Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-16

and witness seeing but one heck could not
say positively whether Mr. Noiana haa
signed it himself Mr.. Wilkerson hau
sign ed the trcasurers name to it. The BANK
statements he said, came through the man
addressed to +; u Nolana. state vnr euam.
ined them;s he witness never did Mr. NO
land told the witness it was very difheutt 70
check up the statements, and that he tNo-
land) would do that himself The witness
made the entries of interest against the
holland or Mr.. Wilkerson. He never com
puted the interest from the bank statements
himself
Mr. holland told the witness that ne was
short in his accounts. and intended 20 re-
ruary. He entered tho office ONE morning TO
go to work ana found Mr., holland ana Chfei
Clerk Wilkerson in the private ONCE en- ed
in conversation. He went on to work, ana
overheard Mr.. holland say: "Weti am 20
ing TO tell Tom all about it, anyway" Mr:
NoIand then came to him and informed MN
of the shortage. He Inquired if the shortage
was large enough to require his reslgnatI,ooh,
and Mr. holland answered that it was the
witness was cross exam ined at some ieHstL
as to the manner OF issuing chech9 "iio
drafts.
EUGENE WILKINSON.
Eugene Wilkerson. being called, testineo
az follows: 81 was chief clerk under Mr.
| holland from the time he took charge Oh the
| governor took charge of the office in March,
| 1890. 1t was part of my duty TO recelse anu ~.
nav out cash / had frequent occasion TO
| examine the books and draw ana enter
| checks The money was kept in safe III me
| vault. On the 4th of March the books showed
SO 900. counted the amount on that
| date. There were due bills to the amount
| ing amounting to $4,000, currency ST. 100 or
! 81 800, silver about $50. Mr.. Nolanu t0oh
money from the desk and left inemoranaaa
| that is siips-"state treasurer to cash. so
| much" know there was one check repr pre-
senting 5000. The balance was in Que nllis
| of Mr.. holland and others The $2.0Do Ghtcs =
| was made out by Mr.. holland on H. L. NILS q
! Sons. Mr. hollands due bills amounted 20
s. 900 or 10000.
THE DUE BILLS NOT THERE.
.'These due bills were not there at the time
| the governor took charge ON the 4tn OF
| March, 1899, there was about =11,0o that MT.
holland did not account for l received IT,
telegram from John ODay in New York, ana
went from there to the Madison house. and
showed him the telegram. He SAD ne was :
about $4,000 short He dia no. say hc came ~
from. and he said from the banks oon
remember that he said what became OF II
The bank statements came to the once
every month. Mr.. holland sald ne Woulu
take charge of them" The witness identi-
| fed the signature of Noland on the Drunl
| and Wilson checks. ~
on cross examination Mr.. Wilkerson
stated that good many of the due bilts IN
| the treasurer's safe were Withdrawn before
| the governor took charge of the office. The
parties whom they were held against TOOK
| the governor intended to make the xaml
nation of the treasury. The governor was IN
New York when Mr.. Nolano toiu MN MN ne
| was short in his accounts and gave him TO
. ! understand that Charley holland had gone
east to inform the governor of the shortage
, Mr.. F. p. Neal, vice president or the Union
national bank of Kansas City, was the next
witness called to the stand. He identified
! | statements made by his bank monthly &c
treasurer holland. The state offered these
| statements in evidence, and the defense OBJ
| jected, on the ground that their correctness
had not been fully proven. The oDjectior
| was overruled.
DISCREPANCIES.
Mr. j. L. Houck. a clerk of the Franklin
| bank, st. Louis, was the next witness eA
| amined. From the bank books he showed
| that there were discrepancies between tn'
| amounts of certain checks credited to M:
bank on the states check register and tn
| amount that the bank paid out on these
| checks. The discrepancies were as follows