The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-20
SHERRICK ARRAIGNED
GOVERNOR HANLEY pEyouNCEs
 STATE AUDITOR HE FIRED.
Tells Of Former Omcinls Alieeed IIle- gal and Improper Acts, One of Which 10 Said to Be
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 Hamilton, Ind. Sept 1s.--In an ad- dress at the reunion of the soth In- diana Regiment Governor Hanley. the principal speaker, made public his req sons for his actions in the case of Da- Vid V. sherrick, ex-Auditor of State, Wnose resignation was forced by the Governcr Facts and figures were used to show what became of the money belonging to the State that was lost by 'Tavid F. Shcrrick. Auditor of State and common gambler"
 The Governor charged that $10,0oo of the States money went by check into the hands of the gentleman who was then operating the Casino" at French Lick. The Governor then enumerated list of what he calls wildcat" secn- Titles, aggregating a face value of s1o,- 900, into which the States money went. Following this he charged that sher- ricks continued absence from the ses-
 ,s of the State Board of Tax Com missioners was "occasioned by drink ing bouts and midnight carousals around the gaming table, from wnlcn he could not recover in time to meet with the Comr,ission." He charged that Sherrick at the time the Monon Railroad came up for assessment ar gued that the assessment be allowed to remain at $1s,00o a mile, because In that case a friend of his, to whom he was under great obligation personal- iy, could get permanent employment with the company if the assessment could be kept at $1S,000. This part of the speech concluded:
 There is evidence overwhelming and convincing that MT. Sherrick, Auditor of State, was a common gambler and that he was at the time of his resig- nation, and had been for two years in the habit of losing large sums of money. not his, but yours, at the gam ing table.
 and an open door to vice are essential to the material prosperity of munich pal communities. do not think so, but you are the jury. IL is for you to decide. Befors my inauguration 1 re. ceived trustworthy information that he had written to the management of sev- eral railway companies in the month of December 1904, over his own sigma ture as Auditor of State, asking them to send him ali passes intended for members of the General Assembly, then about to convene, stating in substance that he expected to have some legisla- ton of personal interest to himself be. fore that body and if they would send their transportation to him for distri- button he would see that their inter ests and his were well cared for at the same time.
 For three weeks the office of the Auditor of State was made a brokers office for the distribution of free passes to such members of the General As- sembly as would receive them. "on the evening of the 18th of Sep tember I was informed by one who had been aiding him and in whom have confidence, that he could not make payment on the 18th. then sent him a verbal demand for his immediate res ignation. The next morning his res ignation did not come. but some of his friends did come and informed me that the money could be raised only upon the conditions that the dedication be kept secret and that he be retained in offlce. 4uf~,,,---,
 Upon inquiry I learned that some of the men who were to furnish the money were the representatives of large railway interests in the State; that Mir. eherrick and his friends were depending upon them and that their assistance depended upon his retention in once. could make no such bar gain as that.
 "As to the other statement that all public officers, municipal. County and State, are doing as MT. Sherrick did. I need only enter a general denial. It is not true. They are not doing 1t. Some of them may be, but if satisfac- tory proof of that fact be established I pledge you here and now that such officers will have successors within thirty days after the information comes to me-"