Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-11
APPEAL SPECIALS.
Sensational State Of Affairs In Knox and
Hamilton Counties, Tenn.-A Large
Number of
Officers Behind in Their Accounts with
the State-What an Investigation
Has Revealed.
The Famous CuiOred Libel Suit at Hell
ena, Ark.-New Oil Mill at Aber-
deem, Miss.
ESPECIAL 70 TIE APPEAL. I

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 10.-This
morning Mr.. Y. W. Ewing sent an of.
fcial notification 20 Comptroller P. P.
Pickard of the almost sensational state
OF affairs that exists in Knox and Ham
lltcn counties of this State. 1t is we'll
known that Mr. Ewing is the regular at
torney employed by the State Comptrol-
Ter to look into and thoroughly investi-
gate the affairs of the State so far as the
authority Of Comptroller extends. For
some time it has been believed that
shortages and malfeasances of various
kinds have been common in the offices of
many clerks of many counties of the
State. Armed with the proper authority,
Attorney Ewing last week visited the
offices of a number of clerks and justices
of the peace of the two counties re-
ferred to, and as a result of his labors,
reported yesterday that an aggregated
sum of S36, ,194 was due to the State that
had not been turned over to the Comp
troller. Some of this had been due since
1882. Mr., Ewing does not call the de-
fiicits by the term defalcation, but thc,
are such according to the law nd Mi
hold the various bond ma; @uu mt;'
BILE. Col. Pickard vii taxi sseps C at once
in the ma ..er e recover ipdsmeots ts
esains' ne clerks and their bondsmen
Knox county one of the parties short is
failed to pay over to the State as pre-
scribed by law, ,s325. Alex. Alison, Justice
of the peace of Knox, has collected OF
turned over to the State $65. 80 in fines
in cases submitted to him. S. II. Rod
gers, another justice of the peace oi
Knox county, is also reported as owing
$3.50. W. b. Ford, the Circuit Court
clerk is short $3.50 and s. 2. Evans, clerk
and master of KnoA county, is behind
SO. f. c. Reeves, clerk of the Supreme
Court, the same county, is reported to
be $13 53 in arrears, while the
Clerk ofthe Criminal Court, w. i. Gibbs
is short S127 80. Then comes Hamilton
county. r. NJ. Tankesley, circuit clerk,
is indebted to the State to the amount OF
$50; IL. j. Springfield, former sheriff, has
turned over $50 less than he should have
done; a. r. Jones, circuit clerk, has
failed to turn over to the State the sum
of 1885 AZ, and H. c. Dyler, justice
of the peace, the sum of $27; j A.
Wood, another justice, is short in his
payments $50; Mr.. Freeman, justice OF
peace, owes to the State SOL The largest
shortage detected in the books of any oil
the State or county officers was found in
those of l.. NJ. Clark, the County Court
clerk of Hamilton county. An itemized
and accurate statement of his indebted
ness to the State was made out and SEM
to the Comptroller. There is found to be-
due to the State S5 81 OF that has nA-,o,
been mentioned or accounted f"-. pr;U p;U
ilege licenses and the i'll hi IL ~
been collected bvl ~e haTe elthel
over over tN to tE aim and not turned
t,e' to ~ ,-.e State or he has faile,
collect them as required b,
/ tho law, or to make any report o
them to the State. He au,
his bOndsmen are held to be clearly liza
BILE for the amount mentioned by MI
Ewing in his official report. Nothing i
known in the Comptroller's office of Nh
Clark beyond the fact that he held tn
Office Of County Court clerk of Hamilton
county for a number of years, and i
highly respected in his county. Nh
| Ewing will continue his investigations i
other counties, and, it is believed, wi
save many thousand dollars to the State
Houston Edwards, colored, who sho
another negro at picnic near Franklin
KY, last Sunday afternoon, was arreste
here to-day by local detectives. He wa
sent home late this afternoon.
The preliminary trial of Anna Daven
port, charged with murder, develope
sensational incidents this afternoon. |
was proven by circumstantial evidence @
TIE strongest nature that she poisone
the child of another woman with whoI
she bad fuss by giving it concentrate
lye. 1t died in great agony. She wa
sent to Jail without bond.