The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-13
FALL AND FLIGHT OF DEWEY DINocl
EX-clTY CLERK OF MOLINE.
He is q D.fau1ter to the City, to the
Tub and Pail Works, and in debt
to Many Others.
The Results Of a Fast Life.

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tention to the negligence of Dewey c.
Dimock, Jr,, while he was acting in the ca |
pacity of city clerk, of Moline, it was
harshly criticised and accused of stating
rumors aud not facts. At that time THE
ARGUS charged that Dimock's books had
not been written up for nearly year, that
his cash book (if he ever had any, was
withheld, and that he was behind in &C.
counts and in debt to the city considera-
bly,. At meeting of the council, held
shortly after, committee was appointed
consisting of Luke E, Hemenway, invested
with authority to get the books and have
them written up at the expense of the eX-
city clerk: also to demand the cash book
and settlement of the accounts. Dim
ock has offered all sorts of excuses, urging
sickness. want of time, ETC., but has new
er pretended to comply with the COM
| mlttees request, no more than the
committee has attended to his duty. The
fact is that, in this case, as in others par
alel with it, social ties, and wealthy sur
roundings had their influence, and instead
of enforcing the law, as it should be en-
forced, Dimock was INDUCED to an unlim-
tied extent, and now he is gone, nobody
can safely say where. Last week the
mayor, evidently thinking that public opin-
ion would demand something definite soon,
ordered the marshal to procure the miss
ing cash book and papers at once. Dim
ock begged hard, stating that he had
placed the memorandum cash book and
papers in the hands of John S. Gilmore.
cashier Of the First National Bank, for
settlement, and that in one more day he
would deliver the books to the proper au-
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and asserted in the most solemn manner,
that Mr.. Gilmore had the books nearly
ready, and, for Gods sake to wait" that
he was sick with neuralgia" etc. After
waiting in vain for ful6lMent of his prom
Uses, " hich he must have known at the time
he could not fulfil. the mayor instructed
City Attorney Lewis to procure manda-
mus compelling him to produce the books
and make settlement, or go to Jail. The
absence of Judge Peasants prevented Mr..
Lewis from complying with the request
at that time, and in the meanwhile Dimock
got wind of the storm which must newt
ably come, and concluded to leave. Gill
more positively denies ever having had the
books, or being requested by Dimock to
take them, which proves concIusivly that
Dimock deliberately lied when he made
, the statement to Marshal Wells; and
furthermore, he has evidently foreshadow
n ed the present state of things for some
!. time. At this writing Monday noon,l II
is impossible to give the exact figures Of
/ his city defalcation lit is variously estimated
r from $500 up to $1,000, Mr.. Hemen
way thinks it will not exceed $500, but
others. we'll informed, estimate it a, twic,
n that amount Besides this, he is indebted
q to the firm of Dunock, Gould & Co., but jus
. how much will probably never be known
He also borrowed sums of money ranginl
. all the way from IS up to $50, and is, be
V yond doubt, heavily 10 debt in Rock lslant
q and Davenport. Two employees of tn,
n mill are out, one for SAL, and another fo
q 1913, John Yeager is out $40. Our mer
Q chants were not sighted, either, ant
o accounts from 50 up to ST. ant
other sums, can now be carried to prof
aud loss" 1t has been known for SOM
: time that he was g1mbling heavily, boil
y here, and in Rock leland and Davenport
4 spending considerable money on ouisid
it vices. His case is rnly one of many tina
IS are living examples OF what gambling vii
lie do. At one time no young nan in ii lin
D, stood higher III the estimation of our citi
E. zens than Dewey Dimock; cow his who'll
a. manhood is gone, his character is ''esIr y
ed and his reputation ruined, and all be
d. cause he yielded to fast desires and to ias
associates who, while his money lasted
IS were only too willing to help him alon
d the rapid road to ruin. Had our city c,ut
C. Gil done its entire duty in this matter tn
es result might have been different. An OF
r. der for 500 was issued to the order Q
at Dimock at the last meeting of the oil
10 council, but payment on it has since bee
ne stopped. Of this sum $25 will be paid t
ge our present city clerk for writing up th
S. records; the balance, $75, goes to credit Q
I'd the ex-city clerk as against his defalcatio
Do to the city. Had Dewey Dipock been
sc man differently situated, socially, he woul
w have been rigidly dealt VIII, but becaus
n he was well connected hfwas petted an
in given unlimited scope. 9he result show
in for itself.
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