The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-10

Joe DOMAIN ard w ". ueatoa IA carr
~. TIE crime % forgery. then anc Ter.
Ifeztcn IN Ki1x county. state = r-sstsr~-
10 os TIE list day % August. 1855 ther
@Is1 there being AMI Thsr Axc tnere viii
s..eas kso~ lnsl Falsely. f.agdassEtiT
ssnl2wfgliy and fsicrss1sly utter ard pub
III - - srue - TIE county OK KGng n
The STATE ~ Washington. tie ssfa coelrfv
% King being then ard there a fscdy ssor-
porase OF TIE SAID STATE o. wsssstrs sfnr
ana % tue duly elected. cuahned ara
aetln9 board Of county e0srEzgtzs,sg-se-r fr
Siid Tor sad county % King. aad 70 Fred
1Ascfa. fks Chairman, duly s4Aes@E enf
4ctinE A. ssica % said board % eouaty
eSfAffissl S1eFs. certain SefaceA altered
false and forged writing OF rzrsr VA
sAsne seiag an lElstFGne1s in writing or
esder orewn OF the county q kIns sfzss
q eHsntn2toa, and - road di~rrsot No.
y Of said county. said order beng No =
5eflsA 9 u being drawn Ia favor o. Jos
Ascntan for the sum OF go lawful money
q the United States said oraer rsprewsr,t-
INK or pgrportfrg 70 represent twenty
1AFe WaFk a. the rate % s. per 4ay ard
sof woFk parporilng . be done ~ tie
seid Joe DOMAIN for said read district No
= end al over said road d.strics No IL
TIE said joe Donlan and w n Heatoa
theR ard tnsre vel krew the said lnssrr4-
a@af u Writing or order aforesaid 70 ia
fstss ard foTgFd. and the same Eas taen
anc there - altered by tho atd Joe Dom
ian and W. y. Hsaton. win The UNDER
standtng and intent then and fhare 70 de-
fraud the county q, Rirr a. me state -
Washington. the said county ~ Elna BE-
ms nSey polite aDc corDcrste OF the
state OF Washington as aforesaid
contrary 10 the form OF rhe statute IN
sacn cases made and provided aud
agatnsf TIE peace and dignity % TIE state
o. NaEhirg ton."
The othar complaint charges them with
causing the county auditor 20 ISSUE a false
gArrant. numbered s.ss7 on july Z. Iss6 IN
favor OF Donlan, for services alleged %
have been performed
When the news OF the arrests became
known about town there was scarcely any
thing else talked OF. The ez-con mission
sr's public lie sas hashed and rehsshed,
the wise ones locking xise and ineulgsnx in
= told you So ard i vas expecting it,
etc
From an attorney pho claims 10 have
had conversations wf:h q number OF peo-
pie from the ex-cornuaigsionar'x district Il
Is learned that the latter employed differ
eflf methods in rauictlny The county and
negotiating loans from road supervisors.
To some OF them. II is said he wou1d suy-
ssst charging a certain amount for work
performed on roads. and whsn they would
send the warrants IA. Allied out and signed.
he would borrow the money on the pretsnse
OF having great family troubles. This is
foreign 30 the case az Issue, bat is only
given as an instance Of the things he -
said 70 have done IN order 20 secure money.
AAOt+sof htttAr4 cGAcNke A4& 10 AEt super
visors 20 sign blank forms. which could 10
filled in IN any amount the commissioner
wished. These are only supposltions. and
but little reliability is placed on them by
the prosecutors.
What they do maintain, though. ana what
they expect 20 prove beyond the peradvent-
urs OF 6o8ot. IL that money was secured
from the county for work that was never
performed. This IL quite feasible. when the
procedure IN passing on these warrants is
known The commissioner receives tho
warrants and statement Of work perform
e6. which he o. ks ard passes 70 the pres
ident OF the board 20 sign Being the rep
ressntativs OF certain district. he IL sup
posed 10 know what work 10 being done.
ard on his Endorsement alone the president
sffxes his name 20 the warrant without
question. IL can easily be seen how
a tremendous steal can thus "a
made. especially IN outside districts.
Prosecuting Attorney NcElroy and
his assistant. John Hart. are hard a; work
gathering evidence In the cases and prom
leo 10 90 into court loaded for bear They
feel satisfied that the county has been rsb-
Bad OF money. some ~ which II lie possible
20 recover. In some cases where supervIs-
ors had no criminal intention OF doing
wrong. but acted only through ignorance,
ard possibly fear. an effort viii be made
20 recover.