The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-03-29
DEFAULTED.
James w. Tate. Treasurer of tho
State of kentucky,
Short In His Accounts Thousands OF Dol
iars-The Treasurer Missing.

Short In Hi. Accounts Thousands OF Dol
iars-The Treasurer Missing.
FRASKFoRT, KY. March y. Like a peal OF
thunder from clondless sky came the an.
nounccment the other morning that State
Treasurer James w Tate was defnnlier.
The amount was yanously estimated nt from
ti0l0o 10 t0lOO. more terrific blow 10
mans confidence IN man could hardly have been
dealt That "unele Dick as he was common.
ly known--a man reverencsd by tho people.
who delighted In continuing him IN nposilon
of trust, having been elected ten times 20 This
omoc-had pillnEed tho public fund was an
assertion too surprising aa1 far too bold for
ready relief
hut The facts were oil against him, and not
cten the shadow Of doubt rested upon them.
ln addition, there was no one OF hand to answer.
Mr Tate was last seen at his ofice on wednes'
day. Tie was in his usual iocund humor. Moth.
inR IN his smiling, rosy face gave the slightest
Indication Of the burden that weighed ON his
mind. He had business he told those around
HIM IN Louisville next day. but would return
Friday morning Ia time 10 post some accounts,
~hiea was necessary before his books balanced
with the Auditors, Accordingly he went
10 l.ouisYillc Thursday. taking the a, m. train,
That night hr addressed a brief letter TO Audi
Tor Hewitt stating that he would be- ncc6 ssaii
ly detained away from his oflcc, and their en-.
grrcIncnt fcr Friday would have 10 bc post.
poncd' He has not bees seen or heard from
since.
After an investigation by Auditor Hewitt,
that otiiccr, by request addressed the sub.
ioined:
To HH ENcEiiEscY GOVERNOR s II.
BuCKHru-Sr' An infestightlon of the treas
urcr's noeounis and comparison Of his bal
ancrs, as shown by his books and those of the
auditors once with those actually 10 the treas
ury o. shown hystntcmcuts made 10 me by The
oiiichrs OF the banks w which 1hr State deposits
art kept, show discrepancy hy Saturday, the
i1th inst; amounting 10 tiss pa q, This deficit
Nill be- enlarged by ,rcasurer's checks which
have been mailed from the auditors once TO
claimants throughout the State, aud which
have no, yet hetn returned for collection TO The
hanks upon which they ard drawn aud on the
other hand. n may be diminished hy assets now
IN The vault of the Treasury. The Secretary Of
state and Auditor have thought best not 10
inakoa an examination q tne papers and cyi.
denoci Of debt ON nle there until the surcics
can have representative rrescnt There was
an actual balance 70 tie credit hi the STATE IN
Tho banks on the l5ih iAs; 81 ts0o Til ,is and In
tho yBuits Of the Treasury ,isli-so. Very
rcsrccttully FAYErTH HEWITT, Auditor
Shortly after General Hewitt had promuigat-
cd Tile above. discovery was made while nE-
amining batch Of oficiai documents ih the
Treasury which IL IN point MS an illustration Of
the ioaso manner 10 which the business
vas conducted ia that once In an On.
rciopr WAS found certificate OF deposit
In the Richmond National Bank for tia
~ which had been made by Sheriff
Dclhcrugo. Of Madison County. The
envelope was addressed 10 Mr., Tate. as Treas.
urer, and hal beon reported % tho auditors
once where II was charged 10 Mr. Tate, and
the sheriff had been allowed q credit for the
same. II had been carrlcssiy misa,d; had
ncfor been sent forward Tor collection, and
while In safe hands for the tlmo being u will be
counted m the dclcit, because. while Mr.. Tate
Is made responsible ty the auditors books for
Il, therv is nothing on the ludScrs 10 show that
any such fund II In existence forthls and
other reasons General Hewitt argues that there
il y strong probability that the deficit Ms OK.
hihi,cd hy comparison Of balances, may be
very materially diminished There Is no telling
he says What assets may be found during
thorough examination OF the Trensurefs vault
There seems 10 have been such promiscuous
neglect that u will require deal OF detail work
TO bring order out of chaos
Hon william Reed the Democratic member
from Lyon County, introduced the following
resolution in the House this morning agd IL was
adopted
Rfsoiced by the General Assembly Of tho
Commonwealth OF Kentucky That the judiciary
sontAtivcs be requested aud instructed TO hold
joint sessions for the purpose OF considering
The best method OF thoroughly investigating all
the State Officers and the financial condition
and management Of the various charitable and
public institutions or tho stn,e, and that said
committees report 10 this General Assembly
by bill, resolution or otherwise.
MIR. Well offered the following resolution,
which lies over one day:
R,solrsd That the Auditor OF Public Ac.
counts reports TO this House. frst, whether any
State oficial or district onicial whose salaries
are paid by the State have at any time during
their terms OF onicc ovcfdrawn their salaries
from the State Treasury, and the names such
ofioials and tho amounts oycrdrawn nnd when
so drawn; second whether James w. Tate,
Treasurer Of this State, has paid or loaned 10
any person money without warrant therefor
issued by the Auditor that may have been tn
ken from funds belonging TO the State, and the
evidences OF such persons, together with the
date Of such transactions and the amount OF
money obtained by such persons,
Mr. Rudy offered the following resolution,
which lies over ono day.
R,soirsd That Joint committee composed
Of two members OF the Senate and three OF the
| House OF Representatives, whose duty shall be
' 10 mnke n complete and full examination OF the
1 oficc OF Register OF the Land once and report
| % this General Assembly at as soon q day MS
| possible; and that q like committee be appoint
| ed in like manner. who shah make o complete
and full examination OF the accounts and dis.
| burse ments Of State Gooogtst and said com.
mittces are hereby authorized to employ cx-
| pcrts, u they shall 30 determine, TO assist in
| said examination.
Nothing whatever has boon hoard from the
| nbsconding treasurer since his suspension, and
his friends here are beginning 10 entertain tho
| belief that he has committed suicide. II would
| certainly be expected that G man who was as
| fond OF his family Ms Tate was would by some
means have communicated hts whereabouts TO
| his wife nj least. She has not heard n word
| from him, and Is almost cra-ed with grief NJ his
| silence.
Thero hns been vofy great mistake made
| by many OF the daily papers In stating that the
1 experts employed by the Legislative Commit
| tee have been examining tie books OF therroas-
i urer The resolution adopted some weeks ago
/ nroyidcd for an Investigation OF both the Aud
i TORS and Treasurcrs oiiices. The experts went
| 10 work nj once on the books and vouchers In
the Auditors ONCE and have not touched n
| book In the Treasury yet so that the whole
credit OF the discovery is due TO Auditor Hcwitt
md Secretary OF State Adams.
Tho committee OF the House appointed to
formulate articles OF impeachment have been
in session every night since It's appointment
| and completed It's labor tonight and VIII make
their report 10 the House in the morning, ana II
their report Is adopted tie same committee
will 90 before the Senate ana then ask the i'm
peachment OF james W. Tate. The charges
a,ainst him are very speciao and very lengthy,
40 n an impeachment - Lad II will certainly
stick. -
A womnn,s Spiteini Smile.
very mature bride and hor immature
consort, while on their wedding trip, so the