The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-13

tainly so or more could not be required
to furnish water for the jury; their board
was provided for in other certificates.
Section So of the compiled laws Of the
/ Cherokee nation Of 1892 providing:
-Sheriffs. when an arrest shall be made
Of a person charged with a felony, the
prisoner shoH be securely guarded until
convicted or acquitted, etc. has been re
pealed by the national council. neverthe-
less, since by its repeal hundreds Of dol
lars in a single case Of an arrest and de-
tention of a prisoner has been reported
BY sheriffs and certificates issued there
for by the clerks, passed the Inspection
Of the auditor, committee on claims and
been made into warrants.
The issuing Of such certificates, in the
opinion Of your commission. is unwar-
wanted BY law. These are some of the
Irregularities that appear, but unfortun-
ately for the Cherokee nation all these
unlawful and irregular certificates have
been destroyed and there remains no evil
dence by which this commission has been
enabled to determine what warrant or
warrants were issued therefor.
with reference to the breaking into
the office Of the auditor and taking there
from a large amount Of certificates, the
evidence which your commission has been
able TO obtain tends to show that said
office was unlawfully entered and that
a large amount Of certificates was either
destroyed by fire or stolen away.
THAT between Saturday afternoon Of
December 2, and Monday morning. De
cember 4, 1893. there were three entries
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the knowledge or consent of the commit
tee on claims or the incoming auditor.
Those items are;
A. Chandler ..........................S cor 90
A. Markham ........-.....,-.......... 1900
W. Hastings .......................... L73l-00
A. A TAYLOR, in his testimony, admits
making these entries
The testimony of T. NJ Knight, page
3; r. B. Stan. pages IS and 40; Stephen
Peak, pages a and Is, Of the evidence
herewith submitted, tends to show that
these items were made and the missing
certificates burned at the time referred to
above, and that A A. Taylor was in the
Office on o8Inday morning, December 4, /
1885, before business hours, had FIRE in
the stove and the room warmed.
1.-THE testimony Of e. N Washbourn,
ages "A and Is inclusive of the evidence, /
in the Onion Of your commission, ex-
plains one Of the methods used by the
auditor in his specula tons in certifi- /
Gates. Mr.. Washbourn says that Nos
A. 10 and Is Of national certificates of
Delaware district, issued June 30 1898, for
IS each, were audited by himself through /
the regular process and afterward he
Identities them in circulation without any
sign Of cancellation upon their face. This !
would indicate that these certificates. in |
stead Of being cancelled and burned in
the presence of the senate, as the law d. /
reefs, were put into circulation again by
the auditor.
"The testimony Of Waddie Hudson, /
pages 60 and 81 Of the evidence herewith /
submitted, Identifies certain forms of /
blanks. furnished by him to the Cherokee |
nation for the issuance Of certificates, /
which blanks Mr. Hudson says, were /
printed September %. 1897, and January !, /
1873 Many Of these same blanks bearing !
prior dates have been used by Mr. Trip /
lett as clerk Of the Tahlelush district for |
the Issuance Of certificates. Mr.. Triplett /
was then out Of Office, having retired in /
the spring Of 1897. Mr. Trplett's signature /
Of these certificates Is identified by Mr.. I
Hudson and also by J. c. Dannenberg.
We find that according to Mr.. Tay-
lor's testimony, as late as in the fan of
1899 Mr.. Triplett presented certificates for
which upon their face ap- /
peared recently issued and upon invesu- /
gation were found to be duplicates. (See /
A. a Taylors testimony, page I'd
cit appears from the testimony that all
Of these large claims that are now pend
ing the action Of the senate are based
upon national certificates purchased from
A. a, Taylor; we therefore think it adj
visable that action upon all claims now
pending with the exception Of those re-
ferred to in the testimony Of J. r. Hast
mgs, chairman Of the COMMITTEES on
claims. be deferred until satisfactory evil
dence Is shown as to their merit
we further recommend that the United
States Indian agent be asked to defer
payment Of the following national war
rants: No. E 79 issued to T. w. Triplett
for $50, No B so, issued to T. ". Trip
lett for 81, 100; No. 3 81, issued to W. H.
Gulager for 81 20; No. 3 50. issued to w
NJ Gulager fol. 9, $50; total, 1882
And that the national council. when it
in regular session in November
abolish the office Of auditor of public &C
counts, and that the records be placed in
the custody of the executive department
Of the Cherokee nation. Respectfully sub
mitted c. V. ROGERS.
WILSON O. BRUTON,
commissioners.
Approved:
81 W. ZEVELY. Special Inspector"
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