Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-10-10
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LICKING COUNTY.

| IN Missouri
Read, Consider, and DO Your Duty!
LICKING COUNTY.
In this county desperation siczed the
ennspirators, aud they burned the Court
House with all the records to destroy the
evidence of their guilt This is only fair
specinien OF what Licking County Democ-
racy will DO when pressed TO the wall.
MERCER COUNTY.
Hunter, Treasurer OF this county, was
defaulter to the ex ent OF 81 900. lie fled
! to Indiana, and we are informed that at
| least a portion of the amount was col &c ell
from his bondsmen-one party says that
| il was all recovered.
OTTAWA COUNTY.
In 1874, Godfrey jaeger, Treasurer ot
this county, deposited $4,000 OF the county
! funds with banking firm in Toledo; the
bank failed aud the county lost 1924
| although this Uds rioldtion of lar, he Wds
aercr punished for Il.
In 1875, John II. Magee, County Treas.
urer, was dealing heavily in pork it was
suspected that he was using county funds
and an examination was ordered by the
Auditor oil State. lie was absent when the
Examiner took possession of his office, and
being unable tO get into the inner safe he
was compelled to await Magee'4 return.
On his arrival, Magee, accompanied by
posse OF Democratic friends, went TO the
Office aud demanded admission. This was
refused they then broke in the door and
the Treasurer took S25 900 from his satchel
aud placed it in the safe to make up the
shortage, but still the Examiner found the
funds short $1,000. Notwithstanding all
this, Mcgee rds reelected to The office Of Treas
urer By the reform Democrats Of that county,
and the stealing went on just as though nOh-
ing had h0Pp<Red.
STARK COUNTY.
This is the most recent instance of Dem
ocratic defa alcaton. and was only exposed
when further concealment was found to be
impossible. Fessler, the Treasurer, was
III default about $4,000, and lie absconded
to Canada. 1t is not denied that he was
induced to return with the assurance that,
if convicted, he would soon be pardoned
by Democratic Governor and he now
awaits the action of the Grand Jury.
VAN VERT COUNTY.
The exact amount of defalcation of this
county is S12,739, of winch about $4,000
has been recovered, and the balance will
probably be paid. The community, there
by commissions, lawsuits, interest on mon
ey borrowed for current expenses, &c. The
| county escapes easily, the Democratic ma
jority being small. Had it been large the
stealings would have been winked at and
the loss would have been proportionately
| large.
| Thus is it demonstrated that Republican
mJOrities protect, and Democratic mgoTities
plunder the pedp!e.
WAYNE COUNTY.
In 1872, Jacob B. Koch, the County
| Treasurer, was found to be $4,000 in de-
fault. Judgement was recovered against
| the bundSmen, and the case is now pend
| ing in the Supreme Court on writ OF error.
The Treasurer lcds sentenced to one year
! in The Penitentiay.
wYANDoT COUNTY
The amount of deiaIcation in this coun-
ty was $4,000, which was made up by the
| bondsmen.
The Treasurer, probably knowing his
| accounts to be IN disorder, committed SUI
eide, and then the default was discovered.
! lie appears to have been the most honest
of all this Infamous array, and let the
mantle OF charity protect this case from
| further comment.
! REPUBLICAN DEFALCATIONS
Now let the Republican record be COL
sidered
! CLARK COUNTY.
Wick, Republican Treasurer OF Clark
/ county, and er otfcio Treasurer of Spring
! field, was deiaGller to the city 10 about
/ 5000. So determined were the Repub-
| lean Commissioners 10 metc out full JUS
/ tIce to the guilty man, that they paid Nc
| Mahon, Democratic Congressman from
| the Fourth District, $4,000 for conducting
| the prosecution. lie WAS sentenced TO the
| Penitentiary for year.
| Not shade OF suspicion was ever cast
! upon the other Republican officials OF
! the.county and not cent trds lost to the county.
{ TRUMBULL COUNTY.
! In the Republican county of Trumbull.
| the Auditor WAS found guilty OF embezzle
ment to the amount OF $4,000, and he is
now serring a term Of fire years in The PEN
| IeRtia,y; ,ghiie his bOlldSmea hare made good
the loss to The people.
PECULIAR CASE.
Although Eichland county is largely
! Democratic, and there was a default there
! yet 1t has not been included in the exhibit
oi Democratic defaulllng counties for The
following reason:
The affairs OF Richland county were un-
satisfactory, and II Republican Comfy
! Treasurer was elected hy Democra tic votes.
! lie weakly permitted his Democratic as
sOciates in the Court House TO control him,
and in the severe crash that came upon
Mansfield by the failure Of the First Ma
tional Bank, he was found to be in default
by large amount. This trouble was
brought upon him by an attempt to cover
the crookednesS OF his Democratic pre-
/ Rat fba Iags bIf
himsef and his bOHdsmen, and the people did
4 CONTRAST.
The contrast between deialcations in
Republican and Democratic counties is as
startling us the large number ot DemOcra-
tic defalcations and the enormous amount,
OF which the people have been plundered
by Democratic officials, with almost abso-
lutte impunity.
The Republican ExhibIt.
Republican Counties in The State ;av-
etage-'.. 45
Number of counties in which there
| are defa alcatiOns. ................ 2
Total amount of del lcalious Isl 0 900
| Amount recovered. ...,........ 81 IL, 200
Loss to the people le'''''.. .''''''' Nothing !
Number 0i defaulters .........-.. 2
Number punished '................ 2
The Democratic Exhibit.
Democratic counties IN the State (aV-
eraGe .'.'' ..-...-. 43
Number Of Democratic counties in
which there are dvialcaIonS. %
Total amount of delalcaIiOns in 20 of
these counties. ...'...'' .,.... -. $3.50, 1913
Am unit recovered thus far....,. 7232S
Public loss [eGpenses not includedl... $500
Number of defauliers %
Number punished ("ns year each).,.. 5
The sentences Of punishment have all
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