The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-04
COUNTY AUDITOR
TALKS TURKEY To
TH|Ev|NG CASHIER
LATTER WINES OVER PHONE
THAT ROBERTSON SHOULD PAY
MoNEY-PRETTY MESS IN THE
TREAsURER's OFFICE.

Developments in the case or An
thony j. Schultz the defaulting ex-
cashier in the county treasurer's office
under Forbes Robertson are expected
xito come to a head during the after
noon, and the present outlook is rath-
er gloomy for Schultz.
On Sunday, County Auditor Buhrer
gave Schultz until Monday noon TO
make good the amount OF his acknowl-
edged shortage, 1861, or report pro-
gress The noon hour passed with no
word from the ex-cashier and Mr..
Buhrer had just intimated TO waiting
newspaper men that a warrant would
be sworn out for Schultes arrest IL
he did not report by ] o'clock. when,
at 12:40 o'clock. the latter called the
official by telephone from his home.
From the nature of Mr.. Buhrer's
answers 1t was evident that Schultz
was laboring under considerable agita-
ton and that he had failed in his quest
for funds with which TO make good
the 1851 he had taken. To one OF
Schultes statements, Mr.. Buhrer re-
piled:
II can't help the management (re-
ferring to the county treasurers Of
fice). That doesn't excuse you. You
we expect you to make ii good"
To another statement, evidently re-
lating to the management" Mr.. Buh-
rer replied:
That does not excuse you, Schultz.
You had no business TO do anything
you knew was. not honest under any
circumstances. You might better
have been out digging bitches"
Schultz, after considerable hesita-
ton and parleying agreed to meet Mr..
Buhrer in the latter's office at 2 o'clock
TO talk things over"
VIII you gfvs-me protection IL
come DOWN." he asked anxiously.
Mr.. Buhrer, however, would make
no such promise.
II want you to come down." he re-
iterated, and Schultz, he says, finally
agreed
AS he hung up the receiver, Mr..
Buhrer turned to the newspaper men
present with the remark:
To Investigate Treasurer's Office.
That SchIlte's confession will result
I'm a thorough investigation OF, the
county treasurers Office for several
years past, is now practically assured.
HIS action may be compared with the
explosion OF q spark in "A magazine or
powder. for now that Schultz con-
fesses to twice helping himself 10
county funds, the auditors are deter
mined to find out II there are any
further populations not now apparent.
To find out this a thorough tracing OF
every transaction will be necessary,
which will require the employment Of
large corps ,of experts and several
thas I'm
that the circumstances warrant the ex-
penditure.
The auditors will meet during the
afternoon to take up the matter, and
Auditor Oakman says he Will propose
that, as a preliminary step, the chair
man OF the ways and means committee
Of the board OF supervisors be asked
to call \ special meeting Of that CON-
mittee. The purpose of this lis to &c.
the backing of the committee in pro-
ceeding with the investigation.
special meeting of the full board will
, probably not be necessary.
1T would not surprise me to find
many instances where taxes have been
marked paid on the books and re-
ceipts have been given and yet no
money has found its way into the
treasury" said Mr.. Buhrer. II hope
that will prove not to be true, but the
only way to find out Is to go over ev-
cry transaction and see whether the
money went into the treasury or not.
Under the system OF checking | in
stalled In the Office during my admin
istration such thing was impossible.
but I understand that system was
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