The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-24
A NOBLE REFORMER.
How Populist Candidate Carroll
Acquired Wealth
BY smnDl,no HIS PARTNER.
HIS Trsssaesssns ia the LsGgfsg susi-
ness VIA j. r. Ersws-his own
Sen Testified Against Him

Harry T. bossian - not the only name
On the Posagist ticxe. open 20 criticism On
sccount ol personal character. for that Of
Patrick r. Carroll. Peoples party esndi-
date for the senate Ia tbs Twenty
dl.trict. will By 40 raesns stand investigs-
ton. Counting for naggns the story Of
his life before appearing IN Seattle. his
doiag. here have been such - % COIN
p.etsly shatter any business standing be
may have detained. The most sccessaOis
record Of bis qasstionsbis transactions Is
found in the evidences given in n suit
against him By John H. Brosn, his
former partner In the lumber and logging
business. whom he dssrsnoed o. sums az
grsgating as, go after trying 20 conceal
his transactions By changing entries on
tie firms books after shsy we're Ia the
hands Of the court. fac. 70 which hisown
son testified.
In tba fall Of isss. John II. Brown and
A. b. HoIyoke. sho had been partners 81
the lumber business 81 Anscorfes and IA
enohomIsh and skakIt counties, dissolved.
aud the dissolution was managed By Car
roll. The firm st that time Owned 80
acres Of timber land on the Sky kornish
river; lots and 4. and the east oBe-haifof
the north west quarter Of the southwest
quarter Of the northess, quarter Of section
g. township q north. range east con-
tanning f70.35 acres: also lot l. section 3.
and lots and 1, and the ssgthses; qaar-
ter Of tbs northwest quarter Of section 8
township Y north, range 8 east There
we're also I've yoke Of oxen and camp
oatIt on the skagif river, and sixty-eigat
boom chsins. Brown bought Hoiyoke out.
the purchase price being s.. 500. secured by
mortgage on the fluoer land and other
property. One cay after the dissolution,
Carroll made . verbal agreement with
Brown, and the two weni into partner
ship, Carroll taking . half interest
and assuming the mortgage. Carroll
Was undsrstood 70 look after
the firms Affairs in toxn, and to keep the
books and finances. while Brown, being
. practical logger. hs4 charge OF the
camps
Affairs continued In this share until
fs9l, when Brown. realizing that the firm
Was not earning anything. or rather
that be Was getting no money. after re-
psate1 conferences sita Carroll, en-
pioyed experts 10 examine the books.
In the meantime. the mortgage given
on the property 70 secure payment for
CAROLS haif interest had fallen due. and
Carroll never having paid cent, the tim
Der land in snohomish county had TO be
sacrificed. Carroll. under partial power
oil attorney (which be changed TO $ gen
sral poxefl sold the land 70 stimson
Bros. for s. 500, and received the money.
while Brown never get . cent Of it.
This Was not the only thing. la settling
mp the affairs Of the partnership Carroll
received for the frrn g.. so draft from the
Washington Mil Company, Of which
O. so, BIZ virtue of his half-interesf. l.s-
ionged TO Brown. However, he received
only $500.
The report Of the experts on the affairs
OF the firm Of Carroll a Brown showed
that Ia the few years Of the partnership
Carroll had become indebted to Brown in
the sam Of sl4 1915. lie had drawn
various notes for his individual use. sign
ing the firms name. aat in his statement
of account had omitted mention Of numer-
Gus large sums Of money resolved. notably
the =. 800 for the sale OF the timber land
> Brown. vho had trusted Carroll isn-
psieitIy, new sax that be mast take irnne-
date STEPS 30 prevent financial ruin. He
employed sn attorney 10 sue fer al &C
counting. and the case vas heard before
Joseph shsppen. as referee. In this city in
the early part Of is92 clear case sas
made cut against Carroll Among the
affidasiis offered Was the following:
-. r. lie Bernoaxh. being first daily
sworn. On oath deposss and SAYS: That
shout the i0sh day OF June. tsgl, he Vas
employed BY the defendant 10 make a
statement OF the acccaats Of the plaintiff
and defendant therein. that be found the
books and documents relating 10 said part.
nsrshIp. kept BY the defendant herein
under his supervision, in avery unsatis-
factory eonditien, and that a very loose
method Of Bookkeeping had bcsn pursued
therein. II IL cosid lie called book keeping:
that ihis nfflant. on tie 22f dsv 81
june. Issi. delivered TO the said
upon informed the plaintiff herein ihat he
had delivered 10 the said osfendan; herein
the said statement. that said statement
oniy shows tie money that passed through
the hands % the defendant heFeia--thstf.
maneys that were received BY the de-
fendsnt and dlsburssd by the defendant;
that IL does not sAos any of the irsnsae-
ts1as lad with the plaintiff as 20 money.
pad By the defendant 20 the plaintiff, aud
that according 10 the statement 50 azde
By tbs sffiant the sasd defendant
II INDEBTED 10 the plaintiff herein
in the sum Ct ssQ19l: that this
efiians did not make said state
meat include the whole partnershtr
transactions. bat only the moneys received
sna disharsed by the defendant Carroll.
snd dlsearssa py the defendant Carroll.