Show THE DAVIS bavis COU rity rily CASE Os ON wednesday last we alluded to a report of a very painful character regarding mr william reeves ex collector of DAVIS county which wab was to the effect that there wab was a deficit in his ne counts accounts amounting to and that he be had disappeared owing to tho the high estimation in which mr beeves reeves was held the report appeared to be almost incredible or cr at least it was hoped the a apparently black aspect would be modified by unexplained circum stances on inquiry we learn leam from reliable sources mat he was much too lenient with delinquent tax taxpayers payers numbers of whom failed to settle settie ile he aho niso got his hla collectors collector a accounts mixed up with hla his ordinary business from not being an expert accountant almost immediately after his resignation tendered inside of the present year he lost a coal agency he hold and the Cen centreville treville post office which cut off his hia business bourcet of revenue and the prospect pro of ability to fi ettle ettie ho he became despondent and gloomy and felt as it he could not bear up under the load of difficulty that accumulated upon his bis shoulders being urged by the auditor for a bet clement he be evidently felt as if be could not face the situation and left A friend of his bis received in forma tion concerning him to the effect that he landed in new now york entirely without funds he made the acquaintance of the captain ofa of a ship to whom he related his circum st inces and the ballor proffered him a passage across the atlantic which be accepted the bondsmen are not mrs reeves through the courts tor for the property held in her name to secure themselves they bre arn relieved from the necessity of doing that as the lady hns hab announced her purpose of releasing everything to them and it la Is believed that this will be ampie ample to insure them against iose loss this being alle tiie case the deflit hwa hab no longer any practical existence i we have given the above as a plain unvarnished statement of the case in point while our sentiment sentiments ss formerly expressed in relation to official integrity remain unchanged and unalterable |