The Portland daily press., 1901-02-27
HeKEEN on RACK.


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meetings were held before and since Mr..
MoKesn has been secretary until last
year.
"In January, 1896, L lind that you have
deposited in Augusta 81. .los.4O," said MT.
Heseltine. "what was thatP'
THAT was the stipend for the state
agricultural societies. This was the only
year drew it."
"You deposited the funds of the state
with your personal depositsa"
| al did"
'And you drew against that as b.
Walker McKeen, secretary, for your per-
sonal expenses as well as for state ex-
pensssf''
~ did"
Mr.. Heseitine asked about interest
aocruing on the deposit. "And have you
accounted TO the state for that interestS'
al don't think have"
"And generally have you accounted for
such Interest"
81 don't think l have"
'Did you pay the stipsnds to the So
oieties at onoefi
Mr.. MoKeen replied that be thought he
haa not in all cases. he thought these
were due to negligence.
MIR. McKeen was then asked about the
stipends OF the societies In 1885 and
the delay in paying them.
''Was the check for the Oxford county
association included in the S7l0O you
drew"
Eyes; sir.''
"Some were not paid for months.''
"Yes, sir"
"whyr"
''I have already stated that the money
was all there ana was using 1t for vari-
GUS purposes
| "For your own private purposesf"
81 presume SO; my money was thsrs.
too.''
Had any member Of the Oxford sooie-
ty urged you to make prompt paymentS'
"I think not"
lyon would not dispute them If they
said they didS'
| "Oh; no.'
"Wsre these same factsltrue In regard to
the Sagadahoo society In that years''
81 presume So"
/
MIR. Heselsine in regard to t he stipend
OF the state Pomological society which
he drew from the state treasury In 1895.
The examination on this point WAS as
follows:
"when did you pay the Pomologioal
societyg"
''.rhe last OF that was not paid until
September OF the same year"
"You drew It in May ana held itg"
Ehe last Of It was paid In September
of q VI"
"WY t you pay It befoIef"
"WeiN by an unfortunate arrangement
which l am ready to admit was not q
proper thing for a man to keep his own
personal expense account with the other,
1 paid the bills as they came along, and
it was all finally paid.
"And you paid this out for other
affairs, either OF 'he institute or OF your
own personal affairs?"
81 presume SO f''
"It might have been used for personal
affairsG';
lit might have, but was probably for
institute work?''
"Did ths mem bers OF the Pomological
society urge you to pay them before you
did pay themf'
81 think so.''
And you have no other excuse to
offer than that you had used the funds
and could not pay them.
"WelI, l presume that is the only thing
that could be said in that Connection
"How did you pay the Pathological
society's money, in what amountsH
All at one timer
"No, SIR"
lin how many different paymentsP"
II don remember"
1.-The amount was S1O00?
"Yes. SIR"
"Examine these checks ami see II they
cover that amountr'
"They do, yes, sir"
'Were these checks given in payment
of the amount that was due?'
Yes
"And the dates suppose are substan-
TALLY correotY'
"They arei''
"You then paid the secretary, Mr.
WhesIer, slU), in May l5, 1896. s40O in
August, 1896. and $500 in September.
1852"
"Yes, SIR"
"At any time did they write you urging
speedy payment, members Of the sooietyf'
81 won't say that they did not. 1t is
possible that they did,
Did you at that time state to any men,
bers of the society that you had not
drawn this stipendF'
II don't think L did. L have no rsool-
lection OF it.''
"Did you state to them in substance
that thsre was a storm and that the
council did not meet and that you
could not get the money!"
~ don't remember
"You would not say that you did
notY'
"No, sir.