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Tina and Hillary cover former Kentucky State Treasurer, James "Honest Dick" Tate.
Kentucky State Treasurer James Tate was known for his honesty. But when he vanished with a stolen fortune, he triggered a nationwide manhunt proving that even the most trustworthy can have a hidden side.
Sources
Frank the Magazine
James ‘Honest Dick’ Tate: Frankfort’s most honest of dishonest men (https://frankthemagazine.com/james-honest-dick-tate-frankforts-most-honest-of-dishonest-men/)--by Roger Barlow
Lexington Herald-Leader
Fraudulent legacy of Ky. treasurer ‘Honest Dick’ Tate (https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article191350444.html)--by Stuart W. Sanders
Kentucky Historical Society
Tate Impeachment (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/LegislativeMoments/moments04RS/28_web_leg_history.html)
Roots Web
Kentucky: A History of the State (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/tate.jw.txt)--by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.
Photos
James "Honest Dick" Tate (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Honest_Dick_Tate_%283x4%29.png)--Unknown Author (Public Domain via Wikipedia)
Kentucky Treasury Scales (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/LegislativeMoments/moments04RS/28b_scales_web.jpg)--from Emma Guy Cromwell; KHS Collection via Kentucky Historical Society