Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-30
NIII I0NBT Kissing,
ls1eguhrilles n The Office Of the
Auditor II Pablo Accounts
A SERIOUS AFFAIR.
Isyntuts nads By Cpun CHRIS whitA Do
Ha lvpsar Upon The Books.

A discovery has been made which shows
that stvcrai star o, money paid into the
ssGse Of tho Aodlf.r 81 Publsc Accounts
curing tlse administrations 81 Auditors
TAYLOR, Massey. and Alien have not been
credited, and are 10 Gar nnaccounted for.
Among the CLERKS appointed In iheT'rca-
s,usr's once when Mr.. Barksdaic took
charge, .5anuory ], 1854, was DIR. Y. H..
Iiume. 81 Greene county. DR.. Hume Is
also clerk Of the County Court and Of the
Circuit Court OF Greene. In posting books
kept by him here in the Treasurer's ONCE
be observed that sum Of money which he
rad psid Through The hands Of his county
fytasurer) INTO the Office Of The Auditor
IN December was not credited ~ The
Treasury. The money was for state taxes
collected on law processes. and having oetn
raid IN al the Auditors Office tiu evidence
whereof he bcM the receipt OF W. II.
smith, Esq, cjerk,) should have appeared
credited 10 his account there, and
sbould have been paid into the Treasury.
But the Trassures's books dill DOT show
that any such payment hsd been made by
The Auditors Office. This fact was aseer-
tanned In January or February, and Dr.
Hume went to Mir. Smith and spokeSi IT.
spoke Of II on two or three different oecs-
sions. Mr.. Smith said that be hadn't had
time 10 audit the account; would do 80
shortly, and thai as they both tNlessrs.
smith aud Hume) were ihoTe In the Capitol.
n was all right aud could be attended 90
NJ any time. Later the money was paid In
IN Que form.
Recently some one picked mp in back
room III the asemeBt--a room where
The iand-books are examined-s letter in
The writing OF DR.. Hume addressed TO the
Auditor Of Public Accounts. The letter
was OF date December, 1882: was written
from the coun,y-scat Of Greene; bore evil
dsnec of having been sent here registered;
was open at one end, and contained
Hun,e's statement Of his account, amount
ine 10 500, and spoke OF fuDds enclosed
TO pay same. No money was found In this
letter, but allowances OF the courts TO
Ifhfot W iuc Ahouut Va hbuut rob Ntit
left in II. These allowances and about S17i
IN cash Hume had forwarded from Greene
to Richmond 70 pay his indebtedness.
There II no evidence or clue as to who
opened this letter. II was turned over
10 DR.. Hume, and with il in hand !
he approached Mr.. Waddill, the gen
eral book keeper IN The Office of the |
No explanation OF how the let |
ter came to be rifed cold be obtain. |
I'd, but IT was asccrtained from the books |
hat sui's Of money certainly paid in end /
or which Nj, Hume held receipts were |
not credited, Nj, Waddill is a son OF tina
'lerk Of Charles City county and brother
4 the county clerk Of Hepri", -; H. q case
Qmllelc.S .,,o.,,o
~ sums Of money paid in by these officers
ppeayed on the books. Large sums paid
u by his father and by Mr.. Carter. clerk OF
he Circuit Court OF Henrico, were not
redited and not accounted for. OF trese
acts Auditor Marye and Treasurer
were informed. and the
special committee Of the House APP
pointed 10 investigate Attorney-General
lIlair's accounts. and authorized to 90 into
other such matters. took the thing in hand.
Y Yesterday they submitted the following III
with their report in the inyes-
Iigation Of Messrs. Blair and Field;