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The Placer Herald
Rocklin, Auburn, Placer County, California
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The Sacramento Union reports that $9,000 in state gold dust, missing since the resignation of the late State Treasurer, has not been accounted for. It was supposedly sent to the mint, but no receipt exists, suggesting private use, possibly by clerk Col. Rowe. Calls for investigation by Col. Watkins.
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The $9,000 of gold dust, belonging to the State, remarks the Sacramento Union at the time of the resignation of the late State Treasurer, and which should then have been in the vaults, has never "turned up," and has not been accounted for. The apology given for its abstraction was that it had been sent to the mint for coinage, and that the mint receipt would be forthcoming. It has however, not been produced, and the only inference to be drawn at this time is, that the money has been used for private purposes. We doubt if it ever will find its way back to the Treasury. It is more than probable that Col. Rowe, the honest, pure-minded, trusted clerk of Dr. Bates, has made away with it long ago. Col. Watkins, investigate the matter and ascertain whether it was sent to the mint.
Mountain Democrat.
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Sacramento
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$9,000 gold dust missing and unaccounted for, likely used for private purposes
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Gold dust belonging to the State, valued at $9,000, missing from vaults at time of late State Treasurer's resignation. Claimed sent to mint for coinage, but no receipt produced. Inference of private use, possibly by clerk Col. Rowe. Call for investigation by Col. Watkins.