Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-01-08

49, As'''s S-s+y -" ~ ~ spNtS ~"N I
rear 1875; thus conclpsisely proving that the
AMOUNT Of Redemption money receive BY me. i,-
the sum Vt s22S.5 s. charged agsipst me. |
aad In fact been duly accounted for.
Tie alleged balance Of 10 cents due the county |
~ reason Of error In addition In Cash Book No.
1 page ~. ID admitted ~ dine. This leaves the |
Dum Of 10 cents due the county and the ssms u
due me, leaving u net bslance due me from
Ehs county Of ss.o2 for the payment Of which !
hereby make claim.
! request the board to take immediate action
said report aud upon my statement herein
made, In order that ! may not be left snder the
odium Of being y d~efaulter to the county, rs
such report and u statement Of the alleged bal
amces have been extensively circulated and pub
lished. Respectfully submitted.
A. o. RyNG sRUD.
The old bonrI, consisting Of one
independent, one democrat and one
republican, was deemed an unparti-
san board, it also had employed tue
experts, had paid for their services,
bad had the experts report made to
It aud its members knew all about
the case; it was therefore urged
that that board should settle Nj.
Ringsrud's case. He accordingly
presented his case on Thursday and
his attorney, Mr.. Ericsson, was ready
to make his argument. A decision
vas asked for, whether it be fovora-
bic or adverse; for he wanted either
to he exhonornted or else TO be put
in . position to fight it in the courts.
The case was, nevertheless, laid over
to Saturday afternoon. When that
time came Chairman Roman seemed
determined to shirk from facing the
question, and wanted to lay it
over to this week, his term
expiring that evening. All the in.
dependents seemed determined to
have it that way too for political ef-
feet, without doubt, and the states
attorney advised that they had per.
feet right so to do, which was not
disputed, only on the ground Of eq-
uity. The case was so plain that q
decision contrary to the n given,
with a shadow Of an excuse for fight
ing it in court, could not be render
ed. They therefore hated to have a
board, on which there was but one
republican, admit and declare Mr..
Ringsrud's records clear and his
character above reproach-at least
that was the way it looked. Before
supper Mr., Dali y tsv, red taking up
the matter for final disposition that
evening, and a recess for supper IA
taken with the express understand
ing that it would be disposed Of at
Z O'Clock. When the time arrived,
however, Mr.. Daily had apparently
been advised that he was not doing
what would further his party's in
terests the most but went ahead
sacri6sing party to justice. At any
rate he had changed his mind, CIV
ing as his excuse that he would not
act on one ex-treasurer without tax.
ing up the others alsn, at the same
time acknowledging that they were
not ready to present their cases
while Ringsrud was. A hot word
war ensued and many bitter state
ments were made on both sides.
The states attorney, e. w. Miller,
gave legal opinions literally on the
points Of law that were raised aud,
many thought, directly contrary to
law, and he positively refused to
read law produced by Mr.. Ericsson.
He advised the boart that there
was good ground on which to recover
most Of the money charged against
Mr.. Ringsrud. lie further advised
Messrs. Roman and Daily TO lay the
whole thing ever to Tuesday OF this
week. The board "had always tax
en- the states attorneys advice" and
therefore deemed it proper to do SO
in this case-Mr. Main voted No,
At this stage Of procedure Rings
rud served notice on each member
Of the hoard shat he appeals to the
district court from their decision al
the experts their pay in full
10 date, before they knew that any
part oftheir work could be relied on.
When Tuesday came Mr.. Daily
lid not raise the slightest objection
o taking up Mr.. Ri ngsrud's case
separately from the rest, thereby
showing that his former objection
vas q mere excuse. The board
ound Mr.. Ringsrud's statement cor
oct ~ above published and passed
resolution to that effect. Main
md Dodd voted, Aye, and Daily,
Nay. He objects to only the3l71.l5
tenn on the gaound that it involve 8
questin of law that he could not
The law reads. "The board
hall aloo ETC." The other items he
aid YER Is plain rs day.
The independent lies, for such
hey have been proven, that Mr..
I!ngsrud has defrauded the cnunty,
hat the books are DESTROYED, that