, 1881-01-14
TAX-FORGE ERfES.
County-C!erk Klokke Gathering
Some Moro Evidence.
One Of His Clerks and o Tax-Ageut
the Probable Offenders.
Fifty Dollars tic Stunt Paid for Services
iu One Case.

ln One Case.
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p,,..,.,. q. m., ,r
A1sSA1''ono W ~ tahen 11elea11ef"MeT-
chants Unwilling to Talk.
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Tho comparison of tho South Town AS
sessor's bu0ks with tic Ho,il, Town Col-
lector's warrant having disclosed forged yul-
uatlons OF personal property In that town, Il
TRIBUNE reporter visited tlie Offices Of tic
North and West Town Collectors yesterday
fur the purpose Ut learning IL their warrants
had bren u.mpered With. Tl,eru nre very
fow heavy pcrs0nal-propcrty taxpayers In
those sections, however. aiA lle was not dis
appointed wien lie found that the bnuks
were Intact, 80 fnr ns fraudulent reductions
were cotccrncd. The bucks at Collector
Nacsrlls office were scratched here md there
but In every instance tho assessment Ind
been raised, so It wns evident Tint
tlse Changes wero tfun tn tic ac-
ton OF the County Cun,mltteo on
EQUALIZATION. at The West Side office, the
books wero ctcR.1, and, 80 far rs could be
seen, not single mistnke Ind bocn ,ua{o In
nntstpr ,,o,,n t1n orIti,,., ,,at..sst', 49,. -
ny,ojig,I mn vi sr,,,, a,.s.s sn'a''tnn ~ y. wv
ensures was ,lo,1rsa nn u ,ha I.Ges so. ~.
es ~" aes, ""s 'A, u'."tcss tua 10 tIe '"c. that
fercd with. Assessor Anick knew of tho
crooked work as to Tobet. & UootI, II ypar
aogo. and when tho West Town co|ectof re-.
sc'sc" tlo personal property warrant THIS
year, l'o went over It carefully, checking
with his own heurcs but he did not tltfi MI
Swast % NV c"'''on OF te Noflh @
~ Msss lown w"t1amts' tnofelofe' SHOWS TINT
lAa operations OF the forEers were confined
to TINT OF the South Town; md they limited
son that m total valna;nn "p "f .r @ nro
ortv thoro Ia s,a nm nsn .,,.tI ~, p'uis ~,
Wy W. uroie Is sio'o'Mo' ' WINE tliat ~ tte
West Town Is S5'oo,ooo, mud IN tho North
of $4,000 or $4,000 III $4,000 00O wos ,,nt st,
ant IN In ,,ot,onJ H., ~ M"s '.ut ."
lnvovor ~ - ma ~ s.,. .p ,aa.,. s.s"o Wv. "otSe'
.oWeVet: US 20 the south Iow1', the crlnl-
to increase their incomes by covering ,nore
f.r,,,,nd ,rhcv mov l,o,,o ois., ot,o,,.r,a a.,
r.n1tv ,.orrnnts 1 H. .',;a,,,. MI ..'as 1ae
torc,ora to be ,u ~ a S tnu eese a,n 're
ors with THO Asscssors' books, n,,d, II any
alterations ara fonnh. Tho f,ot,utv f,lort ,yli,
M coTfod ~, tr, rootoro tbo ori..t,,f s,...,'.
md thus thh sconirnIa VII Ky ,,t,, ni..ai:
'''"'e"' ,.,,,~ ,,,
ia at1l, d,nhtft T. ~" T. i,,",n., 49, '."...u A..
t.,.n ,,,n,, y ~ ... - 'u@MH' @ nuMGreI, liilt
making to Eet thn ,crcssnr,. ovi.io,,t.o W. =,
Justify their arrest. According to tho 6cst
,uhnsa, a.,a.pi0 aouF " tno lf0's
dacsI gye to co1ty S c'sfk KoHH t Soinn pS
Of tic nn who nttui,dcti to thefr I'M ,,,,,tnrs t
ainah su nsStes a1tte pt oG OF uenl " = 1lliet'
~ s!; ~ atcm Wacrs t!1ns H. H. INV pAn rs agent
;Tn,, = tg % ~ C1erN ~ tMo nOatn
fesR1'rter that ilnltonof loltonS
aaiiutSt3, hna to!tt MN tint Alr. l!iltlretE
naf nek19WiGa roNog ;a nays Wy TO mail bnt woil.!
tts 1s 'usoN! ~ IT, ~ % ha,e, iho reporter repeated
WynaniGf ~ no laa maze @ any such ssatcnlemt.
iae !,. s..u. however. tat !ln way perfcctly wia.
i,,ls 10 go nGlore tilo uraild Jury Hill! tel MI
NV MG kT1W' M' wmic WIhsltvery Mac',. !lc Mn
sS sStt mua !lntl hoLntng Wl!aieveT 70 10 With
t1o ~ eln edrnnsaGto lloT GoaIa e iitltl on entry
o, Suu uh w. o9nKs pL Inc llr'n lor my sIleh
pMtpgse. MT. ltltarsth was out when tlie
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