The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-25

'phoned to his house and Mr. A:nmel
man stated that be Esd teen unwe.
but would be there the nex5 nornln
at 10 O'Clock.
SUSPICION FIRST AROUSED,
Nj. Z nmernan failed to keep thu
engs cement Capt. Jennings feare'
that the extent cf the error, as b.
thought it ;ht not be known to Nh
Zimmerman, and he wrote lette
jnder date OF September 1Ssh sskirl
Mr. Zimmerman to call and explsin
matter Of considerable !mpHTts nee Il
Mr.. Zimmerman and to the ct1ice
After some delay Mr.. mmernai
drove up to the east door OF the State
capitol and called for Mr. S. T.. Car
ter, and informed Mr. Carter that i
would be Of no use for him to mskt
an examination Of the entry which
bad a5tracttd attention IS it hat
been made so long ago that he ccu.c
not explain it.
Subsequently Mr.. L nnernan ap
peare6 In the corridor Of the capiro
building and explained to Capt. Jen'
| uings that it would not be worth
while for him to try to exp ain The
matter as he had no recollection It it.
This excited the s1-piciol Of the peo
pie In the tffi;e and Capt. Jennings
Immediately notified the mptr"l!e!
general and demanded arcaica in.
vestigation OF the books n Wa:ch TIE
records were kept.
THE cOMPTRoLLER's REPORT
Comptroller G:neral Jones yester.
day submitted to Capt. Jennings the
following report made after very
,earching examination:
In your letter dicec;ed to me as
comptroller general, Gated Octoter I,
you state that there appears to be aD
lrrt gularity in the Latter OF the ex
change OF a certain Brown ctupon
pond, and the amcuat cvvers d into q
stock certificate. That the Safe ap.
pears to have lost the amount ot this
oond and the interest at i pc
cent. for several years. You ask tha'
I, as comptroller general, under sec-
zion 672, volume l, of the code OF 1892
make a full Investigation Ct the status
Of the States securities as therein re-
quired.
I'm conformitv with the ab,Ve re
quirenent, / have personally exanoin
ed, with the help Of S. T. Carter,
oookkeeper, and J. Fuller Lyon, bond
clerk, all the sscuri y transactions OF
che State from Janusry lst, 1894, TO
4ate. From February 2ad, 1895 to
May 231d, 1901, I find a runber OF
fraudulent transactions, sggrega ing
sl2, SOC; OF in other words, ehsse
transactions have increased the States
bonded debt to that extent, together
with s3, eO3.75 interest paid thereon,
making a total OF sl6. 403 IS.
The LENS going to make up the
various transactions are f.llf ieernized
and hereto appended. The e1anina
zion reveals the fact that the bend
clerk during that period IN which
Shese transactions appear upon the
ocoks, has falsiied OF erased the mum
oers OF certain bonds surrendered fer
exchange and has ab,tracted bonds
previously cancelled and has submit
ted the ssme at a later date Tor such
oon6s surrendered, and has evidently,
IS shown by the interest acc unit put
the bonds so erased as u cancelled on
the market. :"
''This Is clearly shown by the tscs
that au transactions during this period
appear in tie hand writing OF the same
bond clerk. II seems that the bond
clerk in the State treasucer'S cflce
has charge OF all bond transactions.
When he had received the report
and the itemized state % ent from the
com ptroller general, Capt J innings
forwarded these to the attorney geo
erals ofice with request tc be ad.
wise d as to the mode OF procedure Nj.
Leroy F. youmans, the assistant at
torney general, replied in the following
.ern II an in receipt OF yours OF
today enclosing copy Of yours OF Oct
ober 7th to Ecn. a. W. Jones, comp
troller general. and bis reply to you
Of this Gate. You ask that instruct
you as to your du5ies in the premises
II, of your own knowlecle, you know,
or II from information obtained from
others you believe OF If as q conclusion
from circumstances you have Just
cause to believe and do believe that
the bond clerk referred to has commit
ted the ofsnse charged in the CORES
oondence, 1t is y,nc DUTY to proceed
In the criminal courts against the
said bond clerk. Civil proceedings
will be a matter for further consider
alton. %
WARRANT SWORN OUT.
When thus advised, Capt. Jennings
asked the attorney general to make
out the warrant for the arrest OF Mr..
Z mmerman. The warrant charges
oreach Ct trust with fraudulent intent
and larceny OF State bonds with the
purpose Of devot!ng the proceeds to
his own personal use.
Ia his affidavit upon which the war
rant was issued, Treasurer Jennings
7ecites the transactions narrsted by
Mr. J mes ard concludes:
That at all these dates one Daniei
Zimmerman was the bockkeepsr il the
ofice o; the State treasurer and es
oecia'lY entrusted by tae three treas
urers Of the State named above IN sue
cession. with the performance OF the
duties Of the treasurer in the surren'
der Of Brown coupon bonds and uae IS
suance Of stock certificates IN exchange
therefore.
THAT in connection with thesf
transactions, bonds surrendered anc
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