The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-26

woman did not feel that cleaning the
room was a part of her work and she
decided not to clean it until she was
ready. Mrs Newton, with the consent
of the superintendent, then discharged
her. Miss Barney refused to leave the
building at once and an officer was
sent to eject her She left and is now
living here
shortly after this affair, formal
charges against the superintendent
were filed with the board of control
The vouchers taken by the board Of
control from the Office Of the auditor
of state and the payroll sheets of the
OrviIIe Parker and Maggie Shannon,
inmates of the institution. have been
drawing money from tie state
Clerk Maxwell says that with the
exception of one time when Wells
signed for and received his voucher.
none of these inmates ever signed for
their vouchers and warrants from the
state. He says that Miss Shannon and
Parker never signed the payroIis- It
is shown by the record that Maggie
Shannon drew $50 for work during
one month as "Seamstress, yet it is
admitted that all of her work has been
done in the dining ROOM Wells has
been carried on the payroll as an
electrician, yet he is carried on the list
of inmates as a charge Of the state.
He is said to have received SIS every
month under former administrations,
but this was cut off several months
ago and his name was placed on the
payroll cnIy at rare intervals During
one month he is credited with naTInS
received S25 for his services and a
warrant payable to him was drawn
BY the auditor and mailed to the m
stltutiOn. This war; ant was indOrSed
on the back by DR.. Newton, who
signed Wells name. Dr. Newton
also signed the pay roll for one of
the vouchers made payable to Wells
The warrant was not indorsed with
Wells name by Newton but was
signed Frank Wells in another
hand and below that, in the hand OF
Newton, was his own name
Looks Like Forgery.
The Maggie shannon voucher and
warrant were signed with the girls
name and in a hand that apparently
was feminine, but Newton admits that
he signed the inmates name. He ad-
Mits that on both vouchers his writing
was disguised, but says he did not care
to have the vouchers go to the auditor
OF state with his and the payee's
name in the same writing Newton
says that he cashed this warrant for
the Shannon girl and gave her the
money to go on a visit to her mother
in OSawatomie.
In regard to the Wells voucher for
SIS in one month, Dr. Newton says
that all of the money was not given
to Wells. He says that it has been his
custom to put the name of an en-
ploye on the payroll and TO use the
money drawn from the state treasury
in this manner to furnish the boys
with spending money Saturday nights
when they go to town. Dr. Newton
says, however, that he had given in
mates more money than he is credited
with having received from the state
Did Very Little Bookkeeping.
Maxwell says that he will be able
to show that the inmates received
only a part of the money said to have
been paid them. This probably will
be a very difficult task, as DR.. Newton
has done very little bookkeeping in
! Occasionally there is an entry in his
cash book which shows that some of
the inmates received money from him.
I but he says he has not considered it
necessary to make a note of these pay
ments.
| The horse which Newton owned and
| which his mother-in-law sold to the
state for him cost the state $3.50. The
buggy cost the state S145, and New
1 Ions bookcase was purchased of him
/ self by himself for the state for $47.
/ There is no disposition on the part
/ of the members of the board of con-
| troll to censure DR.. Newton too severe
| " at this time. They say that the
transactions occurred during a former
administration and they do not care
| to take Newton too strongly to task
until they become convinced that he
was really trying to beat the state
They also do not care to be put into
/ the attitude of criticising the manner
/ in which the members of the board OF
charities allowed money to be drawn
from the state treasury.