The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-24
For the CouT!eE
4 STATEMENT BIZ HENRY BROTy.

! S1SIAS. OF The ZIth II August, and t.l. lot
day q Scpieniber.a are certain eilitoria.S writ
ten by Eli G.. DeWClfe, one Of the editors q
that paper. In these articles he makes ccI
tain statements concerning Judge Huffman
| Mr. Glcssncr and myself The maliciCu
meanne-s Of these articles i only equaict
by the blunders and fal-cLoOds therein con
taiued ak those who have not reaC
these articles Of Mr.. DcWolfc t. sc an,
read them; and the cUgTUit and persona
motives Of tLIs gentleman u III te made tx
more apparcn: whe,i tie facts are known
! make the following statements:
list The four notes named in the JEF
| FERsONIAN of the 10th of September, as fol
! lows. One for $J23 81; one for 500 with a
! payment thereon of $50; one for $50 -; and
] one for S2jG 80 never did belong 10 Han
cock county, and not one cent Of these notes
was ever borrowed of Mr. Wall through the
| Treasury, ul in the Treasury, and in no
manner concerned the public funds in any
way whatever. These notes were the pri-
vaie property of Mr.. Wall, and were settled
in full on the 9TH day of September, 1872
and after being cancelled were locked up in
my safe with great many other notes which
! have paid off and kept, ana Mr.. Eli g.
DeWOlfe knows this as well as any other
man, for | have invited him to my office,
and shown him these notes since the pub
licatiOn of his slanderOus and false editorial
concerning them | now invite any man or
woman, Democrat or Republican, who de-
sires to learn how easily Mr.. DeWolfe can
be mistaken. to come and see these notes.
much for this unkind and ungentlemanly
misrepresentation of Mr.. DeWOlfe. There
is a maxim of law that what is false in one
part is false in whole, and it will prove true
again in this case.
"a. Ar naAnlfp has asserted in biC M
per Of the 10Th of September that altar
went out of Office as Prosecuting Attorney,
some eight years ago | did on the 10th of
September, 1868 make a settlement of costs,
fines, and fOrfeitures, and there was a bal
.ance found due the County of S302 03 in
my hands. Is not that wonderful? If my
friend, Eli G.. DeWolfe, ever gets that
amount of money, belonging to the public,
into his hands, lie will be very slow in max
ing even a settlement, judging from a re-
port that comes up from his former place of
residence, and from his transactions as the
Clerk of the Findlay Borough several years
ago. When this settlement was made by
me in 1868, Mr.. Solomon Shafer, of Mt.
Blanchard, was Auditor, and those pure,
upright and honorable men, Judge Cooper,
David Engle and Wm. Taylor were Com
missiOners, and after the settlement was
made, the Auditor, Mr.. Shafer, made upon
his journal of the proceedings of the County
Commissioners. on page 3y2, a record duly
signed by said Commissioners, as recorded
by Mr. Shafer, which record is in words and
figures as follows;
SEPTEMBER SESSION-Co Continued
WedReSIdy Morning Sept. 1G, 1S6S-Pur-
suant TO adjournment, the Board of Com
missiOners met at the Auditor Office, at 10
o'clock 4. NJ.
Henry Brown, late Prosecuting Attor-
ney of this County presented Il statement
and made showing of the amount of fines,
forfeited recOgniZances and costs collected
by him and the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas up to the expiration of his said
term of office, and it is found upon careful
examination of the Criminal Court Record
Of costs, and the showing of said Brown,
has collected and received into his hands as
fines and forfeited recOgLiZances the sum of
four hundred and twenty-five dollars, and
that he is entitled to credit of one hundred
and nineteen dollars and ninety-seven cents.
his per centage of fines costs and forfeited
recOgniZanccs, collected by him and said
Clerk, and for costs heretofore paid over by
him, and for services and moneys paid out
for this County rs such Prosecuting AttOr-
ney, leaving a balance of three hundred and
two dollars and three cents, which he has
settled in full TO our satisfaction rs such
Prosecutor.
Ordered by the Board, that the Auditor
of Hancock Co, Ohio, be allowed two hun
dred dollars TO be paid out of the County
Treasury under the School Law.
The Board then adjourned to meet To-
morrow morning at o'clock AN.
JOHN COOPER,
WIN. TAYLOR, Commis'rs.o
DIV. ENGIE,
Mr.. John L. Hill, ex-Auditor, and Mr..
George 5. MOsher, our excellent and accom-
plished Auditor, will show this record TO
any one desiring to see it.
Sd. As to a certain note of 81 ,094, | sup
posed everybody in the County was advised.
have told everybody that has ever asked
me about my financial embarrassments of
this note and some others. This note was
given on final settlement with me of Mr..
Wallis defaication. This note was made
payable to Mr.. EdgingtOn, and is endorsed
and guaranteed by farmers whose aggregate
wealth is not one cent less than one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars; and be-
sides this, gave a mortgage as further Sc
curity on my house and lots in Findlay and
| eat, drink and sleep under it from day 10
day. This note draws interest at eight per
cent. and every cent of it was saved TO the
Ovcrburdened taxpayers, for whom De
Wolfe has such paternal sOlicitude, as well
as many more thousand dollars by MY good
management and fidelity to the people of
this County. | further declare, without fear
of contradiction, that | never did borrow
one cent of the COuntys money of MIR. Wall,
or of any one else while he was Treasurer;
and all who read this statement will bear
witness to the fact that the long and tedious
examination of Mr.. Wall, made after he
was brought home, did not disclose one sin
gle cent ever received by me whatever; and
no decent or half truthful man has ever
dared TO claim that did in any manner
have one cent of money in my hands that
did not belong to me. | admit that l have
lost large amount of money by ovcr-sene-
rosity TO certain friends, by going security
and bail for others, and that / am embar-
rassed in money matters; yet l firmly de
clare that l will pay every debt l owe, bail
debts and all, if it takes all the summer and
winter of my life, and ts:at no filings from MIR.
DeWolfe from two or three other human
ghOuls that have been hOwling about me
on our streets, shall discourage me from an
earnest and persistent effort in this dIec-
ton. i further inform Mr.. DeWolfe that
before the 1st day of October, either l, or
some friends for me, will pay this unpaid
balance, and thus relieve the anxiety oil Mr.
DeWGlfe and his two oT three new illends
and bedfellows who have recently gone over
TO his amOrOus embrace.
Very respectfully,
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