The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-31
FIGURES ON SHORTAGE
in STATE TREASURY

nS' oEuihB 70 tile nRureS which the
county attorney bad prepared for use
in the trial Of Fred NJ. Coleman, who
yesterday plead guilty to embezzle-
msnt Of state funds and went to the
penitentiary, o. v. Allen increased
his own default between July 2 and
the date Of his arrest in October, by
s24, 3sS.67.
The figures compiled for use In the
Coleman trial show Aliens shnrtaQ Q
on July to have heen $45, ,3sI. .02. To
this should be added 1854 80 designat
ed 10 the county attorneys figures as
"Sundry Advances. making a total
deficit cliargeable to Allen on tnat
date OF s45. 966.0l. The shortage
charged against Allen In the infor
nation against him to which he
plead guilty, was s70, 353.6S, showing
that he took from the state cash to
the amount Of S24, ,3ss.67 between
July 2 and October 2l.
The item "Sundry Advances Is
believed to refer to the l. q. US. OF
the state officials, or employees, that
are known to have been carried by
Allied as cash. On July the total
"Sundry Advances" was only 1854. 80.
On October q, when Allen was ar
rested, this amount had been greatly
increased, although the exact
amount Is not known, nor have the
names Of those giving their /. O.
C's. been made known. 1t is believ-
ed that tile Ramstedt report con.
tains list of these papers and, &C.
cording to rumor, this fact accounts
partially at least, for the strenuous
objection to making that report pub.
lie, as was so freely pFomised-before
election. This increase in the amount
OF these "Sundry Advances Is in
cluded in the total Of S24, 3SS.67 shat
Allen increased his shortage between
July 2, when Coleman left the state
tFeasurer's Office, and October 2l,
when Allen was arrested. 1t is as
SUmed that Allen himself got the
difference between this amount and
the increase in the amount OF the l.
y. U's. carried.
The financial statement prepared
for the county attorney for use in the
Coleman trial shows that Allen re-
ceipted to G. A. Hastings on Jan. 2,
1911, for SO6, 5Ss. II; that he received
from that date to Dec. 81, 1911, req
resenting the first year of bis term,
3, 836, 7S4.S4 from January l, 1912, to
Dec. 81, 1912 the second year OF his
term, he received 81, 626, 1856. %; from
January /, 1913, to December 81, 1918
be received 81, $50, 423.l9; from Jan.
uary /, 1914, to June 30, 1914, he re-
ceived 81, l44.24, and on July l and
July 2, he received various small
items sufficient to make his total ag.
gregate receipts up to the time Cole.
man left and George Green took
charge as deputy, Sl2, ia, ,67l.l9.
The expenditures during the first
year we're 81, 2,944, O39. So; during the
second year, 50, l54 2s5. "a: during the
third year, 81, $50, 775. SO, and during
the fourth year to June 30, 81, 1885,
259.s9. There we're no disbune.
ments July anG July 2, so that the
toal disbursements during his term,
up to July 2, amounted to $40, 5n4,
800. AZ. leaving q cash balance OF sl,.
3l0, $40. II that should have been to
The credit of the state treasurer upon
that date.
This cash Is accounted for as fol.
Iows:
On deposit In the banks of the
state, 81, AS. SIT. s4 cash in the vault,
b3, 299; cash In the dra Wer. sl2o; cash
10 the tray, $50. SO; paid warrants
not returned 60 the state auditor,
s93, 3s7. .O4, '.sundry advances, 5s4 90
D. v. Allen, deficit, s45, 3s1. .02; Cole
mans check on the First National
bank, undated, So, 2,OOO.-Capital