The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-20
WHERE THE MONEY Is
Treasurer Rogers Was Accomo-
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WHaYcnN. April i9.-tspeesAtE-In es
sre no nsw Developments in the " aaron
ROGERS affair. exc.2. thai the Treasurer has
made public the names Of most OF sac Hssn
WHOSE notes he holds for taxes OF borrowed
nonsy, mostly for tsxeA As stated yss-
dxv the lis. includes = eonssdesaese num-
Der Of vell-known citixsns. among them
Hugh EsdrYdse and Edmund 1oszrovs.
vho are the heaviest debtors, their notes
amounting 10 $500: ex-Mayor Wni II.
jenkins. tbs Popaiist editor: 9es- NC
Phersop, another rampant Porulsss; H.
c. Bell. George III. Singleton. the roaa
co nt-actor; Thee Gates, j. ID. Roc<sn-
berger, Kiidail Brothers, and nuraSss OF
oshsrs. lie gives also ths names OF ma
nlerous other citizens whom he has accom-
naodased in times past. bat whose obligs-
lions, with fes exceptions. are now set
tsed, Mr.. Rogers chief fault ssems 10
have been inexcasable ieniencr With tar
payers. who have played reAsntaesssy ana
yuinoaasy upon his weIi-known DISPOSE
tion 20 be accommodating. Times have
been hard and taxes have been high. Last
year be lent willing ear TO dozens Of spe-
rious promises Of speedy settlement, and
during his rst term issued tai receipts
for upw ards: OF 5000 for which be did
not at the time receive any money. his
present troubles, therefore. are not the
outxrowth of sny deliberate criminaiity
moon his part, but have been the inevita-
BILE result Of loose business methods and
his too willing assumption Of burdens
that Ia no legal or moral sense Was he
called upon TO bear.
There 10 nov sons prospect OF COM
promise whereby the county viii receive
the $4,000 in Banker waldron's posses
sion in consideration Of the return 10 him
OF the alleged dummy certificates OF de-
post for $4,000. the treasurer's bonds
men TO take the securities represented by
these certificates and make good the
shortage.
la number Of citizens are extremely In
sssuant today because Of the publication
OF their names this morning ~ having
been carried by the treasurer Tor taxes
.'from few days 10 weeks, months and
years" Mr. Rogers represents all the
preceding boards OF commissioners a.
having been accommodated in this man
ner and also the Fairhavsn Land Com
pany and the Bcllingham BAY Improve
ment Company. The statement 10 true
with reference 30 the Bsl!inghsm Bay I'm
rrovemsnt Company. but absolutely un-
truc 30 far ~ the Land Company - con-
cerned. Mr.. Larrabee, the president OF
the company, said to tho Posr-ISrEIIIeEs-
cHs correspondent this morning in answer
20 . question:
eve not only have never been carried
By the treasurer for . single dollar. but We
put up more than half the defsulted inter-
est on county bonds last fall and also
more than half the interest on the Fair
haven bonds which fell due long before
taxss became payable. We did not take
advantags Of the rebate on all Out taxes
this spring, but We did upon . large por-
tion Of them. and We have never failed to
tender the tuii amount due from as before
the date Of delinquency. The receipts
have not always been ready for us, but
We have always been ready to pay"
Similar statements are made by other
individuals reported - deiinquents.
Commissioner Mailoy says IL IL ga d----d
Iie." the report In the Posr-fNrKILta rScrR
yesterday that Mr.. Rogers was practically
shorn OF his authority last December. The
Posr-fsrxILIeKsexa's authority In. how
ever. indisputabie. While Mr.. Rogers
has, OF course. Endorsed checks made pay
able to his order during the period since
this action was taken, deposits have prin-
cipslly been made by his daughter, the
clips being made out by Mr.. Handschy,
the deputy. who, as such deputy. has
signed the checks. This has been an open
secret for several months. bat perhaps not
open enough for Mr.. Malloy to DO swars
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