The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-01
SUICIDE WAS A DEFAULTER
' ISSu COZ NTi " ~ ROBHED
OF HORE THlN NIJ.HD.
BSOLL~~ts-rs Threat Ia dORGrSs Com
pIlciiS BelI-' ~I To uaNr DriN en dhief
GIcrk Ia TrcasHr-r'S Once To Suicl'ie
NIrItrr Hauhnr, eft 10 TITS Wifr.

Hampstead IN Tuesday. was a deta'lit"r.
hnrla- y s.Ils m" Iuuu'v Treasurer.
~avs thar IA" cuun'y has been robbed
~ nor. than So un " " EA'"lyea.
Whr Ma. "A bpukh"'i'-r riud"r bauNn"N.
has cunf--s..i ru -rrulnH HiIT IT tn"
amour missing Ra,"N-a a. "a IA"
comfy lall
better written hv BtuNnry ro M NJ"
half an honr befur,, n. shot hIm-.lf Ma
IN tda rmhlic th,s afternoon II was i"und
On ~ Q dead man'- rluIh"- II rrsh-
NV DE,n WIZ Know ia" ,"W ardly
at ~ mine Nll almost kIl. '".. 80, u ]
| sh".Ilf have decide mo- 80 Il" o, N"u +" ould
. Raw. ~tIi er.i -iill more "a iu" iuiuIr
Caun"t hear - turrf nv fr"u T. sine" ~"
discovery 81 'rrrh"r' by "ur Nh"m say
uo-,.i va, NV ,.uss'sr friend ani -in"" ht-
. Confession - me- of arnur ten uaN~ 80" ~
has almost 49, me cav. an / th"t" - h"'h-
nv LETT bat gutus h-,"ud ID" Veg
III ~ M, u'.r,.-'- tu Ne" 'ulr'N.'v"
la,r"- ~ Eo~,u. Mo turrrl farm u' Port
Washington th. SiHn N ih" ~ru'N""ll-
. pr"S~ar Real, 'umpaiN ami bread l'urU :
ro's Tor o. SD together With VI" So! 90
The Nar.y stream estate sud ~" lot on
Fraukltn street I want ven to assign 80 MI
lrNf- Ihi~ auI tns SIl1 ~ vh.rn h"
owes NE viii more tuau nav i"r nv -hat"
IN N" tunt-mptibIs decd aud dom let
them get any more - thai NOR" than '"N
-r- nv end at N" d-,I ~ everything els,
belongs To- ,ou yuu Eau II" a. v"u ,h", -
hu' do not give ~ ANYTHING 'or something
-orn.. Oh. els. did
1 Noutd Ike - tell Won more. hu' 'tun"'
E"' nav mint together II Nnu need au'
legal advice 40 to our freud 81 UoVne,
and let hlrt -ti'l. ihr lNtHr have nothing
else - -4y 80, "r' 'hl' vtu' 'oU "a forget
the soon - ru--,he and SINCERELY hoU-
ven ~il meet aud marrv some one " h" -
more VurthN of you than | haV. h-"u
Nv God but ! would lik" 20 live This
irving ." vrtt- n~sr'v drives me mad
but cannot So" ANYTHING else 80 the last
good nv aud NAV God protect YOU ALWAYS
I ~a- vour loving husband. Iu'>N
rhe TYLER matter was nud - 'he
suffering IN he'll - any worse than have
gon" through " the past ten days then
regret NV deed but am sue ~ cannot h~
Rapelv-a though h;s salary was only
81 20o year has a hne place in Hemp.
stead and recently bought an automobIl"
"" ~ married but has no children.
Charles = Lewis IN. County Treasurer
vas in Saratoga when Baukney killed
himself and came home on receipt Of a
telegram Baukney enjoyed the trust
~ the community and had worked for
nine years IN the Treasurer ONCE Mr.
Lewis had such confidence in him that
he trusted him With hts private business
He lose nothing by Raukneys pecula-
tions
Baukney's funeral vas held today.
When HE BODY was on the wav tn the
grave kapelyea was confesslng the steal
He saws the short age IL only tl5.On bat
Iit - thought 20 I've At least as nOO The
confession waA made TO County Treas
urer Lewis IN the presence 81 District
Attorney Cole- Ieandsr Faber Mr. lewis .
personal counsel. Edward Downing coun.
eel and personal friend 81 Baukney sheriff
Joseph n Foster and -tenographeT
Rapelve says that hs and Bauknev for
more than q year had been taking cash
Their method was IN a way novel and
mi Eht never have been discovered without
an expert examination ~ the books Tor
fifty years.
There are some $50 record books show
ing the taxes due On various pieces OF
property. with those paid and It vas
these that were used 20 cover the stealing
When any one paid cash IN settlement for
back tAE-= due for ten years or NOR"
the pair would make out the usual SLIPS
showing the payment. hut they would
mark them With brass clip-. 80 that when
they came 10 them IN making up the
record they would simply attach them
90 the records ia the old books without
making an entry whatever IN n" cash
book When a. search would b" made
the property would be found clear ~ any
liability 20 the county. but the money
would never reach the County Treasurer
accounts IN ~ doIhtful q any one would
ever have happened TO question the dat"
of payment for the slips yer" dated
ANY one seeking the date ~ III" cash
book would discover the absence ~ a
record tut the chances ~ the question
we're very slim
When asked what h. did with his shar'
Of tho money Rap"ly-a told IN. q,ie-tion"r'
that he used u IN living ~. SAID that
while Mr. Lewis was at IA" Saratoga con
| ysntion he told Bauknsy he vas golnS
to .top stealing and make a clean breast
Of IN. AFFAIR to Mr. lewis upon MS return
Rap..lye zay. Rauknsy told him then that
n he did this he would shoot him Bauk
new argued they we're safe from discovery
and that they m ght we'll keep on
Rap.Iyaa said They talked Of the matter
on their way home. walking across co,fn
try. on Tuesday afternoon. and ~ VA
within a short time after they parted m
front 81 Baukn"ys house that blukn.y
killed himself 10 httle shop back ~ M
home on Franklin street. Henp-'ead
Traasurrr Lewis ~ once laid CTimiua
complaint against Rarslye and the hook
keetar was takcn before County judge
Jackson and committed without tail
re Resume winter schedule in Ss,lDwa,
IN, Public Ssrvich commission v"st"r
day denied an application from IN" Inter
borough to continue ia summer h 'ahwRN
.. haA,lle 81 four minutes from a. !.
o'clock IN IN. evening. Tn" commission
granted the company permission IN 'h'
snTinR to run their trains four instead
~ tire. and q half minutes apart in th"s'
nonths Tn" denial yesterday includes
, instructions "a 90 back To the three An'
A az minute Roadway
FooIbam % In G~nt rel Park.
Football will he permitted for th'
. frat time this season IN Central ParI
TODAY when the North Meadows
near the tennis courts. will be throw