The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-20
IHE COLLECTED $1,000
Did Attorney Generals Clerk ior
X. T., Now There's a Tangie.

| Cbecks aggregating $1,000 to be
placed to the credit OF Kansas IN
yersity, have been turned over 70 the
educational administration ooaro Iroiii
| the estate of the late Governor CnaS.
| robinson 1t is the first money from
the $4,000 estate lett TO the unlNei
sity by the first governor OF hahS Sno
| Included in the estate is nearly l,lOV
acres of rich, fertile land along tne
! Kaw river which cannot be SOLD un-
der the terms of the will. but from
which the state university Will re-
ceive the residue. =.
1919. Robinson went west TO seek
fortune. On his trip 10 CalIor Di
Robinson passed through Kansas, one
morning he stood on Mount Oreao' the
nresent site of Kansas University, ana
Viewed the rich lands along the IA"
river. Robinson was SO ueePly I'M
pressed with the site that ne retulS1
to Kansas in later years and pougn1
the tract of land from the Onlon fd
cific Railway company. Then H0pin-
son became the first governor OF han-
sas and played an important par. AZ
shaping the early history of the state
When Governor Robinson died IN
1894, he bequeathed his entlre estate
to Kansas University, proVi1lhS oHIS
that his widow, Sarah -. =. 10 ~ tba
estate. Mrs. Robinson died IN ISL
and under the terms of the WILL tltIe
to the estate passed to X y. since
the death of MIS- Roplusoh III =.
agement of the estate has been IN
charge of an administrator. ABOUT
500 acres of the land was sold TO SET
tie certain requests, but the remainder
of the estate will be held intact.
Recently A. L. Maltby, a steno-
grapher and law clerk in the attorney
generals office, went to Lawrence 10
appear at the formal discharge OF the
Robinson administrator. NOW, IL dP
pears that Maltby in his zeal assumed
much authority and proceeded TO col
lect the $1,000 from the admlnlstra-
tor and brought the money with MN
to Topeka and deposited the luIu II q
local bank. Not until few days ago
did Attorney General Dawson learn
of the transaction. Since that uIne
things have been happening in the at
letters and telephone messages nave
been rushed to members of the educa-
tional board urging them to straight
en- out the tangle and the fund mas
been removed to a Lawrence bank,
recognized as a depository for the
state university. The money will now
be turned over to the K. u. treasurer
by the educational board.
No authority was given Maltby by
the attorney generals office whlcn
permitted him to collect the money
from the Robinson receiver, 1t seems
and the fund which should nave been
turned over to the probate court ana
paid to the K. u. treasurer was paid
to Maltby as an attorney for the ad-
ministration board and later deposited
in a bank which was not a state uni
versity depository. This transaction
brought about a number of legal tan
giles that must be Strengthened out by
the attorney generals office and the
educational board, although the mon
ev is safely on deposit in Lawrence.
Members of the educational board
have been urged by Dawson to hasten
to Topeka and it is probable that a
conference regarding the settlement
fos, Of fIa
administrator will be thoroughly re-
viewed. -