The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-03-22

"Tuw Misstxa TlNk."--Tho Official
bond Of ex-TreAsnrer kyte, for his
second term, has been III" missing
link between the county md kytc's
bondsmcn. ever since Kyle missed
the way from pictured rockaso Greg
GO. X will hc remembered TINT the
bonds " the other county officers.
IN the search for this one. made last
summer, were found In box of
wastc paper, sitting In tho Office oc.
cupicd by the Auditor aud TWnsur.
Or. Tho bonds found Inst summer
from the fnci TINT they bore no cvi.
dcncc " having been heated and
smoked, W. infested. were not III tho
safe through the ilrc Int had been
carried out In tho boxes In which
found. Auditor Peek has been ov-
erhauling the boxes OF old papcr
That Ind accumulated IN the office.
selecting out md putting away nuch
papers ~ were 81 value, for several
days. On Monday tho long missing
bond given the county by kyto NJ
tho commencement os his second
term. waS.found In IN old shoe box
and like all the others found. bears
evidence Of having been carried DO.
You'd the action Of the Are, and hence
could not have been In tho hAfe
when II occurred Now ~ 70 the
theory q their having been thus
ncgligcntly put away. All tho cir.
cumstanccs sccln To Indicate TINT
they were thus placed by some per.
son who wanted his record cxpunaed,
and who then set fire To the Court
House to wipe out All evidences of
bis cmbcxxlemcnts and pscnla,ion.
In oflicc. Recent disclosures and In
yestigationa into the affairs ~ the
various county Offices and their
management leave tho cnlpability Of
this great crime resting ON tho shoul.
dcrs u tho Mbsconded county treas
urcr. The transactions Of every 9th.
cr oilico were found correct. hence
mono ri their incumbents could have
been interested In the burning ~ the
court house and its records. The
mystery In. how he could have pos.
scsscd himself of thcsc Official bonds
their legal custodian having been
provided with u safe In hla own u.
ticc. In which to deposit them, with
tho moneys and other valuable pap
IRA 81 the county lawfully entrusted
to his keeping. The persons whose
names appear upon this recently
found document made the following
Anrwer a. the snit u the county
against Kyle and lis boudrncn. II
appearing to have been filcd Nov.
~, 1877, ~ their Answor thereto.
In Circuit Court, Howard Co, Town.
Howard County, Plaintiff.
W I Answer.
Frank kytc and others.
Defendants,
And now comes thr dcfrnlnnta Y.
Brady. Vim u. Roche, Vim, Burke.
Th0s. Sullivan. &. uenHhaw. 4. A..
Sutton, John M,iz. Patrick Mcil.hnn.
]. r. Donahugli. Patrick Peter IN, +.
!. Del4anHc, ahd for nnsMer - tlrA
petition and amendment 10 the rpil.
ton In this action any.
LIT. That they deny cnch rrd Nv.
~ allegation In TIM petition md
ffIi.nn.nt thereto mt herein utter
expressly admitted.
Defendants admit TINT plaintiff
" q corporation under Hi. inWs ~
Iowa. That Frank ks''. Defendant.
WAS ~ Tho general cisetien III Tie
year 1916 duly nnd lefAlly elected a.
Tho 0fIicn ~ County Tl.nsntcr1f snii
Howard county. In~n.
I'd, Defendants deny TINT tho hunf
s~t out and Described Iii Plaintiffs
petition wns ever signed i,y them ~
any ono authorized BY defendants ~
To 10 amt AYR TINT tho signatures
thereto mr.. not the genuine siHna.
tnfas OF these defendants. and he.
fendanfs aver thnt thy never signed
the said bond. aui ilsser attached