Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-05
Ex-TREASURER HERBERT'S ACCOUNTS
A Statement by Frank E. Herbert,
Who Kept His Books.

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The Amount puo Treasurer n,rni,a ,na
What Has Been Paid Thereon--A SET
tIemsnt in Full win Probably be Made
This Week.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
New CASTLE. March 2.-Frank n.
| Herbert, who kept the accounts of his
father, ex- State Treasurer William Her
bert, was interviewed last evening nv a
representative of The GAZETTE. re-
garding a newspaper story Of his fathers
! failure to turn over all Of the funds to
State Treasurer Burnite. Mr.. Herbert
said: "When closed the State account
with Mr.. Burnite, | found balances be-
longing to the several funds, to wit:
General flnd 4 81 ola M
School fund ................... 81 ,i2SI
Sinking fund. .................. 12,177.07
Insane hospital und............ 923.92
1890,
dn IN, srailu paiaiice '''olfo, ~ y
! ihefe was PAID on account OF TINS
FEBRUARY %, s04 ,lgo. ~ ana on saturday,
fepruary Soth, Slf,oUo, leaving bal
ahce ahe the state OF $54,4li-i5, which
uhi pretty conliaeht viii DC palu Dy
checks or cash this week.
Mr. herbert said That II was true that
check tor 9Su,g0o had peen drawn IN
FAVOR or state treasurer Burnlte last
week, put IL was not true that the check
was protested AZ the FARMERS Sank.
Noltihuiiig, VT, i1erpeIt sala that ms
latnef ana hlmsell We're IN wilmington
On 'oaturuay eilueaVorihB 70 turn enough
paper mo y. casn 70 meet tle so,oUo check,
aill lllui1s that a suilclent amount
coulu hot be reallZea, az once Withdrew
me Ysu,U IVY check ana made Two, on, one
ior 9lauuo ana one Tor P5,Ouo. Inc
former was presented AZ the BANK and
tile money Pald 10 Mr' Bnrnlte, but the
.a'ooo check was not presented. There
lore we nave pald IN all TO the new state
treasurer Pill ,uuU, from Whlch we nave
rs yet no receipt from MT. burnlte. Ihe
naiahce' po4,4lt.lo, VIII be PAID over
ms, ms " ana the whole matter VIII
then men be settled up.
i hit,. delay has been caused through an
ihaoiilty 10 convert paper INTO money as
readily US we expected, but everything
lias peeIl 50 arranged that settlemeht
cal ~, " liiaeie ~ y snort tllne.
hat ABOUT the story 81 the missing
junction " BIeakwatef railroad mort
saSfgr ooIa lof S4VV,ouO was asked. :,
). ne alleEeu TehyPothecated BOND
~ ean easily eAPiaih' men we
reserved VIC sale containing tho papers,
9 i, y Nc., from our predecessor,
oulln NJ houston, we louIa lhsldc
siiialI tlil poN, Which contained among
otiler papers, the nohd referred TO- A
siloIt tlllle alseI assorted the contents
anu papers OF me SAFE ana made sep
arate pacRases Oh me aiiiereat Kinds OF
| to State Treasurer Burnite by me ner-
sohally' Inc $4OO,OOO was not In the
boX, but IN one q the packages referred
10 ABOVE, ana TO inns, l think, Mr.. Bur
nite VIII Dear evidence Anyhow it is
IN ms possession, as ne OF course knows.
Even II Ihese stories We're true, the
ntlte p DelaWare Woula mol lose cent,
as dal d properly Is worth from
plou,uUo 70 SlO,uOO, clear OF al lncum-
peiahces'
no are your fathers pondsmcnE
was asked.
know al OF them, but cannot re-
| call all their names at present. There
are number OF them, and In my judg-
ment lhey represent million OF dollars"
Mr. Herbert treated the newspaper
man very courteously and was perfectly
wiling TO explain matters.
~ think what | have said" he con-
GUIDED, Is sufficient to make the affairs
plain to the public. Anything pub
llshed contradictory TO my statements
ana ngures now VIII be false. The
total amount due the State now, rs |
SAD before, IS something over 1000,
and every effort viii be made and | am
pretty sure 1t Will be settled this week"
.
= = = - W.
state Treasurer Bnrnite is Unable to
Fihd inc states Securities
opeciai correspondence Gazette and Journal
Herbert owed the State according to his
IL, $500 D.? ai:ei MN Poi 70 4
i,S iasitou ' an tiito ~ settleiieht ohe
oiio..h ~ Ps3v ~ Pasaoie ~ oIce ana
asIna p G,eHA toi sig o "a, which ne
ase te;. p pii "a W hola W honaay. Up
s ~ e.iis i.Gel, v \. MI huIilte nus nov
ob Ie ~ -, shG Ply ieiis oi 'he lIse
SHSShi tho aSSohu 10 ottii III HIS josstS-