The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-27
'phoned to his house and Mr.. Z,mmer-
man stated that he had been unwell
but would be there the next morning
at 10 O'Clock,

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man stated that he had been unwe
but would be there the next mornin
at 10 O'Clock.
SUSPICION FIRST AROUSED,
Mr.. Zimmerman failed to keep tina
engagement Capt. Jennings feare
that the extent Of the error, as b
thought 1t | yht not be known to MI
zimmerman, and he wrote lette
lnder date OF September 18th askip
Mr. Zimmerman to call and explain
matter II considerable Importance t,
Mr.. Zimmerman and to tho CtIlce
After some delay Mr.. q mmermal
drove UP to the east door of the Stat
capitol and called for Mr.. S. II. Car
ter, and informed Mr.. Carter that !
would be Of no use for him to maxi
an examination of the entry which
had attractt d attention as 1t hac
been mace so long ago that he ccult
not explain IT..
Subsequenl ly Mr.. u mmerman ap
peared in the corridor of the capito
building and explained to Capt. Jen
nings that 1t would not be wort
while for him to try to explain the
matter as he had no recollection of IT.
This excited the suspicion Of the peD
pie In the iii Sc and Capt. Jennings
immediately notified the mptrollel
general and demanded a searching in.
vestigation OF the books In which the
cecords were kept.
THE CoMPTROLLER' REPORT
Comptroller G ,neral Jones yester.
day sub nitted to Capt. Jennings the
following report made after very
searching XaminatioD:
In your letter direcled to me as
comptroller general, dated Octoter Z,
jou state that there appears to be an
lrrt gularity in the natter of the ex
change Of certain Brown cLupon
oond, and the amount Covered into a
stock certificate. That the State ap
pears to have lost the amount OF this
>ond and the interest at IL par
,ent. for several years. You ask tha+
|, as comptroller general, under sec
zion 672. volume /, Of the code Of 1902
make full investigation Of the status
If the States securities as therein re.
quired.
I'm conformity with the above re
quirement, have personally examin
I'd, with tue help Of S. Il. Carter,
oookkeeper, and j. Fuller Lyon, bond
clerk, all the securi y transactions Of
the State from January lat, 1894, to
ate. From February 2ud, 1895 to
| May 23rd, 1901, l find a number OF
fraudulent transactions, aggrega' ing
Sl2, 500; or in other words, these
transactions have increased the States
bonded debt to that extent, together
with 3,903.75 interest paid thereon,
making total Of sic. 403 rs.
The Items going to make up the
various transactions are fully itemized
and hereto appended. The examina
zion reveals the facG that the bond
clerk during that period In whic 4
these transactions appear upon the
oooks, has falsitled or erased the mum
i'oefs OF certain bonds surrendered for
exchange and has abstracted bonds
previously cancelled and has submit
Ged the same at q later date for such
oonds surrendered, and has evidently,
as shown by the interest account put
the bonds so erased as u lcancel'ed on
the market"
This Is clearly shown by the fac.
that all transactions during this period
appear In tNe hand writing OF the same
bond clerk. II seems that the bond
clerk In the State treasu- -er's oil ce
has charge Of all bond transactions !"
When he had received the report
and the item!zed statement from the
comptroller general, Capt. Jennings
forwarded these to the attorney gen
erals Office with re quest to be ad.
wise as to the mode Of procedure MIR.
Leroy F. Youmans, the assistant at
:orney general, replied In the following
eim / am In receipt of yours OF
oday enclosing copy Of yours OF Oot-
Iper 76h TO Hon. A. w. Jones, comp
| roller general. and his reply to you
of this date. You ask that l instruct
YOU az to your duties In the premises
II, or your own knowledge, you know,
II If from information obtained from
others you believe or If as conclusion
from circumstances you have lust
cause to believe and do believe that
che bond clerk referred to has commit
ted the olfsnse charged in the cores
oondence, 1T is your duty to proceed
10 the criminal courts against the
said bond clerk. Civil proceedings
will be 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.
Il mmerman. The warrant charges
orcach Of trust with fraudulent intent
and larceny Of State bonds with the
purpose of devoting the proceeds tc
his own personal use.
10 his aifldavit upon which the war
rant was issued, Treasurer Jennings
recites the transactions narrated by
Mr.. j nos and concludes:
That at all these dates one Dante
Zimmerman was the bookkeeper in The
onice OF the State treasurer and es
peciallY entrusted by the 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 BrowQ coupon bonds and the Is
Suance Of stock certi fic Atcs In exchang,
therefore.