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

private patient money. That you are re.
sponsl6le Tor. You are not responsible foi
any 1909 private patient money that has not
been reported by the trustees, but as super.
intendent and as custodian OF these funds
y9p are responsible A. All right
y You have 1909 money that you have
not accounted. A. have accounted for IT,
| q. In your reports you have only ac-
| counted Tor lNh money, A. For June 3Dt b
! lNS private patient money and II is I'm there
/ 2. For the last three or four years haven't
you been year behind virtually on private
patient money! A. No sir, no SIR,
q. Haven't you put in generally toward
| the latter part OF the year bunch Of money
TO balance that account? A. Yes
q. I'd you ever put 1T in there to give the
| impression that your account balanced
will your reporH A. / have advanced my
own money TO square up the report.
| knew lhe parties were good for it,
q. In this particular year the point that
! am making as far rs this committee on
auditing is concerned, in 1909 you show a
shortage of sl235.l0 and you report private
patient money for 1905. VIII you present TO
/ this board receipts showing private patient
/ money that has been paid you from June
! 3lth, 1909, and tell us when this money was
| put in the county treasury A. Yes sir.
! have collected from all those private pa
/ tients, but how can have the receipts when
! ! mailed the receipts.
! 2, You can keep the stub OF the receipt
| that you sent for he money. A. We don't
/ have printed bill and receipt book.
1 .. You should have. a. Probably If we
went to the expense OF having those bills
printed somebody would kick
., The point this committee is making
/ and the point this committee Will stand by
/ Is thal money you have paid In from June
/ nth, 1909 to Jan. lSt 1910, has nothing to do
/ with this report. 1t is 1909 money from I he
! private patients that you will account for
I next year, and you know it. A. That is
/ very true, but you have both moneys. You
have 1905 and 1909.
( Mr. Eagnnl ii seems to me as il there
/ is a place there that he has been one year
behind I'm getting this money into the
treasury and the next year he has made
that up and he has Just dated II hack one
year. Is that the way you understand itE
Mr.. koethe:) We'll, he is short i'm that
year. That is all there Is to It, suppose We
didn't have an Investigation this year and
Mr.. Perkins had gone on and collected this
money after the 30th day of June. Now
what he has put I'm would appear next year
and show that IL had been collected and
paid in. A. Then the county lost nothing
10y 1t.
O. We cannot figure this year. This re-
port goes up to June 30th lgGgAnd lua~much
as the testimony of the superintendent
shows hat the money hr has nut in since
June goth, 1909 is going to be reported in IT,.
MIR. Perkins:l This report Tor the private
patients next year will show private pa
tients paid up to June 30th, 1909. our report
Is supposed to close June 3oth. You cannot
collect Il bill until e is due. Consequently
we would send out bills and Tom would
come to me and say get In the money that
you have collected and finish up our report
/ have carried patients for one year; some
parties for $1,000 OF my own personal money
and turn IL into tho county treasury. i
am today carrying about 5000 Of his money
that was reported in 1909 of my own person
al money
(Mr Roethe:) You haven't reported 1902
A. Here is our report for 1909. That is
private patient money Of 1908, / am talking
about money have collected for ice ana
seed corn and the sale of stock. The pri-
N9,,.e Ifl.. mn, 10.
don't think anybody can claim We are de-
fauters II We have that money In the coun-
ty treasury. Mr.. Billings had those vouch-
ers. and you came before this board and
made great splurge that we are si&5l0
short. ! don't believe that you can make
anybody believe that weare defaulters.
(Mr. Roethe:) This committee has no
other alternative than to figure up to June
Goth 1902. Your testimony showed that the
money you have put into the county treas-
ury was money derived from private PAT
tients ending June Both, 1909 which had rot
been reported on, and which Is to come IN
your report for 1910.
(Mr. Perkins, OF course you took my
deposition before your honOred body but !
never had any communication from any
party. ] was called before this committee
and sat there before three experts and
one pumped q question NJ me ana they came
In all directions, and think 1t would puz-
zle most any man TO collect his memory
and keep his thoughts together
Mr.. Roethe9 We gave you plenty OF
time to answer the questions.
(Mr. PenhallePon;1 | would Ike to ASK
how much money Is dGo from private pa
tients today A. Money is due NJ to June
9Oth, 1909 from Mrs. Kennedy for her daugh,
ter Mrs. Watson, from Josephus Bailey ana
for Mrs Garter The bill Is rendered and he
wrote me saying he had some money due
March LIST and as soon rs he got that money
he would remit. There Is $500 and some
thing which makes Sl56.O that IS due from
o, HOW much would these several
amounts approximate? A. There IS Ball-
ey,s Sl5dO0 with probably i've or SIX dolars
added for clothing; from Garter there Is one
hundred and twenty-five dollars ana some
odd cents and from Mrs. Kennedy sl56A3.
(Mr Roethe:) That would approximate
ly mean that you have received IN the
neiphborhood of $4,000 private patient
money for the year 1909, and that same mas
not been reported by the trustees. a. Ihat
is i'm the county treasury.
trustees. A. No sir. That is coming in our
O. That is money that you have deposit
ed with the county treasurer TO go III the
year 1910? A. Yes sir
whether the committee VINO was hppollteu
10 consider the asylum report, whether
they reported this amount of money turned
i'm or not believe Mr.. Cody was one OF
TINT committee. whether tins amount OF
money has been reported by the trustees as
MI. Cody1 To my recollections, yes,cer-
toinIy. That Is how we made our balance
tMr Eagan) Then that money was re-
ported in there before the committee was
appointed at allF
mir Eagan:l suppose. III. Perkins nat
Won had collected this money that was que
from patients, and had 1T Ill collected Just
nrior 10 June 30th, would there nave peth
any shortage appearing In that pook7 a
No sir. ,.,-.. 49,.
IL collected TINT is the reason the shortage
occurrcd A. Yes sir. We jumped one
yenr. II always went in before. There IS
year that we Jumped but tue county Eol
the money and there Is nobody snort.
MIR CrnwfordJ Is there or IS lhtre hoI
, minute book kept OF the monthly meet
ings of the trustees2 A. Yes SIR,
o That is OF record in your once louaS
A This committee has that record book.
There Is n complete record Of every meet
ing held there. .,ts ,,o,sy
fr,Tn 1905 and 1909; In the report is tnui
Nyordcd due from patients or Is IL Noiueu
received from patients! .,.
(Mr. Roethel Received from patl'I,,a
turned into the county treasurer. 70 - iL'
Pariytns i In e.nse YOU should die tomorrow,
,ro,,idn,t Won be responsible for the 1875
money that you say you have received ahd
which is not in the county treasury anu
wouIdnt YOU be responsible Tor the NV
money which you have received anq put ~
he county treasury A, No sir. ! qoh
si,ier myself responsible because nave
vouchers from the county treasurer
! MIR Ropthe:) You would bee Responsible
for Sl2,5 10 lu 1908 and you would nave r..
.eived $4,000 In 1902 money thhi mas nov
becn reported, and YOU would pe Response
INF, RoweyD I rise to point of order
Yc1,' toid Mr. Perkins he couldn't conttll-
Mate 100. and now you are skiing nun u ~