New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-04
TIE STEEET-CLEbNIA0 CONTRACT
ORS PRESEnIED BY 7hE GRAND


COURT OF GFNEBAL sEssIONs-MAy o.-Before Re
cDiGcT noiIEAS.
TIE Grand Jury erteIed -, Court Yesterday morn
iay ana after handing he Count batch Oifu'ie nens
mad: the ioi,rwing prr-tplmrut;
Tie GrbiId Inque'i o. IL, tiiy aud County OF New
York al tie ,oIlYfi1u u . eic hJors, respectfully
pic-ert that they Lave CsnssG ltrl ufrf OF " L
ieyses 20 he summarized before trom, and eXau.i cd
u. tise 10 corrupt practices bo'ityed Ia .At on tie
lart uf me OF our H. a. officers. Among Others 20
exsn.iled, wer- Thona- IiCjt AID AnliOny y. HOPE,
from whose testimony u ~ pelrs q NJ IN tie month Of
February { ou.as Hope drew from hank forty
tnou-iid doilars IN hills of ~ anu bnndred dol
lafs each aud took Tic sne lui'ia'tiy To the r'o'e
o: Au.lony :. Hope, where h met AldIew ). tex
lev. IInl'sS htT ~ yiDI-ly ioi 'acl o! ne H". r.
fiat be reored tnst 80 cary oni the con'rrc,,
ard when he received he mouoy ha kl-} sat
: q tbOusi here Nae 10 doubt Lie COLD ge tue cru
tract" IL WIS proved by -ih- pn,iug teller
that he forty ,housaud dollar, weio drawn from
the hank Oh rho ilth tay of February. On tie ovcl-
Ing OF tie rsfue day rrolltion paced by 10th
BVa,ds 'oi Tie Coninfn Council, awarding c0nirad
ful cleaning ihe rtTt eis 10 AuG' y j. la kiey Tor
Eve years, 1t 81, con n year. although there were
I've tytsO iidder- II lesf-r rifes, ne bi - low
nt ~ ia..h. / uft Ger Appeared hat oOhtiact was
execntct eleven days ailerwaid. H. rrsuapco %; tnat
AVA 4, lith Contract the Messrs Hope tesiIh'd was
owned Ia equal fourth iuris by item, andirw j.
Hachley AID DenianIr Wood. Andicw j. Hhcklty
WI, nisO sworn W vitnes- Lot H. III locked tie prog
did with tie money he rec,iyed irpn Thomas Hope.
l. va ,l-arly proved, however that no part o. tie
5000 was used for or about the doing oi woE m
der The Cottrtet. The subsequent proceeding, IL
tpe,t 10 Mr.. IIach'ey are nfeady kno"n; and willie
tie ability cOnIeI imaIe4iae nv bin has
prevented !, cOpcmiOn OF tie matter by tia Grand
JaIy it vil tie he duty OF tie Di-tnct.AuorE-y 10
re eN the Invest, ai"n It {, e eafest practicable day.
The Grand Inquctt Informed that George
Mount y confined ia tie County Jail for u
tempt Oi court ~ roiutig 10 answer LeiOe toe laet
previous Grad Jury his qGeeri"u: From whoa il
uny me during tie 'st three years hsve yon received
money iOr lie purIore OF influencing ctiOn upon mat
tiers Ieuding before the Common Coanci T. Tie
preset Uraud .Jdp, believing thai MountIoy nieft
duriug is. imp isOnuiei, have realized he POSITION
and DO willing now 10 arsaeI the question: cai.eed
lin 10 he bro1rht befo them ard thoroughly exam
i,,d. He nos ie-iits Z" have Rot received any
money within ID. last three years Tor tie parp re- Of
influencing any uat.er pcIdg Ia the Common COnn-
oil or IN connection sith Gny such matter any mat
ter pondng telure ANY COiHnitfee OF the CoDnon
Council. / never, while holding the Office OF
R~a5 20 the Board of Cuupclmen, received sum OF
money Of auy amount whatever exceeding $lO0 IRON
any Ienon whatever, or for aDy purpsee waa.e,er
e4ce Lis sal.y and tLIee LOANS uioa houses he wls
building .,
y,sss 6. Topp, Secretary
TIE Grand Jury were then discharged, with t1e
thanks Ol tie Court.
number Of prisoner, srsigned who remsnded Tor
riL yOuag Dgacd rsTo bsii1miD ~A sentenced 70
hs Sgts Prison FOR year, his plea ~ al s'.rpt at std
Tc.ny The i.onef stranger Va tts eonuiy aid ted
the thai b, had been tempted by poverty and son to
steal
a. Indictment for murder was presented sS.la Redmond
al. asuus. fof III. homicide OF " Iii4Tp Hocsn-
The Court adjourned to p m. On ssa day