Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-19
CAPITOL COLLECTIONS.
Atone the Audisor's ONCE EvIdrsce Before
Iavessigntinr Committee -Other Items.

chairman, aud Messrs. X. r. Barton and
M. W. Lakewood.
Auditor Morton Marye lid before the
committee communication nom Mann ).
| Qnailes, cashier OF the Planters National
Bank. In response TO an inquiry from
the Auditor. Ii showed that certain dues
10 the state from Messrs. Il. o. Noting
and W. ID. Tompkins, lessees of the Public
warehouse while Simpson and Davis were
inspectors, had been paid In sundry checks.
drawn upon various banks In the State.
The committee sent for Mr.. simpson, and
be appeared before il and testified as fol-
lows:
BY Mr.. Moon: Q. State your residence
and occupationy
A. Richmond, Va; commission mer.
chant. now.
.. What was your occupation from 1879
10 1881!
A. Inspector Of tobacco at the Public
warehouse.
q. Did you have anything to do with the
paying Of the rent for such warehouse to
the State Of Virginia from the 1st Of March,
1879, TO the 1st Of September, 1881; II so,
state your connectIonl
A. had all OF II to do the whole time.
@ state how and when such rent was
paid'
A. Well. It was paid regularly every
quarter, and by check. gave the check
myself, and l always took receipt In the
name of the lessees for the rent, and re-
ceipts in the name OF the inspectors for
such storage as was due to the State.
q. who were the lessecs?
A. L. o. Noting e. Co. and W. d.
Tompkins * Brother.
q. On what bank did yOu give these
oh. fnr fbo ,arf of
A. On the National Bank Of Virginia.
Q. What rent per annum was paid TO the
State by The warehouse!
A. Tbirty.fye hundred dollars. might
have added there, In stating that paid the
Q. Did you take receipts for the rentg
A. Always.
Q. Who gave those receipts?
A. Mr.. William r. Smith. He gave re-
ccIptfor the Treasurer's receipt.
Q. Have you any OF these checks YOU
gave IN payment in those years il so, please
exhibit samef
A. Yes, SIR they are before you.
q. You appear to have checks and re-
ceipts covering the whole period as to
which you have been interrogated. Were
these checks given at the time they bear
date?
A. They were put into this Office at the
date OF the receipts. You will lind that the
date Of the receipts and checks vary slightly
as TO date sometimes.
[The steDographer was requested by the
chairman TO copy the checks and receipts
as part OF Mr.. simpsons testimony j
q. Mr.. simpson. the books OF the Au-
ditOr's Office show that Messcrs. N0tiug&
Co. and Tompkins d Brother. lessees OF
the Public warehouse, paid all the rent
for the time as to which you have been in
errogated-namely, two years and six
months, in two instalments. one OF $3.50.
paid November Is, 1851, and another OF
l.000, paid November %. 1881; were any
such payments as are thus shown by the
books ever madeS
A. No, sir; not by me, and | had pre-.
viously PAID all the rent, as you will see by
the receipts and checks. | stated before
that the rent was always paid regularly each
quarter.
o. II appears from these receipts and
checks you have fled that other moneys
were paid in by you besides for rent?
A. Yes, SIR.
q. On what account were they paid!
A. II was paid on storage account. lay be-
fore the committee statement Of the Audi
tor Of Public Accounts, showing the whole
amount paid in by Davis 4 simpson, in
spectOis; and Noting & Co. and W. ID.
Tompkins d Brother, lessees OF the Public
warehouse for the two years and six months
as 10 which | have been interrogated, com.
mencing March /, 1879, and ending Sep
tember |, 1881. The aggregate amoInt paid
in for storage, as appears by said account,
is S332.9s, including warrant for S0S.15
paid for repairs, ETC.; and the aggregate
amount paid in for rent is IS, 7j0. including
warrant for Si24.S0 for repairs, etc. The
rent and storage were, however, paid in at
different dates end different amounts, az
shown by the receipts and checks which |
have flea, q short time after the end OF
each quarter.
O. from the letter OF Mr.. Quarles, cashier
OF The Planters National Bank, to Mr.. Ma-
rye, Auditor. dated December 18th, which
now hand YOU, il would appear that the
amount OF $3.50 Of this rent was paid into
the Treasury by number Of cheeks on the
banks in various parts Of the State, aggre-
gating sixteen checks In ALL OF various
sums, and small amount OF currency
some Of the banks being in Leesburg, Pc
tersburg, Lynchburg, Liberty. Alexandria,
etc. Were any such checks ever used by
YOU In paying the rent OF the public ware
house into the Treasury!
A. No. sir; | paid them as by checks
exhibited before the committee.
Q. Please examine those checks which
YOU have iiled, and stat whether they bear
any stamp TO show that they passed through
any State depository, or any bank other
than that upon which they were drawn.
which appears to be the National Bank OF
Virginiay
a. No, sir; see no evidence Ct their
having passed through any other bank than
that upon which they were drawn.
Q. Was the bank upon which they were
drawn a State depository?
A. think not, sir.
O. Have you any checks given for other
MONEYS paid by you into the Treasury OF
Virginia which bear upon them the name
OF William X. Smith, and which bear no
mark Of having gone through a State de-
pository il so. please file the same!
A. have only one here. check for
3:33.5s, dated September 9, 1879, drawn
upon the National Bank OF Virginia, pay.
able TO the order OF the State OF Virginia,
and endorsed by William +. Taylor, Au-
ditor OF Public Accounts, and William X.
Smith, a. the last endorser, which Is stamp
ed by the paying-teller a paid September
30, 1879. This money was paid III by me
as inspector OF the Public warehouse for
storage.
The committee have appointed Mr.. james
ID. Craig as the expert to examine the books
and accounts Of the Office. and he has set TO
work on the heavy task before him.
The Governor yesterday appointed Rev.
Paul Whitehead, ID. D., member OF the
Board OF Trustees Of the Farmyile Normal
School to succeed DR.. William III. Ruffher,
who resigned.
A reqmsition was yesterday mlde by
Governor Cameron upon the Governor OF
North Carolina for Guy Donahoe alias II.
G., Donohoe. and Frank Guerrant, who
are charged with having murdered John
Cunningham in the city Of DanyilIe on the
I'd OF December. Donohoe and Guerrint
are now in the county iail ut Hillsboro',
n. G.
George s. Shackelford. OF Orange coun.
ty: 5. ID. Furguson, OF Roanoke City, and
III. w. Burgwin, OF Campbell county. were
TO-DAY commits stoned notaries public by the
Governor.