Miscellaneous articles about Clallam County Washington
July 12, 1895
Daily Republican, Decatur Illinois
ANOTHER COUNTY TREASURER ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 12-M.J. Clump has been arrested at
Boise, Idaho, on the charge of embezzling funds of Clallam county, Wash. He was
treasurer of the county, and is said to be $42,000 short. He claims the failure
of the bank in which the funds were deposited worked his downfall.
August 1, 1897
The Arizona Republican, Phoenix Arizona
Port Townsend, Wash., July 31.-Sheriff Dyke of Clallam county went to Seattle today with a warrant for the arrest of John W. Troy, auditor of Clellam county. The commissioners have just discovered that Troy is short in his accounts with the county, duplicate warrants amounting to $1,400 having been discovered, although the investigation has only begun.
August 3, 1911
Fairbanks Daily Times, Fairbanks Alaska
DEAD MAN ASKS COURT TO SHIP ADMINISTRATOR
Had Been Declared Legally Dead by the Court in December
Seattle, Aug. 2-Claiming that he was alive, Joseph Gray, of
Clallam county, appeared in court today and asked for the dismissal of the
administrator of his estate. Administration proceedings had been taken because
his bankbook was found in the pocket of a corpse which was accordingly
identified as the body of Gray. The court in December declared him legally dead.
December 6, 1911
Evening Telegram, Elyria Ohio
KILLS BEAR ON LONELY TRAIL
Girl In Her
Teens Has Battle With Bruin and Comes Off Victorious
Port Townsend, Wash.-On a lonely mountain trail in Clallam
county, Miss Mary Schmitz, a girl in her teens, had a battle with a bear, in
which she came out victorious. Miss Schmitz was employed at the Hotel Merrymere,
and decided to visit her parents who lived 30 miles away.
She started out on the journey afoot armed with a revolver,
loaned by one of the guests. She had proceeded 15 miles when she sighted a bear
in the trail coming toward her. She shouted, thinking that the animal would take
to the bushes, but instead it continued to advance. She opened fire.
After several shots the bear left the trail, giving her the
right of way. When she reached the place where the bear took to the bushes she
found blood and on investigation she found the animal a few yards from the trail
lying dead as a result of one of her shots.
January 11, 1939
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
EMBEZZLEMENT IS ADMITTED BY OFFICER
Port Angeles, Wash., Jan. 10-Walter Baar, treasurer of
Clallam county for the past four years, had admitted he embezzled $38,000 in
county funds, Prosecutor Ralph Smythe announced Tuesday night.
The confession came after an investigation of what appeared
to have been a burglary of the safe in the treasurer's office a few hours before
Baar was succeeded by William Gilliam.
January 14, 1939
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
PROSECUTOR TO SEEK AUDIT IN FRAUD CASE
Port Angeles, Wash., Jan. 13-Prosecutor Ralyh[sic] Smythe
said last Thursday he would ask an independent audit of all Clallam county
offices as an aftermath of a $38,000 embezzlement in the county treasurer's
office and the arrest of three persons in connection with the case.
©S. Williams, unless otherwise noted