The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-15
JUDGE PURIFOY
MAKES STATEMENT

'When / was auditor from 1892 to 1896
the president of the convict board handled
no money except what he drew for his
salary" said Treasurer Purifoy Friday.
Under the statutes as it existed them
he was required to give the auditor a
statement monthly of sums due the state
by contractors. The contractors were
quired to pay money direct to the treas
urer. In case the contractors failed to
pay the auditor notified the attorney gen.
eral and instructed him to bring suit
against them.
pay direct to the president of the convict
board and he makes his settlements with
the auditor and pays his money into the
treasury. / do not think the law requires
any specific time for remittances or a set
tlement with the treasurer, but the con-
vict department has been in the habit of
remitting to the treasury quarterly.
However, occasionally the convict
department has been making monthly
payments. that Is, whenever the treas
ury needed the money i have noticed
the weakness in the existing system
since l became treasurer. but it was
not my business to kick about it,.
TO EXAMINE
EVERY VOUCHER
Six state examiners have been or
dered to examine every voucher and
inspect every book of the convict de-
partmcnt and the different convict
camps, cotton mills and farms. The
seven examiners conferred with Gov
ernor O'Neal Friday afternoon and the
assignments of the different men made
by the governor are: Frank v. Evans,
Speigner, j. 7. German, main prison,
Wetumpka; H. Y. Brooke, convict de-
partment, Montgomery; G. F. Sedberry.
River Falls lumber camp; w. f. Will
Hanson, all mining camps; c. E. Nc
Call, general supervisor.
Governor ONeal conferred with the
Burns detective agency several times
Friday and it Is understood detectives
will be put on the trail of the missing
man Immediately. Reports and rumors
that Lacy had been arrested in At
lanta and other cities were received
during the day, but all of them proved
to be untrue. The early morning re-
port was that Lacy had been arrested
in Atlanta and $4,000 was found on
his person.
LACY SEEN IN
MONTGOMERY SALOON
Lacy was seen in Montgomery sa-
loon at 10 o'clock Wednesday evening.
This is positive, but his movements
since are unknown. A woman named
Farley, who was seen in company with
Lacy in Atlanta several times was in
Montgomery day or so ago. She
has not been seen since Lacy disap-
peared The question is
did she go with Lacy?" The woman
lived in Atlanta and her house was
one of the first places visited when
the former department clerk was
charged with embezzlement Thursday
afternoon
1t is not believed Mrs. Lacy knows
where her husband has gone She has
refused to talk for publication and so
far as known has given no informa-
tion about her husbands movements
to the investigators.
Before Lacy left Montgomery he at
tempted to draw every cent to the
credit of the convict department from
Montgomery banks. lie visited the
, Monte eomery Savings bank Tuesday
| morning and attempted to draw out
s145,000 which he had deposited with
out instructions from President Oak
ley. Officials advised that they would
| get $4,000 for him, but that they
We're awaiting replies to drafts for
| $4,000 which were deposited early in
'the week, saying that they did not
care TO cash checks until it was defi-