The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-26
WALKER TALKS RIGHT OUT.

Says Somerby Had Planned to Wreck the
Order and Loot the Treasury.
''Ten thousand a year." said the late
Supreme Accountant Walker last night,
speaking of the late supreme justice. was
not enough for the shoemaker. He wanted
millions. and because he could not
use Davis and me. he planned to Qetrid
of us. The man he had picked out for
DavIs's place is named Rouse. of Balti-
more. He Is hardly competent to be &C.
countant of local branch. Somerby had
said could stay until the next session of
the sitting, if behaved myself.
which meant if / should do as
he said. With an honest man
at the head of the order for four years
past, 1t could have been kept mp for twenty
years and then closed. If needs be, honor
able. but Somerby had planned to wreck it
In 1892. l. know that. he wanted to
put me and DsvIs out get the
headquarters and the money removed
to Philadelphia, and then the order would
whether he could use me to loot the treas
ury. can see It all now. He said one
day: chow easy it would he to
fix up some Of the warrants on
He said it in light. trivial
way, as if it were not meant. l told him
would not do such thing for 100000. He
sounded Lander the same way, when he
was supreme accountant. Lander used 10
keep the lapses locked up in an iron safe
for fear Somerby would tamper with them.
1t was as he said. If We had been so dis
posed, Davis and | could, with certain
changes of dates, ETC., have taken $50, 900
to $40 600 yearly of the orders money and
nobody been the wiser. That was what
Somerby aimed to do. but he found be
could not use US. When we became thor
oughly convinced of his dishonest nature
We went 10 work TO bring about a curtail-
men in several branches of what was go
ing on. They bore the news to him. and one
day Somerbv met me and shook his fist IN
my face and said:
Il want you to understand the execu.
tive committee and / arc one. ! built mp
this order and intend to run it,"
But why did not Davis make known
the S170, 900 donationW asked the reporter.
That was not called donation at the
time" was the rcply. 1T was called de.
stand good for it. Davis had no power to
refuse TO do as Somerby said in that mat
ter. If he had refused the executive board
would have suspended him on charges and
would have done as Somerby said, being
his creature. Somerby would then have
had his own way, just what he wanted.
Davis had to deliver the money. or suffer
the whole of the orders funds to pass into
Somerby's hands. That Is why ne partici-
pated in the bank matter He said. moth
ing. because. for the good of the order. we
wanted the power of the supreme justice
curta.led."
Younghusband Turns Against Somerby.
Since a receiver has been appointed and
1.-THE jig is mp" it is pleasing to note the
unanimity with which the ''supremers"
and their friends turn to rend each other
to pieces. DR.. Younghusband. of ID etroit,
president of the supreme trustees. who has
been one OF Somerby's rIRht-hand men, Is
out In an interview denouncing the SUI
preme officers as den of thieves. Supreme
Accountan Walker declares that Somerby
Will fall into the penitentiary If he ever
steps in New York or Massachusetts,, whore
his "unscrupulousness" is thoroughly un-
derstood. Somerby's friends declare that
Davis got away with that SS6.0O0 that ia
missing. and thus it goes.