Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-09
MR. GAUTHREAUX'S STATEMENT.

| LOUISVILLE, sept. "O.-Mr. G;tu utnreauX
is extremely ill with gastric ca,arrh and
has eaten nothing for so days. He has
fallen off from one hundred and ninety
pounds to one hund ed and tea. To-
night a reporter called on him. His
physician was averse to let him hear any
thing Oh the subject. but finally he con
sented. Mr.. Guuthreanx was made ac.
quainted with the statements of the New
Dreams papers and then made hurrienly
and signed the following statement:
One month or so ago. when Mr.. Wright
wa, here, and Col. Wool and DR. Scn:t.
who were to advise in my interest with
Mr. Wright in the settlement of certain
business matters of mine. these gentle
men know az well as others to whom
have freely spoken on the subject, that
felt no appre ehensi"n v hatever about a
complete setclemtnt of every dollar l
owe. l neces .ariaIiy expected to be up
and a tending to my business ere this,
much less did l anticipate that within
scarcely thirty days after my term of Of
lice had expired criminal proceedings
would have been entered against me,
when several other sheriiis, my pre'icces-
sors, have not yet had criminal proceed
ln9s entered against them, and have
scarcely been annoyed by civil suits. It
would be folly to even attempt to give
| any statement my affairs when l have
| been confined to bed for four months,
and could not possibly have acquired
any personal knowledge of their details;
slf, hat =
| time that other o.-Sheritts have had and
still enjoy had been accorded me, (anl
that l merely expected. because was on
my back, not knowing whether won Il
| live from one day to the next, the city
| would have received every cent the Sher-
| IFS office owes. This l know and can
prove at any time to- the satisfaction of
any sane ard fairmin;led man. I know,
however, that everything have runs the
risk of being sacrificed for a few cents on
a dollar OF its value. I am much in
| the dark as the reporter who is taking
this statement. One thing seems to me
| very queer, and that is that | have not a
friend in New Orleans who can or will
correct sot.ie of the grossly incorrect Quot
| to say eviD statements published about
this matter. The amount of defa.cation
is set down at Sll2, 900, as if it was mon-
ey. In this amount $50, coo is in scrip,
which is worth very little on the market,
and l don't know tho amount my cashier
has on hand. The balance is claimed to
be $4,000 in cash, when have never
known it to he over 1900.
About the 2Oth of June the city reu,,ir-
ell n settlement from me of the cash l as
Sheriff had collected for them. The
amount WAS then agreed to be bet cen
$1,000 and $4,000 by the city authori-
ties and my Deputies. (I was i'll at the
time.) Now, since the 2Oth of June, not
do!l:ri cash was collected il the Sher-
ifs office, ana yer, when Mayor Patton
visited ME last week, he brought me Il
memorandum showing my Indebtedness
of cash to tc about s30 400. was neces-
sarily astoundeu, and Mayor Patton adj
mittei that lie Iemhered distinctly
that at the time OF which I speak he sent
!, for statement Of my account, and that
, Was something over $1,000. On the
Goth of juno l paid into the city t1easu-
= ry $4700 in cash, and dcpositcd SO, ,OOC
0 in cOllateraiG to secure the difference be-
tween S47OO and SILL 900. 1t was cnusid.
cred ample security. Now, tho city OF
New Orleans, not TO mention other
: amounts, which will come out later, owes
=, me about S:}2, BOO OF fees Of Office tnr hay
y ing collected in the neshborhooh o.
z $500, 900. every cent of which was tulTlet
, over to it aud rece;pte'l for by it. Thes,
- fees were e;trued By as many as one nun
4 dred and forty deputies I had employed
e at one time, in order to 40 the work viii
I the rapidity with which the city desire,
~ it, in order to ae able to pay cast
j. through the year 1879. [ am told tha
my bill is disputed, which was not un
j. expected. Now then, If this is the stat,
:, Vt n. case, may | not justly #pprehou,
i, some error in the script! At the time o
e ttayor PattoM's visit here he requested
u that | should >rite to Mr.. Wright AM
a ascertain the exact status OF my affairs
l. l was awaiting Mr.. WIS answer to my let
l. ter when the at1ilavitS were made am
'" at this honr lying on this bed, ] know II
" more about the de tails Of my affairs dni
Is ing the last tonr months than 0CeH tn
y King Of China. III conclusion | II J sa
that while have no desire to ey&ue an
It port of tho reSpon Utility which the la'
% Imposes on me, no ma TICK what may T.
le NV condition, II | had had any in,cn 10
i OF de.au1ting | would have ch"sei, Il NOR
.e favorable opportunity, when WAS hand
al ling about $4,000 IL week of the city
1t mouey IN cash, 20 say nothing of amount
1T III properties from other sources. ihstea
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