New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-27
PUBIC MEETINGS.
WORTH MONUMENT COMMITTEE.


The Special COMMITTEES of the Board ot CounciImsn
Worth Monument uoder consideration, held an sd-
journed meeting yesterday oft in the City Hail.
The following evidence was adduced
Wilism Sinclair, irg duly sworn, ssys he is
Clerk of the Supreme Court 10 Equity in the Office Of
the Clerk ri the City and County of Neg-fork; tia.
as said C!eik depoBent has charge Of the official zig
natures Comms.iJpe-s OF Deecs in sad county, aud
gives cerif s'es as TO the genuneDess Of tae sikas
lures Of such Gem issiOuers ard the fact hat they
are commissioners, when requested to suthsntlcate
ackno vice. mens for in other counties; that ron
the o'0s of CoDmssio ers, on ref4eoce TO the list
CT their names, depoBent says here is not, aod nsver
TO bis hOeledHe bas been Of late yeas, Comma
siOner named + VI. Clover; aud being shown the
paper ing 70 be the bid of Frederick Else er TO
erect the Worth MOf unent FIR ga $50 dep )nent says
that 70 far as be Knows ard believes there neither Is
nor ever has been of ste years such 60 am souer
8s s represented In what purIor 70 be vsndoalon
of sai0 eftmsies AT that he believes hat wnh pur-
ports to be tuch sverf aion Is not gennne as TO me
CCmmif sDner whore name it beafs.
Nchoas Seagrist b. irg duly sworn, says he resides
at 624 E'ghtn avenue; that he Ia q Co0m'ssouer OF
Dee6s; beng shown the paper pur ortng &c BE- the
bids # Joe pb Mueller To erect The WUr Mnnumsa;
for sI7 765 oepone mt says that 10 such affidavit a.
there represented wes ever taken maoe, or sH0-u y
before aeponenti tns depocent never put or sisnea
his name TO said pspe old be ever authorize any
other person to do ha, be never knew or heard OF
said bid, affidavit or paper OF of name ing there
TO- uuii lev days since, when the same sho VA
10 him by Couu ciiDau Nother, to whom deponent a.
once pronounced his nsma theyeto forgery; and de-
pouent now says il Ia flreery aud that he does not
know who PLACID IL there. Depoaent further says
that he knows John Alan, whose name ia also a.
taChed 10 said paper es suTety; that said Adam re-
sides al the same place with deponent ard has for
more than years lat past; thai dep00snt has often
seen said Adam wri aud well a"qusiu'ed with HIS
handwriting; depoDent says the name OF said Adam
thereto IS nor genuine, and was not a. he be-
lieyes written by said Adam, bat is q forgery
deponent fortler Gays he is well acquainted with
Christian Fisher, wlOse name IL also attached
TO satO paper a. surety; that said Fiber resides at
Nc. sos Eshh avenue in this city, and has for more
than two years last psst depo has often seen him
write and il wei acquainted with h's hardwi tiug
deponent further says that the name of said Fisher
thereto is net geOuins AID was not as hs believes
written by said Fisher but ia forgery dpoaent
knows one Carl Moon who 10 deponen,'s bro.oer-in-
California; thst the signature Of tha Fsme a. wit
ness said paper is not the bano writing OF said
Moor with which depoDent is familiar; thst he verify
believes raid paper 10 be fraud from beginning TO
end
JOINS E GREEN, one Of the Messengers in the Board
Of COurcmen, testified that he preps ed subp4nas for
Fischer ueler ard Rink, esoh OF who n had ~, In
bid for he erectioDof the Worth Monument and also
for their sureties and Witnesses and thai ne could not
find any Of The persons whose names appeared on the
bids Of Els her Mueller.
The evidence Of The parties who could be found has
been slesdy published in The TRIBUNE.
The Committee adjourned sIns de.