The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-20
,ak;re a ;:otal OF SI6,4o375.

and hereto- appended. The examlna-
ton reveals the fact that the BOND
clerk during the period in which these
transactions appear upon the books
has falsihed OF erased the numbers OF
certain bonds surrendered tor ex-
change and has distracted bonds pre-
viouslv cancelled and has substituted
the same at later date for such bonds
surrendered, and has evidently, as:
shown by the interest account put
the bonds so erased as uncancelled on
the market.
This is clearly shown by the fact
that all transactions during this perlod
appear in the handwriting OF the same
bond clerk. It seems that the bond
clerk in the State treasurer's OF
fee has charge OF all bond transac-
tions.'
When he had received the report
and the itemized statement from the
COMPTROLLER general, Capt. Jennings
forwarded these to the attorney gen.
erals office with a request to be ad-
yised as to the mode OF procedure.
Mr.. Leroy F. Youmans, the assistant
attorney general, replied in the tol-
lowing terms: II am in receipt OF
yours of today enclosing copy OF
yours of October 9TH to Hon. A. W.
Jones, comptroller general, and his re-
ply to you of this date. You ask that
I instruct you as to your duties in the
premises. If, Of your own knowledge
you know, or if from information OBJ
tanned from others you believe or if
as conclusion from circumstances
YOU have just cause to believe and
do believe that the bond clerk refer
red to has committed the offense
charged in the correspondence, it is
your duty to proceed in the criminal
courts against the said bond clerk.
Civil proceedings will be matter for
further consideration"
Warrant Sworn Out.
When thus advised, Capt. Jennings
asked the attorney general to make
out the warrant for the arrest OF Mr..
Zimmerman. The warrant charges
breach of trust with fraudulent intent
and larceny of State bonds with the
purpose of devoting the proceeds to
his own personal use.
In his affidavit upon which the war
rant was issued, Treasurer Jennings
recites the transactions narrated by
Mr.. Jones and concludes:
That at all these dates one Daniel
Zimmerman was the bookkeeper in
the office of the State treasurer and
especially entrusted by the three
treaurers of the State named above in
succession, with the performance OF
the duties of the treasurer in the sur-
render of Brown coupon bonds and
the issuance of stock certificates in ex-
change there for.
"That in connection with these
transactions, bonds surrendered and
which should have been cancelled,
have been distracted from the State
treasury and substituted at later
date from such bonds surrendered and
the numbers of certain bonds have,
this deponent is informed and be-
Eeves, been altered in the writing
thereof to the prejudice Of and with
the intent to defraud the State.
THAT this deponent is informed,
has just cause to believe and does be-
lieve that the said Daniel Zimm erman
has been guilty of the offenses above
set forth; has in so doing committed
breach of trust with fraudulent inten-
ton, has stolen the bonds aforesaid
the property Of the State, has unlaw-
fully increased the States bonded
debt to the extent of SI2,5oo besides
$3,oo3.75 interest; that this deponent,
Wm. T. Bates, VIM. H. Zimmerman,
A. w. Jones, J. Fuller Lyon, S. T.
Carter, are material witnesses to
prove the same"
When the examination was first
concluded, no evidence of fraudulent