Evening star., 1932-07-26
$564, 4()5 SHORTAGE
Of BALL REVEALED
IN AUDITORS PROBE
Exiting" of Checks Alleged
to Hide Facts in Arlington
County Deficit.
TREASURER ON RESIGNING
HAD S85,861 ON HAND
Report Lists Further Shortage Of
$13,75O, but Not Charged
to Him.
BY LESTER INSKEEP,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

Stan Correspondent Of The Star,
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, July 26.-The total alleged
shortage Of former Treasurer Z. Wade
Ball amounts to 1854, $40, it was re-
vealed in the report Of State Auditor T.
| Coleman Andrews. which was fled here
To-Day with County Manager Roy S.
Braden as clerk of the County Board.
The report charges a number of alleged
killings" Of checks to prevent detection
| OF the alleged shortages in previous
audits
At the time he resigned from Office
BAH Is claimed to have been account
able to the county for $602, ,321 81 and
10 the State for $47,945.48, making a
Total OF $3.50, ,266.99. OF this amount.
the report states he actually had on
nand $85. .86l.59. This was represented
by $4,000 In bonds and only $685.. SO
in cash.
1880 Report Recalled.
In description Of the findings of
the state auditor, 1t Is stated: "In
october. 1880, upon the basis of findings
reported TO him by a deputy who left
Ine employ OF the commonwealth early
last year, the then State auditor re-
ported that Ball had cash and cash
items at June 80, 1880, In the amount of
$3,5l3.38 more than the total of the
accounts for which he was accountable
to the county and the commonwealth
at that time.
"As matter Of fact, BAH was short
at that date the sum of $388, $40 .05. the
dlnerence OF $780,, 2,18343 between the
excess reported and the shortage which
existed 81
items as follows:
Il. Water service Installation notes.
interest on loans made from Washing
ton district road bond sinking fund
and sewer and sidewalk notes, collected
prior to July /, 1880, but not charged
10 Ball by the former auditor.
Other Differences Alleged.
2 Commission on items named in
credited to Ball by the former treasurer
after June 80, 1880, but nsyertheless
credited to Ball by the former auditor.
D1nerences between the accounts
OF BAH and the Commonwealth. NOT
discovered and taken into account by
the former auditor.
5. County Jury tickets which were
on hand June 80. 1880, but not taken
INTO accoNnt by the former auditor.
"6. Fictitious deposits which were the
results Of the kiting of checks by BAH
and which were not discovered by the
former auditor. Incidentally, Ball again
klted checks to the extent Of more than
100000 at the next settlement date.
June 80, 1881.
Other Items Reported Short.
The details of Balls personal use of
yaI
money and his kiting operation have
been reported to the Commonwealth's
attorney OF your county and, as YOU
know, Ball now Is held under two in
olctments founded on this and other
evidence.
From the civil point Of view, there
are two other items which must be
ADDED to the shortage of 1854, ,405 40 in
order to arrive at Balls total liability.
The frst Is $6,250 of warrants which
Z. j. Hallock, ex-clerk of the School
Board, has been charged with forging
and converting to his own use, and an
INDEFINITE sum, estimated, however, at
not less than $500, due from Ball on
account OF excess compensation for the
year 1881. In preparing the statement
herewith we did not charge these two
items to Ball. The first was omitted
because we are not certain OF his
responsibility in connection Herewith:
and the second item was omitted be-
cause the amount could not be de-
termined. Incidentally, Balls fee re-
port for the year 1881 was due to be
hled with the fee commission several
months ago. We are informed that he
has been promising for some time to file
this report but SO far has not done So"
Under the designation above, No. /
includes water service installation
notes, $23, ,49649, less a commission of
$234.96; interest on loans from Wash
ington district road bond sinking fund,
S693.75, less 1894 commission, and
sewer and sidewalk notes, s624.86, lesr
S6.25 commission. No. 3, warrants noo
paid by Ball until June 80, 1880, bu.
nevertheless credited to Ball by the for,
mer auditor, $237,289.36. No. 4, differ
ences between the accounts Of Ball anh
the Commonwealth not discovered ans
taken into account by the former audi
tor, $633.96. No. is a credit not shown
In the audit, but which, according to
the auditors, amounts to $308. No. 6,
which refers to alleged fictitious de-
posits which were the result of the al
legged "kiting" of checks by Ball, is not
shown in the audit, auditors claiming
that this is so distributed as to be i'm
possible Of further description.