The Newtown bee., 1908-04-03

to bother with it's collections Of course, MT Soule in auditing MT Wards books would know nothing about this and is therefore not to blame in charg- ing this interest up against MT Ward.
 The adjustment of this matter is be- tween Mir Ward and the selectmen. In the settlement of estates which some times took year and during which
 time the town can collect no interest MT Soule charged up against MT Ward interest on such taxes at the rate of 3 per cent. On tax liens on property the town can collect only 2 per cent.
 MT Soule charged up against MT Ward interest on these liens at the rate of g per cent. In cases of abatement of taxes for two years in succession the selectmen issued to MT Ward one order covering two years. In auditing the books MT Soule interpreted such or ders as covering but one year and so charged up against MT Ward one-half of the amount of such orders. In one instance in which the selectmen abated taxes of about S1O and which is shown on the books, they failed to issue an order for such abatement. Mir Soule charged up this sum against MT Ward.
 This $500 was in reality therefore no shortage at all. The mistake of S1O0 the selectman made in adding up the taxes to be collected in certain year. MT Ward promptly paid, holding the town ought to have it though no fault of his. The other $500 of the so called shortage he also paid the town
 but under protest claiming that there
 was no shortage and that the town had no claim to it. The selectmen admit ted the same but gave receipt for it pending final settlement between MT Ward and the town. MT Soule in mak- ing his report advised the selectmen to rebate on all cases in which MT Ward
 could show he was entitled to such re- bate. So that the claim that Mr Ward
 had embedded 5000 belonging to the town proved to be no embezzlement at all. The so-called shortage amounted to only about S400. Of this S400 about $500 was not shortage and the other S1OO was a shortage due to a mistake
 of the selectman in addition and of which the selectmen, MT Ward and even the two parties who had charged him with embezzelment were ignorant until it was discovered by MT Soule |.
 No fair minded person would designate this 500 as embezzlement. Let it here be stated that Mir Wards offer to settle with the town any money justly due it was entirely satisfactory to the select men and they were perfectly willing to adjust the matter between the town and Mir Ward in accordance with these facts and figures. This final settle ment is still pending and will be had as soon as MT Ward has finished collect ing all of the taxes his books call for.
 But the two parties who had claimed that Mir Ward had embedded about
 5000 from the town were not willing to let the matter rest here. One. who was grand juror of the town at the time, secured a writ for MT Wards arrest. A hearing was set for the following Thursday and the justice held MT Ward in bonds for S2OO0 which were promptly given. At the hearing on the follow ing Thursday Mir Ward immediately appealed the case to the Superior court.
 The following are samples of en-
 bezzlement charged against him. In this case it was charged that Mir Ward