The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-04
THE JURY RETIRES


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J""s' herulrI urstn nus charge To the jury
10 ".u' % CLOCK. Tie said tine olsht eodH
disposed oil by the court had beei l's' H
Ion Tue mIuIia"uo" 90 Size J'rv. .N" a...
mas the poser l"@ II"i l.' d't"n."r.s ol 3D..
."' rh'Ia'' "r " H't IhrI At.lS oi Hn'
"''' era "Hn'er" ' i.r ni'nj' lie SAID .'
""u'a .ol it'Ie" al lHe evidence, but iiltI
would ne no excuse for the jury mot TO co..
Sidcr an oil II. Ihe minu'o7 had been req
~ lhe ,hl'I '.rfN ani lhrN should De rA
Hihlned by the J1ry Ter reference TO a,t .
They relate {" tNc petition for the approx
OF the @ utt 10 ere buildings al the aI..
house. These papers are in evidence. A.>'
Tine contract "i the General Electric LlsH.
ing comp ny, Tue hrst proposal havIIG Duv
sd aside because tie ag-reAate oil ali lie
bids OF Hay II, 1886, was moic than tns
COURT W@U'a allow to he expended.
1t appears i''lh the BOOKS "i tine Treasurer
i'tt S3,JOJ 90 a 3 1000 loan made July 70,
l'J', disappeared between the bank anna the
o. "rnrei $ "ii.c perhaps we ought not 81.
say al appeared, because tne evidence of OF.
ot the Wltne.se5 say The money gutt 70 al lie
ntnE Wa, delivered. iheh you have tic
evidence OF the ir,a-ur rs receipt ior $40
900 sven the commissioner on that uat'
Iht Judge referred tp the absence of tic
note of July 3, 1898, aud then referred to ti,r
sccoud $4,000 embe2z.emont OF june 8, 1885,
Ine difference between tho false resolution
OF June 9th, 1896, and the one accepted 10,
tine bank dated June sth, they first rscitU-
that notes 10 the amount Of S5O,0 J0 had bv..
renewed and the second That SO, 900 in uu..,
were renewed, and a new loan OF 5000 lad
been made. This 5000 also disappeared
making a total of $4,000.
Deputy Treasurer G. IL. Kline swore ,ha
neither 5000 was paid into the Treasurur 81
Office. He had written to the COMMISSIONS
calling their attention to a discrepancy H.
the annual reports.
Judge Bechtel reviewed the most impor-
tlut testimony in detail. The payment t.
Architect Hill of Sl6.25 in addition to tn
1000 contract, was dwelt upon rather
yerely by the Judge.
1t was lO:is when the Judge concluded us
review Of the testimony. He then cad over
the charges contained in the 81 counts
frequently referred to in the testimony
published III these columns, so that a repej
ton would not be entertaining.
lie said he did not understand the $1,000
charge TO mean that the Commissioners b~j
stolen 1t, although there is Some difference o.
opinion about it, but that they had been
careless. The act Of 1868 referring to th,
ulnE OF a statement OF the finances Of the
county, the acts relating to advertising ful
contracts, ana their submission to the c"u
Tor approval. The last act differs from tAC
preceding ones and being the latest is IN,
one ny when the Commissioners should
he governed The charge intImated that tn.
S1o,OOO LEFT out OF the financial sta'eme I
MED should have been included,
lie co"Id not say mat Ilerk Cornell Wa,
Treasurer after the Controller took his office,