Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-22
TATE's SHORTAGE.
II Ii Anywhere from $50, 900 to 500, 900.
whist he DID with IL.

is impossible IS vet TO etate, out II Is any
where from $50. OC0 to 100000 The
shortage came yesterday morning, when
s comparison of the Auditors statement
Of what should be in bank showed that
such an amount was not there. This,
coupled with the fact that Tate had not
been seen since Friday morning, when
ne left 'ostensibly for Louisville,
caused al examination to be made
With result that states money wSs dis
covered 70 hsve been squsndered in large
amounts. Up TO II =. N. the books had
been examined sufficiently to show a
shortage OF near $4,000
The Investigation YVES brought about by
the strange conduct Of Tate himself.
ON Thursday last Senator Wright states
be had 8 long talk with Tate who
questioned him closely and at great
length as TO the exact pro-
visions in Cxsrsdition treaties
between the United States and Canada,
and also made lengthy inquiries on the
treaty between the United States and
Mexico. At the conclusion of the talk
Mr.. Tate thsuked Senator Wright for the
information.
1t began to be rumored around the
streets that there was only small amount
in the bank to the credit of Tate, AID
when the Treasurer was not seen on either
FridSy or Saturday, Auditor Hewitt sug-
gested that an investigation OF
the circumstances should be i'm
mediately made. Whist has become
Of the money no one can tell. Tate
never speculsted nor gSmbied. He is
said not to have been an extravagInt
liver, but yesr By yesr the money hiss
leaked out, tie shortage seeming to run
back 8 dozen " ars 1t is said Tate set
his son-in-lSW, Alfred Martin, up in
business few years sgo, which business
DR. we'd unfavoIable, but this could not
have cost over $40 900. The almost uni
yerssl theory is that
"UHCLE DICKS" KINDNESS
Of heart ran away with his business IL
tegrity. Mr.. Herndon, OF this city, who
wss at one time teller in bank at Frank
fort, says Tete's defalcatiop will involve
parties and state officials OF high stand
ing. He says it was the custom of many
Of the state officials to go to Tate and
get him to cash notes for
them, promising to pay as soon
IS their vouchers were due.
When they secured their vouchers, how
ever, they would defer payment, and the
good-nstured treasurer failing to push
these cISims, there accumulated q mass
OF suits securities as by this time must be
simply appalling. There is no indication
that Tate took any amount with him. The
largest part of the shortage seems to have
occurred in IS and 's7 or course, the
report of the investigators alone will
furnish definite light as to when
and to whom Tate loaned
i.
in the treasurer'B office shows q loan Of
S25, 900 to the YeOmsn Company, ard an
other of $50 600 to & certain whisky
trust These statements cannot be veri-
fed or proven false until the Auditor and
Secretary OF Sts'e complete their work.
Nor can it be ascertained whether these
amounts, if borrO wed, were ever re-
turned. Il has been Tste's custom to
settle p every year, and never till now
YVES there the least hesitation
on tire part OF the Treasurer to square
accounts with the Auditor. This time,
however, there wss delay and procrastIna-
tlon. Wien Auditor Hewitt announced
his readiness fo- the annual settlement
Treasurer Tate put him of. His cash
book was not all entered up; then other
excuses were made. This thing has been
going on since JRp1sry, until at last the
Auditor got urgent. Thursday Tate went
to Louisville, saying he would be back
Friday. He did not return Saturday.
His family grew uneasy, as did also the
Auditor. TeIegrsphic correspondence
elected the fact that Tate paid
his bill and left the Louis
Vile house Friday morning, taking
the CILcinnati train. Auditor Hewitt
ordered The balance of his vouchers,
watch WAS compared with the banking
balance, and il was found there was in
the bank 1924, 900 less than the vouchers
called for. Then came the conference,
the revelation and suspension by the Gov
ernor, and now about the whereabouts of
the missing money. Some say Tate has
gone to Mexico, others to Canada, others
that ne has not left the state. His wife
and daughter are very much Frustrated.
NO SIGNS OF CESSATION. \.
FRANKFORT, KY, March 2l.-Expexss
have not yet gone far enough in the, in
vestigation but rumor says thst the de-.
islcation has already run up to $500, 00Q
and there are no signs Of a cessation ia
the discovery of these stsrtliug facts. -
PROBABLY IN CANADA. -
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2l.-Up to 10
o'clock this morning there have been no
startling developments concerning the
defslcation in the State Tressurers'of flee.
Conservative reports from the state CAPT.
toll place the amount Of the deficit at be-
tween SI25, 600 and Sl5O, 900, the former
being the amount stated by Auditor
Hewitt. More sensational dispatches
place the sum far above thess figures, one
pl.cing it st Sl97, 900 and cIeciting ex-
sert Samuels with the statement
that 1t will probably resch halt million
dollars. Beyond the fact that Tate left
Louisville Friday night for Cincinnati,
nothing is Known Of his whereabouts. It
is believed that he fed from that city to
Buffalo, and thence to Canada. His
iriepds think that when his papers are
oyerhauled a statement from him will be
found.
INFLUENCE ON POLITICS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2l.-The Re-
puoiCens are claiming that Tate's defal-
cation will enable them to carry the state
at the next election. They say that Tate's
shortage is but proof of charges made
by Republicans on the stump that the
Democratic state government Was rotten
to the core. Ole prominent member Of
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