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From the above you Will see that
although MeElroy felt that the SUM IA
my hands MAS q great jeopardy of being
/ lost, and that nay bond OF $4,000, On
/ file AZ the capitol, was not sufficient 10
/ protect the interests ol The people, the
/ facts are that upon full and final set
/ element il was found that instead OF the
/ enormous sum alleged 10 be ln my
/ hands, the institution owed me S4s.0s,
/ FOR which amount / received the cheek
OF ID. l.. Case, who was my successor IN
/ Office. as shown by the above report and
record.
l retired from the board by limita-
| ton sometime IN June or July, 1857.
/ McElrOy's conduct and management of
the institution had finally become so
/ rank that on August ,, 1887, as shown
/ by the record on page 81 Mr.. L. G.. Race
WAS unanimously selected by the board
/ 10 succeed hm. THIS Was undoubtedly
the straw that broke the camel's back.
/ To be turned away from the state crib
/ 10 which he had become so attached
was blow greater than he could bear.
/ lie then and there. no doubt, deter
mined 10 keep las gun loaded for me;
and | ought 10 be under lasting obliga-
ton 10 him for finally shooting IL oil
and giving me chance 10 put myself
/ on record before the people IN answer
/ TO the allegations which he mas privately
| peddled for the last three years, and
( which have been gwen verbal clrcula-
/ ton generally throughout the State.
| While II would have been III bad taste
! for me At any time to have rushed TO
the newspapers with my defense OF
/ these matters. wnen they We're being
| simply passed from mouth TO mouth by
McElroy and cotere by whom he was
surrounded, IL is a privilege which /
| appreciate 10 be able to answer in detail
the same charges, now that they are
formulated into tangible shape.
In flaming head lines the Free Press
announces that the institution was
"mulcted for charges OF protest." re-
ferring TO the checks drawn by me and
/ alleged 10 have been protested. There
may have been such case during my
career as treasurer, but If there was,
! and McElroy Will point out the voucher
III which the state paid such protest
/ fees, | will agree to forfeit 500 for
every dollar so found. McElroy dwclls
at length upon the matter Of protested
| checks, but unfortunately he follows
! all that he says about them with let
ter from cashier Coleman, which l
/ quote as follows;
! "DEAR SIR-There WAS a mistake. The
| check for sll03.72, Endorsed by you. was not
paid. This notice was probably intended Tor
/ somebody else. The SilG3.7Z WAS sent back ~
Detroit Tor payment yesterday.
! Yours. etc.
M. L. CoLEsAS, Cashier"
The protest TO which lie refers, and
the only protest OF which he gives US
any evidence, is a check for $3.50, which
Mr.. Coleman says was a mistake.
The truth is, and none can contro-
vert 1t, that every check ever drawn by
me for the School for the Blind, or in
payment of any bills or vouchers for
the School for the Blind, was promptly
| paid. McElroy saws: "0n several oc-
! caslons Mr.. Turner absented himself
from the city 80 that ! could not get
track of him through his clerks in his
Office. The institution accounts were
very much delayed In payment" etc.
Can it be possible? During the entire
seven years, while treasurer of the
board, | was managing several large
! concerns IN Lake Superior, rs well as
having interests that called me TO New
York, Chicago, Detroit and other cities,
and it is more than likely that on
many occasions ! was not to be found
at my desk. While everybody who has
! had any knowledge on the sub
/ iect knows as we'll as | do that
continued to serve the State as mem
/ Der of the Board of Control for the
School for the Blind, greatly TO the
! sacrifice of my OWE private interests,
1 and many times | allowed my own af-
! fairs 10 suffer IN order 10 have every
! detail of the Institution business car
ried out in i busness-like manner.
may have been ont sometimes when
/ McElroy called; but McElroy knows
! and everybody knows who had deal
lngs with the School for the Blind,
and certainly the people who furnished
| supplies, material, labor. etc. to the
amount of nearly si00, 600, while ! was
! connected with the institution, musl Of
necessity have called often, yet not one
Of them, McElroy included, ever pre-
| sented a properly audited voucher duly
certified as correct by az. +. McEiroy.
superintendent" but that the same
was promptly PAID.
Now. IN regard 10 the gross misuse Of
/ the funds belonging 10 the State school
for the bind, have only 70 say that in
my Office at that time, as now. there
we're kept large accounts with more
/ than two hundred individual accounts.
During the time Of my incumbency as
! treasurer Of the institution, the account
/ of the school for the blind WAS added
| 90 the other accounts in my Office. On
| every occasion, instantly upon the re-
ceipt Of any funds for account Of the
institution, they we're handed over 10
my cashier. Mr. c. 2. Ten Eyck. to be
placed to the credit Of TIE inst tuition.
where they remained and we're not