, 1861-09-18

AtcAe' =" DEu t&y-QAY E2Ql*1 E&8 10QQ6y- E1&
other men waa tent to me Nth Tho payroll. The
pamee have written were .hdxed to tbs roll as II
The he sane ksiisi kEisg ~1s done in October and No
yember, On which occasion reported II all to
MAYOR Wensw9th n F. No7e@6sr No. thsee fsss
see1 s4 sae s to
lone day toWard the close OF November
overheard the whole Of conversation hetseen
woIth's n private 4 room N the Besocras ofics. /
was in the little room whese Joe used to
be. Tho printsrs had gone to dinner. and
to know what It iii meant. Ward ssid Il d1st
that some one had robbed him Of over o.. 600 and
he had srted 10 make 1t mp IN this WY: Vent
Then Ward crled and Eaid he would confesa all.
He went TO say that he had used the names
En- the psy.rol to coneeal M the truth, as wei iron 1son
worth had told hin to use fictitious name for
certain other purposes, he had pretended, that
thst The 1' r.poTs Of What 1hey lad done made
HeEy angry spd thought t. he " gqing t9
aiao t endeayored to make up biz deficiency BY ms
king out receipts for more than the amount paid,
md e them 70 ~ se t. sned sneer HsEs W19 1
room, and did not hear anything more that was
said for rome tine. Bnt finally heard Ward say,
~ b. z spo%s %Rs9 IT. a4 had sG
the city, and on one occasion said to me that he
was, however, ali safe, as Wentworth knew 1t and
standing M and nj pron1se th.t il aha never be used
against Mayor Wentworth. SxARr.
:" thteago. Sept. 20. 1853"
The following affidavit Was then read:
STATE OF ILLINOIS, L.
The documsnt a]gned :" Smart, presented BY
AID. Wm: colby to The Common Council Of this
city on Wednesday night last was written by Dr.
ny poseesson ever eince until the let day Of this
month when gave it to AID. Colby u,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th
(sEAI-l N PETER H. WITT,
Notary Public
Ez-Mayer Wentworth WAS called and deposed
substantially aB folIoWe
TESTIMONY OF HX-MATOR WENTWORTH.
I know Dr.. smart's haud.wzitins: this {the
Smart paper} iB notfn his dwrtting in my opfr-
1cu IknGf0 it Is not think know this hand
writing but decline to identify it here; will do
20 before Grand Jury il occasion offers. This
paper was written by first class scholar; Smart
particularly bad On capitals. The writing Of this
isin dltguised hand the fret part Of 1t l. poor
attempt 1oi imi ate Dr.. snart's handwriting, b1s
friend leaks out. The writer, q this docn@e Ut
put on the signature Smart" that be might & IS
" .. Enaw efs asPsa s@als
in a day. or Two he will come here = great deal
eonuer than the writer Of this paper.
Mr. wentworth here read the paper ard pro-
neureed it false in all its assertions. testifying
that the Comptroller had nothing do In the lea t
with paying the policemen at the time Of the
t1onble about the fictitious pay.rolls, and had
no @ means Of knowing how ,theae men were paid
This "i1ness.s testimony closed with an endorse
ment Of The 0omplroler's character and all h1s
Official acts.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES LATyNDER
Jamee Launder was the next witness called, and
i6 h;n,s ~ us u Ra@a-otokiqg by styl
Xxx ~ itss mlseipn 1 Mefcnant lLsughter
49,; =! -e.r uspoeeu tuas 4e vas aelect1Fe po-
M i u !oot, apPol1teo py captain fates. and
hnt Ky o. 5rea he vas nave $7 per week.
i ~. ae wy lecelseu 64< 1of 1ne "nole Jeara ser
~ ~ oney Was eveI aIawn upon his name
hea, T. ~ lMat ae kaeW ot He had
ha1nnn;z - - - ~; .na1 "aIu poCksted Inc money
NV e gt ~ nt, h1u ne oeue9eo IL rom the t4ct
ta - AZ @ ne cry TO recover