Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-07

Sucn trying JneS II they 0lO not nave
any deposits. On July 20 the major
wroae to Sanford that he was sorry to
hear that the bank had received $1,000
more from Rcdfeld. 1t would have been
just as we'll. he said. In effect. to let
them keep the money and carry the
responsibility OF keeping back the
funds. There has never beer q day.
Mr.. Sanford says, when his bank could
not have paid over the money called
for by these certificates.
On the whole. MIR. Sanford's testi-
mony has shown Maj. Ruth In a moro
favorable condition than his W testt-
mony. While this is r h members
OF the committee who went to Vermil-
lion nave brought back undoubted tcs-
timony to the effect that Treasurer
Elmore did receive the so called mis-
sent letter from Ruth TO Taylor. Per-
haps the greatest Importance to be at
tached to this now famous letter IS the
fact that Maj. Ruth has twice sworn
that he did not write any such letter
and denies that it ever existed.
It Is the belief Of those Who should
be in a position to know that ex-Treas-
urer Taylor's bondsmen LAh considera-
BILE faith to h fact that the state Off
GERS entirely overlooked. or in any
event disregarded, the provisions OF
section 1883 OF the compiled laws which
reads as follows:
when the incumbent OF any Office
Is reelected he shall qualify as above
required. but his bond shall not be ap-
proved until he has produced and full
ly accounted for all public funds and
property in his control under color Of
his Office during the expiring term to
the person OF authority to whom he
should account and the fact and date
Of such satisfactory exhibit shall be
Endorsed upon the new bond before Its
approval"
This exhibit was not made by Taylor
at the expiration of his first term and
no Endorsement Of such transaction APP
pears upon the pond of his second term,
the bond which IS held for his shortage.
The bondsmen claim ability to prove
that at least a considerable portion OF
the amount for which Taylor defaulted
was misappropriated during his first
term and also claim that the failure
to check up Mr.. Taylor and make the
proper Endorsement upon the latter
bond relieves them from liability. Had
the proper authorities performed their
plain duty in checking up the accounts.
1t Is contended. the incumbent would
have been found short AND could not
have entered On his second term. The
bondsmen had a right to presume that
piled with and that Taylor had en-
tered upon his second term possessed
of all the funds charged against him.
Papers were served today In a new
suit brought in the circuit court for
Brown county which Is doubtless for
the purpose of setting aside the trans
fers Of property made by ~ex-Treasurer
Taylor and his bondsmen. here Is in
prospect a long and bitter fight be-
tween the state and the parties who
have endeavored to aid Taylor to es-
cape and to transfer his property and
their own so as to force the state to-
settlement for q comparative pittance.
and that pittance no doubt left behind
by Taylor in actual cash belonging to
the state. The disposition Of the state
officials is to maintain the dignity OF
the commonwealth rather than be
party to a transaction that flavors OF
conspiracy. The defendants in h suit
are: w. w. Taylor. John T. McChes-
ney, C. H. Vinton. VIM. Taylor. A.
Kemmerer, James A. Kiser, c. T.. How
ard. w. c. Kiser, jr, J. O. Powers. R..
NJ. Howard. r.: H. Mccaughey, w. D..
Beebe, F. S. Mires. All w. Brooks.
Frank Beard. S. +. Morris. ]. E. Labrie.
jr.. A. c. Mellette. G. Fl. Wells. OF Chi
cago: H. P. Steel, the Aberdeen Ma
tional bank, J. T. Remey. Robert
Moody, J. II. Perry. NJ. P. Stroup, w.
B. McChesney, Mary c. McChesney.
Lima McChesney. HI. e. Brooks. F. E.,
Ward, Henry s. Beard. Chicago, the
Mercantile and Manufacturing COM
pany. Northwestern Land and Invest
ment company, F. w. Humphrey, J.
*. Kutnewsky. c. H. Marsteller. Fl. NJ.
Rendt, S. c. Leppleman, A. Sells. the
Northwestern Mortgage Trust COM
pany. the First National bank Of Red
field. the Syndicate Block company. r.
p. Carver. George Van Dyke. J. II.
Bass. c.. w. Snow. EstelIa Morris. A.
r. Anderson. Regina Labrie. s. A.
Grain, F. A. Ligler. the First National
bank Of Doland. J. B. Blain. A. P.
Labrie, sr.. o. J. Lahrie. r. Clarkson
Care Alex Johnson II z Hunter