The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-17

ard simplify Ire entries ard COLLECTIONS %
tne SANE. and fha. the two charg-s abcvs
nsuset were intended 10 cover ali costs -
far as the afstioE was concerned In the su-
perso- court.
Marriage Certificates
Exhibit y covers the ground Of mar
rage certificates. Expert Dam says srSs
the records os the clerks Office show that
7.s1s licenses were REGARDED, while TIE
Office collected fees for bat 21ae This e.
true. fTne fees for marriage LICENCES ass
81 diskct into the county treasury him.
while Nhe ether dollar Is TO psy sar
recording the certificate when II reaches
the clerks office. This fee OF = liz always
paid 10 the clerk Prior To Mr. Gcrdoa's
taking cfssce the auditor Paid the whole
81 derived Into the county treasury him
SELF, After having been In ofsce scraa
tine Mr. Gorson discovered that his OK
Zee was entitled TO be credited with earn
Ing the 81 paid on marriage licenses. ard
insisted that the auditor gay tht= snoun.
over 10 him every time license nas So
sued. This was done hsit not upsE after
a number OF LICENCES had been recorded
the fees Of which were paid Ia ty the
auditor 70 the treasurer, and credited ~
the auditors Office and not 20 the c2ersz's.
This explains an apparent discrepancy
Other Exhibfts.
Exhibit r coveres admissions to the
bar not paid for. and a deficit at So Ia
charged here. being &c for four persons
named OF these. c. r. paiSe's payment
Of S. Is shown on cash book 6. page ia,
overlooked by the expert. and the ssher
three, W. =. W.bors, E r. Brady and
John c. Murphy. were admitted TO the
bar In other counties In the state. and
simply signed the roll of attorneys here,
they had a right 70 do without pay
Ing any fee
Exhibit q covers a matter OF 30 under
the head OF Orders for fees Glsd bu. not
paid for" Here the expert was guilty OF
gross carelesEness. for the very fees
which he charges were not paid were, In
fact. paid. ard the payments are all on
the records which he examined The
amounts are petty. bur the principle IS
the same. He says the Security Savings
bank fiIes! four orders the fee for filtrs
which was 10 cents. This payment Is
recorded in cash book 9. page 6. Tie
same with r. W. Kruger. 10 cents. recorded
in cash book 8. page ls5. Il. G. Crawford.
10 cents. cash book I. page g. AMI SO on
down the entire list.
In EXHIBIT. II. Transcripts and copies
of miscellaneous papers Issued. but not ac-
counted for" Mr. Gordon IL charged with
"a shortage Of xsf.n5. This is another IN
STAGE OF gross careieSsness upon the
part OF the expert. Taking simply the
larger amount from his exhibit he
charges that in case No ]. 1877 transcript
was made. amounting to sis.5o. This pay
p,ent Is recorded Ina cash book g. page s.
80 Tith case No. II .sss sif.5o: the payment
fof which apr 1rs In cash book 10, page
10. Case No. 1881. $3.50, payment in
cash book Ii, page 81. II Is difficult To TN
derstaad how Mr.. Dam could have slight
ed his work In such 3 crude manner az
this
hand January II 1897. Deficiencies are al
legged In the following eases No. 17.les.
1is.ai: No. a0.Is. tss0: Nc. 70 2oe, $i3.1s:
No. s.ss. san. No. % ST.. ss473; No. %.
go. 80 9s These are amounts supposed
to he due Iitsgants from money collected
by the sheriff on executions placed ia his
hands. Not one dollar OF this money ever
passed through the clerks ONCE. The re-
turns are on sales OF personal property By
the sheriff. and In every case the sheriff
settled directly with the attorneys 1t
would be hard to convince any reasonable
man that attorneys had this money COM
Ing 10 them in the hands OF the clerk and
faiIe. TO cal; for H. There Is one other
item under this head: this is the amount
OF s. In case No. Is, So This amount as
a matter of fact was In Mr. Gordon.s state
riefit 10 Holloway. was paid to Holloway.
and the item checked of by Expert Dam
himself at the time. It simply was char
arteTsstic blunder with which TO wind up
q report repiete with them.
After going over the experts report Mr.
Gordon says he challenges any person TO
find anywhere In the records Of his Office a
case where one single dollar OF public
money has been Incorporated or re-
mains unaecounted for In his statement
and settlements. That some minor cieri-
cal errors may appear. Is OF course. prob
able. In an Office employing fifteen clerks
II would be singular II In the course OF
four years some slight errors did not
make their appearance.