The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-03-01
GOV. cox STILL OWES THE MONEY
HE COLLECTED FROM POINDEXTER

by him $5, 173 or, and we find that he
has overpaid the state the sum of $40. II
ON the taxes of 1896, which amount is
due to him from the state, and we re-
port tthat Mr.. Cox was not entitled to
retain anything whatever out of the
$3.50 or the $lS523 paid to him by Mr..
Poindexter, and that the sum 80
retained should be paid by Mr.. Cox
into the treasurer's Office for the credit
of Mr.. Poindexter,
GAS to the payment Of the taxes of
1897, Mr.. Poindex says that on Feb
ruary 90, 1898, Mr.. Cox was in his Office
and asked him if he had any money to
send to the comptroller, when he was
informed that he had; and that his son
and Mr.. Cox commenced to run over
the books to find out the amount; that
while they were doing that Mr.. Poin-
dexter said:
"Mr. Cox, do understand that you
are here for the purpose of checking
me up as q delinquent, and reporting
me as such, and charging commission
for doing SOP" And Mr.. Cox said that
he had no such idea, and that there
upon Mr.. Poindexter paid to Mr.. Cox
the sum of SO, ,05S 70 on the taxes of
1897, and Mr.. Cox gave to him a receipt
for same as follows:
81, 95S 70. CovingtoD, Tenn. -. 1S0.
Received of G. G. Poindexfer, trustee
of Upton county, Tennessee, the sum
Of two thousand, nine hundred and
fifty-eight dollars aud seventy cents
($2, 958 70) to be credited on taxes due
the state from said county for the year
1897, according to statute. This, Feb
ruary %, 1893.
J. I. COX, Revenue Agent
Mr.. Cox denies that he had the con-
versation with Mr.. Poindexter as sta
ted, or that he agreed not to charge
any commission on said collection. Mr..
Poindexter's son, Gordon Poindexter,
states that he was present and sustains
his father. Mr.. Poindexter and his
son insist that large part of this mon
ey was collected by Mr.. Poindexter in
February 1893. Cox retained $444 80
out of this $2, ,95a.70. Cox never made
a sworn report of any examination of
Poindexter's books, and states that he
made no demand on Poindexter for the
payment of commissions. We find that
the total amount of state revenue
chargeable to Mr.. Poindexter for the
year 1897, after making releases, was
81, ,314.2l, from which should be deduct
ed his commissions Of $780, 30, leaving
a net balance of $1,053 81, as shown by
a statement furnished by the comp
troller, and we find that Mr.. Poindextel
has vouchers for payments aggregatinR
$7, 1893 SO, which overpays the amount
due for state revenue for 1897 800. 72
so that if credited with the full amount
paid, without deduction Of commissions
by revenue agents, the state owes t
him for 1896 $1O.11, and for 1897 $50. 72
making $79.83 total balance due him
1t appears that the apparent shortage
in the account of Mr.. Poindexter grow
altogether out of the retention of Il
per cent. commissions on the sums col
lected by the revenue agents. Th
committee requested Mr.. Poindexte
to produce his books before the com
mittee, which he agreed to do, but tn
county court declined to permit him t
send the books out Of the county. MI
Poindexter refused to give Mr.. Co
access to his books, but offered to sho'
; his books to the committee"
1t may be stated incidentally tha
the occasion of Mr.. Cox's visit to Gov
ington, February %, 1893, when Trui
tee Poiudexter turned over SO, $685. Z
; to him to be carried to Nashville, We
, :, to see County Court Clerk Peete, who's
account was in his (Cox's) hands.
+ EWING'5 LETTER.
On February 13, 1906, Senator A. c