The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-07
els SIDE OF THE CASE
Carelessness and lncompetency
Both Manifested.
SHANNON SAYS HE Is INNOCENT.
The Peculiar Manner in Which he Was
Notified OF the Alleged Shortage, and
Some Of the Circumstances Lead
ing Up to L.
"Ha. ha. we ere discovered =

s'Ha, ha, we are discovered!'
''If VIC are discovered, we shall be
found"
'.If VIC are found our name will be Den
nisr'
If the person who really got away with
The boodle-who is responsible for the con-
adorable mental worry aud agitation now
being INDUCED N by Mayor Scott and
otters. will come forward and straighten
things out, LIZ should he forgiven.
The article in yesterday mornings HER
AID stirred up the CITY in way that was
a caution. and caused several gentlemen
well up in official circles to see stars.
We have given the city recorders version
of the story; now let his deputy speak.
Thomas B. Shannon, who until a few
DAYS ago was in the recorders office, was
seen by reporter yesterday morning, and
asked for his version of the affair.
sin starting out" said MIR. Shannon, II
want i. distinctly stated that Judge Pow
.ers did not recommend me to Louis Hyams,
and 1t was not by the influence of the Judge
that gained the position of deputy re-
corder."
but you were at one time his stenogra-
pher, were you not.n
Eyes. ] had other offers during the time
was with the Judge, and at his request
invariably refused them, and remained
Powers never intimated to me that L could
have the Office if desired it: but the offer
came from Louis Hyams himself. 1t was
about the st of April the position was
first rendered me, and went into the Office
on the 9Th of the same month. l had not
been in the Office very great while when
1 discovered that there was a very loose
way of doing business in existence"
''In what waysn
swell, a proper check had not been kept
on money received by the recorder and
paid to the treasurer. There was no
monthly cash book, and the only check
was the stubs of the licenses and a mem
randum cash book. Towards the end of
each month il was the custom to take the
stubs and copy the names and amounts into
the monthly cash book, thus making a
record. For month or so after entered
the office, | balanced the cash daily and
handed it to Hyams, who put it away in
the cash box in the vault. Up till month
ago did not have the combination to the
vault, although had been furnished with
key TO the cash box"
MUTUAL CONFIDENCE.
up till the 9TH day of June, it had been
customary with Mr.. Hyams to allow the
money received by the recorder to accumu-
late until the cash box was full. and he
would then turn it over to the treasurer ~
Then there was no stated time at which
the recorder made his returns to the
treasurer2"
''No. But, as was saying, up to the 18th
OF June Mr.. Hyams had always handed the
cash to the treasurer himself. On that
DAY, however. the cash box was filed to
oyerfowing, and 1 suggested that the
money had better be turned over. Hyams
toid me to take it n. ] made out the usual
tag and went into the office of tho
treasurer with the money. Walden checked
the gold, silver, checks, etc, and Informed
me that tho amount tailed with my check
We :adrlged n a little social chat.
waited for short time and as he made nc
move to do so, / finally suggested that il
would oe good idea to give me q receipt
for the money 1 had just turned over
Walden looked UP rs though he was slightly
surprised at the request, but wrote out q
fee Then it was that 1 discovered thai
this was the first receipt that the recorder
had ever got for money turned over to the
treasurer, and yet both had beer
In Office five months, and during
that time thousands and thousands Of
dollars must have passed between them
'Wnere are the other receipts for money
paid the treasurer asked Louis. Il wan
TO put this one with theIG.' Il don't believ,
haze any he replied. 4 haven't any,
told him that it was q mighty loose way o.
Soing business, and pictured to him wha
would be the result, what dilemma ht
would be N, in case Walden, by mistake OF
otherwise. should credit the money to an
other department, should make an error il
the footings, or in any way fail to give due
and proper credit for the same. In explana
ton Of why ne had not taken a receipt fol
tie money, he said that Heber N. Wells
the former recorder, has received the re
ceipts as auditor. l replied that in the cas-,
mentioned such course was proper. as III,
recorder and auditor were one and tn,
same person. He began to see tn,
matter in the same light as / did appar-
entity, for he said he was afraid that he
might have taken in some money that be
had not received credit for; that Nigh
have been credited to some other depart
ment He spoke of the matter severa
times thereafter, and appeared to be wor
ried considerably because he had failed Il
get receipts for the money turned over"
How many times did you turn owe
the money TO the treasurer
''Not more than twice or three times''
You got a receipt each timer
ayes"
ibid you ever again refer to the careles
way of doing businessn'
mot that remember. was his subor-
dinate, and l did not feel called upon t
dictate what course my chief should pur
sue in conducting the affairs of his Office
PHILLIPS AND THE TREASURER
''What was the reason of the bouncing O
NJ. C. Philips, the collector of licenses,'
~ do not care to go into that, as know
nothing about the matter that is OF any i'm
portance. / do know, however, that hi
accounts were all right, and they balance
to cent
SHANNON MAKES A GRAVE CHARGE.
zone day Auditor Hoag came to me an
said there were two liquor licenses, Nc
Is for Elicit g. Co., and No. $50 for Nun