The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-09
AIIeQdd Shortage Explained

weeks ago of the claims again it.
county and ex county officers in
which the State Board of account
claims that there is due various
amounts which the officials owe
the counties or State, and as the
name of EX-County Auditor JAG
OBJ H Seng is one of the affair
charged with owing Three Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars, We mad
IinvC stigation of the matter. not
IWithstanding that we were fully
satisfied before we went into the
matter that Mr.. Seng was short
and did not owe as an Official one
penny TO either the County or
State, and the following state OF
fact will convince any taxpayer
that such is the case
The conditions are as follows,
on the night of May 9 1919 the
Farmers and Merchant Bank OF
this City was broken into and
robbed of severa thousand dollars
worth of Liberty Bonds by one
Bill German, who is now serving
time in prison for the crime
Before German stole the BONDS
he was accused by eter Schnell
lof Johnsburg this county. with
robbing LIN of a small sum OF
Imoney. and Schneil had filed an
affidavit against him charging
him with the offense. After the
Dank had been robbed and Cor
man had sold and dis posed of the
part of the bonds stolen to Evan
svile, Boon lille and Louisville
parties. he was arrested by our
local officers and taken before
!. k Dougherty. Justice of Peace
where his pi elimInary eXamina
ton in which he was charge with
robbing Pc er Schnell was heard
and he was leconlZed to the cir.
cult court and his bond fixed
at Three Hundred and Fifty Dol
lars, which he put up IN cash from
the mon y he had secreteo
about his person.
! Up TO this tine and for a long
time a ter German mad not been
suspicioned o. robbiDg our Local
bank. Court came on German
fail ny to appear his bond was
forfeited to the State, about this
time he was arrested In Louis
Vile KY, while trying to dispose
Ioe some Of the bonds stolen from
the F. &M. Bank.
He was tried and ser tened
Tor a long number of years, and
1.-The bank officials fl ed claim with
County Auditor J H. Seng, to be
by him presented to the county
commissioners for theirsaction as
the bank claimed that three Hun.
Idred and Fifty Dollars cash bond
that German deposited with the
Justice of peace was money de
rived from the sale OF the Liber
ty bond stolen from their bank
Inc county commissioners after
thoroughly investigating the mat
ter allowed the claim of Three
Hundred and Fifty Dollars, de
posted as bond money by German
for his appearance at the next term
of court and which was forfeited
by his failure so to do. ard as the
money had been derived from the
sale of bonds stolen from the F,
& NJ, Bank, the Commissioners
allow ed the claim after being leg
ally advised to do so, and Mr. Seng
rs was his sworn duty to. issued
a county Warrent to the F. & M.
Bank Tor Ii rec Hundred and
Fifty Dollars, as the law made 1t
his duty to do this. then the
State Board of Accounts investi'
gateshis office and holds the claim
illegal allowance and Mr.. Seng
should pay back the money back
into the treasury, not withstand
ing he holds the receipt for the
money showing it was paid 10 Gus
Gramelspacher Cashier of the f.
/ e NJ. Bank, and not one cent of
the money.didMr, Seng o deputies
receive in the transaction.
Mr.. Jacob Seng, was an honest
faithful upright and accomodat
ing officer, e, er looking for the
tax papers of his county, and
while we feel and know that
every tax payer in this county
knows that he is such in the
fullest sense of term, yet we
write this to show to those who
may not know Mr.. Seng that his
constituents have the most alb
solute confidence in his honor,
honesty and integrity,