The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-14

Odd you have any conversation
with Kelly while he was there?
A-While he was there in the office?
Q.-Yes, sir.
Al did not.
Odd you hear any conversation
INDUCED in by him or anybody elSeZ
A.-Nothing only general conversa-
ton with him and Wells, nothing in
regard to the bonds.
Q.-What is the usual method of pro-
cedure as to issuing and paying war
rants for bonds?
Al don't know anything about
that The warrants are not issued in
our office.
Q.-Are they paid before or after the
bonds are registered?
Al should judge they were paid
afterwards.
o. wish you would explain the diff
ference between the registration of
bonds in the school fund and the reg
istration as described?
A.-Take the Comanche county bonds,
they are just brought to our office for
registration as bonds, with the certifi-
cate of the auditor to be inserted upon
the back of each and every bond. There
is filed with that the proceedings of the
municipality issuing the bonds. That ia
on file in the office. When we register the
bonds, we require either a certificate
from the municipality so issuing them
that the old debt has been surrendered
and paid and cancelled, or the old bonds
surrendered into our office so we can
cancel them.
O.-What statement or knowledge did
you have at the time this registration
was going on as to those old bonds?
A.-They were there.
Q.-Where?
Am our office. The old bonds were
brought in the day we registered the
new ones.
O.-You mean registered in the school
fund?
A.-No, when they were registered as
n-Then the six ner CENT old bonds
were brought in and surrendered to the
auditor on July 26, when they were reg
istered simply as security?
A.-The old bonds were surrendered
the day we signed up and registered the
new ones.
Q-And on that day. after they were
as bonds, you turned the
whole $123.0O0 over to the possession of
A. A. GODDARD?
AIRS. Gilyeat turned them over.
Q.-On July 26 were the four and one
half per cent Comanche county bonds |
in the auditors office to be registered as |
security or for registration in the school |
fund.-
A.-For registration as bonds.
Q.-And not for registration in the |
school fund?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-Did you ever know of the auditors
office being criticised for allowing its
to be inspected by the public?
A.-Yes sir.
Q.-How?
A-There was a complaint came to
our office that we were allowing the
men and others to look
through the records to criticiSe what
had been done in regard to the pur-
chase of bonds
O.-From whom did that complaint
come?
Al think the first / heard of 1t
was over a deal of MIR. Burrows.
Q.-Nhat deal of Burrows do you
D re reference to?
A.-The Smith Centre deal.
Q.-Nho made the compIaint-Nfr.
Al don't know as to that, wheth-
sr he made it or not. 1t reached our
office to that effect.
Q.-WaS there any secrecy, SO far
rs you know, desired with reference
% this COmanche County transaction,
except what you have stated as to
GODDARD asking you to keep still about
t?
A.-Not at that time.
Q.-What other time? -e --f
A.@The day the bonds were regis
cred to the school fund I was told
hat when any inquiry was made about
ponds bought from the school fund, to
end them to the place where they first
originated, to the state superinten-
Tents Office.
Q.-Who gave you that direction?
AIR. Wells.
Q.-Do you know how it came about
hat he gave you that direction? What
vas his reason for doing that?
Al can't say.
Odd he say?
Ale didn't tell me.
Q.-Was it not in consequence of
/ complaint that had been made by
Mr. Burrow or other people in rela-
ion to former deals?
A.-Mr. Wells did not say so. but
heard afterwards that that was the
'eason.
Q.-About the time of the registra-
ion of these bonds in the school fund.
lid you receive any instructions from
Auditor Wells relative to allowing GER
ain registers in the auditors Office to
De inspected by outsiders?