New-York tribune., 1888-03-21
ROBBED BY IT'S TREASURER.
A SHINING DEMOCRATIC LIGHT PUT OUT.
W. TATE, STATE TREASURER OF KENTUCKY,
FUGITIVE DEfAuiTEE--IIIs ACCOUNTS SHORT,
pvrwrrS g1rO OO0 INn @AOO OOO

W. TATE, STATE TREASURER OF kENTUCkf' a
FUGITIVE DErAUiTEE--IIIs ACCOUNTS SHORT,
BxTwEEN $150.00O AND 100000.
LouIsvILLn. March 2o.-A dispatch to The Even
Ing Times" from Frankfort Ky, states that Gov
srnor Buckncr, this morning, suspended the
Treasurer of the State, James w. Tate. Tate Is
charged with defalcations In his Office and, it is
said, has fed from tho State The dcfaulting
official has been Treasurer for twenty one years.
The Investigation instituted on the Recommended
tion of Governor Buckncr had, up to ii o'clock
this morning disclosed deficit of 81 1000, ana
tho Irregularities seem to run back eleven years.
The Governor has placed the Treasurer's office
In charge Of Auditor Hewitt and Attorney-Generai
Hardin In his message to the Legislature, Gov-
crnor Bucl<ncr says he has reasons for believing
che deficit to be large. In the House a committee
was appointed and ordered to prosecute an lnvestl
CATION in connection with the officials In charge OF
the Office. Pending the investigation, the office
will he closed The State has abundant resources
at hand for all current expenses, payments dues,
etc, which will be met without interruption or
delay.
Treasurer Tate's bond was for $500, 600, and is
we'll covered He was in Louisville Saturday
night when he was observed to be drinking hard
an unusual thing for him. Since that time he
lanes William Tate was elected State Treasurer
In 1867. having Lecn nominated by the Dcmocrats
since then, making his tenure of Office twenty
years on August 81, last. In the last Democratic
nation rs state Treasurer Everybody laughed at
the idea oil opposing Honest Old Dick Tate.
Jlc received the Democratic nomination Tor the
tenth consecutive time. His najorties have al
ways stood among the largest on his Ticket III
addition TO being State Treasurer, he was Conic
missioner of the Sinking Fund and was one OF
those entrusted with the mana cement OF tho oCa'c
pcnitentiary.
~ ~. fltff ion
authorizing the offering of reward OF $4,000 iOr
the arres: of J. w. Tate. 1t is Joint resolution
and lies one day under the rules.
The exact amount of his shortage IL is not pos
sible as vet to state but it is anywhere from
Sl50,O0O to 100000.
The following is the message from the Governor
read to the Legislatures
Gentlemen of tho Senate and House OF
1t is painful duty to 20 yGm e areonn
OF the Governor Auditor and s Inc Inc
nxcrciso NJ his oflcial duties On hasty examination
of mis- books is the belief that there IS laso
I'm his accounts This examination was maze ,,
Gay. The action reported yoa was taken last night
tins deficit appeared, nno , To- co. your in
muncatcd to yon at the earliest hioni0"' '
ioraoh ~ ho,Ivcd d that the bond of Treasurer viii
t,,v cover any possible deficit that more cohpc,o
investigation viii reveal the mean,n n d,etod ac TO
or and Secretary Of sao haze have of ph ,he treasurer
iahc Temporary Tl,5T charge u '"' B. BUCKNER
Nsh"o March 20. 1883.
Aooo,n,nnriuc tho message was one of the same
,nno,A from thc Sinking Fund Commissioners.
The investigation brought about py ,hc
,t,anoo conduct of Tate himself. On Thursday iast
Senator Wright states that he had long talk WIN
Tate who questioned him closely ana at ere"o
Ienoth as 10 the exact conditions OF the eXtro'io
treaty between the United States and Oahaua'
and also made the lengthy inquiries on ohe treaty
betyveen the United States and Mexico IL Dce"n
,o he rumorcd around the streets that there was
only a small amount in the banks to the credio ol
rr. ,rI,en the treasurer was not seen Oh eltloI
Friday or saturday, Auditor iiewltt sugSesoeu "ao %
an Investigation of the circumstances shouio oc
Immediately made. 49,, o ann toll
What has become of tie money no one can Cai
Tate never speculated nor ganbicd lie - sau
moi 10 have been an eXtrovagant lyer. ne ~
most universal theory is that Uncle DICKS klHu
ness of heart ran away with his business iheetiy
Mr. Ilerndon, of this city, who was al one ui,lo
toler in a bank at Frankfort, says that lau ; uY
falcation will involve persons ana Su,IS o olhcIaIs
of hirh standing lie says that it was the custom
oG many of the State officials to go to late ana eeC
him TO cash notes for them, promising 10 pay as
soon as they had their vouchers. Whcn they s@c- Sc
cured their vouchers however, they would eeier S:i
nsyment. and the goOd-natured Treasurer, Ialiitg
70 nnsh these claims accumulated mass oil sucH
securities as by this time must be simply appaiiihs'