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Show ! BLAMES OFFICERS FOR DOUGHERTY SHORTAGE Report of Audit Company Says They Should Bo Hold for Amount. PBORIA, III .lan ? -Th" report nf the Bveretl Audit oompany on the defalcations defalca-tions of N '. Dougherty was mads public nt a meeting of tho school toard tonlglu. The total shorlaKe for seven -ars Im "'Jl.ltis, from which will be deducted ap-proxlmatoly ap-proxlmatoly 116,000 for unauthorized but warranted expenditures Everett gav it as his opinion that tlic total shortage for eighteen years would fall slightly short Of H.OOOiOOO, slating tha larjtr amounts of f'irjce'1 script had been found In 1887 and but no totals or estimates on these years had yet been made. Scores Board's OfBceis. The report scores the offiVers of the board, the treasurers and tresldente ea-pedally, ea-pedally, the finance and auditing committee com-mittee and the msmbers Ot the board Individual In-dividual Everett declares that if the board or env of Its Officers had used even ordlnai diligence In the performance of their duty the mulcting of the fund would have been Impossible, and thai th members of the board are Individual! liable for all Shortage which cannot be collected from Dougherty nnd the Peoria National bank. Declares Bank Lin hie. The report shows that S.rj."" of the hortagc tnu dlrectl) manipulated by caehlnK of fictitious scrip tliroistli tlie P orla National bank, of which N 0. Dougherty was president If declares that the bank Is liable for every cent of this amount, and the board on the itretitlh Of ihi report. Instructed COUASel to sue |