Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
TAYLOR WILL SETTLE
SO Ex-GOv. MELLETTE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA THINKS.

DAhAOIA AnANfAS.
He Arrives I'm Chicago to Hunt for
Taylor and Hold a Conferences
With Other Bondsmen-The Short
age Now laced at $37O,oOO.
Chicago, Jan. 15.-Ex-Gov. Arthur @.
Nellette has come down from South
Dakota on the supposition that the
d~efaulting state treasurer, w. w.
Taylor, may be In Chicago and anx-
ious to make a settlement. He Is in
terested to the extent OF n $4,000
bond in the location Of Taylor, and
to start action in the matter he called
q meeting OF the men who had guaran-
teed he ~trcasurer's honesty. d. II.
McChesDey OF New York, who was an
equal indorser with the ex-governor,
was the first to arrive, and several
days will be spent in a conference
over ways and means and an exam
nation into the exact condition of af-
fairs. The men from the North now
estimate the shortage at 1870 900,
which Is 100000 more than the bond.
II Is the opinion in Huron and Pierre
that Taylor will produce 5000, 600 as
cooA' "s liz 10 IDullu anu IL "lIllllSHcSS
to do this and remove the embarrass-
ment Of the present treasurer would
probably secure much lienency as to
the remaining $4,000. There are
seventeen men on the Taylor bond.
most of whom have been asked to
the conference.
at is a question row." said Mr..
Mellette, whether Mr.. Taylor is in
this country or Europe. There Is
much diversion of oDipioa. but / am
Of the opinion ne is here and may try
to make a settlement. He disposed Of
his Evanston and Chicago real estate
before he dropped from notice. This
Is taken both as a sign that he want
ed all the ready money possible for
his travels and that he was getting his
col'aterals into cash for a possible set
tlcment. There Is as yet no plan Of
action. but the indications are that
a settlement Is most desired. The
state needs money at once"
TT ylor's Tennessee ]sOtourn.
Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 15.-The police
deny any knowledge OF w. w. Taylor,
the ~absconding treasurer Of South Da-
kota. but there are not lacking people
who believe he Is In this section. The
lOllc" INK lTUil NllUtlplOu. lpDD., Il
small station on the Memphis &
Charleston railway. sixty miles east Of
here. has been received here:
"The defaulting treasurer Of South
Dakota. or a man answering very
closely his description. arrived here on
the night OF the 10th. lie was &C
~COmpanled by two other men who
kept a close watch upon him. never
nrrn ll1yrf,- hi,, 90 -@A .,4 " ut.
SIGHT md refusing 70 hold conversa-
ton with citizens. The men left dur
ing TIE night, but their destination Is
unknown. The authorities at Pierre,
s. D.. were notified and n telegram
wrs received from Chief of Police
Zinsmaster 10 hold the man"
Other Mon In Trouble.
Pierre. s. D.. Jan. ia Joint reso-
luton was presented In the house for
a committee Of five from the house
and three from tho senate to ~investi-
gate the affairs Of the ex- commissioner
ct school and public lands. Thomas
Fl. Ruth. The Investigation was
called out nv the fnct that Mr.. Ruth
refused until TOO late to send ont the
annual apDort'Onment due Nov. *.
although the lists hHd been prepared
7 WI llli'N' NV W. NNtIl'.ti 1pTNt VI W. IL
fec. The whole scheme Is considered
10 be a collusion with Taylor, the
| missing state treasurer. and the state
WI" lose ahort 500. mn.
The exact figures Of Taylor's short
arr. as given out to-day. are S367.-
! Oo3.S4. but Of this amount there his
| been located nearly $4,000. Of which
e-,rr 5000 has been received from
yo44o, g. raN,tv pYypinrtpn which,
letter was mailed at New York on the
9th inst.
Several weeks ago the grandAjury of
| BrrIe county returned an Indictment
| against Judge Kellam, of the supreme
| court. for receiving bank deposits af-
| ter his bank was known TO he insoi-
vent. Judge Patty was holding the
| cn-rt at the time. md ns the states
attorney stated there was no good
! grounds for the Indictment he referred
the waiter 10 Irdce Hanoy, Of that
| circuit. JUDGE Krl1Hm was notified of
the Indictment, ard ut once went to
! Chamberlain TO demand trial. He
mot I-drn Harov at Mitchell and
! asked Net the Jury he recalled and he
bn given an immediate trial. At
! Chamberlain he called upon the states
attorney. who IT once wrote an order
setting aside the Indictment and the
some was signed by Judge Haney.
The action grew ont Of the fact OF the
fai'rrn Of a bank Of which KelIam was
president, but the affairs OF which
propositionwere not under his manage
mert. he being in this city attending
70 his duties on the bench. He Is only
blamahln for allowing his name to
bn used by the hank and not paying
attention to its affairs.
Two Hundred Thousand.
Huron. s. D., Jan. 15.-NGembers Of
the legislature here to-day say no
proposition has yet been made by
Taylor's bondsmen looking to a COM
promise. although the matter is open
ly talked OF by legislators and state
officials. Ex-Gov. Mellette made no
investigation OF the matter while in
Pierre. and passed through here this
morning. going East. He has no au-
thority 70 make any propositions. and
Is ut a loss to know what course to
pursue. She conspiracy phase of the
4 matter is strongly denounced by some
and given credit by others, but II Is