The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-01
DR.. TAB0R'S STATEMENT
ANENT THE SHORTAGE FOUND IN
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Or. Blunt Was Forced by M Health to
Entrust the Bookkeeping to an
Assistant.

Austin, Texas. December 3l.-State
Health officer Tabor this afternoon give
ont the following signed statement regard
lug the shortage In the health department;
ron assuming charge ot TINS depart
meut November ! 1891. ! found my prpuc
rvSsur, on account Of iluCss, had lcit inc
rfftcc iu churgp Of hts assistant ] asked
10 BE- shown the hooks belonging 60 the de-
partmcut, which WAS done, aud found there
nnd been absolutely no system with no .cta
cucc to the bookkeeping and ! also his
covered a small lrrrguarity to which !
called the attention Of the assistant which
he explained by saying IT. was only an cr-
rur that he Ur DR. Blunt could rcrilty. lie
would not pursue the subject further hut
left the of1ico. and had no opportunity
Of talking With him again, as he left the
city the next day and WAS In the Office
only a few minutes fcw days later. !
stated 60 the governor the condition tho
books were in and TODD him / would have
90 disregard the books ot my prcdgcess 4
and open now ledger; the governor imnr-
diately instructed state Revenue Agent
Jameson to check up DR., Bmnt's hnokg ia
the date | took charge. The assistant hHd
Ia tho meantime, made the request that
hooks were investigated that he might cx
plain any irregularities that might b. found
Is his bookkeeping
AS there was no suspicion NJ dishonest
this request was granted 10y the governor
nud Mr. Jameson communicated with th,
assistant, who was Ia North Texas D.,
| wire, who promised 30 De- here u tow dayi
| lWCr. llo arrived here Monday aud ~tatcr
| 10 Mr. Jameson that he had an appointment
| In San Antonio and ltoustou IN prrsSlu.
| business that could NOT hr postponed au,
| would return on tho following SATURDAY.
| ana % over tho books with him Mr.
! JAMESON at once commenced checking ul
| the fund received by this department fol
| disinf"ctlnE vessels on the tpuSt and forl,,
| that Vouchers for considerable amount u
| tho said fund were missing; I'm the absence
n hA "a. Inns. AL
| lSted or whether " was errors in his book
! keeping Nor could my predecessor throw
| any light on the matter when requested u,
| the governor To explain II, ms 10 stated thaI
| he had been RELYING on his assistant ~
| account Of his own IN health for seycra
| months past "a keep tho books and accounts
| Of the department. IN to the n0th of IN,
| present month II WINS not known that nm,
dishonest methods had been used by an,
| enc IN this department. In tho mcantin,
| had found some Irregularities Mt one OF
| the quarantine stations implira ding tn,
! quarantine officer there and while nvrs
| tignting that office on December 90 found
| positive evidence that vouchers had beer
| duplicated and tho money drawn and mis-
appropriated nv the assistant in this offIr,
under tho administration NJ my predecessor
| upon sir Jamcsons recommendation The
] governor has employed an e1nert pccoua 4
ant 10 examine and check IN ali voucher,
| on Me In the controllers department ond
| nntil no has finished the work II viii h,
| Impossible to approximate the deficiency
| Everything was all right whom tho Stof,
revenue agent checked IN tho accounts n,
| ne quarantine denartment I'm Decembe~
that time George Tebor
state Health Oficar"