Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

WASH Z etNN NlttAk SOLO I ne steers MNfrH
sold at that time. We didn't make up eur rcp0i
pnul pretty well up but that shouldn't nav
gone IN that year, That Is why,
1 G. WHY has d been your practice GO put in
board meetst A, That is when start To col
lcet Il, There Is money turned la that haven
collected yet. That is SO down at Cobb rhcr
are some ut those hogs ] haven't collected for.
! 9. stu yuu report 10 as having been rcCeiy
cdf A, Yes -ir II is la the County Treasury,
! 9, How is IL that In the year tSoS accordin.
! 60 the report ct the trustees YOU say that You
| sales and the money received from private pa
| wear there IL NO entry on the books of an,
! County Treasurer that any mOuey was ever pa
/ Ia by you or the ;rustctSg
| A, ! couldn't tell YOU.
| NoTk, This statement has since been PROV
en- erroneous as search through the trrast 4,
er's account iu his ledger shows moneys ne
/ cciNcd from the syluul
! 9. How do WOW show that Ia 1900 the account
Is b1l.nced as TAT as the receipts are concerned
! A. We had the receipts.
/ Q. II you have received that amount oi
money there should be a corresponding amount
OF money IN the account at the County II s3s.
urer'r otuccs a. There ought 90 be.
9. What position do YOU take IN this matter,
/ it there isn't amy money put ia the county
of il.
Q. DO sou ever rcmcmhe committee of ia,
trustees ever counting the money that sou claim
aud that THESE truStc,'~ claim that they received
during the NCart a, No.
q, ln the year ls'S IL does not show on pCord
that the county treasurer received a dollar from
the TRUSTEES ur from Won. DO you consider YOUR
self responsible tor This accounting as YOU ham
die an the funds received and put them into the
county treasury, or do YOU consider that the
Trustees are responsible for that money! have
always considered / was responsible,
.. II according Co your report you say that
that yuu received ten thousand dollars for
twenty three years, YOU would be responsible 60
this county for ten thousand dollarss A. Yes
sir. I the county treasurer didn't make the en-
Try and this committee had destroyed ,nose
receipts, what have got to show Tor that
Q. DO You know of any committee that ever
checked mp with the county treasurer A. No
sir always wanted them too.
O. Did Won ever check up with the county
treasurer A.. No sir.
O. So you were asking the committee TO do
something that YOU yourself never did, A. les.
O. But you considered Yourself responsible,
did YOU uut A. Yes.
@. II seems To- me YOU could check up very
easily to June 30th, the change came IN 1902.
You as custodian of the County funds did not
check up with the county treasurer To see
whether his record agreed With your receipts or
notg A. No sir
Q. You didn know whether YOU put ia a sut-
hcient amount of money or whether you put IN
too much. A. ] never checked up, ! know that
put in the right amount of money that re
ccyed.
o. win YOU please state TO this committee why
YOU put la less money Ia 1901? A. | cannot.
Q. VIII you please answer TO this committee
why there is a less amount put into the treasury
in the year 1902 than what was called for ia the
trcstees rcportI A. No sir.
@. win you please state why YOU turned I'm IN
1000 less than YOU have received, can you ans
wer that a. | calculated It was correct
A TO the best OF your knowledge, YOU don't
know whether the amount of money you have
turned IA 90 the county treasurer balances with
the amount of money YOU have reported as re-
coiyiugy A. II the county treasurer has given
rs credit for what WAS turned in thcy should
have balanced. because / have always had his
receipts and his receipts have gone before the
committee
Q. have You the receipts of the county treas
urer for the past yeaE A. Yes sir Got them
home.
o. Have YOU in Your possession a statement of
who paid you money eincc the fiscal year June
3d. 1907! A. / have out home.
y. Has amy of that money that YOU have ne
ceiNcd since June 80, 1907. been turned mtn the
county treasurer? 4. II has all been.
O. Do yuu consider that money ought Co bc
turned IN 1909 under the report, or would you
consider that the business Of lqlW What Is
turned iu now since jurc So viii IL come ia the
report OF 1900 or Is it Mug In this next repouT
A. II will come in this next report, but the cred
its Ouy show 90 1909.
O. DO YOU ever remember ofany insurance re-
turned 90 you for FIRE Insurance premiums that
had been caucelcdY A. No sir
Q.A1y fire insurance papers canecllcdt A. No
o. You don't remember Of O. c. Rcwcy having
any fire insurance cancelled. A. J don't re-
member " " N'NtN tNfi ldNthE NV lbi yam
oelicd insurance,
o. Do YOU remember whether there was such q
made2 A. know that he had the
insurance but don't remember any caucella-
tion of that insurance being returned.
.. You don't remember Incorporating IN your
report that such an item part of your
recciptsY A. | cannot recall IL. II It was IN the
report as money received il was turned into The
o. can YOU tell as why this policy or these
policies were cancelled A. Yes, remember
about il. They were only running for short
time. We let the insurance 70 the lowest bidder
and Reese was the lowest bidder He got II for
81 IS think. s. W. Reese was next aud he
made a kick because some of those complained
it was illegal for them TO go in for they were In
the trust They advertised again aud then
Reese y Robbins were the next lowest bidders
and the insurance was divided between those
two parties.
Because wc were paying $500 per hundred aud
by advertising we got it for Sl.pS
o. They cancelled the policies because the
wouldn't carry the insurance. Rewey
as agent was not requested by the trustees or
superintendent 20 cancel these policies, was het
A. No sir.
Q. Heidi pay back the return premiums to
yOu did he mott "A. | wouldn't say anything
about that don't recall ii.
o. You don't recall your receiving check and
dcpositing II into the County treasury A. No
sir, ! don't recall IL.
the Niagara Insurance Co, for the amount of
Siils0 for return premiums a. No sir, never
received any such check.
g. DO You remember the instance when this
policy was cancelledl A. I remember that they
were cancelled and that Is all remember about
it.
O. Up TO this time had you been making con
tracts with agents for fire insurance. A, The
trustees did that
o. But you executed them. did You noty A. |
don't know that had anything to do with H.
o. DO you remember anything about the
trustees selling piece Of land to James Corcora3
a, No.
o. You know the Hughes tract2 a. No, don't
remember that The trustees never sold any
land. The County Board always sold any land
wc had 20 sell
o. Did the trustees ever make contract for
0. What was that contractf A. The contract
was for seven years out here with the Mills boys.
o. what did you pay for THAR A. 5000
.. Is it All paid for? A. All paid for.
q. That contract was doubtless paid for soon
after purchase a. Yes. we paid some AT the
time we bought IL. ! know the Mills boys came
there and got their orders.
O. Have you been getting any wood from that
land this winter A. We have got all the wood
xe could use there IN the next seven years,
y. AbOut how much wood do You consume ON
an average during year, A. Last winter we
hauled think $50 loads.
o. Do you have 60 employ ans other help than
the patients Ia getting that woodl A. Not any
more than my hired man. | used 10 get IL Ia
cord wood aud have IL chopped and then would
hire that done
o. / would like you 60 recall this Hughes land
deaf Don't you remember the trustees selling
the Hughes land to James Corcora iu 1877 A.
They didn't sell the land. That had SOME deal
ings o. other over the estate Of this Mrs. Hughes
that died with as there. sam Swinehart made
some deal about some land there They paid
si72s for her support while She was confined in
The Asylum. can't recall how h vas done.
Q. Were you asked % come in on that and