The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
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1countant's report states there 10 no
explanation except oral testimony,
l$210.0 90 as marked on his report, was
for quarantine and $500, selling cot
ton" These warrants are explanatory
of themselves and amount In sum to
tai to $295.O0 {. Exhibit No. il OF the
same port shows $364.69, vouchers
not credited. Sixty-fve dollars OF the
s2.721.27 includes the three small
items drawn during he Buck term
| mentioned above and evidently for
! some specific purpose. And $500.
$780, 90 and $4,000, total $500 OF Ill
| amount during the Edwards term, all
| dated 1905, checked and approved by
former committee. Also $156.39 Of the
whitecap fund, approved by former
! committee, less these items which
amount in sum total to $956.OS. The
so-called unexplained balance is ST.
7e5.19. The credits for vouchers do
! not include some items mentioned In
Mr.. Moore's report, as receipted bills
paid to A. J. Hoyt for detective serv.
ices rendered. Mr.. Moore's statement
with reference to these receipts Is as
follows:
"There are also some receipted bills
from A. ]. Hoyt, detective, for serv'
ices rendered, but as there is also a
letter from him stating that he was
to be paid at least a part of these
amounts out of money subscribed by
the Law and Order League, and as
these bills were not filed with the
regular vouchers, l make no ADJUST
ments for same, but would advise that
the committee examine same and, IL
they see fit, said amounts should be
credited TO Gov. Vardaman."
The comm ttee did not examine
these rece pts and | do not know how
much they were for nor for what par
ticular work the money was expended.
An examination Of these vouchers
might furnish more documentary evil
dence as 10 these expenditures. On
several occasions, as the testimony
shows, Gov. Vardaman supplemented
money furnished by citizens by sub
scription and o. herwise, by additional
~Ucuullu Is lIOil IL SOhtihOShS u
in the prosecution of detective work
All Property Accounted For.
But against this balance OF $1,16o.1s
there is the testimony of Mr.. Chas
c.. Smith, one of the trustees OF the
state p~enitentiaTy, and Mr.. Edwards
that about $4,000 of the contingent
fund was expended lin addition tt
amounts appropriated by the county
of Claiborne and the citizens of tina
county,, in an effort to recapture {
man named Reagan, who was con
victed of murder and escaped r
Jail during the Vardaman administra
ton. Also statement of Gov. Varda
man that about $4,000, not shown OF
the account, was expended in certain
detective work, | forget what, In Tu
n.ca county, and $4,000 in simila
, work connected with the Sandy Bayou
matter. In addition TO this, abou
$780, 90 was spent in the Marsh cas-
. In Jackson that is not shown on tn
account. The total amount spent il
that case was about 100000, Will
!, only one warrant of $429.25 was foun'
on file in the governors office. Thi
item may not be fully explained in tn
testimony before the committee, pei
. haps only mentioned, but can be .vel
=, flied by those who were familiar wit
the transaction at the time and VIII
, now live in the city of Jackson. Thus
by oral testimony, 1t has been estat
lished, through the vouchers, in som
I instances, have been lost, PRACTICAL
r every dollar Of the Vardaman col
, tingent fund has been properly az
/, counted for, INT the full proceeding
of the committee, when published wit
, the testimony, will bear me out I
this. (Gov. Vardaman testified as t
, the transactions, not the amount:
He was not questioned along this line
The mounts are from a letter write
by Gov. Vardaman to Chairman Pc
lard of the committee during the II
, vestigation).
: About Those Personal Items.
n Ten dollars of the $4,000 account
Addison & Bauer's store was col
4 sidered by Mr.. Moore as an item fo
personal use of Gov. Vardaman. Pc
haps by inadvertence some small item
of personal expense were paid b
n Gov. Vardaman out Of the continger
e fund, amounting in sum total to 500
II l remember correctly, the create
h part of this $1,000 was used by Go
Vardanan in buying some kin {
- washing machine and was used
the mansion and left there when h
~ retired from office. I notice M
Moore's report strikes from Go
Noel's report. two items of a like n
n ture paid by Gov. Noel or Septembt
q 1st, 1909, to c. A. Fransioli, an
a amounting in sum total to $14.60.
q Mr.. Moore Is correct in calling thes
items personal there can be no doul
that neither governor purposefy speI
= the money for their personal use
a these sums, but in both cases it We
a mere matter of inadvertence thi
would likely occur in the best ar
/. most carefully managed business e