Impeachment Trial of David Butler, Governor of Nebraska, at Lincoln (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ... book it is. He answers, "A Deposit Ledger." Mr. ESTABROOK. What do you tin' I to be thv account of David Butler on the 23d day of May, the day before you left? A. That he has overdrawn his account $16,343.78. Q. Then you are mistaken about his not having overdrawn when you left? A. I am. Q. Now do you know how that book was balanced? A. 1 do not. Q. Do you know of any fund out of which the bank expected the account to be balanced? A. No, sir. Q. Now look at the entry of Sept. 12th. and see what entries are made there in regard to the account of David Butler, and see whether there 1s an entry thete of the return of three certificates of $5,000 each. A Yes. sir, V. Well, what is the credit there if any? A. $15.000. Q. W hat date? A. September 12th. 1870. Q. Does that balance the account? A. No. sir. Q. How does it stand at that date. It is footed up? A. It is overdrawn $16,671.40. Q. Are those books fair on their face? A. Yes sir. Q. There arc no erasures? A. No, sir. i Q. State whether you are the Treasurer of the Board of Regents of the University here? A. 1 am. Q. State whether the Governor procured the appointment for you?: A. Weii, he assisted me in getting It. Mr. REDICK. State how you know he assisted you? A-I knew it eight days after I was j elected. Governor Butler stated to I me in his room that he had worked for me. Q. Did he say anything else? A. Yes, sir. I think his words were, that that scoundrel Brock had had the audacity to offer him $750 for it. Q. Is there anythingon those books to show that this identical fund was placed on the books to the credit of David Butler? A. 1 don't think there is. Q. Could not Mr, Brock have placed that fund to the credit of John Rix or himself, as you say you think he did do, and then placed the sum t...