Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-18

much money he had collected from
the people that he had not accounted
for in his annual report. This inyes-
tigation commenced on Dec. 21st, 1901
and was concluded May 81, 1902.
| have no comment to offer. The
official records in Cape Girardeau
county speak for themselves.
| do say this, however, that the
most charitable will agree with me
that if Mr.. Flentge's is no more COM
petent to perform the duties of a
county office than these records indi-
cate, then as a purely business pro-
position, no Republican in Missouri
should lend his assistance in putting
Mr.. Fentge in a thousand fold more
responsible state position. If he col
lected from IS cents to So from 219
different people and forgot all about
turning the money into the county,
his bad memory ought to bar him
from promotion, officially.
But Mr.. F1entge claims that he has
since been indicated by the Republi-
can county court that made this in.
v~estigation.
1t is true that Mr.. Flentge is carry
ing around in his inside pocket a
statement purporting to have been
signed by the Republican Court and
| have no doubt that the Republican
Court signed it.
Mr.. Flentge also voluntarily calls
attention to the fact that it is not
an,hItnp,aahv 90 tho Ct1fnnnnt iG
dated before he became a candidate
for a state position.
But what does this statement say?
1t says, | quote from memory, that
Mr.. Fentge's shortage resulted from
wrong initials beino used in poll tax
receipts. For instance where the real
name was ]. C. Jones and the initials
appeared |. c. the court wouldn't &C.
cept the receipt.
Didn't Mr.. Flentge make this de-
tense before the Court at the time OF
the investigation? Why didn't the
Court then accept his version OF the
shortage instead of ordering him to
pay S644.03 into the County Treasury
on May q, 1902, for poll taxes he had
collected in 1900 and not accounted
for?
And if it has since been establish
ed that S644. 03 was wrongfully taken
from Mr.. Flentge, why has he not
sued the County and recovered his
money?
| am not ready to believe that the
good people of Cape Glrardeau
County would knowingly keep money
that does not belong to them.
And Mr.. Flentge owe it to him
self to expunge this ugly record of the
County Court by having this money
returned to him if the statement
which he is carrying around, signed
by the Republican County Court, is
true. And if true, Mr.. Flentge ought
to recover on this signed statement OF
the Court that investigated and rem
dered Judgment against him, alone.
But has Mr.. Flentge taken any steps
in that direction?
Another Demand on FIentge.
But this is not all. This is not the
only court that investigated Mr..
Flentge. In 1904 after Mr.. Flentge
retired from office, a new u
Court, composed entirely of different
men, had occasion to look into his
accounts and call upon him to pay into
the County Treasury money that he
had collected and not accounted for.
Listen: Here are the proceedings
of the County Court of record in Cape
Girardeau County.
More Official Record.
Various orders made by the County
Court Of Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri, and the dates on which
they were made, Judges w. G.
Cracraft presiding Judge, Charles
Gerharter and G. H. Banks (Associ-
ate Judges, of Record in the Office
of the County Clerk at Jackson,
Missouri.