The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-05-06
MAX0N'S STORY.
Now tho Town Of GallIpOIIs Has Been
Fleeoed
By Those who should Have Had Its Hest
IntsraSts at Hsart--only . Partial
Expose Of tho Gross and 0iar-
Ing Frauds,


Maxon, President OF the Gallipolis OF.
Council, who Ia now an NJ usually con
BpiouOus figure In this city, looks like
wall.to do farmer, and ls just passing
the meridian OF life, being between y
and 30 years OF age, a man OF splehnlC
physique al d rather frank ana opel
Colntenance, and 10 the father OF an IN
seresting family. who feel keenly th'
unpleasant notoriety he 10 now enjoy
Gaxon was born and bred upon {
neiQhborinR farm, still owns agricul
tural lands, city property, and 10 th'
proprietor OF three ferry lines across TN
river at GallipOlis and In the Vicinity
He Ia not an educated man, but has hat
the reputation OF being man OF practi
cal sense, and the possessor OF a goof
deal OF push and energy. He sought mt
out at my hotel yesterday and SAID;
IL desire to make q statement"
"Very we'll, Mr.. Maxon, shall bt
pleased to give publicity TO what you
have 10 say
MAxoN's STATEMENT.
~ am ready TO take the blame for all
did do and make an acknowledgment
but am not willing TO take the blamC
and bear the responsibility for what
did not do, and | wish 10 tell you gentle
men Colonel John L. Vance and Capt
Dunbar were presently the whole truth
OF the matter 30 far Az am concerned
"That 10 what want, Mr.. Maxon."
sand that is what want to tell"
"Mr. Maxon, / lind q stub In the order
book OF an order for 81 70. and hDd
that sl75 was paid on H. VIII you *
plain itY"
"Yes, sir; that Ia true. The order was
raised 10 $l75, got II; | do not deny
Il. Lam willing TO acknowledge that.
"When did this occurw
"There Ia where they h6vs got me. My
recollection Ia not az good az theirs, j
cannot recOllect dates sometlmee. IL
was Two or three or four years ago."
"Was II while you were Chairman OF
the Finance Committeep"
"Yes; oh, yes, II was at that time"
"Here 10 an order stub for $40 and
800 was paid on It,"
"Yes, l got that; had II fixed. II was
e10 for hay, and II was ralsed TO 800"
~There appears to be an order OF $50
raised 10 $500"
IL didn't get that; no cir, l didn't get
IL. Somebody else must have done IT.
Clendenin or some one else. II wasn't
me; I'll swear II. Hampton knows IL
wasn't me-"
"And there appears TO be $500 and no
stub 10 show for H."
Certainly; yes, YES, but that wasn't
me. Some II the rest must have liked
it. I'll swear never heard Of II. My
recollection Ia all mixed about that, but
know / didn't get IT,"
"But now are You sure about the two
5000 ltems."
"Jobn T. Hampton, the clerk, con toll
You about that; he knows. II was In
his Office where the orders had to be
ixed, you know. Hampton knows that
1 did not get that, for he knows oil
atoutit."
HOW ORDERS WE'RE RAISED.
"How did you come 10 raise the two
orders TO which you referp What were
the circumstances attending the casep''
"Well. Hampton and | were talking,
and said that we ought to raise some
money some way or other 10 pay our
selves, and one or the other Of US said
che way 10 do II was 10 ra's, the ORDERS"
"Who suggested the Idea, and who
raised the orderp"
"Well, I'm not certain. recollect,
though, that | said that was o good way
TO do II, aud harded him the orders, and
he Axed them."
"ADd what was done with the money!"
81 gave Hampton half and kept half.
That Ia the way II was divided"
slow did Hampton come to get halfp"
"Well, he said that he had TO hold the
bag and ought 10 have some OF the game,
and | divided that way with him. He
nxed the bills and l slgnel them, and
when the money was drawn 10 was
divided"
"what was the ostensible object In
getting this money!"
"Well, we all understood II among
ourrelves as being In payment OF our
services That is what the object OF II
was'
"Then the Council paid themselves
salaries, did theyp"
"oh, yes. Most Of them took 1t. at
least"
"Dld some of them reiuse2"
II think they did. Yes, some did"
"Who were they2"
well, can reoollect W. g. Fnller
and William Killing. They kept out Of
II, l know"
"Were there othersf"
"Ma, be there we're. but can't recol-
lect all these now."
Nirha Vnat, Na tuhnV, ntdaHa uaHa mn nm
Bile then could have taken them and
had them fixed for larger amountY"
oh, yes, that was easy
"Dld they do H."
"Maybe they did; | can't say. That
may he the way this other money was
got out that they want 10 put on me-"
"The chances are that II an order was
raised Y was done by the Instance Of the
payeep'
Certainly; no would be the one who
wanted TO get the money. Bat Hampton
would know about thai. lie could tell
about that. He could tell oil about
H."
when did you enter Council, Mr., Max.
o. ?"
"Slx or eight yearJ ago; but can't
reC0lleCt oates, ana tnere III Where the
rest Of them have the advantage OF me
all the time. | can't remember dates.
John Hamilton was President, and he
made me Chairman Of the Finar co
Committee. | told him that | knew
more about farming than | did about
finance, and didn't want TO take the
place. | had b,en Chairman Of I'm
llnlshed Business and Public
improvements. told Hamilton
that he must tell me how to run the III.
nance--him and Charley Seaman. You
sec, knew nothing about II, and was
only q Ggure.head. / had confidence In
the Others, and whatever they told me
was right | did"
"Did you always follow the direction
OF othersp"
"They would tell me what ought to be
done and would do 10, for felt that
a. A. Al