Daily Republican., 1890-05-21
vuE SUSSEX FRAUDS.
,us COMMITTEE READY TO
REPORT.
,mocr.,,. Know There wero Frauds IN
xr,,, orders, Becauss They Admit
r,ev Dld-The report 70
lbs pub;ishsd-An Unac-
counted Balance Of
S3e,aas.7l.

r,c s,eell correspondent for the
,,',,,r, News itom Geor letoNn, Sus'
..s Coiu,y, Del, this morning says IN,
,nxv ,,tutt investigation committee hei
-. ~ a., Meeting yesterday and examined
iva or three more witnesses.
samuel B. Marsh, sou OF ex-Levy |
rourtman Marsh, tesiined that MS
,,t1er cashed three or four orders Tor
Wreslley, who had asked him to keep |
te matter OF cashing them . secret.
Alter the WEeat!ey exposure Mr.. Marsh |
lad asked Collector Donovan. OF Iewes
and Rehobo,h Hundred, whether hc had
's.led any Whea,lsy orders. Donovan
t,d replied that he had clshed one.
He also testified that II was the Gus
M. 10 bunch q number Of small orders
10 n large one, aud the small ones were
euosed to be destroyed, but DR.. Stat
nj retained one for SO. He had also
kAId oi Dr. Stafford exchanging county
adcrs for barrels Of -four for his own
te.
Petor r. Burton testified that Levy
a toariman Marsh had once told him that
pr. stafford had tiled to pass a paid
ut'' or consolidated order on him. Bur
ton replied that II Marsh was not careful
5 aiI5rd would sue him for scandal.
HArsa saih It did not make any differ
,uCa To him, Us he had the order In hls
Io,se.sOn aud that 1t WAS made payable
" i've urder oi Robert Stevenson.
AtlAr afternoon meeting of the COM
nilte Mr.. Bacon stated that hs mad
s.h PRINTER who had givou him an
climate OF the cost Of printing the brief
niOit which the committee would
NIKE to the Levy Court. and which
woyI accompany tho voluminous re-
Ioit Of Lawrence K. Brown, the expert.
Mr. Joseph, tho Democratic member
q he committee, sail that he only
waited such matter printed ''as WAS
b'n iiclAl to the people a. large" lie
u. uaht that there lad been too much
Ia.d alIeaiy. The "only thing oil profit
10 tie investigation was the di.covefy oi
,lf bogus orders aud ''nothiug else was
III lie benefit OF tho people"
Nr. Bacon thought that the people
wanted to know how Their money had
len spent, and the best way to tell
Ia,mw.s 5 to pint 500 copies of the com
Mtl,ee's report-at y cost OF not more
thSu $35-nnd lot those who wished ave
ncopy.
Mr.. Joseph said that the people had
Nftady paid enough ior the investiga-
10, aud he repeated that he only
wAtled report made In reference to the
bopus lrders.
MIR. Bacon, laughingiy, reminded Mr..
Joseph OF The Democratic clsmor for n
committee OF ilve to search out all ras-
,aIity, regardless Of expense, and now
Hr. Joseph was objecting 10 the expen-
uitu:e of few dollars more to tell the
people wha. had been discovered by
committee OF three.
Mr., Joseph had to smile broadly.
Mr.. Marvel, assistant counsel, ETC.,
al q smiled blandly,
Mr.. Joseph finally deaided that II the
! yeport to be drawn up was signed by him
NJ would, Of course. favor Its being
pf nted.
sir. Bacon said that the report should
contain tho figures from the experts re-
port giving the amount Of taxes levied
AID the amount Of allowances made.
Mr. Marvel said that Mr.. Joseph
would have the right to see the report.
Mr.. Bacon replied that Of course It
would bs sub omitted TO Mr.. Joseph. II
he I'D not sign the report the other two
nemDers OF tue committee could pre-
ttl, the report aud MIR. Joseph could
sl,e make report.
After little more discussion OF the
eAue kind It was settled that the report
would he prepared before next Tuesday
aal that a copy would be submitted to
Nj. Joseph, so that he would have au
opportunity "toconsult'-and Mr.. Bacon
nodded significantly at Mr.. Marvel, as
sistaut counsel, etc.
Mr.. Brown, the expert will ray in hia
published report that: 81 have exam
ined the minutes of the Levy Court and
OF Oyer and Terminer and General Ses.
siens, and hnd the balances due the
treasury Of Sussex County at March set
letnent, 1889, to be $32. 822.7l."
tliere Mr.. Brown gives his analysis II
ngnrts).
Proceeding, Mr.. Brown states that
"rh, admirable provision to incorporate
In the minutes Of the Levy Court all tn,
charges and discharges Pertaining TO the
accounts Of the county treasurer sesmI
70 Justify the instructions limiting my in
vestisa, to these minutes, hut in th,
absence OF proof that these minutes hav,
been kept in strict conformity with leg .
requirements | decided to extend my in
yestigati0n to the reports of Levy Cour
and state auditors, as . comparison o
these reports with the facts found In III
minutes coull not fail to furnish result
more satisfactory to All concerned thai
tLo.e secured from tho min utes alone.
THIS however, foutd impract!cable
ss the required report, could not be fur
nah dan unfortunate circumstance !
vl,w OF tie fact that the minutes show
baa ce of E32, ,822.7l due to the treasury
willie as matter Of TACT the treasury
smpty.
IN. Bit will be seen from green 10
netes on exhibit K that the expenses {
Witnesses before tho grand iuries for u
ytars 1870 and 1871 were not obtainab
aud are not included, but no allowanc,
Nave heen made for them, as they ms
b. embodied In soms Of the other flgur,
ootAlued for these years. In any even
ali"
During the afternoon meeting Mr.. Ma
Nla ked MT Bacon whether the cor
Mittte was dono with their work. NJ
Bacon replied that they had complet,
'le one line that they were on aud We
ready to report on that. There wa
however, another vsrv important matt
.tat would probably need attention aI
mai The committee could adjourn ~
@se 1t up when they had more time.
Mr. Marvel thought that If he was {
sno eomu ittes he would like to finish .
'ae work before making any report.
Mr. Bacon smiled a. . man who has
sood thing and knows It smilss. aud I
marked that he did not see As Mr.. Ma
Wa w. uid. There WAS more to come, b
a!up. "' wv w. As1'' W '-'
There the nsssse rests. The Repub
sahs OF the committee will make til,
'poit and 1t will Be printed.
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