Show TIIE THE CRISMON SUITS now HOW THEY WERE WEKE SETTLED some time ago the NEWS mentioned the fact that the suits which nad had been entered bv by the territory and county against ek ex collector george crismon and his bondsmen for the recovery of certain sums which had been collected but not paid over had been settled out of court the suits were entered over abear a year ago but were withdrawn last winter for the purpose of baving baying them entered reentered re in a different form before this intention was put into effect however a settlement by compromise was agreed upon the figures and conditions ot which are now definitely fixed and it is expected that the district court will reader a judgment in accordance cor dance therewith the original amount sued for was about and included all of the delinquencies in mr Cr imons ismons accounts during the years vears ears cars lh 49 80 81 and 82 the territory c claiming aimino and the county about the lime time the suits were commenced mr air crismon paid to the territory the sum of and turned over all of his real estate and personal property to his bondsmen to enable them to satisfy the balance of the claims against him the matter would doubtless have reached an amicable adjustment before now but for the incumbrances that were upon the property athas taken much time and trouble on part of the bondsmen to render the the means available but they have at last yat it in such a shape that it has been beey accepted in satisfaction of the claims against mr crismon A second payment of in cash to the territory has been accepted in the compromise as payment tor for the rest of its claims to the county mr crismon pays about in caan and turns over the list of delinquent taxes the face value of which is about these taxes were charged against mr crismon for their face value and were included inthe in the a mount amount sued for it will be seen from the forego foregoing ln figures that there still remains abolia about of the amount which mr crismon wa was s accused of having appropriated pria ted that has not been W accounted for and for which no satisfaction seems to have been rendered at least a portion if not all of this discrepancy cre pancy however may be readily understood der stood from the fact that the yearly assessment roll ave averaged raZed about and when most carefully care fully lully prepared dould contain a number 0 of duplicate and illegal assessments besides other errors which would render its len ien leai leal value considerably less than its face value since the suits were entered the bondsmen have been pushing the collection of the delinquent taxes and in doing so have discovered some of these errors error sand saud and as mr crismon was charged with the gross amount of the tax rollee should of course have credit for all such errors |