The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-13
The Dcilelt ont NJ cambridge, Ohio

CAMBRIDGE, o., September llth, 1915.
Editors Inisliigrnsuri
Cambridge has had its blood up to fever
heat for several days over the County
Treasury affair. Various rumors and re-
ports have been adoat since the case was
sprung, and some of these are now sufici-
emily authenticated TO be credited as true,
but anything like a succinct andthorougt,
| ly correct statement is, as yet, impossible
The beginning OF the disclosures was
brought about by the failure Of the Treas
urcr, Jno. D. Patterson, to file satisfacto'
nv bond, on entering his second term Of Of
fee. This failure was duo to neglect on
the part OF Patterson. In some way, l
think, by the lips Of the Treasurer himself,
It became known that the account IN the
Treasury was short about S3,OOO, where
upon the bondsmen held q meeting for the
purpose OF investigating the affair and re-
solving oil course OF action. II was de-
ciled to recommend to the Commissioners
who had already declared the office vacant,
the appointment OF some one as Treasur-
or on a low salary, the difference between
which and legal allowance to be applied to
the reduction OF the deficit after count OF
the money had been made by tho Com
missioner. VIM. Smith and Jno. s. Boyd
were successfully recommended for the
appointment, hut were both rejected. The
Commissioners subsequently appointed
Jno. d. Robbins OF this place, at the legal
salary (SlSO0) who will hold the office until
the vacancy is regularly filled by the cleo
ton this fall. The amount OF the deficit
was found to be S4,B43.D0. As far as can
be ascertained 1t was made upapproxi.
mately bya note OF J. n. Carson, Real
Estate Dealer, endorsed by Patterson, paid
into the Guernsey National Bank, to the
amount OF $3.50; note Of Carson and Patter-
son, paid at the same bank, rs taxes,
81 800; personal notes $3.50; cash to Carson
sD92; cash paid to others 500; note, Jno.
Moore fortaXes recelpted FOL, butyetunpaid
$i75. These sums almost make up the
amount. The bondsmen thought OF sup
plying the deficiency At once, but have
nowconeluded toR%ait the course o. erents.
Auditor Boden has aIread received orders
from the Commissioners to bring suit
against the late Treasurer for the deficit
II is claimed by the bondsmen that taxes
cannot be paid by note and hence that
AIoore's note for S475, and other smaller
notes cannot be held against them. This
matter OF course will come up in the suit.
AS Patterson is unable to pay dollar on
account OF u previous embarrassment
mentioned below, they will have to suffer
the loss.
Now a word about the first deficit, for
there was another. I have given an ac-
count OF the second one first because it first
camo TO the light and is the one about
which the public has been most concerned.
1t appears that the treasury would have
been short at the March settlement s., 800,
had not several OF the bondsmen replaced
il by loans from q bridgeport Bank and
the Quaker City Bank. These parties, W.
p. Ross, Alex. johnson, jas. n. Cowden
and Joseph Guthrie, were secured by Pat.
terson by mortgage on the homestead
farm in Adams township. Some mining
stock were also placed in trust as additional
security. So fur nothing has been said BY
Patterson as to the disappearance OF the
81, 800 except that it went principally as
loans. There is very strong tide Of feel
ing against Carson, who is evidently mix
cd up in the last deficit, and Is strongly
suspected OF completely in the first.
as hl ala5 GUERNSEY.