Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-11-27
THREE STATE OFFICIALS
ARE INDICTED.

AXE INDICTED.
Governor Graham, Bank Commission
er Williams and State Purchas-
ing Agent Hanley All Under
Bonds.
Governor Horace F. Graham gave
bonds OF $4,000 in Washington county
court Nov. 20 for appearance at
trial on indictments alleging larceny
and embezzlement from the state dur
| ing his term of office as auditor from
1902 to 1917. The indictments, Sc
cretly returned by the grand jury Of
Washington county Monday include
| 152 counts of alleged larceny and six
alleged embezzlement.
At the request of r. E. Brown,
counsel for the Governor, the trial
was set for the March term of court,
Attorney-Gen Barber saying that
while he was ready to proceed with
the case at an earlier date he would
consent to a postponement until
| March.
The Governor was not placed under
arrest, but went to court voluntarily,
accompanied by counsel. He had no
comment to make regarding the case
on Aug. IL, when thealleged shortage
was brought to his attention, he asked
| that judgment be suspended, saying
that while he had been wrong in the
matter of handling his salary and
official expenses as Auditor, he had
not previously been aware that any OF
his vouchers were missing.
The indictment does not cover un-
vouchered accounts back of April 30,
1913, against which the statute of
limitations for larceny is said to be
bar. The Indictment also appears to
cover every order drawn by him be-
tween April 80, 1918, and January 5,
1917, Just before he took office as
governor and makes no credit OF
vouchered accounts, hence the sum OF
orders drawn for this period OF $780,
845 probably does not represent
sum the prosecution will be able to
show was taken or advanced without
authority. 1t is said that vouchers
for some $33, 1000 of this amount ap-
pear, and the intention of the prose-
cution evidently is to require proof
! of vouchers.
The ten counts for alleged embez-
element cover periods from April 16,
1915, to January 8, 1917, totalling
st, ,45O.
Frank C. Williams, state bank COM
missioner, and Dewey T. Hanley,
state purchasing agent appeared in
Washington county court, Nov. 21,
answering to charges brought against
them in indictments returned to the
grand jury. Each of them furnished
| bail in the sum of $4,000 and the cas-
es are set for trial December II.
The Indictment against Commits
| 81 Wi11io xxyoc in counts
for failure to audit the books of the
auditor and failure to report his find
ings to the general assembly.
| Mr.. Hanley is charged with 26
I counts of larceny and like number
of embezzlement, these counts rang
! ing from $2.32 to $333.24.
| The first count against Commits
sioner Williams is that he failed to
audit the books for the year ending
June 80, 1916. The second count is
that he failed to make a report to the
| General Assembly relative to the con-
dition of the books for the year end
that he failed to report facts well
known to him that Horace F. Graham
had withdrawn and abstracted from
the state treasury without lawful right
various sums of money during the
| period ending June 80, 1910, 1912,
| 1914 and 1916, aggregating $4,000.
The fourth count is identical with
+, the third except that it covers the
period ending June 80, 1915, and
amounts to $4,000.
The Indictment against Mr.. Hanley
alleges that he sold the hides from
the state hospital, industrial school,
and state prison to Carroll S. Page of
Hyde Park, that he retained this mon
ey which amounted to about $2100and
that it was taken on various dates in
1916 and 1917. Restoration was
made during December, 1917.
Mr.. Hanley through his attorney,
M. G. Leary of Burlington, urged
pressing business and the holiday
season when he asked for a continu-
ance to the March term of court, but
the court did not grant the request.
Mr.. Williams through his attorney,
Frank Plumley, urged that his case
be continued until the March term of
court on the ground that the dispo-
sition of the Graham case would have
much to do with the disposition of
his case. Attorney General Barber
opposed, claiming that the disposition
of the Williams case did not depend
on the outcome Of the Graham matter
and the case was set for December II.
Eoxu noor K;JIod II, Or1oauS Couufv