New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-08
LAW INT'ELLIG EVCE
THE STREET COMMiSSfoNERsHIP.


might be expected. where many az Interested the
D.ws stread with electric c.eri,y aud by roou the
Park presented some vhot Of lie roous character OF
laet Sumner A little after the appointees of
Mr. Devlo begun to assemble in the Halt Of Records,
md hy p. N the oflioe of the Street Comms sioner
uss oyerUn by thew. Thee facts commuu.-
csoj to the Mayor thtr with the other fact that
sil tiis action tieir part 10 violation OF
press stipulation tAst Mr. Dovln would assert
tro oy:- tine ofhce uLtl bis tile established by
the Cour. Of last resot, shown b. the following
agreement
sUpRENr COUET.
The Pe.rl- Sc and Charles Dc'iiu Daul-' u Conover.
.t.te trry the desudants without ob,ectas -
That the defendant lnncdsey deauT 70 scch ooupsn fr
IT. rdsmea fcr the defndau on such demurrer A. the
cs T nj this Cou b. entered as Of The kh dsJ OF jan
TRs ar speesl be s ih ,skeu such judgment and the
be placed the calendar oi the February ersrs Term o.
his Cou, for the ysr @ and argued 3, the eares1 day the
That r5m the gismer 'hersupon Rendered such General
Term spp,s BE- immediately taken TO the Court Of ApFea.
uad by the ras 20 haye such sppes given preference And
Ths no seary Be- required from ether party either the
aLd thsi neither Of judgment, Special ener. Terra
Co.. O APprss 5 D. SLING At,onsy 5ieaerai
YlKLD sLuYrER, Defsnasnt. A;oSSry.
1ar- aTN y
Meanwhile Msssrs. Turner and Brsrigan, first gan
erol clerks upier Deylin went into the private oti'e
of The Street Commssiorer and then returned to the
outer office telling Mr. Pollock, Conoverr 6rst gen.
er,l clerk that they intended to take possession. Mr..
Pollock did not reply Brsnigan then told Jas. Peck
ham. oue Of Couoyers clerks, that ne was going to
..Lc possession in behalf OF Mr. Devu. and asked
him if he had any objections. Mr.. Peckh,m informed
81 L. not taxi
conseLt DIR. Turrer then ssked where Conover was
lie was told that Mr. Conover was in Albany. Turner
then told Peckhsm that lie would tske charge OF the
oHce ANYHOW. as Deputy Street Commissioner, accord
ing 70 the dee on of the Supreme Court rendered
in favor Of Mr.. Devn. To THE Mr.. Peckham
made no reply Mr.. Turner then t' Mr.. BraUigau to
tsks possetsion Of the desks At this time, eight or
ten Of Mr. Devn's clerks entered the office aud
attenrted 10 take possession Of the various desks.
Mavor Tiemanr hearing what was going on, sent for
judge Whiting 20 consult TO tie best course 70 pur-
rue in the matter. II wac assumed that certain ugly
papers in the Office in which Mr.. Deylin was inter-
ested ought to be looked after with jealous care, and
a. was not deemed expedicp to leave them there,
the Mavcr solved to take them into his custody
Accordingly he sent Mr. Aud, his Clerk, in company
with Mr. Allen, with tie following nc.e TO Conoyers
office:
M Nd D. D. .}Han ,t. rS S@ il 4 S.t ..oesr
Oaor iron ls5sincudius amor otter' las o,
Tnifd from Sixty frst 70 Eishtyss ''s AS 'L'
s'!' me o''e' ''0' 0' yoDASiFL F. rIEMANN Mag,
NJ Whiting Also directed Mr.. Au'l to 20 and sce
Mr. Deylin and ask him il he intended to take poSses
sior Mr. Deyln replied that he shcH!d not take pos
sesson uttil he had consulted with his counsel. All
this while Mr.. Turner, Deputy of Mr.. Devlin, was in
Mr. IL. aap tn
Mr. Whiting that Mr.. Turner his Deputy. but
what his clebS doing in the Street Commission
era Office he did not know.
90 presenting the Mayors note at Mr.. Conovers
Office. Mr. Aud was iofcrmcd that Mr.. Couover was
in Albany. Mr.. BrGnLgan ard Mr. Turner told Mr..
Aud that he could not remove any papers, but they
would give bm sbstract Of the Third avenue ns-
sseneDt let az follows: "The Third Ayenue a.sess-
ert liat for grading, &c, from Sit5 Eighty
second street has been altered 81 600 TO 00O aud
" Two igwes bad been added, altering in each in
" stance $3.50 into $1,000" Mr.. Aud took the memo
randuin to the Mayor, aid found Messrs Peckham aud
Alien already in bis office. They said they knew
where TO find all the papers Tie Mayor then ordered
The nj to 20 and take of the a,eeseeJt rolls
from 1850 TO 1888 and bring them to him. NJ. Aud
ard Meesra Allen and PeCkham went back, acc 'm-
panied by two iicers to get the papers. Mr.. Peck
ham made his way to the place where the rolls were
kept ard after some psrey with Devlins men, pro.
ceeded TO fill couple Of baskets with them. Some OF
Deylin friends by this time had locked the outer door
snd lobody knew who had the key. There werethirty
persons in Me room all Of whom were profoundly igno-
rant Of WI Locked tie door. Mr. Aud and his compan
iols contented themselves with keeping strict watch
over tho p6pers hoping that reef would soon arriye
but at length Peckbsm raised window, hailed friend
outside and told him 10 60 ari tell the Magyar that
they were prisoners.
MeanS bile Mr.. Byarsgan had gore TO the Mayors
cflice with Mr Deylir, and when Peckhams messen-
ger srnouDcfd tie situation Of the Mayors clerk and
MessIs Feckbam ard Allen, lie cOoly told his Honor
ibat he bad the key Of the door in MS pocket Nj
Whiting dtmagded by what authority be had seized
upon pubic office and cooHned tne officers OF the
Mayor. Mr. Branagan seid Mr. Tul ner had given him
tbe kew but where he got il he did not know.
Mr. Whiting then TUNED to the Mayor and said he
would advice him, a. the public documents were in
dss ger of bfg mutated and destroyed to tske pos
sees on Of the Street Commissioners office himself and
thus prevent further mischief
The MAYOR put on h!s overcOst, and accompanied BY
Judge Whiting went down to the basement OF the
City Hall for q posse OF thirty policemen, and then
uarct I'd upon the Street Commissioners office, charg-
Jug il n gallant style. Mr.. Brsnnigan by this tne
wes ady 70 open the door, and the Mayor and Judge
entered With commendabe prcmptitude he ordered
his ocers 70 clear every out, and very soon the
loaers were OF the other side Of the door, Mr. Mount
Jos snd seyera tthers undertook 10 res tue police,
FAY ths, they in public office, and would
nu leave, bot they were handed 20 roughly that
they cid rot persist 10 their obstisacy. The Mayor
then locked ND the flee aoi put officers ii charge