The record-union., 1896-01-16
IT MAY YET HAVE A LIBEL SUIT.
win Gregory Ask the "CaIl" to Prove
Its Charges7
His Books and Vouchers Account for
Every Dollar of the River Inn
provement Fund.

Frank Gregory has made statement
in regard to the charge made in San
Francisco morning paper to the
effect that his brother Eugene
J. Gregory, was defaulter to the
River Improvement Convention and
that a shortage of its funds had been
discovered.
He says that he yesterday sent a tele-
gram to Secretary ]. M. Gleaves, in
forming him that the funds Of the asso-
citation were in this city, subject to
draft by it. His brother, he says left
here on October 1, 1894, since which
time no money has been received or
draft made on the funds. All the money
of the association was paid on drafts
here, and paid at all times at the store
of Gregory Bros. during the absence of
Eugene in San Francisco, while he was
acting as one of the managers of the
Midwinter Fair.
Further than that, all the money was
paid out on the orders of the Chairman
of the association, and vouchers are on
hand to show how it was expended, and
not one dollar was ever expended by E.
J Gregory. He says that the statement
published in the Call" was one of the
most infamous outrages ever perpe-
trated on any citizen, as a cursory ex-
animation of the books and accounts
will show. The accounts in his posses
sion, he states, show that Senator
Gleaves, William Johnston and A. H.
Rose received large portions of the
money paid in by counties in making
trips to the East.
The telegraphic news from San Fran
cisco yesterday announces that prior to
the meeting of the convention there yes
terday the Executive Committee met
in executive session and discussed the
publication of the article and Senator
Gleaves denied the interview in which
he was quoted regarding the alleged
shortage.
William Johnston, who had been ap-
pointed a special committee to investi-
gate, reported that the discrepancy be-
tween the accounts in Gregory's books
and the associations accounts was only
S133
OF this, $50 was now in bank to the
credit of the association, and of the re-
naming S63, Mr.. Johnston thought
much had probably been expended since
the last meeting for expressage and
other necessary charges of the associa-
ton, for which vouchers had not yet
been filed by Mr.. Gregory.
The books of E. J. Gregory are here,
in the hands of his brother Frank,
and show that while acting as Treas
urer, he received from the various coun-
ties belonging to the River Improve
nent Association various sums amount
ing in all to So, ,1S7 T3. His vouchers on
hand show that he paid out, principally
to members who travelled, SO, 137 33 in
all, leaving a balance of $50 40 to the
credit of the association. They show
also that at different times he advanced
for the use Of the association sums of
800 and more, over and above the
funds which were in his hands belong
ing to its treasury.
Frank Gregory says that he intends
to give the Call" an opportunity to
prove the truth of its charges, and has
telegraphed East to his brother to come
home as soon as possible. He has ala
ready placed the matter in the hands of
Armstrong & Bruner, the attorneys for
Gregory Bros.