The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
THOMPsON's
Why the @1,25O Was avn Ten
der of Funds to Cover Discrepancies.

Mr.. Thompson's statement filed with the
auditor and attorney general, with a copy
filed with the Governor, was as follows:
Il desire to submit to you. sitting at
the request of the Governor to examine into
the truth of certain charges against my
administration of the office of state Stats
tician, preferred by John Worrell, the fol-
owing statement:
When / entered upon my first term of
office l found hat my predecessor. William
A. Peelle. had within the first twenty days
of the fiscal year drawn from the appro-
priation for that year the sum of 81. 4S7. 90.
IL was evident from the face of matters
that this money had been drawn from the
expenditures OF the previous year. This
matter was duly reported TO the attorney
general and to the Governor, ana L in some
way received the impression. though doubt
less an erroneous one, that il was legiti-
mate to apply the appropriation made for
one year TO the expenses OF the office of
another year.
when L took possession of the office l
found no books whatever showing receipts
and disbursements OF the office. and that
the State had not furnished books for such
purpose.
II further found that the practice be-
tween that office and the auditor of state
had not been for the state statistician to
present vouchers of his disbursements when
he procured his warrants from the auditor
of state therefor. and that such warrants
were issued upon statements made by the
state statistician In gross and without de-
tails. For q Few months 1 made out my
statements to the auditor of state i'm detail.
as have been exhibited To YOU from the
auditor of states Office. Thereafter, during
the first fiscal year, L kept i'm my office an
tented statement of the expenses for each
month and made'a statement 10 the audi
tor in gross. These held i'm my
office for each OF the remaining months.
save for October, have been presented TO
you and are herewith submitted. There
was a similar statement for the month of
October, and all these statements, I have
always supposed. were together. until 1
came to search for them at the time these
gent search for the same and have not been
able TO find IL.
THE BOOK WORRELL TOOK.
sion shows conclusively that in my alb
sence from the office. and without my
knowledge. papers of my desk were by MIR.
WorreIl withdrawn from my desk and from
my office.
During the fiscal year beginning Nov. l,
1895. during the months l kept my disburse-
raents upon slips. as before. but at the
end of the month entered them upon q
book kept for that purpose. which was
also kept in my desk. / never discovered
it's absence until these charges were pre-
ferred, at which time and since l have
made diligent search for IL and cannot
find IL.
II take II that up 10 the month of Oc-
tOber. 1855. the statements produced satisfy
you that the moneys drawn were in every
regard faithfully and honestly applied. and
that / need not go back of thai date.
In the absence of the statement for the
month of October. 1895. and the book re-
ferred 10. IL is absolutely impossible for
me at this time and at once TO present a