Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Honda deliveries July 3.

did not defiys any profit from the purchase
of these botds and nevet clipped atcoIbon
for hlmseIf.@ "
Honda Delivered July 3.
GsstRfe tfssssGrIr stusfer said ne never
attended any megtEg 60 bid for bonds nor
sent any personaE rep~resentative. 1t was
brought out in his testlmonZ hat Neigh
had done businesSs wttR Stdefer's bank at
West Point since 1897. Stuefer knew OF
no check on. this bank in Neligh's hands put
upSfor tAf Burt county bonds! He said he
lesfned Of this after the deal in these
bonds. HeFdTst3 saw these bonds July 8,
1861, he shfd, When they were brought
doFn from. Burt county and delivered to
him at thu, once of the state treasurer by
va T. Sf'Nelfgh. Strefer said his book
keeper, Mr.. Fodrea, drew the checks to
pay Neigh for the bonds and that, he
(stuefefj' endorsed the Checks, 10000 and
$4,000 IN d~enominauop, OYER to the county
TREASURER of Burt county.
NJ wAS brought out, that these bonds were
tot take, upa an Issue -ofHlSs1. Stuefer said
he3 dated the two cheekg given to- Neigh
July g. fbeeause sthey were made out after
once hours On the Sd aud the 4th was a
holiday He then explained that the rate
oftlnterest by which the amount Of cou-
pohs detachable was determined. by taking
the difference betweenftAes 81 and az per
cent att which the bonds were made and
bought. respectively, on the basis of the
tiihe they were atoT run, ten years. This
gave a remainder Of $1,000 but,h explained
tdSy NeliR6 Was s, 1850. The bonds were
mede tor twenty years, but were redeem
atle at the end Of ten years at the option
neIEurf HOuntv gETW - -
StuefsTtBaid hlssboCtkeepsr, Fodrea made
thB entry Of hts ira attraction. .Stqefer told
HIN Of the transactions but did not go Into
details a. to how to make the entry. He
exclaimed how a cert6fn' correction came to
atbear sonS the record RrAKardlng the $3.50
inkaouppns that were testified as not 'hays
Inn been fciiuped.s He said he went. to the
attorneytEe1eraI FOR advise as to this and
w& sdtiAsd tpasinpN make the correction.
onf h~is,bVoks. and did SOC ~, . 5ss -
borrowed Bond Premium.
men the tesumony9saupht6 Mr.. stuefsr's
onlcial stahdsi, Tor SO, 900 pTsihiam on whirh
foE the 1AStt peat ot his term Of once he.
asks the lesislhtune, ,91c tsSf.E,
1pid you ever hold out for your personal
use one dollar of the states money!" asked
Attorney a slpNEep. ~ rs t5-.s r,v
q AfNVes NrNgFAWHe thO AStASSy NV oAV
dollar. "&tH eh@'-aA r~bH5 ~
gHow much did you pay for your ofncial
boad, Mr.. stuefer, for the last year you
we've In oficeT' asked Van pusen.
Three thousand d5llarss and borrowed
the money to DO itFWfth," St6efer answered
quickly.
Ne then stated that ne borrowed the
money from the First National bank at 4
per cent interestsand produced a note signed
byNhimself and Danie1t clifford on which he
SAID this amount was borrowed. He said
the ,neteThad been paid. He also said that
the state had never reimbursed him for this
amount.
resfifyfABsEHEthsr stutter said he had
expected TO get the Burt county bonds and
to be advised Of the date Of their sale by
Burt county people. He said he did not
know until June 1. 1901. that Neigh was
going to bid for them. ]. r. Sutherland of
Tekemah, he said, was authorized to tn
form t~heacountS commissioners at Tekamah
that the state would pay az for the bonds.
He5 denied getting two letters from Frank
lintEverett, chairman Of this board. adyIs-
inss him Of the date of the sale of these
II a public letter Sears once charged that
steeferi feceived two letters from Everett
and answered one, referring Everett to a
"ssntlemsn in, TekamRht", stuefer said that
nethad not done this. but had he so re-