The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-07
FROM THE CAPITAL.

The State Treasury misunderstanding
the FunAs-ArrOSt OF Ex-TroAsurer
LAPpin for Forgery and Embezzl0-
mOnt-ThO new TrO0surer-Teachers
ExAmInAtiOn-A Course of Grange
LootarOs-COrn Trade with Baltimore.
-Fin0 WoathOr-RAin-PorsOn
From our Special Correspondent.
TOPEKA, KAs., Jan. 8, 1876.
The school bond forgery, and the
resignation and arrest Of Mr.. Lap
pin, have made the most of the talk
In Topeka during the past week
The funds in the state treasury have
all been counted. Mr.. Francis is
now In possession Of the Office, the
late state treasurer has been arres-
ted on the criminal charges OF for
gerry and embezzlement and the
public pulse will soon again beat
with more regularity. The ONCE
was turned over Tuesday forenoon,
Mr.. Lappin repaired to his dinner
at the usual hour, and for desert he
was served with warrant in the
hands OF the sheriff. The whole
transaction was done so quietly
that many Of the employees about
the state house were unaware OF It
and hundreds OF the people through
out the city did not find it out until
they read It in the Commonw ealth
the next morning. Immediately
after his arrest Mr.. Lappin was ia
ken before Justice Brier, and
waving an examination he was
bound over In the sum OF $4,000.
At 8 o'clock that evening he was
unable to procure bail and so re.
manned all night in charge of the
sheriff. On Friday morning he
obtained the names of Jake Smith
and John r. Mulvane. of the To.
peka Bank and Savings Institution,
and Ed. Knowles, of Seneca, on his
bond, indeDnifying them by turn
ing over his property. In compa-
ny with Mr.. Smith and the deputy
sheriff Mr.. LAppin left for Seneca
at noon on Friday, and It is under
stood he will remain under arrest
and in charge of the sheriff until his
= bondsmen are Satisfied that the
property turned over will fully
indemnify them. The wave of ex.
element at one time was almost as
high as during the time OF the men,
orable $1,000 Pomeroy-York trans
action but the fact that Mr.. Lappin
and his bondsmen are abundantly
able and will doubtless make good
every dollar the state has been de-
franded OF. will soon make an anx-
ious public rest easy and breathe
freer.
Mr.. Lappin has employed the
Ablest counsel in the state, to de-
fend him in his troubles, Messrs.
Guthrie & Brown and Hon. John
Martin of Topeka, and the Hon. A.
H. Horton, Of Atchison, being re-
tanned. They have advised him to
make no statements, either public
or private, touching his case, and
while there have been frequent pub
locations on "the other side" the ex-
treasurer remains as dumb In the
matter as does the chief magistrate
OF the nation in respect to 9 third
term.
The new treasurer, Hon. John
Francis, is q man OF perhaps forty
fiye years and la physique is quite
the opposite ofex-treasurer Lappin.
He appears to have been selected
for the Office, in the frat instance,
on account OF his reputation for SUI
periOr business qualifications and
strict integrity. He was Q success
ful business man ana had been
county treasurer of Allen county.
II the Governor had gone to the
business of securing the books Of
all the county treasurers OF the
state, with view TO selecting the
best fitted man, he would doubtless
have selected Mr.. Francis. Expert
ence has proved, during the admin
istration Of Mr.. Francis' term, the
wisdom OF the selection.