Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-27

he would he Obliged TO place 1t somewhere
MIR. HarShaw wished to correct n state.
meut made ut a previous examination 70
| the effect that he had received no interest
| from banks, So tar rs It applied 70 the
| BltaviAn bank at la Cio$se. Tie explain.
| cd his transaction with this bank 10y say.
/ ing thAt while he was away the account
was closed and remittance received IN
| settlement amounting 70 some 500 more
| than the SUM due The excess was placed
in an envelope and put IN the vault 10y
! the assistant, where 1t remained until The
expiration ct the term, Then witness put
! Il in his pocket, He didn't know, at that
time, that 1t WAS interest, Didu't know
what il was Wasn't sure whether he
would have taken It il he had known that
lit WIS interest. lie lid not
know whether the remit
ancc was in one draft or mora, Tin one
draft he didu' I know what WAS done with
it. Never saw t. Mr., O'Couuor tried 10
gain statement that II the sun were in
one draft and this draft wer1 endorsed
over ~ bank hy the treasurer that the
money would have been in the treasury,
An attempt was made to prove diScrep.
anCie, between testimony given AZ Osh.
koSh and later Statements. Witness
insisted that he did not know that il was
illegal to take interest on public funds;
that he did not employ Schroeder because
he mad such knowledge that Schneider was
not employed for the purpose ot looking
after interest, that he preSumet that IN.
tereSt was being charged, though he did
not know, Witness never mentioned the
matter of interest TO MIR. SChreibcr. He
didn Z want to and hdnt have 70. This
WAS the only reason for not mentioning it,
Whcnov he wanted any amount he gave
MIR. Schreiher his note and got 1t, This
practice began well along IN the year
1887
Questions were asked 10 show that
when the university fund was oycrdIawn
as before testified to, that the | s mill tax
was already in the treasury but had not
been transferred 10y warrant Of the score
tary Of state to the proper fund, Mr.,
HarShaw did not remember stating that
the books Of the secretary OF state would
show,
The notes given by MIR. Harshuw in
favor of Schroeder were produced in ovi
dcuCt. The first was dated March H.
1887 tor $50, Tho notes amounted to
about $6i, 900, Witness sad they were
given for money borrowed ct Mr.. SChrei.
Der before he had absolute knowedgc that
interest was being received, by absolute
knowledge he meant that he did not kuos
positively. Attention was called TO the
TACT by the state that no interest was in.
dorsed on any of the notes. Witness.
expected that il MIR, Sohreibcr received ms
trrest he would use il to make good any
losses thnt might occur, because he, Schrei
Der, had told witness that II he would de,
post in such banks ~ were designated he
would suffer no loss,
Mr.. T.. +. Riley, secretary OF the board
of regents OF the university, was sworn,
and testified to the over drawing of the
university fund income during 1889 90
llo had compared his accounts with the
treasurer books once or twlCeevery quar-
ter
Ex-Atorney General G, r.. Estabrook
was called ant testified TO conversations
with commissioners of trust funds relative
10 investments IN government bonds, HAS,
statements agreed with those previously
made 10y his colleagues IN state Office
He had advised against the right ct the
commissioners to pay premiums on bonds
out OF the principal. There was some
legal doubt on the question and he took
into consideration the fact that 1t had
never, or at least rarely, been done.
The testimony is at last all taken IN the
treasury ca,ep and the arguments ARE
fairly begun. The first witness put on
the stand was ex-Attorney General E'ta
brook who continued his testimony begun
Saturday. Mr.. Quares read various bills
and resolutions which have been intro
duced in the legislature relating 10 the de-
posit If public funds. This finished the
testimony IN the larshaw case, Mr. T..
G.. McFetridge was placed upon the stand
in his own behalf. He testified especially
as TO overdrafts of certain funds. He
said he never deposited IN banks the cash
received at the treasury,
The state offered in evidence a mass of
documents consisting of reports of the
commissioners of public lands, quarterly
reports Of the state treaRurers " che gov
ernor, senate and assembly Journals, etc.,
and recalled X-Statt Treasurer kuehn for
cross.examnation He said he had n
time lock put on the safe in the vault
during his term Of office. There was
Waterman in the treasury during tho
night. aud watchmen outside in the CAPT
JOl DuuulHBs
The attorneys Tor the defense desired a
separate argument for the two cases, and
Judge Pinney spoke in favor OF such sep
aratlon. The state OPP osed ibis m a
waste Of time and the court decided TO in
sist on JOINT argument. Accordingly 1T
WAS announced that Mr. B,shiord would
open the case for the state when court met
after the noon recess.
Afternoon Session.
When court met at 2 O'Clock the attor.
neys rearranged their positions for the mr.
guments. Mr. Bashiord took his stand
directly in front OF the judge and during
much OF his four hours argument took
his fayorite position with his right hand
resting On hIs hip, or leaned on the clerks
desk directly in front OF him lie made
no attempt at oratorical display, and al.
though he could be heard distinctly
by those within the rail, IL must have
been difficult 10 understand him in the
rear of the soom. The attendance was
not large, and became smaller wnen the
speaker got well into the intricacies Of his
aw argument, and ii became evident that
there were tC be no political pyr0tcChnics,
Judge Newman paid the closest attention
often leaning forward and intcntly not.
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