The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-07


on the matter. These licenses L remember |
particularly. The applications were placed
on my desk marked paid, and | made out
the licenses, as was the custom, and sent
them by mail. The licenses were fer three
months each and footed up $500. l told
Hyams, when he came in later, that the &C
counts did not check up properly, and his
reply was to the effect that he was short OF
money in the bank and had been compelled
to deposit that amount 5000 to his per-
sonal credit. However, in order that the
cash should balance he wrote out his per
sonal check for 5000, and it was put in the
cash box with the other valuables A few
days later, the cash was about to be
turned over to Walden, and the check
was among the others that were to go in.
Hyams, however, took it out and said he
would not turn it over for few days.
never saw that check again. | made
memorandum of the licenses and their num-
bers and put the slip in the drawer, giving
the firms named credit for $500 each on the
strength of Mr.. Hyams' check. / thought
at the time that l was assuming considera-
bic responsibility. Sometime afterwards
Hoag came to me and said he could not al
low the account of 5000 because he hadn't
the treasurer's receipt for it. Well, few
days ago I called upon Councillor Lynn,
chairman Of the finance committee, and
had j talk with him in reference to the
matter. He said that Hyams de-
med ever having issued his personal
check for 5000 to cover city money
that he had paid into the bank on his per-
scnal account l was little less than para
| lyzed to think that Hyams should have made
such statement after the conversation
had had with him. / then told Mr.. Lynn
/ that the investigation might just as well
end there; that if Hyams would borrow
5000, issue his personal check for it and
then deny ii, he would take 5000. | made
similar statement to the mayor, but he
seems inclined to believe Hyams in prefer
ence TO me. Again, in the month of Sep
/ TENDER, A. Fisher Brewing company paid
their license of $3.50. 1 found that they had
received credit in two places for that
amount, when they should have been
credited once only. The credits appear on
the 2nd and 10Th. Elbridge Tufts has no
credit for $500 which was paid that month by
| q Va LAO a. L 4oAlCl ,lSNlI6 NOhi-
pany. This mistake, suppose, was made
innocently. l went to Walden for al ex
PLANTATION and he flared up and refused to
make any, and grew very red in the face.
/ asked Auditor Hoag, who was present,
whether l had said anything that justified
Walden in his action, and his reply was an
emphatic NO | mentioned the matter to
} no one else, save Hyams and Phillips, who
were both in the same Office as |. under
stand, however, that Phillips did consider
able talking about it. and this aroused
: Walden's ire. Councilman Cohn heard of
J it someway, and there was sort of a
semi-investigation, in which Walden grew
very angry, and made the remark that he
J was either a thief or else incompet ent.
/ replied that did not believe that he was
} dishonest, but l did believe that he was
incompetent, and that wanted the matter
investigated. Later, he came to me and
said he regretted that the trouble had &C
CURED, because it was liable to embarrass
} both offices. l asked him why he got sc
, frantic about It. and said that | had men
toned the matter to no one. He said he
believed that, but old man Phillips had
! uudllN Sdlu ~ nOulu DC DClUCI W iCG Iuc
auditor examine both books and then fix
| the matter up between ourselves. Hyams
agreed TO this, but so far as l was able to
learn nothing was ever done about it"
VERY STRANGE PROCEEDING.
"When did you sever your connection
} with the auditors office!''
| II haven't severed it,
'tWhen were YOU discharged -
II haven't been discharged. l am still
deputy recorder. I haven't been in the
, Office since the 25th of November, and will
. Strengthened out"
, "When did you first hear that there wa:
a shortage in the receivers Officer
p 81 believe it was on the 25th of Novem
ber."
, ''Who was your informantl Who mad,
the chargesl''
+ THAT evening / got word from my
, father in-law, Bishop Warburton, that h,
wanted to see me- went up to the house
{ aud he told me that he had receiy ed a not
/ from Marshal Young asking hin
o TO call at the city hall. H,
1 called there and met Hyams. Oh
! asking what was wanted, Hyams made
remark to the effect that he was very sorry
| etc, ETC., but Tommy was short in his &C
D counts. Mr.. Warburton asked How much.
"'We don't know exactly, about $500,
was the reply he received.
"'Well, what does he say about it,. Mr.
Y Warburton asked. What explanation doe
a nc make:'
hoy co5d TO Il lo,,
t it. was the answer.
p 'I assured him that was innocent, ant
e he said he believed me. l could not ente
n into details just then, but the next morn
g ing, the Goth, l started for the mayor M,
f search was fruitless, and | finally con
|. suited Judge Powers, and told him jus
: what have told you. save
t perhaps, in greater detail. Hi
e advice, in substance, was: You de
1 mand and insist upon a thorough ant
f searching investigation, and the guilt
t party will be found. Afterwards l had
e talk with the mayor He seemed incline
r to believe Hyams and Walden in prefer
ence TO me. He said there was shortage
n / asked him If he had seen the books. H
e said he hadn't"
J. He AFFIRMs HIS INNOCENCE.
T Sand you say you have no knowledge O
J, any shortage, and that if there is one 70
; got none of the boodle.n
e ~ say that know nothing about tn
e shortage, save what have learned in tn
e last few days; that never took penny Q
e the city's money, and that other people ar
using me to cover their own tracks,