, 1877-11-22
THOSE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY BONDS.


CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Nov. a1.-In your Issue Of
Monday there was printed dispatch from this
city, headed "Thc Farce Ut Justicc," anu wllicl,
r.,rporicd to be a report Ut the trial nnd arnut-
tai of Maj. q. W. kcunar,l, tpyncr, County
Treasurer, who Ind been Indicted on tho cl,arr,u
Of forgery.
The facss about this matter ara simply theao:
The 'on'ls issued by Champaign County upon
tho location of tho Illinois Industrial University
ca1c duc III May, 1s11. Tie HoarI OF suncf.
yisoTs apnointcd tlirsc q It's own nna,'rr, Hart
Iliran Dunlap, Of Champaign. to supcrl,,tcnd
tue execution Of new bonds mud the payment OF
thc old, where parties hoftlMg tho uld ones
Didn't desire to receive new bonds. Il BOSTON
hut sl15,o which tho University tuck; taking
that humber tnstca.t of old otics which wcro
sllrrr.lderctl and cancelled. The new ones were
Issued nt 8 per cent; thu old ones at 10 rcr
zent. Whenever parties holding old h,ti.ls pre-
sente.' them for payment, il'cy were presented
to Atr. Dunlap; tic utlcr twu Supervisors bel1.x
out Of the why, dt! no. intend to the payments.
Among thoso presented for payment, ns II utter
w e coS S rrca,sI:9 s Gogay % GssEs sssa
County Judge, and the Chairman Of the 1}oarll
Of Supervisors, hut having no county seal, md
nf cosrso entirely invatsl. When tl,csu sic-
lar. examined them anl ordtres then. paid.
Nnshng uniss WIS discovered I'LL tlle Boarl OF
Supervisors met !nJunc, when, ,lno,, counting tho
bnnds m taken up, E ,oA' t2nmucll was discovered
ur:,'natton, tho eight $500 bonds without scal
were found. Mul. Kcnnaru, upot, being ques-
tiancl Us to tho tssuc Of tho ions, finally I'D
Inttctl tlIut tlrsc eight b0nls signed by the
detective, wcrc LETT In ills Office aild BY hif1,
afterwards Issued to eomo friend or tricnls.
Upon adcnla,ld by the Hoard uf Supervisors fur
payment. and q failure on kcnnards part tu
f1nrr kt,.
mentioned had t!in' indicted, and upon trial
verdict OF not guilty MAS rendered.
u will DO sern bY this that tho bonds tssuc.l
4, lso7 liad been takcn up anl ltatA OH, and
thu Court. II the Court went out Ut tts way to
tirrtde as to tho legality of tho original bonds,
the most that tan be sald Is, tint the Court lc.
e!le'i what :; , was not before 't,-or, In other
The Insertion Of your correspondent that tho
"drcls!un VIII doubtless lead tu MI attempted
repudtatton." ia entirely unrallcA for, a,ll rc-
pusnalt to the feelings Of every honcat nun In
The general opinion hero Is, shat this sn.Ict-
mrnt wns procured BY thu Committee aforesaid
for the puFposo of rallins away attention from
tlrnseiyes, y, '''! thcr li4It.y l9r t!s paymcut
to their duty In orslcrlng Tho, payment Of ths
hogus bonds. lad tho buslucss OF paying
these bonds been LETT to 0tlo OF aur banks, and
a h 19ss t's ,, occurred by payment Of 1le1al
meet tl!c loss. Tho Boari Of Supervisors
should havo known butter than to appoint
three unsopsttcatca Changers for 30 partisstlarn
job as thu paYug oil ara execution OF llcw bonds
visor from this township, who was une oI tito
Committee. generally .a,nsilors himself smart
enough fur nnYfhing that comes up; hut In
thss instance hu signally failed. Is lie allA the
other two committeeman arc nicn Of large
means, they will, III course, nut nilnw the co,i,,-
tY to sutEer this 1uss of tue $4,OlN, II kcnnurI
does ut,t ultimately pay,
As tu tbs tnnlr,lllD that tho neu bonds ,tou
to ray that TINT question wus riot before tho
Court, Antl tint hereafter shuulL any defect bo
discovered In them the county would uncsitat-
tnEly tssuc new ones Ia their placc. Not man
in tho county, eyGn should tho " silver uollar
mt bo renohelizcd," )" would tor moucnt rcpu-
datH such debt Us that. ELY,