Arizona republican., 1904-06-10

When McDOnnold was arranging to
 come to Phoenix two years ago. in the
 course of his correspondence with the school board he mentioned that his wife had lately died and he let it be under stood during his residence in the q y that he was a widowec. But that ii
 not true.
 There is a gentleman In Phoenix who knew McDonncld in Tennessee. His
 record there and his subsequent record in Kentucky were bad. The gentleman
 used to go to school to him. He sail McDonnold married Miss Jennie F rod.
 of Rutherford, Tenn. daughter of w
 P. Elrod, a banker, the owner Of the
 greater part of Rutherford and large
 tracts of land in that vicinity and alto
 gether the wealthiest man in that part
 of the country. McDonno!d got into frequent trouble in money matters and his father-in-law helped him out.
 Finally in HoPEinsvile, Ky, he en- gagged in an irregularity somewhat sim liar to the one he practical on MT. Flick as. There was about $12OO involved
 His father-in-law came to his relief this
 time, but he took his wife away frcm
 him and announced that he would have
 nothing more to do with his son. in-
 law. McDonnold and his wife have nos
 been divorced. They have a son nine
 years cid. Their separation occurred
 three years ago.
 His former pupil says that McDon- hold occupied a high rank as an edu-
 cator in that part of the country. He
 was principal of the schools at Ruther-
 ford and at Union City, Tenn He taught for a time at the University Of Nashville and afterward at var.ors
 places in Kentucky. His last position there was the superintendency of the schools at Henderson. Ky.
 After coming to Phoenix he did not
 recognize his former Tenne@s7e ac. ruaintance. or rather he would not recognize him. McDonnold had been i here some time when 3 brother of hi5 former pupil came to Phoenix on a wis., 1t. He had been intimately acquainted with McDCnnOld and was familiar with 1 his shady life in the south. Ore night | they met in the Maricopa club. Me | DonnCld turned pale and it was five minutes before he recovered from the ] ccnsternation into which he had b-en ! thrown by the meeting.
 1 Before McDonnold had been Tn Phoe. .
 caived here from places in the south 1 where he had been guilty of irreguiar- 1 ities. One of these letters c1me from l Henderson. Ky, where he had miSao- | pTopriated a large sum cf money. These ! letters were not sent to members Of J the school board. but to people who had come here from the south They did not make them public. desiring to give TyT-.I past
 ! There is a1 impression now that he | did not carry a great deal of money Gway with him. What became of his 1 salary, to say nothing of the money he obtained by fraud. by beating h's i creditors and by borrowing. is a mys- | tary, for he had no expensive habits. It Is suspected that he was ssnding money 10 some body who knew some thing of his past; that he was a v'ctim l of biackm it. Sometimes accounting l for his temporary embarrassment, he said that he was sending money to his brother who was engaged in business l In Tennessee.
 Less than a year ago a package of 1 letters belonging tc him was found They threw a great deal cf light on s a7uthern life and those who saw them were not surpri-ed al the disclosures l Of Wednesday night, There was one let ter from his mother in which she state I that she alone had not lost faith in him. This package of letters was talk 1 en to member of the school board who was known rot to be friendly to Me 1 DCnnClJ. He adviseS them to be given [ to another member of the board. by | whom they were returned to McDon> 1 hold. Neither of the trustees ever ! srOka of the letters until yesterday. A great many people stood around l yesterday looking upon the ruin cause i bv the caving in of the character Ci l McDonnold. Many things which lad | been hidden were found among tue de- | bris. It was brought to light that the 1 fraud practioed upon w. F. Fick1s 1 was only one of many frauds. There is ] a note at the Valley bank bearing tre | forged signature of J. A. Copeland. The
 note is for $500 and was given to w. P.
 Richardson. It was partially secured
 by orders for warrants fer his sala~y
 but there were not enough of the or ! dcrs and MT. Richardson insisted u~Cr
 two sureties. McDonrold finally gay
 him a note endorsed by MT. Copel7n5 |. and F'. r. lTOtJ. w n n MT. lNlcndICS-l
 went away he put the nota into the . Valley bank to be collected when du2. . M~, Copeland's attention was called tc
 the signature yesterday and he pro- II nourced it Q forgery, but that was eyi-
 dent on tke face. MT. TrOtt was out ! CT town but it is believed that his sig ! nature is genuine. IL was learned tn I |, McDonnold had taken this note to H !, A. Dichl and others. but they refus d t \ accept the risk.
 \ For some time before leaving the city II McDonnCid had an overhaul Of $sS al II the Valley bank. Cashier LloYd F X Christy learned that he was go nG | away on certain night and called hin
 up by telephone McDO2nOld rerliel
 that he would fix the overdraft in a few
 days. MT. Christy replied that it would
 have to be fixed at once. McDonno' q Y then said that he would turn over as r security some vouchers for his diary | but MT. Christy insisted upon the cash r McDonnOld shut off the telephone anc