East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-25

Nine thousand fifty-one dollars and
eighty-eight cents was paid to the
county treasurer this morning by Will
liam Blakely and T. d. Taylor, S6,-
572.12 by the ex-sheriff, and $3479.76
by the present incumbent That sum,
with about $170O more by Taylor, is
the price paid by the two men for the
confidence which they placed in their
chief deputy. C. p. Davis, and which
they declare he betrayed.
At 10 o'clock this forenoon the
county judge. two commissioners, dis
trict attorney, Expert Buchanen and
the two sheriffs met in private session
to consider the report of the experts
which had Just been prepared. After
about half an hour District Attorney
Phelps and Messrs Blakely and Tay-
lor came from the private office ad-
joining the clerks office and repaired
to the office Of Sheriff Taylor. There
each man wrote out check payable
to z. ]. Sommerville. county treasurer.
for the amount held by the experts
10 be due from each. Ex-Sheriff
Blakely sat at the desk which was for
merly his when he was sheriff, and
opposite which is the desk Of the chief
deputy. When he had finished writ
ing his check he pointed to where Mr..
Davis had formerly sat. and said:
This is what have to pay for the
man who sat there and cheated me
while at the same time | was placing
all confidence in him and giving him
a position that made his bread and
butter"
There was something in the voice
and manner OF the pioneer and ex-
sheriff that showed he felt deeply to-
ward his former right-hand man, as
well he might. The amount which he
had been called upon to pay was
more than he or anyone else had ex-
pected would be found against him.
for II was generally believed that he
would fare better than Sheriff Taylor,
when the final accounting was made.
The County Is Square.
When the two men had made out
their checks they both went to the Of
flee of the county treasurer. where
they paid the same to that official and
took Mr.. Sommerville's receipt. This
action was witnessed by the district
attorney, and when the receipts had
been given. the shortage case was
ended as far as the state of Oregon
and william Blakely and r. d. Tay-
lor were concerned.
However, there is another man for
whom the matter is not yet over He
is c. p. Davis, former chief deputy,
who, according to the statements OF
Messrs Taylor and Blakely is re-
sponsible for the losses which they
have incurred, and before whom the
shadow of the penitentiary seems to
loom. AS to the present whereabouts
of Mr.. Davis there seems to be some
doubt Night before last he was seen
in Portland by Attorney Perry, and
then stated that he would be homo to-
day. However, he did not arrive this
morning, and II remains to be seen
whether or not he will appear on the
scene this evening. 1t is understood
that a complaint will be filed against
him in the Justices court at once and
that he will then be held for the ac-
ton OF the circuit court.
AS to the action to be taken by him
District Attorney Phelps stated today
that he would investigate the matter,
and that whoever is found to blame
will be prosecuted. Nothing in the
report aside from the bare totals,
would be disclosed today by the dis
trict attorney, who says that the in
terests of the state can be better serv-
ed by Withholding the details at pres
ent The report has not been filed
with the county clerk, and conse-
quently is not a public document, and
so is not accessible to the attorneys
for Davis.
Gradual Defalcation.
But while the details of the report
were not given, It is said that the de-