Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-29
v. D. THOMAS MAY
| NOW BIZ in LONDON
LETTER FROM ENGLISH GOV
EMINENT INDICATES FOR
MRR FULTON ASYLUM
TREASURER LOCATED.
SHORTAGE BY BOND PERIODS.
Loss is Computed so That sureties
Can be Sued For the Amount
That Was Incorporated
During Their Term as
Signers.
SHORTAGE BY BOND PERIODS.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO-, June 2T.-
There is good reason to believe, from
an inquiry which came here a couple
Of days ago, but which became public
tonight that w. D. Thomas, the de-
faulting treasurer of the state insane
asylum, will soo be %apprehend-
ed, IL he is not tonight a prisoner.
Some days ago a letter was received
here from a citizen Of Mexico, whose
name cannot be made public, which
intimated that Thomas might be
located in London, England. This
letter with a photograph of Thomas,
was sent to Chief Of Police Kiely, Of
st. Louis, with instructions to COM
municate with the authorities In
London.
Three days ago a letter came from
the Secretary Of State at Washington
making inquiry as to whether n W.
d. Thomas was wanted here, infor-
nation on that point having been
asked Of the state department by the
English government. A prompt re-
ply was sent that the right W. ID.
Thomas was very much wanted, to
answer to the.charge of enlightenment.
Nothing has since been learned here,
either from London or Washington.
Thomas exact shortage isput at s40,-
2O3 so by the experts who examined
his books. A story has been current
that for a time he filed the treasury
ship oflthe asylum without bond of any
sort. Late tonight, however, the fact
was disclosed that he was under bond,
together with the personnel OF his
bonds, which have been In the custody
of the board of managers Of the insti-
tuition, given at different periods dur
ing his incumbency Of the Office.
TOTAL SHOWN, $40, 203. so.
Below is given a copy of the report
made to Gov. Folk by Haskins s. Sells,
certified public accountants, who we're
employed to go over the books. 1t
shows the periods during which the
several sums going to make up the
total shortage we distracted. The
report is as follows;
W. have the honor to advise you
that the amount of the shortage In
the accounts of w. d. Thomas, treas
urer Of the State Hospital No. l, at
Fulton, Mo-; has been placed at s40,-
203. 9 This shortage has been def
located, as applying to the bond
periods, as follows:
April II, 1897, to May 10, 1898, s3,-
126. 10.
May 10, 1898, to March ID, 1899, 81,
594.S7.
March II, 1899, to March IL, 1901,
81, 151.67.
March II, 1901, to March 0, 1908,
So, 901. 68.
March 10, 1908, to March %, 1906,
S14, 429.28.
Total, $40, 2O3.6 $50.
This information is given you in adj
vance of the rendering of our report,
In order that you may, If you see it,
make formal demand upon your bonds
men. On Monday we will send the
rough papers of the report to our New
York Office for typewriting in formal
form, and the original and two copies
will be forwarded to you 80 soon as the
work Of typewriting can be done. In
rs much as the report is rather a vol
luminous one, it will take several days
10 do this work.
Yours very truly,
HAsKINs s. SELLS,
Certified Public Accountant.
GAVE BOND FOUR TIMES.
There will, in all probability, arise
question, when proceedings are in
itituted against the sureites, as will
certainly be done, whether OF not the
period at which the shortage was dis
covered was such as to absolve either
)r any OF the bonds, due to lapse Of
time.
The first bond given by Mr.. Thomas
was for $4,000. 1t bore the date Of
April 10, 1897, and was signed by Mar
lin Yates, e. w. Grant, w. e. jane
ION, d. j. Grant and NJ. f. Bell.
The second bond was for $50, 200. 1t
bore date Of April IA, 1890. 1t was
'igned by e. W. Grant, James Ed
Perry, e. ]. Grant, j. w. Pratt, Mar
lin Yates and O. o. Atkinson.
The third bond was for $50, 900. 1t
bore date Of March II, 1901. 1t was
Iigned by w. G. Harris, E. W. Grant,
!. P. Pratt, Emmett ]. Grant and
John w. Tate.
The fourth bond was for $50, 1000. 1t
'ore date Of May 0, 1908. 1t was
,iven by the United States Fidelity s.
Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, Md.