Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-10-26
THAT LICENSE SHORTAGE.

During the 1nvestlgauOn OF
Sheriff Gregory's license shortage
by the Board Of County Commits
sioners, Mr.. Gregory fled with the
Board an affidavit admitting the
shortage, giving the names of four
parties from whom he had collect
ed $500 for licenses and excusing
himself from accounting for the
money on the ground that he was
absent from the State for two
months and upon his return the
matter was overlooked.
While the Board were consider
ing the matter, under-sheriff Hen
ley walked in and read that aft
.,davit and at Henley's suggestion
Gregory asked permission Of the
Board to withdraw it. The per-
mission was granite and that was
the last seen of it.
The official affidavit - the one
published last week in the official
proceedings of the Board - was
written by under-sherif Henley
and sworn to by sheriff Gregory.
In this affidavit Mr.. Gregg ~
;swears that the money was with.
held pending the action of the
County Commissioners on the
bonds of the respective parties ap-
plying for licenses, and that during
such pending he was out of the
State for two months.
Now, the facts and Mr.. Gregory 4
affidavit do not tally. Mr.. Greg
DRY left the State ON or about July
10, 1893, the licenses were taken
out for the quarter commencing
July l, 1898, and ending Sept. 30,
1893. The official records show
: flat the bond of Wood & Cone was
not filed until August 8, 1898, and
, was not approved by the Board I'M
til October 10, 1898, or nearly two
months after Mr.. Gregory's return,
Meanwhile, under sheriff Henley
ms everybody knows, has practical.
ly been sheriff of Idaho county for
the past two years. Why did moi
he, in the absence of his chief, is.
sue the licenses for which the ap-
plicants had paid their moneys
Where was the money all this
time? Who had the use of it
Would it ever have been paid the
county had not the county Auditor
brought it to light? The pretenst
that this sum Of $500 was overlook,
ed for whole year is too prepos
ferrous for any person of common
sense to believe.
But there are other matters con
. nected with this business which
need clearing up.
RObt. Nugent swears to the fac
that he paid sheriff Gregory $7I
for license which he never receiv
ed. Here is S75 more of county
funds for which no accounting ha
ever been made by the sheriff .
by anybody in the sheriff's Office.
Here is Mr.. Nugent's affidavit.
Robert Nugent being duly sworn. says this
during the year 1898 he was engaged in tn
retail liquor business at Cottonwood. Idaho
that for the third quarter OF said year. to-wi
July. August and september. 1893, he paid t
y. s. Gregory, sheriff Of said Idaho County, tn
rum of $500, $75 % for the retail liquor licens
aud one dollar for collectors fees. and thong
having applied tn the said c. s. Gregory, Shel
III of Idaho County. three several times. h,
the said Robert Nugent. did not. nor never hs
received said retail liquor license.
ROBERT NUGENr,
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a NJ
tary Public, in and for Idaho count,
Slate OF Idaho, this DC tOber Is 1894
{SsALf II RoBBISs,
Notary Publ
Mr.. Gregory and Mr.. Henley ar
both candidates for importan
county offices. Their conduct c
the public business during thei
joint administration of the sheriff
Office is not calculated to inspir
confidence in their business abilit
or their official integrity. Thes
matters are above party politics
and all good citizens are intereste
alike in seeing that the county al
fairs are conducted by men who's
record will bear the the closes
scrutiny, and whose business abilit
is undoubted.
The following letter from Nj
Nugent throws further light ON TIL