, 1881-01-13

III addition It WIS learned that Dangter \:
Gu, wluIs assessment was S:09. mud Z: i;
E,ltull IL Co., WIN wera. down fur S5.'U0, llld
been omitted nltngnther from tic wnrrant.
e's Ms' wsr M n cSf!s a a wps we 9iss "1 ccetop tfs
farwell amt Assessor i'r.ke sent fur county
C'nrl, knike. n,Ml n,nts0 him acquainted
with. them. Mr. kokke WAS nut Un!y nstni.
,ialle'l but acknowledgement completely tn
mind, ulit wis as mud NJ q hornet w1lnse
l,ust luul been stoned by boys. There was
tlu :.t.lnsNyIny f!lc figures; tIuy wert. AA cpnr
III the milltlu1irntI0sl.tabte. hut WIN were
tte ,Gulfty pnr,tes. WIS tho question: Mr.
klokkt I'll 0Hre
SET II, wt>l.ts To ttSEAsrrII THEM.
nil wllu were uware uf the alterations In tho
wArln1l. ngren!l!g to kcnl' ulIlet 80 tllnt tho
erhtrIlcs could BE- collected niItl tho culprlsA
arrested bclore thcy l,nd II cl1a'lco to run
":l'l.e best lai.l schemes Of mice null ilnn,"
howeypr, "gn,,g MT .nglce," a'lll II TlallrSE
reporter received Ill intt'nattDn yesterday Ut
wliat was E"lnE o.. l!nyinx ,ii,!enrtl'e, wliAt III
Is given tla,vs, aiul understanding that the
getting nj tug, forger;;.--ir they ll1s9 tlley'
tlenynred 10 iind out where tho alterations
@ Yer, 'a's ' ast WIN; o: "ssFoly' might lave
When thu Assessor's books nra returned 70
t'tu CnIlnty Clerk they 'te nut into tl,e vault,
nlMi llu one except clerks III tita uittce aas
nccess to thrm. The wnrramt-bnoks,
SCI secn M my .lay, i,'tll lMrncti oyer 10 tho t:"l-
1pctnrs, lying nl the desks OF Tho clerks, fur
tho co,iycEei,ce ot tho public, and my olIe 80
inclined c.!la examine tileM 10 l!ls alenrt's
faisIilcd, (tforu were changes lii MI the South
I'nwn Di.t:s} IL Is nut belieyMt tlMlt my ell
pl0yi ut the County Clerk Ind Il tIall'l IN the
fnrglng, .t0r, IT 80, llo would have ln!o tlle
figures In tho AsSessnE's h0nES correspond
with tho substituted sun IN tllo. warlnt,t III
order to Insure himself from detection lM
case or MI Investigation.
Alrong tlIo most frequent vlstt0rs to tue
County Clerks pl!!cu aru
THE TAX AnESrs,-
men who mako y living. BY getting up tax al,-
str1lcts mud lno!iing .ltter tho taxes Ill ]rot-
erty OF rstules uiil ut wealthy ,nell. Tlloy
l!nye access to thu Martnnt.6ooks. antt, ~
they ar1 All tho tliho llIaktnE llelnnrnlNta
viii. these mil other looks buforo thcra,
no cler!s would uay my 4tteI1tlni! 70
iii neeltt busy with pen nlll Ink, allA llu
might scratcl, out M.any figures mud write in
others witaut llInarnnGc, y straMKer gould
nhoye, mt on!y was tho valuation chHnEctl,
Int the fO0tiilE 1T tho bottn,A 0f thy lnEe
WIS reduced by thu amount taken att tlie ~.
xessnlunt; sD ut lcnst several 1Atnntes lllliSt
l.avo been required I'd dn thu work. There
h no slaubl 'thnt one, or p0ssth'y MDre, Hf
tlIuse lux nEelItS wuru concerned !Il t1D
forsertes, but tllclr identity re'antl's to De
revealed.
r THE MElsc.tsSva INVOLVED
0f co,,tsp know nuthlug Al}Out Thu matter.
'rhoy Ira perfectly tlnHielt Of my Wrtl!g.,
Nj one mpprUac3lt.l them alnt offered for u
Consideration IN have ttnlr assessments ~
tuce.!. Thuy wera perfectly statistical with
Assessor nriNe's yMl!,atlo''' as "1l i1' tllelr
This rtpurtcr Ind II talk with, A[r. j. +.
Norris, Who sait aonle 0s!o. perhaps. made
tis cl!al,se III Ills cnsu !9tun.ling II eo,l'.'
fuwnrtl. II my arrangement l,atl t,teu Gu
tnrrtl inta It must tlNye beolI by Ills book
kcalNr, who WIS sick; but llo didn't think
tJ.nt gtlItltaui. would resort to crooktHllirsl
ar. iiultul, sHiI lta had 1saa nothing to .lo
with liking anybody. II nn agreement l!at1