Telegram-herald., 1891-05-12

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srs sad warrants drawn against bis bank
they we're numbered la consecutive orr
der and eofrssponded with the staus IN
the possession Of the clerk aud trssa.
uref. The dates upen which the money
wss drawn ranged frorn April ~ to
Apssl ~ aad the amounts we're for sdto
upto $1,000, ali Of winch corfcsponded 10
cent With the accounts Ia at the city
Offices. said Mr.. Nash; livery thug
% straight here. IL Ferry obtained ANY
money from this bank without the us-
uai warrant. u mus, have been dono
over the forged signatures of the clerk
aad comptroller and there would have
bern a break in the number series. We
would have detected = forgery At once.
think ms accounts are all right"
Mr. III. j. Iiollister. Of the old National
Bank, and one Of Perry's suretles
talked freely. s'It Is very distressing
that suspicion should be rest on Mr..
Perry" be remarked. "ile has been
always regarded a. bright man. = good
business man. nisa of integrity, and
this affair Is painful TO his friends. He
was looked upon with great admiration
by Mr.. Hawkins who took him into
business with him as partner. ! do
not think he Is defaulter, and think
il would be better To say nothing on
that subject until he returns or is heard
FROM"
IL can thus be seen that among those
best qualified To know the opinion is
unanimous that Mr.. Perry has mot
tampered with the city funds nor un-
lawfully taken any money committed
20 ms custody.
Sensational Rumors.
Why did Perry go away? That is q
question that can be answered by no.
body but Perry himself. In connection
with this, as well "a the reports OF en-
bczzlement. scandalous and seemingly
ridiculous stories are atioat. Frcm the
best sources of information il appears
that on the dav following the funeral
of Mr.. Ford. Mr.. Perry announced to
his immediate friends that he would
take week or more from his Office to
attend to private business interests and
to escape FROM the painful associations
following the death of his longtime
confidential friend and adviser
Acting upon this resolution sooner
than was expected, he left
for Cleveland the same night.
Whether he went to Cleveland ia un-
known. Early last week he was heard
from at Chicago and either Wednesday
or Thursday a brief notice IN the per-
sonal column of the TELEoRAM-HERAID
announced that Mr.. Bevier and Mr..
Nester had departed for Chicago on
business. 1t is surmised. in the alb
seuce of positive knowledge on the
subject that they went thither to see
Mr.. Perry. They returned but Mr..
Perry was not with them. Dark stories
are freely circulated among the scandal
mongers that excessive drinking and a
fondness for frail femininity are at the
bottom of his inexplicable conduct. but
these stories like all others emanating
from morbid minds are without doubt
highly colored and grossly exaggcr-
ated. The true explanation, or at
least the most reasonable one yet ad-
yanced is that he went away to avoid
the pressure from the creditors of the
friends for whom he had endorsed
commercial paper and notes aggregat-
ing several thousand dollars, and upon
which by death and otherwise he was
about to become liable.
Perry's Omelal Record.
Mr.. Perry was elected Treasurer of
the city on the Democratic ticket in
1897, and has held the Office since. He
was reelected at the last charter eIec-
ton, hut by slightly reduced major
ity. He receives a salary OF $500 per
t,.oo md ho1
from other sources. Since his last
election he has not flied an official
bond. but tool, the oath of Office imme-
diateIy following his election. No rea-
sons have been assigned for the failure
to file bond as required by law, and
none are known to exist. unless Gre
dence is gwen to the rumor that his
old bondsmen declined to renew their
signatures.
He - a member of the Owashtanong
Club, and has always been regarded as
one of the most extravagant members
of that organization in the way Of en-
tertalning friends.
MT. Perry to Return.
The fact that l.. f.. Hawkins, ex-
president of the Board of Police and
Fi.e Commissioners, and a former part
ner as well as an intimate personal
friend of Mr.. Perry's, was closeted for
a long time with Chief of Police East
man in the afternoon, gave plausibility
to the report that an order had been
telegraphed to arrest the missing man
in Chicago. Later IN the evening Mr..
Hawkins himself went to Chicago. The
police department, upon being ques-
toned IN the matter. looked wise but
would say nothing definite.
81 don't believe he has been ar
rested" remarked Lieutenant Hurley,
"but am quite positive that he will be
brought back here by his friends"
tMpcRmOtIc TO BALLS