Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-25
BORR0WEDTH MONEY
More Developments in the Doerfinger
Discrepancy.
AN OPINION BY LAWYER LAMBIE.
Allegheny People Preparing to Vote on the
New Bond Issue.
DOINGS OF A DAY IN THE TWIN CITIES

The Doerhinger defalcation is still an in
teresting theme among the Hill gossips. 1t
is said that more startling developments are
to transpire soon, the nature of which tend
to the further detriment of the unfortunate
druggist. As is we'll known, Mr.. Doertiinger
was executor of the Archie Wallace
estate, and his final account as such
executive has never been filed and ap-
proved. The estate amounts to S9, 900, in
cluding real and personal property. AS
was exclusively reported in THE DIS
PATCH, the amount of Doerfinger's dehclt
as Treasurer of the School Board is about
81, 800, and not 900 as stated by some.
He has handled S12O.OoO of the funds, and
according to law he is entitled to from to
2 per cent commission as an officer This
he has never drawn, much to the surprise
of the board. At the time of
the discovery of a shortage there
was 81, 500 in the treasury. Taking the
s., 400 note which was negotiated the same
as sight draft from the original amount,
leaves Sl2, 100, and deducting his commission
of per cent on S12O, ,O0O-S2, ,4O0-cuts the
figures down to 5000. Other small
amounts and credits of the treasurer will
make the total shortage between 81, 800 or
$4,000. The board won't lose cent, how
ever.
THE MODERN IS STILL SAFE.
A typographical error in yesterdays DIS
PATCH made his holdings read 300 shares of
Modern Building and Loan Association
when it should have been 80. An official
of that company states that Doerfinger had
disposed of his holdings in the association
some time ago, and he did not have sou
in it.
He is, and always has been, exceedingly
reticent regarding his private affairs, and
made confidante of no one. Inquiry at
the drug store and house elected an answer
to the effect that Mr.. Doerf1inger had gone
out of town to rest and recoup himself, but
would return On Tuesday.
A new feature has come to the surface in
the School Board End of the Doerhinger
matter.
written by John S. Lambie, ESQ.,, who was
attorney for the Franklin School Board, ad-
vising them to borrow $50, 900 on the school
bonds. The application was made to the
court, it being granted by Judges Stowe and
Collier. After the money was secured it
was found that to- carry out the
plans OF the proposed new school
building the amount was not sufficient.
The whole cost was estimated at $130, 900.
Then it was that the cash warrants were is
sued rather than destroy the beauty of the
building OF cut it down in size. The war
rants were made out as sight drafts, and ac-
cepted as collateral by the contractors who
were paid from the estimates. A parallel
case is cited by the erection of the county
Court House where the Court ordered
So, ,000, 900 to be borrowed on bonds and the
money paid out from time to time on the
estimate.
BOOTH DECLARES HE DIDN'T KNOW.
1t was quietly reported that Chief J. o.
Brown and George Booth have been cogni-
zant of Doerfinger's questionable move
r1ents for some time, but this they both
deny. Mr.. Booth was seen and said that
his first intimation of any discrepancy in
Doerhinger's accounts was on last Tuesday
week. He then heard some ru-
mors about the Dexter Spring Com.
pany which prompted him to go
to the School Board Treasurer, and urge him
to present his statement. "He delayed and
laughed me off, said Mr. Booth, Saying that
was worrying unnecessarily 1 told him
bndG L OCCupltu pOSlLlOu vi tTuSl, anu LIdG
occasion demanded his verified statement of
the finances of the board. I then
went to Murphy and Hamilton, where I
learned about them accepting the three war
rants as sight drafts, and allowed Doer-
finger to deposit them in the bank as notes
payable in four months. AS has been pub
lished, one was for IS, 100, another 50, 400
and the third S5,4OO. Every claim has been
satisfied but the last named one, which is
now in my possession, along with the other
papers, etc, relating to the case. We
will not lose a cent, Everything will
be divulged at the hearing on Thursday,
when the public can get more compre-
hensive insight into the working of the
board. and Doerfinger. have been in the
City Clerks Office for 20 year, and never
was mixed up with any scandal but this
one, and I don t propose to allow stone
unturned in bringing out every fact, to the
justification of those to whom honor is DUE"