The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-04
More About Pusey

ENWORIA, NOV % II nS uSSI
at the Kansas slate. pcni-
Tertiary IS still the talk of the city, and
the more matters are looked into the
deeper is he found to he in the mire.
Such an expert was Pussy in book keep
ing that il was only through the closest
exanin alton by Warden Jones OF the
books that the rascalItieS were unearth-
ed. Colonel Jones was met yesterday by
q Kansas City Times representative,
while III the city attending to business
aud from obtained the following state
ment:
There WAS a copfl.ct in one instance
between my bank book and tie cash
book Pussy had charged the Leaven-
worm National bank 81 900 which they
had never received. This So aslouished
me that hunted to see where he could
have made the proper balances on cash.
| detec the tact that he had produced
voucher purportIng to be signed by
George lines, of Lawrence, OF whom
several Thousand dollars worth of goods
had bsen bought in contract. The
voucher was Tor 81, 1872 SO. The balance
due ON that voucher at the time of pay
meat as reported by Pussy was 81, 7S2.-
SO. for which 1 made q check on the
Leavepwoith National bank TO pay for
an quail amount of New York exchange,
rs Fusey had suggested that he had a
note from George lines asking us TO
send New York exchange instead of the
warden's check on the Leaven worth Ma
rinnal bank. Pussy drew and embezzled
instead of buying the New York ex-
change aud sending it To Innis. These
two amounts, the 81 900 that he charged
to the national bank, which they did
not receive. and the 81 ,782 30. made the
g, 7S2 SO covering the forged voucher
against George Innis. We are still at
work on the books and think we are on
the track of about 81 900 more embsz
zled by Pussy. He was
\ sKILLFUL BooKKEEPER
and covered his tracks wen. 1 am sure
not exceed $4,000, and his bondsmen
are good for it, so the state will lose
nothing. have IslegraPhed 10 the
chiefs ~ poIics at PhIlacelp hia, where
Pussy has an old sweetheart, at Chicago,
Omaha, Albuquerque, where he has two
iUIs, at Kansas ClIy and New Orleans.
/ have offered personally reward of
5000 for him. and | am confident the
governor will Offer more uoOn his re-
turn from the east. last heard Of Pussy
ia Topeka last Wednesday morning"
Two years sgo Pusey wac the chief
clerk in the Atchison, Topeka aud Santa
Fe shops at Topeka, and first came into
public notice for his active participation
IN state politics against ST. John, who
was then q candidate for q third term.
Pussy was Republican of considerable
influence among the shop men, and he
dipped SO deep into politics that the
company discharged him. After the
election of Mr.. Click he was presented
TO the governor as 3 martyr, and, backed
by q strong combination of Independent
Republicans at Topeka, his appointment
as clerk ut the penitentiary was urged,
and the governor was prevailed upon 70
grant it, The appointment was con-
] sidered to be q recognition of the anti
Prohibition Republican strength which
rallied about Gov. Click.
| Pussy figured in state politics 10 some
extent during the late campaign. He
| supported the state Democratic ticket
and the Republican national ticket. He
wore Blaine and Logan hat during the
campaign, and an amusing custom of his
was e. point 1t out as an evidence of hi,
RepublicAnism, while at the same tim.
he boosted OF his independence IN sup
porting the Democratic state ticket II,
was an enthusiastic admirsr of Blalni
and intimaIed to some of his friends tina
he would have q soft sit under tn
piumed knight If the latter was elected
He was q man who could always hav
held high and responsible positions. H
wss educated at the Baldwin Locomc
tive works (Which annually turn out ID
finest engines in the woIld) as q masfe
| mechanic and understood AnYthin
! pertaining to the building. col
E struction or running of = locomotive
: thoroughly During the earlier part {
l bis life he engineered fast trains aud va
: for a time employ ed on the Santa F,
: Governor CLICK appointed him CHI,
D clerk At the prison early in April {
{ 1888, at the same tine he appointed D
Geo Neatly to the petition of surgeoi
Ten days later Colonel Jones was 81
( pointed TO the wardenshIp.
= II is now known thAt Pussy after z
e ing from here to Topeka Tuesday. vel
r to Kansas City Wednesday, and Il is b
;, lieved that he took the A T. & s.
:, train there for Mexico on Thursday !
, that case he would arrive in FL Pas
Old Mexico at ? O'Clock to day.