Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1905 — The State Auditor Trouble. [ARTICLE]

The State Auditor Trouble.

E£ Slate Audik|r Sherriejc gaye' bond of $ to, 000, ifiorning .'to arisytfer to the eh urge of emb£zzie , - H . rnent. His ftTends seemedAo fall 1 over* each other in their eagerness ito sign. »It is now thought thatthe state will lose -nothiug in '-iha. mit ter. His official bond of $ LOO, 0)0 isjby A Surety com p'any’ r and considered perfectly good. . . j • Of the some $170,000 of-other collateral turned in,., there is toit -little doubt that enough will be realized to’ make up., the rest off the $145,000 shortage. Amoug the notes turned over some, $15,000 .worth are signed by ex-Senator E. H. Wolcott, pf* Wolcott.and are considered entirely doU ectible.'' There ! are abddt $50,000| worth of notes signed by Ji ■H. Murry & Co., which Gov; Hanly fraudulent. > They were signed; by W- 8. Wickard, who claims to be legally- authorized Jto sign Murry’s nanfo, and he is declaring the notes good, and is threatening to sue the Governor for lljtfol.