery ma Of tt,om wsra
found by ur. hoso in tho book. and on each Of
tho - atubs y WAS tho letter ID " IN rod ink, and
ta diagonal mark In rod Ink, rnfnrrel 10 AhnTe
tho two combined Indicating that the accounts
lad all bncn o1amined and found correct by
douglass and that l1o fad received tho money.
Now. II Or. Dong1atn hal NOT rocciyed the
money for these veucfors, It Mill DO In ortloe for
lin to explain how his mark appeared Gu tha
"htubs," And. II no had Iccoived tho monsy,
why should ho have forced Dr, Hose to pny him
again? Ifo did at that simo, Or soon after. re-
misaing vouchers, lilo wlofe amount paid him
inclnrling noto for f20Q {m1ney loaned by
1longlaaa to Roso) being. l believe, $a4H. DR..
l.osa aaya ho e fully convinced that ho had pall
laboratory anything on a.tslod aoconnss. II this
Is true and Dr. ltoso aootnuly naaorta that 1t is
why did Lo pay tho money aEatu7 II Dr.. Doug
lnaa had rocelve' thn money oncc, Why dla no
quoatlons. only know that Dr.. Doug
lHss l,ns been ever since it's estabIlsh.
ment tho controlling spirit Of tho chemical
department that hc has ruled II automatically.
tlh8 II Hn4 ueuu 4ur J1Rl8 leHAI4eA ~ Lis }dCu-
liar poasoss,on, and that ho has nevor tolerated
any dfsobedience to his Mill among any
spbord!nates OF tho Department.. Dr.. toso vas
probably anxious to avoid any collision with tho
man who had apparently 40 firmly lutreuchcd
himself that ho could not DO movod. IIc sayn
that, II Prof. Douglaaa 1t That time lad e1acted
from lin, tho payment OF sum twice a. large
as lle did. he would hare submitted to the ex-
lie thought bilnsolf too weak To cope With Or.
Douglass. Do you know Or. Douglass? know
that thero aro many men In Ann Mtbor who.
with their appreciation OF his character, would
hesitate long and sacrifice much before going
NJ accusation Of guilt had beon made by DR..
1}ouglatn, or by any othsr party. 70
Or. 1.ose; no hint had boen dropped
at this time Of Lis ,dishoneaty. no ;, r. r.
Of slofaulto1. Certasn nccounts wore, aeoord-
ip1 to Dr.. Douglass, unsettled. DR.. Noso
thought ho was convinced that he had paid theua
oncc, raid them again rathor thnn provoke
quarrel with tho apparently an.powerfu1 Dong
lass. And tI.cn, too absolute secrecy Was en-
io;nod Tho matter WAS to DO Ill Strengthened
i,p and tho dear Public, wlsioh ID apt TO b
conaorions In its Judgment Nas to know nothing
Of tho affair.
FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
woro thon entered into. but to theHn Dr.. Ross
wns not iuylted+ and Of thom lie knew nothing.
| lie stsll pursued lis duties In tho laboratory.
| still rocoircd monoy and accounted for IL ae Of
cmbozzL.d Bomo thousands Of dollars, he ID still
performing all the dutiaB OF hiH position as OF
old. One day, Whio ho Was busy at the labora-
tory. lie received summons 20 go TO ne Preat,
| n1cGowan. These Rontlsmoa informed him that
an examination had been nado at lila accounts,
| that thoy Indicated that considerable hMonne
| was due from him TO tho university. that they
Lad not tlme then to 20 into full investigation.
| aud asked him in regard TO lila pecunlary posi-
tlon, lIo told them TINT tic had no property
but house and ios that ho valued that 1t 81, Co.,
| md that there waa IN incnmbEancs on II Of
gavo that day warranty-dced Of this houao and
| lot to tho acting Ireaatlrer OF tbs university,
| JohnRon W. Knight, Of Ann Arbor, and thoy
gayo him in return truly remarkable document,
VI which tho following IL copy:
DETROIT. Nov. 10. la7s.-Whercas, It appears that
rFe4ton H. Iluso ia 3ndebtol to tho Regents OF ths
University Of Michigan In sum ct uDney tbs amount
Of which il not yst ascsrt&ned snd order sscaro
lilo payment OF tho to said ltegcns has, with Ills
wife, tnis day conveyed to johnson L. Knight (tho
Treasurer Of tho un;ye5siy) ~; Goss and e. On se
Ann Arbor, upon mn implied trust for tho purpose Of
securing the payments Of tho monsys 10 duo ~ atofe
sniu: Now, the undersigned, tic Executive Committee
Of Tie board Of neKents declare ID satd Preston
noss that said decd to aad knight ts taken tolclr
Beard aud tint UPON tho payment within one year ot
tic indebtedness no to bc ascertalned that sad hoard
lscaent. VII cause shst aad property shail b duly
| +. 5:a: 1: Gst,o1.'s. GS1aosa'
Executive Committee Of tho hoard at Kesent. Uulrer-
II will be noticed that this document IL OK
ccedingly loose In phrasootogy. II ls dated In
| Detroit, instead Of Ann Afbur. It IL probably
d dicaton ot tiio Responsibility 81 Sessrs. walkor
| and nlct}owan for An act which thoy ought to be
luwya1a enough to know they had no right to
| porforin. For In fact. tho Regents have novcr
hired Or. Rose to do the bookkeeping in the In
hnrAt Tint IN n WnrE thai iik4 hHoy1 f1t1f
| uponhl by pr. UouElasa, aud tho performance
Of Which was IN ontire gratuity on hls part. DR..
| douglass fs tho only man who IL responsible TO
tho Hogents for the finances Of tho Laboratory.
possession long BIncc, and lo had nothing to do
with them since they had beon passed upon by
Dr.. Douglass which WIS usually eanh month.
FURTHER PR0aHEss.
Regents Walker and McHowau, however, ST.
pointed Committee to 90 over tho vouchers
aud accounts tho Contuittsa consisting Of
president AnGoll, Prof. Douglass. Steward
Dennots, and Aettng;Iro.sutcr Knight. Tho
lattor gentleman has, am Informed, doue little
In tho way Of investigation, aud the work. 20 far
hs 1t has progressed bss been dooe BY Prof.
Douglass and Steward bennett. a word or t1o
Ia regard to .....
ruE uoMrosITIoS or THIS COMMITTEE .
will now bs tu order. prealdoat AngeI!'a ap-
pointmsnt might At frat blush bo regarded ~ =
good oac, but It is known that before
the, Committee had eoen appointed he
AQ@ IolAAbuA lA9 ChoGt 0uA
had decided il against Dr. Rnso. Leaving out
Mr.. Knight, and tho two remaining membors OF
tho Committee were directly inteFoHted in put
ting tho responsibility. which reBted on them on
somebody eiso. Dr. lioBa'a accounts hAd bean
examined by Dr. Douglass, and than 1t becAma
tho duty OF Steward Dennott to carefully exam
ins the accounts OF tho Chemical Department a.
submitted by DE. Donglsss According 70 the
nvstem OF accounts kept in tue Laboratory,
other Dr.. Douglass OF Dr.. llo4e might have
Atolpn monov, but It Was tie duty Of the Bkow-
accounts ind vouchers Of tie depart
mont, and he should, II fraud
existed, have detscted 1t. Douglass and Bonnet
then were directly interested IN shifting the re-
sponsblty from thor shoulders to somo othors.
and poop1e lnisjudgo them II they have not used
their advantages Deecher appointed ths Plym-
Outh Church Committee Which Investigated
hin, bu. lie WAS not himself member of tho
Committee. fsennett aud Douglass have how
ever, done almost tho Hho!s work Of the Com
mtspe, aud prsaidens ANGEL h&A given his At
tentio, to outside work Ia she direction Of an.