The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-04

advice it was my duty to give it. 1t was
also my duty to attend to all suits
in court wherein the county was coneerned,
and to prepare such instruments of Writing
as the board might from time to time re-
| quire. l wrote all their contracts concern
ing county affairs when requested, and when
requested prepared entries for their records.
This was the extent of my employment, but
L always, on request, gave legal -advice to
county and township officers.
see in the Journals article that it states
that there was an item of ''incidentals, 5000 !"
in bill of Mccormack & Sweeny, which is
in your handwriting. How is that?
]. WI know nothing about it. 1t is not
true. L have no recollection of ever being
| present when a contract with Mccormack d
Sweeney was made, or when any claim by
them was presented or allowed.
Well, what about the statement that there
was balance of county funds loaned out
that went into the hands of the Woollen
family at six per cent?
]. W.-There is not a word of truth
in that either. No such funds ever
went into the hands of the Wool
len family at six or any other per cent. This
is about as truthful as the statement that
the Jail was built under the authorship
of r. N. Wheeler, when the truth is the
Jail was built and paid for before he ever be-
came auditor. The whole statement of the
Journal is a tissue of falsehoods, made mp
] formation of knaves or FOOLS who wanted to
injure their neighbor and had not the cour.
4 age or honesty TO shoot off their own gun.
What do you know about the report of the
examiners being suppressed, as stated in the
Journal? s1b-ol .s..,.-.
j. What report was copied on the COM
missioners record at length. 1t was made
/ public record by order of the board of COM
missioners, and DR.. Bice, the auditor, has it
and the report itself in his custody, and
know of no reason, and can not imagine
one, that would lead him 10 disregard the
plain requirement of the law by suppressing
or in any manner keeping concealed the
original document or the record of it. L
never heard like charge preferred against
the doctor before, and presume this one is
wholly false. - -
1t was now growing late, and having got
out of the Judge all wished / went over to
the court house, diDgy little old frame build
ing located to the south of the public square,
but the auditor had closed his Office, and /
was unable to see him. But L learned from
others something about the difficulty under
which the Journals man labored in getting
peep at the precious document now on file
in the auditors Office known as the report
of the examiners. raaE
1t seems that on Thursday, the I'D inst, a
gentleman called at democratic law Office
of this town and inquired for g. NJ. Overstreet
central committee of this county ,anda cousin
ofGeorge Herriott, the republican candidate
I for treasurer of state. Mr.. Overstreet's Office
being pointed out, the stranger went there
at once. OF all that was said and done no
more than this is known: Mr.. Henry w.
Barnett, who is running for the legislature
on both the republican and national tickets
was called in and in very short lime he
and the stranger went over to the court
! house. There Mr.. Barnett asked the auditor
for the report made by the examlng conf
mittee, and it was handed to him and by
him taken away. About the time for closing
! the public offices Mr.. Barnett returned with
the democrat to the auditor and asked for the
| privilege or keeping 1t out over night. Both
his manner and his singular reqsest excited
the suspicion of Dr. Blce, and he inquired of
Mr. Barnett who it was that wished the use of
the report. Barnett refused to answer, and
then Bice refused the loan of the report. The
Journal charges that its writer could not get
access to the document without calling In
the aid of some prominent citizens of the
town; but the auditor says thai no man rep
reSenting himself from the Journal or from
any other paper ever asked him to see the
document; that it is on file in his Office and
has always been (save when Hen. Barnett
had it OUT, and open to the inspection of all
persons dualng Office hours. AS the doctor
is an Independent in politics, and was elect
|
in the interest of the democratic party. But
he is a man of truth, and that is the tale he
tells.
Walking along the street to day l noticed
that the Hon. Milton Robson Is billed for
speech here on next Thursday evening Now
there is nothing in this worthy of record, per-
haps, for there are too many fellows Grating
over the land for all to have notice. But
the matter of the Hon. Millions bill de-
serves little notice:
'HE WILL SHOW MR.. MYERS UP IN HIS TRUE
LIGHT"
These are the identical words. What do
you think of that for taste" "decency,"
good manners and all that? The Hon.
gentleman has not written that bill, of
course. 1t is not to be presumed that he
knows anything of its contents, and from
what your correspondent knows of him, he
does not believe that Milton will sail in to
any great extent just in that way. Your
correspondent is 10th to believe that Milton
has not some of the instincts of agentleman
and would be sorry indeed were he to learn
that he has turned himself into the black
guard that these Franklin fellows seem to
require. Pluto.