Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-17
Responsibility for the Asylum Steals Being
Foisted on to the Boards Subordinates.
CHECK SYSTEM THAT DID NOT CHECK
hooks Made to Tally with Vouchers and
vouchers with Bill s-Every, hing Lett to
the Contractors Honesty and n
Bakers Reliability.


lative to Ex-Governor Thaycr's message COM
mending the members of the Board of Pub
lie Lands and Buildings for their honesty
and the testimony relative to the message of
Ex-Governor Boyd demanding an investiga-
ton of the asylum matter, would be admit
ted in evidence. He also said that
the report of the legislative committee of
1891, the report of DR. Knapp, the ex-super-
intendent at the asylum and the report of
the board could be considered The testi-
mony taken in the Investigation, however,
he held was not TO be admitted
Following the hno of defense which was
indicated yesterday, Major Post, the ac
countant, went upon the stand for the pur
pose of identifying the ilour vouchers show
ing the amount of -four charged by
Sewoll ~ Co. and paid for by the
state.
He Corrected the Vouchers.
Were you connected with the asylum
during the years 1901 and 1892"
''Tes, sir; as an accountant"
'Do you remember the time when the
officers at the asylum commenced weighing
the coall"
YES, sir; there was record kept in the
scale book, The ticket was delivered to the
party supplying the coal and the stub book
remained with the asylum"
"Did you see these stub books when the
February, 1892"
Yes, sir; | took the stubs and compa red
them with the vouchers; in January they
did not correspond; that voucher was some
500 too much.n
What did you do with the voucher9n
Deaucted the amount, made the deduc-
tons in red ink and then sent it as corrected
TO the superintendent for approval"
what did you do touching the coal
vouchers for Februaryln
Tlere were two vouchers for that month
and both We're examined in the same way
My recollections are that they were correct
or corrected. but know that when they
went to the superintendent for approval
they were both correct, showing that the
amount OF coal charged was the amount de-
livcred."
"Who held the ofice of accountant while
you were ABSENT"
Fred Race and DR. Bowman. After I
returned to the asylum l made diligent
search for the stub books but was unable to
find them"
During 1891 and 1899 did you have a
record showing the quantity of flour re-
ceived at the asylum"
I'VE had the vouchers. the bills and the
bill books; these were all examined before
the report was made to the superintendent,
and II any errors were found they were
corrected"
Have you the bill books showing the
amount of -four received at The asylum dur
Prod,,cing half , dozo, ,,r,r, ,oo,,, ..,
witness nnswered. s.Vos si tnnn n,1 o
are"
"Can you produce the bills showing the re.
spective amounts of flour chargcdl ~
81 think | can"
"Will you find Il bill showing $500 pounds
of flour charged on January 7, 1891 ;"
tion sa',i,,lr th"t ~ Iojootou W vnI ihvrouuc-
thn, ,S Sastk i 'tau t ine sCate "Sui1 coheede
and The vouchers wouId corrasnond ho"i
~ " "''PoN'
what the Bills Show.
Mr. Webster replied that there was more
to the point, as he expected to show that the
witness was so familiar with the bills that
he could show that every pound of flour
charged was delivered
That's Just what we want to know
about" responded Judge Post.
''Whose signature is thisl" asked MIR.
Webster presenting flour bill
."The sipnnture of The haI,or ,vboso du,v
it was to check the flour in and o. X, it. if he
found the quantity and uuulitv corresnond
ing with the amount charged,
Taking the flour vouchers and the books,
Major Post was enabled TO account for the
;ng Isoi tyitb ~" Tho ercon,ion of some "'a',
ar5ounts which did not annnor 70 bara hna,
oirocIyad orf nv 49, nosn a. " ~ i -"
Tho checlr systemn ,.as ;dan,ica1v S ~ ,.i,, an
scrihed nv Tup Rr, ao,nn d,ws 49, as ~
bils shoyyad for themne,vnss az an 'iis s
them bore the o. X Of Major Post While
some were checkod bv 7 Dan .a,cr soma
by the baker some by the cool, and sane hv
Ton ,uar's hoy ~ ~ O ~ oo "
lust he fore eon Noon Mr. y.bs,or struo,,
nore,s nest In one Of tho ~onnbe.s r. uIn ,hora .
nnncared the words mot recniyed 'nu,o he
tonrm Nh, W,bstor conteudcd thot tho to
word "notr had heen ,v,itton in AFTER tho
vo,rher was annroyed and cnnsaonentiv ",,oe rIv
vas forgerv
Maior 11nst dac,ored tb,t ,ha ;,,ar,,n
eotion ,vos made after his nn,,rnT,ai h,,, h,,
wbnm he cnnid not saw '' "ppto'"'' D'' oS
Jnst,ce MnvweII iool,ed an tho nono,. aud
remarled thnt in hiS nninion the PI hmahnar
word mot, had hnen ,.,rttap ~, ,bas soYaa
nerson who wrote ,,rereiveJ ,be 8ou, !, '"'''o
arwo hills could not ho Snnnd hut Nh :.
major was nositive that thov ,vero IN The
ONCE when ho examined The vomchers
nDo Won know where the sinh hools for
January and Februnrv 1892 areS,
"No. sir: do not I returned tbem m tho
weiphmnster and since that time ha We not
seen them, now understand that thew are
missingm
Here Mr. Post was turned over To Mr.
IamDertson for cIoss.examinalion.
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