, 1877-04-07
HENRY GIaEGNEDAUM.
his ACCOUNTS As THrAsunEH or THE IVES;

tAAh NOhHls
A TntnrxE reporter yesterday morning entlett
upon 3ir. 1lcnry urcencbaum 1t hta bank I'm Fifth
avcnno 10 get from, him M explanation Of tho APP
partnt deficiency shown in tho experts report,
suatlo from the bucks of tho West Fask Coa,tns.
sIor. and published In Yesterdays Tnihuss.
Said The reporter: ~ want you, Mr.. Grccnc-
oaun, 10 give mo brief explanation OF Tho reports
published tn t,!s mornings TnnrxE."
MY dear sir, r responded tho gentleman, w
am glad you eamo; Int, really, thsro is nothing
10 explain, or cyrn worth noticing. However. lin
Justice 10 ,aysclf, I wilt ray that my accounts nro
correct In every particular. This cx.pa.tc ex-
animation Of tho books Is instiguted BY c.
c. +. Holden tn retaliation for mr. efforts
to eauso hia removal from oflcn by tho
Governor. Any attompt to make II ap-
pear as though there wcrc my deficiency in
aud ah.urd. FOR eight ycars ,pn:t hare rendered
monthly acco.tnts Of Fcec!ns' and expenditure
sho. Treasurer. inly signed BY the Secretary nnd
Auditor. In nvcry annual report The whuto Trans.
action, Tor tho previous yesr naFe gcsn prssen.ed
!sss'' seen ''9 ssss s"n no.ts a.
nsu sS ,oar sSs Il Witch e. T. loiden ID meinher
And. nlho hc ha. taken the patna TO certify to tho
hls s'nly to examine them and SEQ TINT thcy wclcc
roreccL They have tccn tnaden past0f the annual
e hs III eSsss I'D ~
pamphlet form, hase been pahllshot! TO tl;o world
~ tho nev.papcrs, and !!ate been =. xIdsly cssu.
Ml4a!oncr Holden las sought to -..
DIVERT rrB.tu ATTENTION FROM THE QuEs-
Of his removal by calling loudly for m invcst!ga.
.on pf tho ntnirs 81 the Doard hurctofoFc, and by
sndHcng somc wcll'mcaning ncrsoMs to ws!to "a
5 eg aa h to fsy eo e.
had. 1le hoped By this mean: to dcIay mat:urs n-
.!cfnitcy.-at any INTO gn!n time In which he sup.
ro.c,l tho cort for these removals would 10 slack
cnsd: and perhaps abandoned.
III was Mt strange thai we nll fell int thu
ne y hero as m esss oi
yestlsa.lon that Tho repofta, Of ali Transactions
hetcioforo wefo slngnlariy minute and de.allcd;
a9cmsnt oi t'u aIars Of tho !,onrj. II there werc
es9 sk ast o % &" a@ s'
sase ss. hs u. .sssa sRsS at sssss sapes.s Il now *s s
tho employment Of an ntturnoy and Of d so.cailcd
.e1port.' based on tts .invcrtgatfon bits inc1., :
l. nothing short of reckless expenditure Of mon
"ia REGARD 70 THE sEsMlao DEFICIENCY,
Mr. Gtecnohanm. how 10 you account for ihatf"
Tint, but ioi your pe,sonal satst faction viii .sy
thas' as ,.s.o, matter ot fsct thsfo can
all tho warrants lsaucd on tho County Treasurer.
which In tlls aggregate have. amounted ~ many
hundreds Of thtiltaFds OF dolarA during the past
eight yeass. while somee, Of tlcsc warrants wero
paid % M. bat weta issnet to different taxpayers
~ sebatrs on taxes and for, spcslal asstsa;
by mo specifically parable and available
To such nee*0nt In tho payment nf tett paEk te xcs
on thu particular premises spcc!1cd on tho hack 81
Watrunte. ossr ny own s!TnatnFe. Now. while ils
all tcss warrants, hc il seem!nsly sattaacd bv stat
tng that us 70 grt credit for warrants !ssMed ~
amount u tucl. rcbatea, when ascertaincd, %hnad
b. deducted fror. Tho ba'a'sa claimed 10 sc
pared to enter Into tl.cIt theory, OF
Cd my rcnorts according to law; .that they hare
been found correct aHd approved Of; that hnst
kept COMPLETE cash account while In office, which
/ iayc turned over y my successor. together wlth
thu rccoIps of tha TreasHfsr.elScs. c1rcfina Ios!
tho ,noney ant my boak of account fon will re-
1ncmbur lhat The present Treasurer has informed
thu Hoard by letter that he t,as received Ut tht
ltanco IN hand. and that tho amount IL correct
| Tho very cent, according to my books OF account
And that ts all Mt. Reporter. that have IL say.