The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-16
AN EX-SHERIFF'S TROUBLES
William Pitt Wallace $4,000 Short.


William Pitt Wallace. late Sheriff of this
conntv In aoa;n :, ,rorhlo tb;e t;,,o fnon-
ill, ond % -. ,oaa 49, va, - eoa 900
ciaily' ana III not less sum than $z5,ooo,
which ne owes ana ADMITS owing 70 the
county.
The sum of $31, 900 should have been
turned over to Sheriff Weber. the present
incumbent but Wallace had onIv ahont
AZ GOO cash IN hand when h;s torn, ex'
pired
How the deficit arose Mr. Wallace 10 nm
able to exnla;n Ue was ojwavs we'll ,,ostad
ms to the accounts in The Sher;f-s off;re his
book-keeper MIR VIM q Otta fnrn;sh;no
him nightly with balance sbeet of the ac.
counts Wallace kent nr;voto 90
count of the cash. but his Mr. Otte never
saw and therefore tho Iottar 4. unahia 10
saw where The deficiency lies All ha Lnors o
that his own books are correct n a t;gnre
Mr. Wallace's salary was A. Oo0 ner vear
but his income was swelled tn abant tr;,,io
is that sum from various sources One of
these was the Sheritrs advertisements. He
was authorized to pay the Times Campany
VI per square. but that Company privately
gave MN credit of 75 cents on the dollar.
Some OF Mr.. Wallace's reasons for the
dehclt are that he loaned $40. 600 to his
former business partner, Mr.. Ringle; that
ms family expenses were large, it taking
Soo per week 10 live on; and that he loaned
Sz'Goo 10 Mr.. Henry Won Phul of Mount
Auburn:
IL Is also rumored that his troubles in the
United States Court, when he was fined $500
and costs for procuring illegal voters and
his enormous OUTLAWS in securing he nom
ination and election as Sheriff. have great
deal to do with his troubles.
MT. wallace s first bond was dated Nov.
4til, 1876, and the signers were George w.
" johnston, John BOYLE, Thomas Lowell,
Jonn DICKSON, A. Lamb and Hugh Camp
peH. Inc amount was $4,000, but when.
shortly after his term began, it was raised
$lo zoo, his bondsmen withdrew. Wallace
I,r Ineh haq MS second bond signed by George
w. w. y. johnston, J. A. Pomeroy, r. ii.
"ea'nerhead and John Dickson.
In November, 1877, Mr.. Weatherhead be-
came anxious to withdraw from the bond
put ne was induced to remain ON receiving
the following document:
"CINCINNATI, O.. Nov. 2 1877.
"R Fl. Weatherhead ESQ.
"DEAR SIR-Being nformed ,b;s dow tbot
Won have exnressed a Jes;ro for on assem-
ance that Won will NOT he at apv loco i,
conseouence of remaining or Sher;ff Wal
lace's bond, therefore 7 hereby rive Won
the assurance that YOU shall not he ininred
in any wav bv so doing ''0' w ''"''N
tVerv resnectfr,,v
"IAMrs Il w,,sor
"Secretary Cincinnati Tines Comnan'v '
Earlyin December the work nf "at!ti;,o
up the affairs of lbe Sherf,s Offine wao
commenced with view of trnnsfarrin1
them to Sheriff Weber Ali ,b,t ,ina WI
lace intimated that his cash did nnt ooree
with the amounts dne as shawn hv tLe
books. Mr. Otte and Denntv Rrovstar amr
tbere,,non went oyer ,Io ao<t,,.,, p eHS,oi ,'a M
OtIe's figures we're fonnd corren, Wa1lano W..
was asdumbfounded he could giye No e~nlano.
ton. O '''''''
Mr.. Wallace, fnding himself nnab,e n
meet the indebt ednass 5oalInd m hiv hnnas w
men and informed tLem that I t''I he eo',u9 was
S23, 900 short and tnrned over n them lis
property as follows: His Avondala rasi,