The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-01
MAY BE MUCH MORE
DORIAN GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF
ALL DOUBT IN EXAMINATION.


Thought Not to Relieve Him-Item.
Given in Illustration of How the Short
age Might be Much Greater Than 4,
Shown by the Record-H. e. Patterson
Thinks the second Term May Show VI
Better.
AS soon as the statement Of Doran':
shortage was announced in yesterday
mornings Eagle, Charles w Miles, who
is one of the bondsmen, went to j. w
Carnahan, register OF deeds, and had
three quarter sections Of land transfer
red from his own name 10 his wife.
This action on the part of some OF the
bondsmen was expected by the commits
sioners and an effort was made to keep
the report a secret until the whole thing
was finished and notice Of suit against
the bondsmen was filed. The bondsmen
OF the first term were notified yesterday
and suit will be filed by County Attorney
Amidon this morning, and it is the opin-
ion of all the lawyers seen yesterday
that the transfer Of property does not
relieve it from the responsibility of the
shortage. It is claimed that the property
he had when the liability was contract
ed and notice of suit was sent him can
be taken, except of course, the exemp-
ton allowed under the laws of Kansas
TO all men Of family.
Speaking OF the shortage yesterday,
II. E. Patterson said:
"In my figures on the books Of the first
two years I have given Mr.. Doran the
advantage of all doubts. I have put in
nothing that is not absolutely certain.
There is a possibility that the second
term will show up better. There are no
checks upon treasurers of Kansas coun-
ties and some times they take out a
thousand or two or three, or maybe
twenty thousand dollars for use and re-
turn it in the second term. 1t is some
times loaned out to personal friends,
some times put into enterprises and used
for while and then returned. 1t may
be so in this case but, of course, 1 can't
tell yet. When l checked out the books
of Doniphan county 1 found the first
term short $4,000, which the county
treasurer admitted he had blown in on
the board of trade in Chicago. In the
second term he got together all he
could and paid back $1,000
Mr. Doran has the advantage for more
than $4,000 in certificates of errors dur
ing mis- first term besides number of
smaller items.
Some do not believe the shortage is as
great as reported, while a great many
believe that it is really much larger
than can be shown by the records For
instance. In 1895 a gentleman by the
name OF Hall came in and paid his taxes
amounting TO S25 on the southwest quar-
ter OF section "a. %. 2 ", in Eagle town.
ship, near Bentley. The receipt was
marked INV IA of section "a" which
would refer to a place owned by c. G..
Sauer. Soon after Mr.. Hall died and in
the course of time the place was from
Mrs. Nancy Hall for taxes She produc-
ed her certificate and was allowed to re-
deem the place.
1t appears also that there was no tax
credited to the Sauer farm though the
following letter would seem to indicate
that it was paid:
''Sedgwick City, Aug. %.
IN. J. Lloyd, Wichita, Kan, Dear Sir:
have yours of August %, in which you
call attention to 1895 tax on the NV IA
"a, %. . ". In turning back 10 our men,
oranda Of taxes paid discover that we
wrote Draft No. 40l1, Dec. Both, 1895, on
Hanover National bank in the sum OF
S5139 in payments OF following taxes:
JOS. Hammelton ,sw IS, %, W, S133S;
G. G.. Sauer. NV "A. %, W. rebate o..
1851; H. Blinn, NV 20. %, W. SO OF,
TO Sedgwick City, 81 cents; r. W. Hill,
lots 16. IS. 20, "a, Parmenter's I'd add to
Wichita, s1.64.
Then on memoranda there is marked
s cents short and draft changed to
s51.39. l presume the cents was a
shortage Of previous remittance, but
can't tell. I now hand you the draft
mentioned with Endorsement, and
trust you will find 1 am correct and
taxes paid, but as l do not own the land
acted as agent in the payment of the
taxes, 1 sent the receipt away, therefore
CdIlIioI reproduce II, out IL Is my OplN-
ion that you can trace the matter up
and that it will prove that tax has been
paid, which our records show very clear
iy. R. W. HALL"
From this il would appear that both
tax payments were misappropriated, or
at least no account was kept.
The draft is sent along with the above
letter and is Endorsed John A Doran II
is on the Hanover National bank. and is
cancelled and returned 70 the Sedgwick
bank as paid.
This is similar 70 the number Of small
items above referred TO, which are not
in Mr.. Patterson's report for the
reason that this money was not charged
on the books.
Again. more than 81 600 paving tax due
in 1893 was not paid and was not charg-
- 20 the county treasurer by the clerk