New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-29

plete report of the books and said that
the Hebron report would be of little
aid in such an investigation, and said his
company refused to certify to the correct
ness of Heilbron's work.
The sentiment OF the meeting, both
among the council and amongsthe visitors
was. clearly in favor OF Mr.. Wicherski.
E. G. Hage spoke warmly in his favor.
He said in part, '"The man who has been
| auditing the city books has made reports
in public places about shortages in the
| books in which he has assailed the charac
ter Of the former city clerk. Pardon me
if l am 'butting' in here, but as fair
minded citizen l want to see justice done
in this matter. Hebron says in that
letter read here tonight that the former
city clerk has admitted shortages. This
! Mr. Wicherski denies and he should now
! and here be given a chance to deny these
charges.
IF anyone has been guilty OF indiscre-
ton it is not the former city clerk nor the
|
A great injustice has been done and it
must now be righted. l believe it to
be the duty of the City of New Ulm to
reimburse Mr.. Wicherski for any loss he
may suffer as result of his placing his
check for $1,000"
Mr. Retzlaff then voiced the senti-
ments of the Finance Committee. He
deplored their mistake in the choice of an
accountant and declared that they
wished nothing of Mr.. Wicherski which
did not of right belong to the City of New
Ulm. The investigation, he said, must
be continued by reputable accountant
at any cost and brot to some definite
conclusion
Mr. Wicherski then addressed the
council and made strong impression by
his straight forward discussion of the
situation His remarks, in full, were as
Gentlemen:
! The matter came up that I was to meet
the Finance Committee on Thursday
| believe that was on the 9th----and [ was
telephoned on Wednesday to appear here
at the City Clerks office at 8 o'clock. l
came up here little after nine and was
told the Finance Committee was meeting
with Mr.. Hebron at his room at the
Dakota House. When came over there
Il Mr.. Albert Pfaender came out and said he
wanted to see me and we went into the
other room and he talked to me, we two
were alone, and he told me what he had
been told about the affairs and said II
don't know anything about that He
then left; waited there quite while and
Mr.. Hebron came in and started to talk
and went back then. He said to me that
: it would not be necessary that meet the
, Finance Committee, that he would GO
and talk with the Finance Committee
. and then he came back again, or Mr..
Hebron and Mr.. Pfaender came back
, and Mr.. Pfaender told me what the
Finance Committee had decided on and
; they told me that I was to put up GER
, titled check in the sum of $4,000. Well
: | did not know what that should be fo1
and I told them if that was what they
, demanded, why, I, would put that up in
: good faith, and they asked me what time
| wanted to put up that check. | told
them was working at the mill every day
, and it was hard for me to get away but
that / would have time Saturday after
noon to attend to it, and they gave me
time until Monday. Well, they agreed
T that it was all right that should do that
} Monday morning. In the evening Mr.
r Pfaender telephoned me and asked me tc
7 come to his office, and Mr.. Retzlaff came
/ over and Mr.. Pfaender drew up that
agreement which I signed and which Mr.
: Retzlaff has in writing. On Monday
delivered that certified check thru Mr.
Pfaender for $4,000 to be put in escrow
t On Saturday afternoon when that check
| was delivered to Mr.. Retzlaff in Mr.
Somsen's office, or rather Monday after
{ noon, it was agreed that Mr. Hebron
+ and I should go over the supply books
and check them over and was ready to
: start Tuesday morning Mr. Hebron
took the books over to the Dakota House
and we started in checking out the assess
ment rolls. We worked on that all day
, Tuesday and think it was little time
/ OF Wednesday yet. Mr.. Hebron stated
that they had not been completed. We
did not get thru with it but there was
) something left that he said he would
/ finish up because he wanted to figure out
, what the unpaid balances were. So
, Wednesday started on the supply &C.
counts and made list of them. He had
, sent for the adding machine from the
, Office here and it was brought up to the
. hotel. l added on the machine all day
! and the next day worked over here at
the Clerks office and checked the figures
: hack----T believe that was Thnrcdo1,