Show A DEFAULTER SKIPPED I I Wm Reeves ExAssessor and Collector Col-lector of Davis County 1 1I I Leaves the County Minus Over 3000 of the Peoples Money His Bondsmen Sued William Reeves for several years assessor and collector of Davis county is missing There is not much in the fact of his having left the place in Itself but it is charged that there is a deficit in his account to the tune of 3000 About two years ago he judiciously disposed of all his property that is he turned it it over to his first wife At that time it was not known that Reeves was behind in his funds in fact the affair as at present understood did not develop until the newly elected assessor and collector took hold A few days since suit was commenced by the Territorial auditor against his bondsmen Anson V Call and Henry Steed for the recovery of the deficit and they for personal protection pro-tection have commenced action to hold the property given by him to his wife liable to the amount of the defalcation It is understood that he has gone to England and that the whole affair was premeditated by him The belief at present is that the deeding of the property to the first wife will not hold good for the reason that the transfer dd not take place until after the defalcatIons i I defalca-tions had commenced It Numberless intimations of the impending defalcation are coming I to light He was quite a prominent man highly respected and trusted and was in a position to take advantage ad-vantage of the confidence of the public He borrowed an amount of one gentleman 8300 on his note One day he went to the party and said You had better take a mortgage mort-gage on my eighteen acres for that money I dont want you to lose anything by me Thats all right said his friend Your note is good enough for me A few days later e Reeves went to the same party and said > I must have 400 more and I want you to take a mortgage on the eighteen acres for the whole amount I dont want you to lose by me After some further talka mortgage was executed He placed all his other property in different ways so as to secure it against legal operation for the recovery of the amount of his defalcation The affair is a great surprise t j all who knew him for he was trusted most implicitly |