Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-11

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May 20. Thereupon, on May "a, two
defenses were set up, one by Warren,
and the other by his bondsmen. The
Warren answer dwelt chiefly upon the
point that the statute of limitations was
a bar to the action; denied having com.
mitted any wrong or fraud, and alleged
that the cases named in the complaint
were tried before him for violations OF
the town of Hoquiam ordinances, ana
the defendants were fined, and the fines
paid into the city treasurer. i,
On Dec. /, the case came on for trial
and. after the testimony for the county
was taken, counsel for Warren moved for
non suit, on the grounds that the statute
of limitations barred the action, and
that the testimony failed to prove fraud
ulent or wrongful concealment. This
motion was sustained by the court, and
the case dismissed.
Since the foregoing was in type, we
have received the following letter, which
is self explanatory:
MoNTEsANo, WASH, OCTOBER 10, 1900.
Editor HERALD, Aberdeen, Wash. -.
DEAR 1R.-On October 9Th, the Vi
dette of this city, published an article in
relation to the charges which have been
made by republicans against their candi-
date for Auditor, Seth Warren. which
places the republicans opposing said War
rem in an entirely false light and the en-
tire article was framed in such manner
az to convey all entirely false impression
of the true facts. On behalf OF the said
republicans, OF which | am proud to
number myself as one, wrote reply to
the article and requested the Vidette to
publish the same, that the true facts in
the case might be known, and to show
that the republicans opposing MIR. War
rem had good grounds tor doing 80, and
we're not liars and falsefers.
The Vidette has refused to publish the
article, probably for the reason that
although the article to which this was an
answer was nut in by Seth Warren and
paid for, the republican central COM
mite have requested the facts sup
pressed.
Will you extend the courtesy Of your
columns that the truth may be shown.
w. H. BUSH.
TAKE OPPOSITION BASED ON HIS RECORD.
Editor V,dette I'm your last issue,
that OF October 9Th, you publish an arti
Gle, entitled, "Those Justice Fines"
which does an injustice to many republi'
cans Of this county, and which is go mis-.
leading in it's statements, as to demand
correction. Trusting to the well known
reputation OF the Vidette for fairness l
ask space in which to give the true facts
concerning the matter, brought into
question by the article above referred to,
that false Impressions conveyed by said
article may be removed and that COM
mon justice may he done the republicans
aimed at. .
In the early spring Of 1898, N. D. Nc
Killip, superintendent Of schools OF this
county, while investigating the records Of
justices Of this county, found that Seth
Warren, Justice Of the peace for Hoquiam
precinct, had never made any statement
to the School Superintendent OF fines col.
lected as such justice, and that he had
never paid over to the county treasurer
any money collected by him as justice OF
the peace.
MI. McKillip, in making his investiga-
tons OF Mr.. Warren's books was greatly
hampered, owing to the fact that one OF
Mr.. Warren's court dockets could not be
found. Mr.. Warren not being able to tell
where it had gone, and this prevented q
complete statement Of fines collected
from being made, AZ it could not be
known what cases had been tried during
the period covered by the missing docket.
After making up statement OF the
amount of moneys due the school fund OF
the county from Mr.. Warren, the super.
intendent wrote to the justice and called
his attention to the tact that his docket
showed that he had not paid over the
fines collected. Mr.. Warren replied stat.
ing that he had paid the fines to the
county treasurer. The superintendent
answered-after again carefully going
over the duplicate receipts in the treas.
urer's office,-that there was no record
OF Mr.. Warren's having ever paid over
any money, and again calling on him for
the money due to the school fund OF the
county. To this letter reply was re-
ceived, protesting that such long time
had elapsed that Mr.. Warren could not
remember Just what he had done, aud
that he thought that after the length Of
time which had elapsed, he should not
be called on to pay the amount claimed.
After the case was begun he claimed ne
had paid the money over to the city OF
Hoquiam, and threatened the superin'
tendent with q suit for damages, 1t he
did not stop troubling him.
The superintendent then turned the
matter over to the county attorney, who
made another investigation OF the matter,
he being also much bothered because
of the docket which could not be found
the result being that suit was commenced
against Seth Warren, and his bondsmen.
to collect the money claimed, a matter OF
$500, and also charging fraudulent con-
cealment.
The records OF the case, Cause No. 3l4l i,
In the superior court OF the county, show
that the case was commenced in March,
1898, and that it was tried in December
Of same year. That every dilatory mo.
ton possible was resorted to on the part
Of the defense to delay matters. Warren
claimed in his defense many things
among them that he had acted as justice
OF the peace for Hoquiam city, and not
for the county, or state, in the cases
where fines were imposed-but his de-
tense was filled with technicalities claims
that his bond was not executed within
six years Of the time Of action being COM
menced, that none Of the alleged breaches
of bond occurred within six years, that
none Of the fines 30 collected were col
lected within three years OF the. COM
msncement Of the action for their col
lection.
When the case came up for trial before