Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-11
The vlOETTE EXPLAINS.
ludpe Warren's Trouble With the
county.
RELATED EXPLANATION.
Tho vidette Garb1es the letter OF NC
Killip, and Refuses to Publish the
Record Of the Disgraceful AFFAIR.
A Self-Explanatory Letter From
Republican Authority.


A self.Explanatory Letter From
Republican Authority.
Some people in the county have been
asserting that Seth Warren, the republic
can candidate for county auditor, while
Justice of the peace in Hoquiam precinct,
assessed certain fines, collected same and
pocketed the money. In 1898 suit was
brought at the request of MIR. Mckillip,
Superintendent of schools, by Chehalis
county against Mr.. Warren to collect
those fines for the benefit of the public
schools. Upon technicality the court
decided the case in favor of Mr.. Warren
and it is being asserted that he was afraid
to allow the case to be tried upon it's
merits. But Mr.. Warren has not now
and never has had any thing concealed
about that matter. He collected the fines
in question and believing they belonged
to the town of Hoquiam following the
general practice of justices in the county,
he paid every dollar of the money to the
town of Hoquiam and has the receipts of
the clerk of that town for such payment.
The suit in question was brought for the
purpose of determining whether the
money legally belonged to the town or
the county.
The present democratic superintendent
not being willing to stand by and see
these wholly malicious and unfounded
charges made against even republican,
has made the following statement which
should forever set the matter at rest.
The statement is as follows:
Montesano, Oct. 4, 1900.
l, N. D. McKillip, superintendent OF
common schools, Chehalis county, WASH
ington, do hereby certify that the suit
brought by me against Seth Warren as
Justice of the peace in the year 1898 was
only civil suit to recover for the county
certain fines collected by him as such
Justice said fines having been paid by
him into the city treasury of the town of
Hoquiam, as shown by certified copies of
the statements filed by said Seth Warren,
accompanied by the original receipts:
It was believed by me that said fines
belonged to the county and that he had
paid the money to the wrong parties.
Supt. Common Schools.
The foregoing article, including the
letter, is from the Montesano Vidette Of
last week, and is reproduced for the
purpose of making public all the facts in
this case, now that Mr.. Warren's friends
have seen fit to give it newspaper publ
cation. In view Of the statements of the
matter made to the editor of this paper
by Superintendent McKillip at the time
the suit against Warren was instituted,
the letter occasioned US some surprise,
until informed by Mr.. McKillip, while
he was in town Monday, that-in keep
ing with its old tricks-the Vidette had
garbled his letter, and made him say
that which he did not write, or mean.
Prior to the bringing of the suit Supt.
McKillip talked the affair over repeated
ly with the writer, and at no time did
he convey the impression that the fines
had been paid by Warren Ito the wrong
parties" or anyone else. On the con-
trary he informed us that Mr.. Warren
had attempted to account for the money
by producing some alleged receipts, but
that the receipts were utterly useless for
the purpose, for the reason that they
were undated, and were for amounts
that in no case correspondent with the
amounts for the recovery Of which the
suit was brought. McKillip always said
he was disinclined to bring the action
that he hadSgiven Warren every chance
to show an honest disposition of the
money, and this he appeared to be wholly
unable to do, thereupon the suit was
filed.
However, we will not argue the case.
We shall merely submit the record, as
shown by the files Of the superior court,
and permit the public to decide its
merits:
On March ~, 1898, ON information Of
the county superintendent, the county
attorney filed a complaint against Seth
Warren, and his bondsmen, alleging that
as justice Of the peace Warren had col
lected fines in five state cases, amount
ing to 1856; that he failed to report those
collections to the proper officer, and that
he wrongfully and fraudulently concealed
the same, between January 1891 and
January 1893, and prayed for judgment
in favor of the county for that sum, with
interest from Jan. 1893, and costs.
On April 6, Warren, by his attorney,
filed a motion against the complaint
This motion was argued and denied, April
%, and defendant given days to further
plead, to which ruling the defendant
excepted. On May 3, defendant de-
INJURED to the complaint, and set forth
seven reasons why the action should be
dismissed, the chief point Of which was
"Fecause the action has not been COM