People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1894 — HER ACCOUNTS SHORT. [ARTICLE]

HER ACCOUNTS SHORT.

The Female Treasurer at Fort Scott, Kan., in Trouble. Fort Scott, Kan., April 18.—There is an apparent shortape of from 81,200 to fl,in the accounts of Mrs. Emma IL Pulliam, treasurer of this city. She is probably the only woman treasurer of any city of note in the United States. The discrepancy was discovered by a comparison of her report with that of the city clerk, and after an expert investigation of her books she has been suspended by the mayor. Iler bondsmen have been notified and have the matter in charge. She insists that her books have simply become confused. She is accused of a careless method of handling the cash which comes to her hands, and the city authorities on Monday evening intimated that while she is perhaps not legally responsible important arrests will be made in a day or two on account of her shortage. She is a widow and has held the office of treasurer for about a year, during which time she has handled hundreds of thousands of dollars. She is also treasurer of the School fund, and the board of education has inaugurated an investigation of her school books.