The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-12

nttonpt q Mave Oee1aSea 1nvaha
ooooyooo - Taeeaa's Paper.
RncomA. New. u.-npscisl. 1.-The Nurry
ln3unctien eAse wes up before Judge
N(ajlcup today. George Med. Arkiey.
Uho w Tor four years deputy city
oomptroIler. ard Who carries in his head
. e6unnieto hastou Of the city's financial
o1aass fog Dist period, was on the Wit
49, start III day. From the questions
1kof 800 ut 70 the witness by Attorney
Ieo. sopeenenting Plaintiff Aurry. u In
Anuarent that the latter aims 70 have the
ooart dAo,aro invalid all Of the outstAnd-
0n9 WnrYonts. amounting TO over @D.o0e.
= the osoupd that they were Issued
Nhsa ths city Was beyond ~ constitu-
~ Yost-r ntellsxsnoers readers are
Raul1lax W1sh thu history Of the s'Boggs
varFnnta.w Into the transactions In war
renks Whleh constituted Bogss CHIEF oc-
5 nRsnae aoo Aurln9 his last term. Attorney
~ ond the court are dstving deep. No
new facts Of importance have been de-
Veioped. although great stress - laid In
into the case of . oopyirlg book kept BY
Doges. into which the numbers Of large
nuHbof q ths warrants which he bought
0oea oousoA. together with their amounts
ana The date at their Endorsement ~ I'M
rad Ter vent oe funds. Time and again
e has bean puhltahad that Boggs bought
eoShoA e redeemed out Of the order OF
ekolr tnue. whichever It may DO called.
theusaads q dollars worth Of general
fund warrants. During the last six
monthe of Boags' administration the
Hoot-lntolligeneor exposed the unlawful
character OF his aDts In connection with
ehe warrants. while the local papers re-
mained silent In the matter. There have
been ample rscords and testimony at the
disposal Of the city authorities to deter
mine about how many OF those warrants
we're handled By Hogga with city funds.
For All excopt &so.00o worth tho city re-
ceived value from the banks and brokers
with whom Boggs did business IL has
hsen proven that until the fall OF isss the
city drew out OF the banks In which
Doerp had deposited many Of tho war
rants an amount more than equal to the
depoaits Of warrAnta- But In the Bank
q Tacoma. the State Savings bank and
A the 0erman-American Savings bank
Boega Deposited between % and $50
o0O Of general fund warrants for which
the city has received practically nothing
The COMMITTEES OF nftcen. which wen,
ever all this ground. with the purpose OF
determining juat what warrants were le-
raj and should bs paid. found evidence
that would apparently invatidate $40. Ga
worth Of the warrants Among other re-
cords. the COMMITTEES found the copyins
IS
Chairman Norton and other members o.
the COMMITTEES. The city officials knew
Of its existence. hut the matter had ne,
been given = great amount OF publicity
until yesterday.
Plaintiff Murry II attacking the refund.
ing plan from two points. first. on tbs
ground that all of tho warrants attempt.
ID 70 be funded were issued when the elty
Was beyond It's constitutional limit: sec.
eudiy. on the ground that they had al
been once paid by BoxEs with city funds
and therefor ara no longer an obiigatios
against the municipality.
The city authorities are resisting ,hs
action. on the ground that. with the ex.
ccption Of the warrants deposited In the
banks that have since failed and fe,
which the city received no value. amount
lng To hatween san 90 ana saoo go the cit,
has received value for the warrants -
cold or deposited. aud Is therefore bouns
IN Law TO acknowledges ard pay the ohls,
cation. The city also asserts that n
View Of the decision % the supreme court
In the Hopkfnn case. from Thgrstou conn.
~ the warrants were an issued ~fthts
the ltmit. In this decision IL was heFa ana
unsolicited taxes and cash en- hand wers
assets Of . municipal corporation araIns,
which indebtadness could he eornnotssa
Ths case r. full OF legal questions OF tns
mest intricate character. 1t viii be de-
cided by tbs supreme court before Their.
are tangible results from the suis.