White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-28

cipal cities OF the United States, Can
ada and Great Britain. Mr.. Secor's
in the district was to con-
suit with the county commissioners
and the grand jury committee on
public Offices and officials, with re-
gard to auditing the accounts of the
various county departments, COM
mencing with that of the sheriff
Il find in going over the accounts
of Mr.. Butler" resumed Mr.. Adam
son, that no returns have been
made to the state since January l.
all collections for the
months of January, February and
March were made for the county, and
the records show that these were
turned into the treansry, n per-
ly vouched for. These were licenses
and the treasurer's receipts are on
file in the sheriff's office. Evidently,
the missing funds belong to the col
lections made in April and in the
present month.
THE collections for the state IL
censes are due during the first ten
days of January, but are usually not
turned over until sometime in May.
About three weeks ago / learned
that Butler had not turned in his
collections, and | wrote him a long
letter in connection with the matter,
enclosing the forms showing him
how to proceed. so that there could
not be any excuse for delay in
sending the money in to the state
treasurer. l received no answer to
this letter, which is now in the hands
of the grand jury, and to tell the
truth l was coming here on the mat
ter when news was received in Car
son that the sheriff had left for
parts unknown and that there was a
shortage in his office.
From what We have learned But
Ter left here with about $4,000 in
cash which he removed from the
safe just before his departure. 1t
may be that my letter and the fact
that the grand jury was in session
fastened his departure, If the two
facts did not cause him really to
make up his mind for flight. / have
haap in forp,ad hv savaroI eartIa,,a,,
here that he could have raised the
money to cover his shortage, had he
made known the conditions of his
Office Should he come back now
with the money, l daresay that he
would be safe in doing so, making
the plea that he had the money on
deposit in some other place. To be
sure that would be irregular, but |
believe that it would hold good in
law"
Mr.. Adamson was busy last night
his report of the conditions
as he found them to Governor Oddie,
which was mailed to the office of the
chief executive this morning. The
report covered twenty typewriter
pages.
Captain Donnelly of the state po-
lice did not wait until reaching the
ground before starting the hunt for
Sheriff Butler. Circulars, with the
and description of the
official were sent out by the
state police from Carson Friday night
and are now on their way to every
city and hamlet in the country.
1T was reported to us at Car
son City," said Captain Donnelly,
that there was a shortage in the
sheriff's Office ano that the sheriff
was missing. OF course all my men
know Butler, and he had his picture
taken on the occasion of one of his
visits to the capitol. wired to the
district attorney for as full de-
scription as was possible to obtain.
This We incorporated in the circular.
and then i left with Mr.. Adamson to
make a closer investigation on the
ground and to consult with the
county commissioners and the grand
jury. That work | did today. | do
not know what course will be taken
by the grand jury, but presume that
the evidence before them is sufficient
for them to find an indictment
against Sheriff Butler.
with an indictment against him
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