The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-15
[ndiana's Deposed State Auditor
Held for Embezzlement.
Governor Issues Formal State.
ment Regarding the Situation.
SINCE LAST AUGUST
He Has Been Investigating Con.
ditiOns in the Office.
Repeated Requests to Resign
Went Unheeded.

Indianapolis, Sept. 15.-David f. Sher-
rick, ex-auditor of state, was slated at
the police station this morning, charged
with embezzlement of the states funds,
ne waived preliminary examination and
Will be bound over to the grand Jury.
Because OF the large number of cases
before him, Judge WhalIen postponed
lne nearing as to the amount of Sher-
rlck's bond until 2 p. m. In the mean
time Sherrick is under the guard of
detective,
Sherrick looked very broken at the
police station and still refused to talk
concerning the case, sending all inouir
ers to his attorney, Addison c. Harris.
Mr. Harris was with him at the sta
ton.
1t was after 1 o'clock this morning
when Detectives Lancaster and Lowe
called at the Sherrick home in West
Pratt street. The officers found Sher-
rick in nervous condition, borderine
on collapse. DR.. Cottingham was called
TO the apartments and he advised the
detectives to allow Mr.. Sherrick to stay
IN his room until morning. Some time
after midnight County Auditor ]. Clark
and another man called and talked with
Mr. Sherrick for some time. Earlier in
the night there was a constant stream
OF OF ca!ers from among the friends of Mr..
Snerr1ck. From conversations within
the nearing of the detectives it could be
seen that Sherrick was bitter toward
the governor for his action
In a formal statement issued rela-
i've 10 the matter, the governor says
ne mas been investigating the condi-
tlonS IN the auditors Office since the
last of August, having received infor-
mauon that Sherrick had not made
the July settlement for the states
I1f fod
January L to July L, 1905. He i'm
mediately asked for settlement.
which was made.
Th1s amount was about S235.0oo.
In ADDITION to this amount, the auditor,
In his statement to the governor. ati-
m1tted that he was at that time
chargeable with state funds paid in
since the July settlement, amounting
TO $145,l97.S0, for which he filed q
schedule, enumerating the assets he
had to meet this amount which he
notes, stocks and securities amounting
I to $l52, ,SS3.33, of which, according to
| the governors letter, only $37,355.OI
could be realized on.
| At the time that his analysis of the
assets submitted by Sherrick was
| made, the governor formally requested
Sherrick to resign. The RESIGNATION
was not Forthcoming. The governor
John E. Reed, the settlement clerk in
the auditors Office, the securities
enumerated, and this was done.
| The governor also demanded that
settlement to the extent of $145s197.s0
| be made with the state by noon yes
| terday and on being advised by 'per-
sons whom he thought ought to be in
a position to know that the settlement
| could not be made, he again sent
message, this time verbal, requesting
Sherrfck to resign. At noon the re-
quest had not been complied with and
1t was repeated. Again not complied
with, the governor entered an execu-
tive order finding the existence of a.
vacancy and appointed BigIer.
AT 2 O'Clock Sherrick sent his resig-
| nation to Governor Hanly, who ac-
cepted it and entered an order appoint
Ing Warren Bigler of Wabash to the
office of state auditor. Bigler accepted
| by telegraph.
David T. Sherrick's bond on file in
| the secretary of states Office is for
| 100000 and was furnished by the
American Surety company.