The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-25

Wold to nave been surrendered, but mis-
laid.
Lost-Two Cancelled warrants attesting
to the application for refundment and
, giving the name of the payee. Necessary
Tor the conviction of the parties uttering
the fictitious certifica tes
In an investigation made three months
ago of tax irregularities credited to the
county auditors office of Ramsey county.
Publn Examiner Pope discovered that
number of refundments Of taxes had been
made without the surrender of the certif-
icates, as required by law. Harry Girls
void was then in charge of this partic-
ular department, and to Gen. Pope end
also at a hearing called by Gov. Van
SAINT declared that the transactions were
correct, but the certificates had been lost
The missing certificates were thirteen
IN number, and Cen Pope, In his arraign-
ment of County Auditor Johnson, Harry
Griswold and others involved, contended
that the certificates were not lost. He
was emphatic on the point that the in
struments had never been surrendered,
and predicted that time would uphold
his contention
Two of the number Unexpectedly came
to light yesterday, and now Griswold and
his associates may have to answer for
what Gen. Pope calls deliberate perjury.
How soon the others will bob up to con-
front those who secured money on Acti-
tious holdings time will reveal
The certificates in question, which were
among the number that Griswold claim
ed had been mislaid, were held by the
David O'Neil estate, and were against
lot II, block Z De Bow, Risque and
Williams addition, and the taxes stand
ing against them amounted to $291. the
refundments being for the taxes of 1898
and 1880. During the investigation made
by Gen. Pope, it developed that the war
rants were made out to James Sckoon-
maker and Harry Weis, attorneys, but
were cashed by Carl Ducius, who Mr..
Schoonmaker claimed was acting for
James H. Burns. The petition for refund
ment was made by Ducius, a clerk in
law office.
At the investigation the absence of the
original certificates forbade any criminal
charge, Griswold claiming that they were
mislaid, a statement Gen. Pope refused
to believe, but which he had to accept be-
cause of the absence of proof. Yester-
days discovery, however, fully sustains
his contention, and shows that money
was obtained by parties who never owned
or had a shadow of interest in the Ger
tifcates in question.
WARRANTS HAVE VANISHED.
WIFI the HllSSIHS teTElIlcdIGS II MS pos
session County Attorney Kane might
proceed criminally against the parties
concerned in the transaction, but the
mystery which surrounds the entire af-
fair has been deepened by the extraor-
binary disappearance of the Cancelled
warrants showing the names of the peti-
toners and the one to whom the money
was paid Cor the fictitious certificates.
During the Investigation Gen. Pope had
them among others in his possession ard
from them took important data for the
hearing which followed, but when q
search was made for them yesterday they
had disappeared. When Expert Moosi-
brugger was at work on the books in an
effort to find out the extent of the de-
falcations credited to ex-Deputy Bourne,
he also had them out of the vault for
examination, but says he thinks he put
them back with the others. The nat
ural supposition is that they were Dil-
fered by parties who expected early ex-
posure, and wanted to do away with evil
dence of their misdoings.
DISCOVERED BY MESSR5. WARE.
The discovery of the two certificates
was due to the efforts of z. NJ and
F. ii. Ware, who are agents for an East
ern company to whom was transferred
the property covered by the certificates
Griswold took the trouble to call on the
firm and inform them that the certificates
lad been surrendered and the money paid
to Mr.. O'Neil This they refused to be-
lieve and asked for the. evidence, but
were told that the certificates had been
mislaid. Griswold was given until Aug.
10 TO find them, but without success. Be-
coming suspicious the papers concerning
the estate were examined, and, 10, the
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