Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-23
STONE Fails TO
TURN IN RECORD
DEPUTY SCHAUER HAD NO AC-
COUNT OF $40 DEER SOLD
IN DECEMBER.
AMOUNT INVOLVED is $4,000.
Senator Husting Raps System of Book
keeping Employed by Game
Wardens.
STEPHENSON USED DETECTIVES.

MADISON, Wis, April 17.-[Special1
Chief Deputy Game Warden A. G.
Schauer furnished the sensational testi-
money before the Senate investigating
committee Friday afternoon by stating
he had received no record from Stone of
240 deer confscated and sold early in
December, which was reported to the
committee by Warden Buckley.
Under questions by Senator Husting he
said he had records of money paid for
conhscated game. He said that all rec
ordS of money received on sale of conhs-
Gated deer were kept by Stone. He was
ordered to turn to his record for No
vember and December. There was only
one item in November of money turned
in by Stone, this being for six deer No
vember II, the amount being $479S.
There were no other items by Stone him>
self and none by any of the wardens.
The sensation came when HuStlng said
the committee had learned from Buck
ley, discharged warden, that 24O deer
were contiscateG early in December and
that they were sold for about $4,000.
Schauer said he had received no record
of this transaction, although he had
heard that two carloads Of deer were
shipped to Milwaukee and sold. All
money for con6scated game, said Schau-
er. is turned over to the state treasurer,
but there is absolutely no record, he
said, of the money received for the
240 deer sold by Stone.
Explains Stoner's Delay.
Schauer said he had not seen Stone
for two weeks. He said that Stone
never had said anything about the large
sum received for the 240 confscated
deer. If the money had been turned
hn said hn Sl1rnlU JUOulH know
about it.
Asked about the salaries of game war
dens. Schauer said they got from $3.50
to $3.50 day and actual expenses. He
said he had heard, but did not know
for certain H. that Stone had the
He did not know this of his own knowl-
edge and had heard nothing of the
amount.
Schauer in explaining the long delay
of Stone in accounting for money re-
ceived for pound net licenses said the
money was held back awaiting decision
as to the constitutionality of the law
bearing on these licenses.
Senator Husting hurled ridicule at the
game wardens' bookkeeping system,
when Schauer explained the system.
Schauer said that money received for
a separate bank account instead of be-
ing turned over to the treasurer, the OBJ
ject being to hold it back until the courts
had passed upon the laws. He did not
know whether the money was deposited
by Stone as a personal deposit or in his
capacity as game warden. Under Sena-
tor Morris questions he admitted that
if Stone had died suddenly he would
not have known just where to look for
the bank book.
Right after Schauer left the stand for,
mer Game Warden John Buckley was
recalled. Buckley was asked why he had
not made reports direct to the depart
ment of money received for confscated
deer. Schauer on the stand said that
Buckley was at fault in this respect
that he had reported to Stone without
sending a written report to Madison. He
told of having sold several deer at Mil
waukee for 1926 and said he turned all
the currency and checks over to Stone.
He told of other sales by Stone in Mil
waukee.
Detective Aided Stephenson.
There was a new wave of interest
when David H. Davies took the stand.
Davies is a private detective and during
the time that joint ballots for senator
were being taken he was at the capitol
in the employ Of the Stephenson forces.
Davies was asked if he took any part
Legislature. He said he did; that he
was paid So a day and expenses. He
got something over $500 in all for his
services and expenses. He was first
employed by Mr. Edmonds. He said his
work was to find out what members
were going to be absent from joint ses-
sions and to gain general information.
He was around the building most of the
time and by inquiry he said he learned
what members were absent or might be
absent and ascertained how long they
would be away. He said he reported
to Henry Overlook
He said that he did not do any work
In the way of trying to round up mem
bers of the Legislature for Stephenson.
He said however, that he did speak to
Assemblyman Leuch and that Leuch
told him that if nothing developed in the
Investigation against Stephenson, he