St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
OUTST0LE TAYLOR.
Sensation Develops in the
Case Of the Illinois Ex- i
Treasurer. 4
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Short, When Supposed the
Richest Man in Southern !
Illinois.
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
TWO YEARS OF REGULATION
Put an End to by Death--His
Bondsmen Have Begun
Suit.

CARLYLE, Ill, Feb. 12.-When
Rufus Ramsey died suddenly,
three months ago, supposedly of
heart disease, he was thought to be
the richest man in Southern Illinois. |
Within a week over $500, 900 in claims !
against his estate have been filed, !
but the most startling is that of five
Chicago bankers, who were his
surety as state treasurer. When |
Henry Wulff succeeded the dead 1
man he found a shortage of $685. |
1882, which he communicated to his |
| bondsmen, who have so far sup
pressed it in the hope of reimburs-
ing it out of the estate of the dead
man. Now F. M. Blount and Carl |
Moull, cashiers of two Chicago banks,
have filed in the county court claims !
for the full amount of the shortage.
In the claims filed by Messrs. Blount |
and Moull it is specifically alleged !
that the shortage was of the amount !
named; that the bondsmen made it ]
good and that the claims are filed
for the reimbursement of the bonds
claims in the county court for $685.
539.52, the amount was so stupendous
that Judge Jesse Jones refused to al |
low it until further proof of it's cor
rectness was filed. This was done
on Feb. 8, when an itemized state
ment of the amounts distracted by
Ramsey from the state treasury was
Of hn
showed that Ramsey had begun
TAMPERING WITH THE FUNDS
seven days after taking Office. He was
seven days after taking effect. He was
sworn in Jan. 3, and on Jan, II he helped
/ himself to S25 Goo One form of his en-
bezzlement was to take the cash from
the state funds and turn in a personal
due bill, having it charged up as cash,
all others being much the same.
On Jan. 10 he took SIS, 900; Jan. "a, $20,-
600; March 4, $1,000; May 10, $4,000; June
5, S., 5,000 June q, $1,000; July q, $4,000,
and so on down the year.
His last withdrawal in 1885 was Nov.
II, when he took "a, ,76l. For whole
year then there was an intermission, I
so far as the itemized statement oil the
bondsmen shows, and then there comes
one more, the last, $4,000, taken Nov. |
8, the day upon which Mr. Ramsey !
took to his bed. The claim of the bonds !
men on the bond, which was filed in
the county court, is very simple in lam
guage, and reads as follows:
Estate of Rufus n. Ramsey to John
H. Wilbeck ct al, dr., to cash paid by
them, as bondsmen for Rufus N. RAM
sey, late treasurer of the state of Illi- /
nois, to Elijah p. Ramsey, his sue
cessor in office, to make good the for |
mer's deficit as such state treasurer,
1868 539. ST.
This sum will have to be paid before
any others can be paid. 1t is what is /
known as the sixth class trusts, while !
depositors claims are in the seventh
class.
LOST IN A LEBANON BANK.
Together with the claim was q paper
connecting Ramsey with Henry Seiter,i
the Lebanon, ILL.,, banker who failed SO
disastrously just after Ramsey's DEATH
This paper shows that the banking firm
of Henry Setter & Co. owed Ramseys
personally the sum of $243, 1852. The
first note was drawn Sept. 5, 1898, for,
drawn. The others ranged from $1,000
to $4,000 in amount. The last one was
drawn Oct 81, 1894, and was for $3,400. /
The first is written in the regular form
of the note, but the others are in the
form of due bills, with no date of ma
turity given. These notes and due bills,
were in tho treasury, together with his
own due bills, representing cash. There,
were also due bills from the Mapa Landi
company amounting to $4,4O0. These
three amounts make up the sum totall
which the bondsmen were obliged to
make good. In addition to the claim of
1868, ,539 so made by the bondsmen, claims
of merchants and farmers of Carlyle
and Iron counties have been filed in
the county court, the entire indebted
ness up TO date amounting to $468, ,27S.S5,
while the estate is probably not worth
over $2G0,000, including the estate Of
Setter, which can be held.