The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-13
SURPRISE IN HARVEY CASE.
City Now Alleges Shortage of $43,-
900 in Ex-Treasurer's Accounts.

lily NOW Al1eEe& ShOENdEc VI Pfos-
900 in Ex-TreasuTer's Accounts.
Brunswick. Ca, July ia big surprise
has been sprung in the civil suit now
pending against former City Treasurer
Harvey, his property now held in trust
by order of the court, and the u.
s. Fidelity and Guaranty Company,
which was on his bond for several years,
and the nature OF this surprise is calcu-
lated to take the breath away from all
interested 10 the case when they learn
of it through these dispatches. Briefly
stated, the city. through It's attorneys,
Messrs Kay & Twitty, have filed an
amendment to their original petition, in
which they now allege that the former
treasurer is short over $4,000 in his ac-
counts, instead of the $2l,OO0 the original
petition shows.
Coming just at this tuncture and in
view of the many peculiar phases con-
nected with both the criminal as well as
the civil suits in this case the amend
ment is destined to be productive of more
talk perhaps than was the original Pc
tition The amendment was filed late
yesterday afternoon and attorneys for
the bond company and Mr.. Harvey were
Immediately furnished a copy OF 1t.
Judge Whitfield. on behalf of his eli
ents, the bond company, Immediately
wrote Judge Bishop at Eastman and ad-
vised him of the new status of the case,
and requested time to make answer to
the amendmnt Judge Bishop wired At
torney Whitfield that they would have
ten days time and this extension win
be taken advantage of.
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siding for Judge Sparks. disqualified, N
City Court. heard arguments on behalf
Of the bond company by Attorney Whit
field and on behalf of the former treas
urer by Attorneys Brantley, Atkinson
and Franklin, in which they set forth
their objections to the original petition
filed by the city's representatives. Judge
Bishop reserved his decision until Satur-
day, the 18th ult., when he is to have
sent it down from his Eastman home.
The filing of this amendment had the
effect of off-setting that prospective deci-
sion and it will be held up until the ten
days extension expires and arguments on
the amendment have been heard. The
amendment includes a bill of particulars
in which statement OF the alleged short
age is given and taken altogether it is an
interesting document.
The legal fight over the amendment will
bring out some fine points Of law, as in
the amendment the citys attorneys seek
to hold the bond company for the entire
shortage of $4,000 now claimed, this re-
sponsibility being in stated amounts of
$4,000 per annum which was the amount
of the treasurers bond. The bond COM
pany claim that their contracts read that
they must be notified within six months
after the expiration of the year i'm which
an alleged shortage occurs or in lieu of
such notice they are released from re-
sponsibility for that year and in this
particular suit they deny any liability at
all on the grounds that no such notice was
ever given.
The street railway proposition for
Brunswick and the new hotel project for
st. Simons are two business deals that
are gaining Roadway daily party of
local and northern capitalists are now fig
uring on the street railway deal, and a
party of Southern, Western and Northern
people are figuring on the Hotel St. ST.
mons matter. The st. Simons business has
reached such proportions that figures are
now being prepared on the idea of
building two hotels instead of one, and
connecting same by a system of rapid
transit cars to the back landing in Bruins
wick proper thence across the river via
ferry boats to the lower end of the ISL
and, from whence the cars would again
be taken to the hotels. The scheme is a
daring one requiring altogether about
100000 to get in shape, but there are peo-
pie here who offer to take % per cent. of
the stock as a starter.
Corpl. Morris Greenwood has been elected
treasurer of the Brunswick Rifiemen, vice
]. L. Fouche, resigned. Mr.. Lea A. Rob-
inson, recently elected first lieutenant, has
declined the honor and another elect ton
will be held shortly to fill the vacancy
still existing
The tug Vigilant, Brunswick's new tow
boat, is expected to be at work In local
waters by Aug. /. She will be an addi-
tion to the fleet of the South Atlantic
Towing Company and no vessel will be
taken off that Is now on.
DR.. W. b. Burroughs is confined to his
home by illness, to the regret of his
friends.
Supt. Orr of Glynn's schools has taken
a cottage on st. Simons for the summer
coming to the city periodically to attend
to his duties as superintendent and Coun-
ty School Commissioner