The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-06

county treasurer's record of list of
county warrants paid January 5, 1894,
in which appears warrant No 2163 in
favor of Crane & Co. for $146.25.
plate No. 6 is an account of the Ham
ilton Printing Co. for SIG rendered
against Miami county.
plate No. shows the endorsements
and filing on the back of said account,
also that the figure 1 is changed to 6,
raising the amount from SIG to $66 and
that Mr. Kelly as county clerk o. X. s
this amount as being Correct.
plate No. shows the stub of the
warrant which was drawn in payment
of this account to the amount of $66-
plate No. is a facsimile of the
county warrants paid, upon which is the
item of $66 paid to Mr.. Kelly for the
account of SIG rendered by the Hamil-
ton Printing Co. The books of the Ham
ton Printing Co. show the receipt of SIG
in full payment of this account.
I'm the records of the proceedings of
the county commissioners of Miami
county. covering the period of these
allowed and warrants drawn, as fur
niShed to the official newspaper of said
county by Mr.. Kelly as county clerk,
the account of Crane & Co. appears
and was published as being $4625 and
that of the Hamilton Printing Co. for
the sum of $16. These accounts were
sworn to and duly acknowledged before
a notary public by MeSSrS. Crane & Co.
and the Hamilton Printing Co. for the
amounts as allowed by the county COM
missioners and as published in the Off
cia1 proceedings.
''The record is not that of an honest
man and no honest man will stand for
it. A. L. THOMAS
WHAT MIR. KELLY SAYS
The statement made by Mr.. Thomas
was shown Mr.. Kelly today. His first
comment was This is news to me-"
After reading the statement through he
said:
IF the papers show what Thomas
claims they do, somebody has been
tampering with them in order to make
a showing against me-"
Mr.. Kelly refused to embody this in
his written statement, however, giving
as his reason that he has friends in
the county offices now in Miami county
and he doesn't want to say anything
that might be construed to reflect on
them.
Mr.. Kelly m axes the following writ
ten statement concerning the charges
of Thomas:
Il am surprised, to say the least
When l refused on Kansas Day to
promise Thomas a place in my office.
in the event L am successful as a can
didate for treasurer, knew he was not
pleased. He was additionally offended
when I declined to furnish 5000 which
he claimed he needed as he was hard up
and needed the money to purchase a
set of Kansas reports for his Office,
and that if / would let him have the
money he believed he could keep Major
Remington from being a candidate
againSt me in that county.
Mr.. Thomas is now defendant in a.
suit charging him with Illegally retain
ing fees collected while he was regis
ter of deeds. When he retired from
that Office he carried off a type writer
belonging to the county. When the ma
chine was found in his possession he
claimed some one had given it to him.
Later Thomas paid the commissioners
$50 for the typewriter.
Thomas is an ex-jointist. He serv-
ed a term in the county Jail at Stockton,
having been convicted of violating the
prohibitory law He was also charged
with other crimes which will not at
this time refer to.
THE court records of Rocks county
where Thomas at the time lived can be
offered in evidence on these subjects.
''The commissioners journal in the
an official entry certifying to the cor
rectness of the books of which I, as
country clerk, had charge. The state
ment was made by w. H. Moore, an ex-
pert accountant. He, under the direc-
ton of the commissioners examined and
checked the books, from the organiza-
tiOn of the county to September, 1894. |
Three months later 1 retired from office. !
For eight years those books and the en-
try by Mr.. Moore have stood unques-
toned. 1 altered no books; secured no !
money to which I was not legally enti- |
tied, and when 1 left the office it was |
with a clear conscience and with only |
what property that belonged to me-"