Show PR PROSECUTION 8 UlION OF Acco Accountants I tants anta Unable Unah e to F sh h Direct Evi i. i lenc ence They Say S WD Cant Can't Ye Y Yet et Show Who rook Took Money b Prospects cf of f immediate immediata filing of of complaints in the city shortage Ic scandal were ware c considerably bly dimmed Tuu Tuesday fay by byh th h report of the tho auditors au au o c ty commission c m Ilon that they c could uld not at at this furnish direct evidence Ial as to who made the extractions trac Jo from the 1 treasury The special s cIal auditors Newell K x VIncent 1 nt and JosephN Cas told the commission that they hey Hid piet d d. d their check on heck on the the- tax rade redemption re- re de rc receipts C back to December Decem- Decem ber U 31 a arid amid d' d from their find find- lugs lags could dr ith foll following c con con- ri elusions t J J I 1 1 t That there t w was s a cash shortage short ag age b of 1 as as of ot December m r 31 1923 2 e e were n that same k J Jl l Tf li ii iSI m t r w 1 d t s ci k of a i 9 In n t taz x r d l ts i t 4 3 That Thit the d short shortage ge for Tor tI the period P peri lt d b 1923 and andi February ebra 28 8 is ap- ap p i. i Has the audit udit progress progressed progressed- d County Attorney Attorn y John D D. ln terpo ed during during- the report to to a 1 point where you ou c can n tell teU who vho took the I CU NI iJ IVI DENCE Mr V Vincent Ic nt replied that It hadnot had not arid added cl Wo Y B may never never leabo be le beable able abo t to s say y who ho n made acle the extrac iTie rh have ready reay now Is ls 15 clr circumstantial and it hates bates that there was as collusion be- be tw the a auditors auditor's office andt and t tren ure s office e. e Mayor Bowman ImmedIately imme- imme dl tely rals raised dl the th question of the Alvin K i rp 0 Us' Us Usand and asked It If a report epo t on n th that t phase hase ot of the thc case casc could not be made at that time The auditors replied d that a a. special rep report or on the pl pink k slips sUps was rin In of preparation and will wm willbe willbe be 15 submitted to to the commission n Continued on page page 6 5 D DELAY L Y LOOMS IN PROSECUTION OF CITY SHORTAGES Continued front from page pazo 1 possibly We Wednesday and not lat later than Thursday da x S At the mention of ot the I 0 O Us City Auditor Ked Keddington on who had walked J Into to the meeting a a. few tew minutes previously turned to the mayor maor and nd demanded There la Js no question n about me inc getting an Immediate hearing before a a. ju Jury is there No Xo Mayor Bowman retorted I am going to run for reelection the city auditor continued JeC and 1 I want to be be- cleared by a a. court as s soon on on as possible The upshot of tho the meeting was that the tho commission at Rices Rice's re reQuest request request re- re quest instructed the auditors s 's to prepare a a. detailed report on the shore shor e e between December 31 1923 and February 28 28 1929 with a 8 view of ot the tho early tiling filing of ot complaints The auditors estimated that theS' theS could have such a r report ready in about two weeks MAY MAY FILE R REPORT PORT Sit Ut It 15 is ls possible that a a. complaint will be filed against Keddington following ln the report on the I. I O. O OUs OUs U.'s Us but th the thO count county attorney intimated that he considered it inadvisable to start any prosecution until the auditore auditors audi audi- I tor tore tors complete their report o on the period from HI 1924 to 1929 The audit thus far Vincent and rind Casella stated the thi commission commis sion slon conclusively proves that the cash shortage extends ba back k through the Lincoln G G. I eU Kelly audit of 1924 and strongly indicates col- col between n the auditors auditor's office and the treasurers treasurer's office at that time Virtually the same sam method they a was waa employed d at that time Ume timeto to cover US' US up the shortage as as' was wa used b by Max M. M Beaver in an at attempt attempt at at- tempt to cover the shortage short age ago last March It was this Item tern which led to the exposure of the treasury looting and to the death either cither b by suicide or murd r of ot Beaver ver last March 5 51 REfUSE REFUSE oT COMMIT TO CO MIT SELVES ELVES The special auditors were pressed b by Ma Mayor or B Bowman and arid members of f the he commission for tor their theli Opinions as as' to who ho got with the money but thc to commit themselves them them- selves s. s The They said that the evidence Indicated Implication of oC two or three persons but th that t the only one I Implicated Im Im- m through direct evidence nce uncovered thus tar far ar was was Beaver During about half halt of or the period under discussion Beaver er was as d deputy treasurer tt and Robert N N. Youn Young was t olt city tre treasurer During the entire period however the auditors pointed out all entries Inthe hithe in hi the he treasury books booM were ere made by B Beaver aver During DurIn the r meeting meeting- Keddington reiterated his contention that his ils deputy deput Karl kl E. E Williams had complete corn com coin I pl te charge of the tho j juggled tn tax re redemption re- re certificates and arid disclaimed disclaimed dis dis- claimed any re responsibility for theall the all alleged ged collusion And u n mean e n to tell us us Ma Mayor or took Bowman Boxman queried tha you OU your o r deputy's word ord without check check- checkIng Ini Ing ng up on ott his work NOT RE RESPONSIBLE E Er F r r do do the auditor shot back I Iam Iam I Iam am no more responsible f for r n my deput deputy's s 's acts than O are for far r some workman who in ikes a blunder der In in adjusting a a. city water tap I am amno no 10 more lnore r responsible le for what Willams Wil- Wil llama lams did than is Js Commissioner of Finance Fehr That the city commission intends to o follow the back to Its beginning re regardless s of ot ho how t far back mck the crooked trail leads was war ar Indicated b by the tho reaction to a sugg suggestion from Commissioner T. T TI T. B Burton that It might might-bo advisable advis ls advisable able to o carry carn the audit back no farther farther farther far far- ther than han the beginning of ot 1924 r F Mayor Bowman and Commissioners Commission Commission- ers ers era F Fehr hr and Moran emphatically voiced the opinion that the entire scan scandal aI should hould be brought to light regardless of ot the cost of the audit S. S |