, 1881-01-15
THE TAX FORGER1ES,
Interesting Interviews with 0'ea"
son and Eaton.
They Insist They Know Nothing Of
the Crookedness.
FANNY clerk Klokke Concludes Tho Gull
prit Is In Ills Office.
M E,pose Will Bo Made Until Aftor tho
Grand Jury Moots.

No Expose Will Bo Made Until Aftor tho
Grand Jury Moots.
,rho ntlynto Investigation Of County Clerk
Ei,lkn with tho view Of finding ntt WHO
r,ndc tbo crns,lres nlid alterations In the per-
snnn,.nropcrty wnrlnnt 1f tho SUntlt Town
~ ,,ruuressttlg, and something WIS harmed
vcsieriay TINT l,nints toward guilty tux men,
mi, tc,uIs to cUunrm thu suspicious i,creto-
Torr entertained. The evidence, h0wGvcr. Is
clrcumstantinl,- ,--at least that part Of It which
IL made public, Ailt1 unless there Is additional
nroi,f Forthcoming, II Is hardly fatr to assinD
criminnlIty oil tho part Of two ,ncn who 'iavo
heretofore borne Kood regulations. II seems
iNat four uf tho firms wl,0sc assess-
ments were frnudulcft1y rcducrd-Allarti,
Tolcy & Doolh, Montgomery. Wasl & Co.,
and Uulton Il IlIldreth--t0td Nfr. klokke
lint tlaolr agent was Cl'nrlcs Eaton, but oily
one Of tl,en,-Mr. llIltlrctll-almlttcl Tint
In Ind ua,l lin money. Tho amount wnS
In hntt employed Arthur Gleason. Eat0t
ard Gleason uru associated together In busi.
ness tllat is, look after taxes Jnintly, and
diyf,lo thu fees received from clients. As
both were employed By tho firms mentioned,
and rs tic assessments Of 10 other firms were
reduced by scratching tho books md sub
st.utng figures for those Of tic Assessor,
tl,e conclusion was jumped ut that they know
who lIufueel tile records In tho interest Of
their employers ...
As tic sl,rlnises of tho County Clerk wcro
talkc,!0f OH the street, nnd wero pretty gc,ier-
alIy known, q TNtHUSf reporter went 10 tho
oGlct Ut Gleason fIat0n's llames does not
a,,pear on tic lUpr) tn Unity Block for lilo
purpose OF lcartnE what hu Ind to say lie
was awaro OF tho reports ailoat, nnd was
Glad .lsc rcDorter lud cnllcd. Tho CONVERSE
tlu,I Is appended.
WHAT GLEAsOH SAYS.
"Wllat .l0 yoM know about changing tho
South Town pnrsonAf-prUpcrtr assessment? ~
ii know nt,ll,nK wtiatcver.h
yal,nil6ns were retiucedW
II do mt: nelthcr firms nor individuals"
slave ypn l.ad anytliing 10 DO with tax
matters tl,is yenr 7"
"Ies.'
NO more tAan this. have a number Of
IL the books to see what tito assessment on n
piece ct property was" ...
''ill! mean tho pcsonal-property assess.
rx.S'aM aS%'nMInH; 's laso see" the books but not
"WMre It'd you SEQ them?"
I'm In tI'S t,ai GoY!nty ,,!1y; 6! Clerks Office"
"U,, tho dcsks-tlle clerks were working at
."lou aro familiar witt, tile mauuer OF COLI
dTetins v; things In TINT Office"
hayS i,: scssss to ilo warralls at a!l timcs T'
,,n],n; Tl'eY l'a'e access to tic warrants iii tho
"i'own.stairs. when tic books arc dead,
ynlt tnrnll ~
"Yes,O
"1,at when J., the 9 hoos are alive before tho
M, mt tlat know Of. One Gull 20 in
aId II clerk, VIII show you the book. That il
slss why It l1aS bGsn donc., They would al
lOw \ man to look ut n bo0k.'
Can lax agent take book of tn one
se ntlfl make n memorandum from It pH
* presume so, II necessary"
LILY, T,W!tttont nliybody seeing sal'at ho was
.,, "Taerc nre gcneraIlylots Of clerks around.
dhey anIe, %onf let II man takc book out Ut tho
do you think It possible for au outsider
to make alterations In tue boaks?"
llaysr eonsft'aretl t possible while was
Low long were ypn thero?h
During TINT tl,ne tlll YOU ever know Of n
taX ngsnt examining tho warrants botore the
narfles pfnrnsind hura "finn IN ami. IN ",na 'oS
LooKr1; At r,tr nooI,s
= IN n, what tha1r inJi,i,,,,u1 neao.,,,.r,.o
Wary, " ~ "'''s Is's't 4'ot'1u""' RESPONSIBILITIES
toraT t t.iut @ lHnoa,MNsuh tastVo DGcn ".
4 .'nioo j., 1io''' t"o ]Asseaso's pooAs III tuo
! IVY mfnrtot,,,.y
uWtnt' ,,.;,, t,,o ,,o,a,,,t,, a.
warr,mt ~ t,,, m'.S W W. ecesS'ty iof 1ooAns " no
.WEa, VIZ LIZ Kno% ~, rso, ,o,,, ,ox .to
rant"
:. ~ ~. uso 1or IL" .,..
49,, Il tAS-nlan tlad no uso for tho warrant
a,u s. nH asKGu tor 1t wouldn't tho fact excite
j 'u.sff'.ItnM III I''a,t ,- ,,,o.,, :. ,.,,,., u
II uitn tnu!ls hlloW wHetner ~ WoHlu now,
7 i!aii calletl t4r Il ot'co ho Would 30
p1mt1IA.'teM vi .'t " LOOK III ltF
utp1,.al'1e pre5aal'1e sot
a,rS: rSlplmso ise called for ak OF the books et
nneaelt nnt Times, Or vt ts!o same ttmet wouldn't
'''s' y II ,alonsG sisspIcion J"