Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1906 — SHERRICK HAS PAID UP [ARTICLE]

SHERRICK HAS PAID UP

He Owes the State of Indiana Nothing, but Is Slated for Trial. OTHER EX-AUDITORS TO SUFFER Governor Going After Them for Funds the Governor Thinks the State Should Have. Indianapolis. March 2. Following the approval of the report of John E. Heed, receiver tot the securities owned by David E. Sherrick, ex-auditor of state, by Judge Alien, $29,078.21, or the balance due the state, was paid into the treasury by eX-Governor DuP" bin, who represented Sherrick s friends. Sherrick is slated to appear in the criminal court Monday morning to answer to charges of embezzlement. The receiver's report showed that of securities having an aggregate face value of $178,('.(>1.91 $97,-H6.(>5 was realized, leaving a balance of $29.078.21, the amount wheh was turned over to the state. Receiver deed refused to accept any allowance for bls services and was discharged. Trouble for Ex-Auditors. Three living ex-auditors of state and the estates of live who.have dust since going out of office are to be sued by the state of Indiana to recover tees alleges! to have been wrongfully collected by th<*m between 1873 and 1895, It Is contended by Governor Hanly that thousands of dollars during this period weic paid to the auditois that should have been paid to the tiiasurers direct. The money thus paid was for taxes and foreign insurance companies. Contention That Is Now Made. Of this money, a.c of other receipts In the auditor's office. the officials took first 25 per cut.. then 10 per cent., and diver'ed thcee amounts to themselves. The law allowed them these commissions on all legal collections. The com tention is, nowever, inasmuch as the collections , f tlio insurance tn its ill© gal co'lecii ns, the state has De right to recover tne money thus c Elected. The committee Is now to uv to ascertain th* exact amount duet om each of the ex auditors. Men Who Are on the List. Th ' fol’Gwini. have served us state audit >r between the years oib ami 1895: Jani'S A. Wildman, .073-75; Ebenrer Henderson, 1875-79; Mahion D. Mason 1879-81. Edward M. Wolf. 1881-83: limes H. 1: ce, 1883-8, • Bruce Carr, 188,-tl; J. O. Henderson. 1891-95, and A. <J. Daly, 1805-99. It is only during the year of the Daly term that collections were d ie, as the fee and salary >awztfecame effective after that Wildman/ Henderson, Manson, Rice and Oarr ate dead. Wolf, Henderson and DaV are living.