Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 2 July 1898 — Page 4
THE REviEW.
By the Review Co."
TURKS or 1UBSCBIPTIOH
One year, in the county, O:oyear,outofthe county, I squire at Office for Advert liner
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JULY 2, 1898.
A Midden Hand.
ED. RKVIKW:— In thi« Hutton trial a contract wae brought to litrht ty the di.-feiiso while the cross examination of Fran O. Maxwell was goinj on Monday that will sot the people of Montgomery county to woniieriuu. The whole animus of tlie case that ha? i.nw been goir.if on for over four weeks and has cost Montgomery county already over three thousand dollars, to say nothing of the expense to which Mr. Ilutton tua been put, was developed ly the introduction on the part of the plaintiff of the order of the Board ol: Commissioners for Auditor White to commence suit against Mr. Hutton. This order set out the fact that one Frank O. |M ax well, deputy auditor, and John li. *Bonnell at one time deputy treasurer under the present treasurer, had'heen in the employ of the county aa experts for the examination of the treasurer's and auditor's books. What the (terms of the contract were has always been a mystery to those who knew that these gentlemen had been receiving cash from the county treasury in various amounts for eoiue time pasi. Here is the contract:
Memorandum of an agresmeDt made and entered into by and between the Board of Commissioners of the County of Montgomery, in the Stateot Indiana, and Frank O. Maxwell and John R. Bouneil tliia day of.- 18(J7.
WITNESSETH: That whereas there is a public necessity for tue examination and adjustment of the accounts of John C. Hutton, lute treasurer of said county, the Board of Commissioners have, and do hereby, employ the said Maxwell and Bonnell to examine all the books and record in the treasurer's and auditor's office of said county from the beginning and during the term ot oflice of the Saul Hutton to the present time (especially thejtax duplicates, disbursement records, receipt and balance book*') that ui iy enable them to accurately and definitely ^ascertain the amount of all funds received and disbursed by said Iluttonjjduring his term of office: the amount of compensation received bv him, what sum or sums of money, if anw have been collected by said Llutton and not fully accounted for or paid over to his successor in office. The amount belonging to and due each seperate and distinct fund of the county at the time of the expiration of his term uf office, to ascertain the discrepancy, if any, between the accounts of the said lluitonand (Joben and to report the result of their examination to the said Board of numis•eioners within twoiUj-tive chun from the date ereo And the earn Maxwi il and Bonnell ajjree to make such full and complete examination ol said books and records in said othces, and euch reports of the accounts of said Hutton and Goben and report the same to said hoard with whatever sum or sums of money that may be found due from s:-tid Hutton, if any and all other matters affecting the interests of said county, as mav be disclosed by said, examination, and in accordance with agreement as herein set forth, for and in consideration of the payment to each of them of the sum of thirty (30) cents per hour for the tune actually employ,
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in such examination, and the further payment of twenty-live ('S)) per cent, of
all
moneys collected and paid into the treasury of said county on account of such examination and report.
OW are the children this summer? Are they doing well Do they
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get all the benefit they should from their food? Are their cheeks and lips of good color? And are they hearty and robust in everyway?
If not, then give them
Scott's Emulsion of
cod liver oil with hypophosphites. It never fails to build up delicate boys and girls. It gives them more flesh and better blood.
It is just so with the baby also. A little Scott's Emulsion, three or four times a day, will make the thin baby plump and prosperous. 11 furnishes the •young body with just the material necessary for growing bones and nerves.
All Druggiits, 50c. and $1. SCOTT & BOWNE, Ch«mi»U, N. V.
Witness our hunds this 27th day of January, 18D7. Board of Commissioners of Montgomery Count.
HENRY W. HARDING, ALUKRT T. HOUNHAKER, Com'r'ss HANMUAL TROUT. FRANK MAXWKI.L, JOHN R. BUNNELL. One of the peculiarities of this contract is, that it has never bee.u put on record in the Commissioners' Record, as the law requires, although it is nearly eighteen months' uid. Wh"n questioned as to why this had not bean put on record, Maxwell said he had consulted his superior, Mr. White, who had uot instructed him to put it of record. He said furthermore that contracts are not put of record in the commissioners' court when the Auditor and the Board give iostructiens not to do so. People may now speculate aa to how many contracts are now in force, and not of record, that stipulate for the looting of the county treasury as this one does.
Lt will be observed from tbis contract that Messrs. Maxwell and Bonnell have an eye to the main chance, and are not in politics for glory only. By the stipulations they get pain by the county at so much per hour for work done while each of them was a deputy county officer, whether their services were profitable to the county or not. In the Hutton matter it has been already demonstrated that their services were valuless, because Messrs. Fosdyke and LaRue have been p-iid over Sl.200.00 to do some of the work that Maxwell and Bonnell were employed to do, and Messrs. Fosdyke and LaLlue have not yet received thei- full allowance for such services as they have rendered by more than S3000. But the principal feature of the contract is, that Messrs. Maxwell and Bonnell are to receive onefourth of the big judgement against Mr. Hutton that is hoped for by the plaintiff and its attorneys in the case, so that the tax payers, as usual, will have the bae to hold and no snipes when the case is ended. Mr. Bonnell will also have had his revenge for a personal grievance against Mr. Hutton, whichever way the case goos. He will also have his 30 cents per hour for his unprofitable work.
This contract was also a kind of an omnibus contract. It enabled MessrsBonnell and Maxwell to straighten out school funds. The records do not show whether these have received a slice of any sun received for that fund by reason of the "expert" work of Messrs. Maxwell and Bonnell, but was drawn by Mr. Bonnell, and was made to cover that ground, and a certain page of the Commissioners" Record shows where over $1,700 was paiid over by a certain ex-officer of shady memory, now beyond tne jurisdiction of Montgomery circuit court, although not always away. Messrs. .Maxwell and Bonnell contracted for twenty-five days' work and 25 per cent, so that their services would amount to §120, ar.d their share of the above sum is more than S42".
If only a good, rouud sum cau be obtained from Mr. Hutton, say, SG.OUO, these two prominent citizens will have made a good, rich Klondike haul for twenty-five days' work done while they were employed as deputy officers, whose duties were to attend to tho current business of the county.
Certain warrents drawn in favor of Messrs. Fosdyke and LaRue, for ser vices rendered by them in examining the books of Auditor White and Treasurer Johnson and straightening them out, are sufficient evidence that Messrs Maxwell and Bonnell had not done the work which they were supposed to do as deputy officers. And there may be other contracts like the above. Who knows?
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JUSTICE.
Hurt in a Runaway.
While driving a team of horses in the hay field at the poor farm Tuesday morning Fred Myers met with a painful accident. The animals became frightened and ran off, overturning th* wagon and throwing young Mres heavily to the ground. Dr. Hutchicgs was called and dressed the wounds.
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Marriage Licenses. Hoover and Ethel C. Edwards.
Ashley E. Marts and Minnie E. Booher. Juluis Johnson and Mary Dorsey.
Rehearing Denied.
The appellate court this week overruled the petition for a new hearing in the case of the State against George W. Buskirk.
Wfll Close.
The Trade Palace will close from Saturday evening, July 2, till Tuesday morning. July 5. GEO. W. GRAHAM.
For Hale.
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south of Mace station and two miles east of Whitesville, Lnd., is for sale at a bargain. For information address,
J. N. COULTER,
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