Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-07-11

In 1881 Sheriff Brown had charge
Of his own books, but during the other
three years o. S. Brown was his reve-
nue. deputy. Much of the crooked
ness was therefore done in that gentle
mans fine Italian hand. The listed
property not reported in eight years
from 1881 to 1888 aggregates the enor-
nous total of S776,177- more than
three-quarters Of million and the
amounts due the State and county
foot up something more than Sll 900.
This does not take into account thou
sands of dollars filched from the peo-
pie during part OF the eight years
that the State was being defrauded.
The question now to be decided is
whether all or only part OF the lump
was leavened by this little eleven
thousand.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Brown that as
an offset to this the county owes him
81 200 for selling bonds for taxes.
o. s. BROWNS CONFESSION.
The long expected confession Of
Omar S. Brown, for the campaign
purposes of Mr.. John Boyd in his
present race for sheriff, was printed
Monday evening and was cautiously
handed around to a limited number
of people. 1t had been boldly
proclaimed that Brown would assume
all the rascality, or "crookedness," as
the original card was written, but
Brother Brown was too sly to do that,
and, while making general denial Of
his guilt and attributing everything
to "errors and Mistakes" he takes the
pains to implicate Boyd beyond a
doubt by stating that he personally
"took few lists" and collected a
"little Of the revenues" which money
was turned over to him and never
found its way to the State. In fact in
those days, with Brown at one end OF
the line and Tate at the other, it took
a mighty slick, bright dollar to get to
the right place. The KEsrucKrAN here
presents to the public Mr.. Browns
confession or denial as the case may
be. It is about the weakest defense
aver offered nv man puiltv of crime:
TO THE PUBLIC:
II having been publicly stated that
there are errors and mistakes in the
fax hooks of Christian county for tho
wears during which Mr.. John Boyd
held the office of Sheriff of said counA
tv. Il Is proper for me to state that the
matter Of making ont said books and
collecting the revenue for the period
named were entrusted to me as Office
deputy by Mr.. Boyd. and that the
hooks were made ont by mo. and |
had charge of The collection of said re-
venues accordingly. Whateyer errors
annear on the said tax books Mr. Boyd
;s moi responsible for. and If there are
any errors or mistakes of any kind
therein, they were unintentionaily
G conn 81 p ~, me, anu no. aiso Y MI.
cbsrae Of the collection Of tbe said re,
venues, to list property during those
years that was omitted by the
Assessors, ana this was cone ny me-
anu p tei "a ~" ,,''s me,o inHe ,1iso,ad
very little of the revenues during his
two official terms, and what little he
collected was turned over to me as the
ONCE ana revenue ueputy. oh ae-
o oaua., - ~ ss,,i3 81 NJ Ri ~,
settlement has not vet been made for
the revenues collected on property 50
listed during the period referred 70,
,' ,ne I dofauItays v bas loon so
widely CHARGED Inf that we ara ready
and prepared to settle fully, aud not
one cent will be lost by the State, the
county, OF any lndiVlo1ai; q D.
Julv 2 1891
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