New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-21

This amount OF deficiency should have been paid in
by the warrant rr.,,,,
overpaid 1904 80; there was certain amount paid
into The City fund which belonged TO the county tax,
10 the amount Of about 81 OO0 this amount consisted
nc ne cottages which was kept out OF the county roll
., es; Iheve charged Mr.. BREASTED with this amounts
,be first return was made TO about the Ist of De-
cenber 1854 the second the Of January, 1855, aad
after thst they were made weekly; nave credited
Mr. Braisted with all but that per centage.
Observation-Disclosures admits the warrants ex-
bbted on all in his handwriting; believe Mr.. Little
field brought the returns to my ONCE ne brought
most all except the first one No. 3O.l
John W. BREASTED examined says: Appointed MIR.
Ittledeld Deputy Collector In August 1854; he acted
n that capacity till January 1855, at the rate of $500
p4r YEAR after that time and I'LL the time OF his arrest
July s 1855, he was Assistant Collector, at $500
ter ,ear; he received moneys as such for city and
count, taxes and made returns TO City Treasury and
County Treasury; he was my general bookkeeper and
return clerk and attended TO the general business OF
The Office Iexamnes returns from to 25l they are in
l. handwriting; the county returns are not required
10 be swOrD to- most moneys were received by my
se,f Ittlefeld and Mr.. Colt, the clerk sometimes
had control of the daily receipts Of the Office, and at
other tine, Mr.. l.. would have; book shown is gen-
eral blotter where ali receipts for moneys received for
tax are entered should be; believe all are entered,
with one exception, which was an occasion when
money received by me, and IN the hurry OF the
moment the person paying II left without having has
money entered; don't know the amount he was here
shown statement Of receipts OF the ofiice having
examined IT, knows 10 be correct; the footing up u
4l52 642 es-amOunt actually received for county
taxes S57 40s O4-amount returned by Mr. Les which
he assured me was the whole that had been received
IL the Office for taxes of county, $40 $50 %; he stated
4hs in presepce Of Colt and assured me that that was
Ali the money that had been received; the whole
amount Of deficiency is 81, 900, which cannot be ac
counted for; when an entry hae been made IN the
blotter have put the initials of hls name opposite H.
exopt when the entry was made by l. on or
about the first Of June, when the difficulty was
frst discovered in the Trensurer's Office, myself
and Llttlefeld came to the Eastern District and
on the way | asked where this book was; he said
he had il home; IA we got 10 the house told hun
i wanted it; he said that il was of no use TO me,
as IA would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to mad out
ANYTHING about it; he said he making up sew
hook and in few DAYS would be ready; he said if
iook IL he did not want il TO be by anybody else
a,ked him if he had not made his returns from that
hook; he said be had ! asked why he did not want
any one 10 see it, he said Colt had written 80 baIy
that II was not fit 20 be seen; he finally gave me the
book took the book home and then found the above
5e6ciency after examining the Treasurer's books;
,noke TO Mr. L. about it, he said he did not know any
hing about it; ~ was the dsbursing officer it was
INV business 10 account for IT, did not know that he
kept private bank account in the BOwery Bank did
not authorize any such deposit in any such Bank.
The remainder OF this evidence related to the man
per i'm which moneys were received and checke in this
help Mr. L. TO write up his books. J.. said be did not
want any one TO help him, he could do 1t himself
Several receipts were here shown, Of which one or
TWO were not found tOagreo with the blOer and tax
roll; they were for small amounts
After a croes-examination of witnesses the investi
CATION was further adjourned until next Thursday,
pm.