| Show ERROR IN BOOKKEEPING I A Supposed Case of Fraudulent Issue of Warrants Exploded I A great hue and cry was started the other day by exCounty Commis sioner Hall and those near to him that because exCounty Auditor Caine could not readily balance her books for the year just closed something was radically rad-ically wrong for which preceding officials offi-cials of the county were responsible The insinuation was thrown out that exAuditor Fisher and other officials ofclals during his administration had estimated estimat-ed the amount of outstanding warrants only to be discovered now in a mysterious myste-rious deficit of 32356165 As absurd as the proposition was on its face the belief be-lief that such really was the fact was entertained by a few I But the truth came to light yesterday The 2997385 of repudiated furniture warrants which were sued upon by the Aetna National bank and passed to judgment in the sum of 24500 last spring cut down the unredemed warrants war-rants that much This judgment together to-gether with 108165 In interest was paid in December and a warrant issued therefor to the Descret tonal bank but the young man who served as deputy dep-uty auditor during the latter part of I Mrs Calnes administration forgot to charge back in the proper place the sum of 2556165 His books were out just that much The county treasurer detected the error yesterday It is but just to say however that County Auditor Au-ditor Wood was in no wise responsible for the blunder since it occurred after he retired from the deputyship and before be-fore he succeeded the retiring auditor The exofficial will now balance up the books and present to the board of county coun-ty commissioners a correct financial report for the year 1S9S |
