The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-07-26

Paid Out Cash "For Good of the
ST.. .e"-Tangie Put Up to Attorney
General Alter.
Harrisburg. July 26.-With Harmon
NJ. kepharr vigorously defending his
actions as state treasurer and st"utsI
declaring he received no money 10
which he was NOT legally entitled. The
probe of Auditor General Lewis inTo
The treasury department came 1" j
halt.
PrnspectS of il heing resumed at
iater date We're considered remote as
state officials began u survey the mass
! ,f testimony submitted at the various
hearings.
Attorney General Alter. who sat i'll
Indictment with the audror general.
stated his department vii! ilnnediat"-
/, begin IN exhaustive survey of tn"
evidence. On tie basis of the eStilat"
| y r,>lllnp report will be issued thar
viii contain all the salient details OF
| t.ln Investigations .tust what recon-
| n;pnlatiunS will be made, according T."
| he attorney general. will depend Ell
,irey on CONCLUSIONS reached from an
| examination Of the records.
Auditor General Lewis wound up me
| proceedings by placing the entire affair
! in the hands of the attorney general!
| In some quarters il WAS minated In"
| probe will die natural death. Three
| witnesses who could not be located
may be called at Il larer date and ask
| ed 10 eyUlain their connection with The
| Kephart payroll, but. even re"pen!ng
of the case TO that extent WAS cuh>id-
cred remote poSSihlIIlH.
kephart took the stand after several
men who had been carried on the pay
| roll were subjected To gliiiing eN-
| animation by DepurN Attorney Cen
| pral Hull Some of them were rather
| GaZy about the nature Of the services
| rlrey performed in return for the mon,
| py received. One admitted he acted
| as bodyguard for kephart during lhe
| Republican national convention III en-
| ,.agn. while another confessed 10 M
| Nestigarng notes on which the name
| If kephart is alleged to have been
| forged by Bill I.ieb. former Repuh-
| lean leader in Schuylkill county, but
| II the present time i serving term
| in the Eastern PeniIenti;try.
| KeIS,art was recalled To the stand
| after T.. L. DOnneily. Il claim agent for
| the West Penn railroad, with head
| quarters in connelsville. had testified
| 10 inVeSti eating the l.itb notes. II"
| said he received $500 for the work,
! nut ms Sted the money covered eN-
| pensps incurred. While inveSti@ II.
| HE paper he made one trip To i It's
| vile and several Ia Philadelphia,
| : here he visited banks and interview
| ed different persons with reference To
| he forgerieS.
Nephart's name was forged 10 two
| notes. according 10 Donnelly. One was
| for $4,000. while the amount of the
| other he could not recall.
As result of the investigation.
| said Donnelly, "Lieb was arrested.
| Then dropped out
The former state treasurer said he
never saw the notes in question. and
| the first he knew of their existence
| was when he received a notification
! from the Minersvilie bank.
THE bank told me they had u note
| of mine for $4,000 and sent bill for
! the interest," said Kephari. Il told
| them | never signed it, and an investi-
cation revealed the forgery. sent
DonneIly to Philadelphia and Potts
| Vile and told him to find out what he
could about the notes. There was no
agreement between Us on the question
| Of compensation for Donnelly, and !
| don't know whether he or | suggested
5000 to cover expenses