The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

At late hour this afternoon City
Attorney Ralph B. Smith made the fol-
lowing statement to The Gate City:
"The entire shortage of Clerk Henry
7. Moore has been made good by rcla-
tives."
/ City Clerk Henry 7. Moore is the
most talked of man il town today.
Disappeared from view after the ex-
perts reported that he was short
4 S3,4SS.13, although at his Office last
evening the circumstances looked any.
thing but pleasing.
Briefly stated, the facts in the case
are these: Last evening at the council
meeting, the experts made their re-
port They stated that the clerk had
failed to turn over S3,4SS.13 city mon
ey to the treasurer.
This morning the city clerk disap-
peared and it was stated that he had
gone to Quincy.
At the city office it was stated this
morning that about $1,000 had gone
with the clerk, including what cash
was In the drawer yesterday
Friends say that the clerk, by loose
bookkeeping, has created the trouble,
but that he can easily straighten it
out. They urge that public opinion
be not too severe until future de-
velopments come up and do not be-
lieve that there has been wilful
misappropriation of the city's funds.
1t was stated this afternoon that
friends OF Mr.. Moore went to Quincy
on the early afternoon train to find
him and bring him back home this
evening to straighten the matter out.
1t is a known fact that the experts,
while examining the books, found the
discrepancies and notified the clerk,
giving him plenty of opportunity to
balance up the books, but that he
failed to do so a week ago. The re-
port was held back last evening until
the last minute in order to give him
chance, but he failed to do anything.
No charges have been filed against
the clerk and the most likely outcome
Of the affair is that the missing clerk
will be back ia Keokuk this evening,
bringing the warrants and other CITY
papers he has in his possession and
that the whole affair will be straight
ened out at once. 1t is thought bv
some that Mr. Moore has worried
so much over the coming report of
the experts that he is not entirely re-
sponsible for his actions OF last night
and this morning when he left with
city papers, which are virtually worth
less. excepting to be used by himself
in balancing up his books.
The Experts Report.
, George Ferguson ...........S 20
NJ. r. Eaton ........... 1852
H. T. Moore ......,........, 3,4SS.13
The above sums are due the city
from past officials, according to the
, report made last evening by Rice H.
, Bell and George E. Radasch, the ex-
. perts who have checked up the city
books during the past few weeks and
whose report was filed last evening
, at the council meeting.
AS city jailer, George Ferguson
Sllcii Scu up po'SO w Inc SIlf iOl Dodl u
ing prisoner, whereas the charge
should have been but $500, leaving
, twenty cents due the city.
The report of the experts on the
: books of NJ. F Eaton showed his re-
ceipts to have been $1,S93.28, with
, cash paid to the city treasure Of
$l,79045. leaving a balance due the
city of s1o2S3.
To offset this the experts found
Weighing charges uncollected from D.
E. Reeves of S2503 and A L. Cook &
, Co. $4.18, a total OF $29.21; leaving The
r balance due the city from Mr.. Eaton
of $780,
= The books of all other city officials
i excepting the clerk of the council
were found to balance correctly and
all moneys accounted for and paid
. into the treasury
' The report of the experts on the
' clerk of the councils books reads as
follows:
IN the books of the clerk of the
council, we found numerous clerical
errors, but we find that all monies
! collected by him have been paid tc
the city treasurer, as shown by re
cepts signed by the treasurer and in
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