New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-03
THE OEFAULT IN TEE LAW Dr.
PARTuEST.


II is alleged that the default in the Public
Administrators bureau Of our City's Law De-
partment will amount to over 100000, at
least. In the estates Of British subjects alone,
there is a default OF over 100000; aud the sys-
TEN has been such that estates once entering
this bureau, unless enormously large, never
gave anv balance even of q dollar. after paying
the necessary legal expenses Of ths Admins
traitor and his chief legal associates, Mr.. Fields
AID others.
Dr. Bradford says that the default will NOT
exceed $40. 1000; but what reliance, after read
ing the following letter. can we place on his
word 1t is a burglar pledeng his "honor''
that the amount Of plate he carried of has been
less bg so many ounces than is believed. Bat
how has the default come TO be so long unno.
tced by our late Corporation Counsel aud is
there anything in the system of the office that
courts or renders easy such default II was
IN the middle OF last November tha, the follow
ing paragraph appeared in The CITIZEN on Satur
day, and was copied into orr columns The fol-
lowing Monday;
"A DrrAuI KrroRrEp Painful rumors have been
aA)at OF "A serious default IN an important bureau OF tle
Corporation COunsel's office. We have the authority
If Judge that whole estate OF large amount has
been swallowed up, and like charges made IN othcr
quarters. Tie subordinate Immediately responsible Is
said to hare uisiSf 20 be ec',d A5,nb,GE hs year r
he purpose ef silPpitS mr0egh bW thar r0ud pr,ceat
tsrtaiPdfioH'
ON this announcement, did the late Corpo-
ration Counsel take any steps to investigate the
matter, Did he ash the editor of The CHi-cn
who was the Judge" by whose authority he
spoke Did he enter DR.. Bradford's bureau
and call for settlement of the account,
Nothing of the kind. II was not until Bradford
chose to write q letter acknowledging his crime
which letter for impudcnce the world ha,
never seen sUrpaSScd-that the Corporation
Counsel apparently knew anything about it,
And yet, he must have known full well that
Of the names onsDr. Bradtord'S bonds-one of
DIR. Bradiord's securities and he must also have
known that McCuun demanded OF Controller
Brennan many months ago TO have his iame
taken off the bonds of DIR. b., on the ground
openly stated, that hc believed said Public
Administrator to be heavy deiaulter.
As to believing what DIR. Bradford now SAYS
about his default being short of $40, 000 that is
ofcourse out Of the question, when we recall the
letter which he wrote and which appeared in The
Citizen the week following the appearance of the
paragraph just quoted. In publishing it, the cdi
tor took back nothing he had previously said. but
simply gave the letter ioryhatit might be worth;
and thus ii reads:
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ApMnIsiRN.R)
Nos. ll5 and III Nassau st..
NEwNogK November, ls65 !
EDrToRs y. Y. CrINS-Dsoy Sirs; The Bureau re-.
fcfred 10 IN your paper oi to-day il OF course that
over which prcSidc and 1t due 10 myself 10 state to
you At once that the estate alluded 10 having been
almost consumed has been exhausted 10 within - 900
IN paying claims against IT, not one of which have
paid except Judgment OF tie Supreme
Court. The estate consisted of about $50 900 /
originally. The claims presented against il !
were in favor of one Arthur Bentley. for $4,000. |
through Lgthcr H. Marsh. attorney for said Bentley; in
favor OF DIR. Putnam. for ~ 900 through Henry Cn.
ton. attorney for said fGrnam and in favor Of Dr. |
Bone for $500 through Judge McCunn and Tine for said
Bone. All the above claims disputed and rtinsed 10
pay until Judgment obtained in the Supreme Conr
compelling me. person calling herself Mrs George
presented au 5000 claim against the estate through
her attorneys. MoCunn and Trc which also dispnteJ
and which was referred by order of the Supreme Court
10 Messrs Fields. Buck. and 4. W. Gray They heard
McCunn and line IN defense OF the claim and decided
against its merits hold property TO the amount Of
5000 Of that estate which shall be prepared 10 hand
over TO my successor In January
have settled eight hundred estates since have been
Public Administrator and have given entire s,tisf.c
on IA every Instance but two One was tie estate of
n bocSade.rnn where its heirs claimed so mor
than the office returned. In this instance took tho
amount they asked out of my private poclet and ,o
1t them The other case is yot in dispute having been
referred to an auditor. and shall act ~ the p,r, ,cs os
the auditor decides. '
Now, in conclusion, Colonel. you can rest e,sprea
that this Bureau will be in perfect order on the let of
January To hand over to my successor with "A pnre
recofu III my DehhhL AonrS' II. H. BRADFORD. |
Now, the questions will arise, What is going to
be done with DIR. Bradford p and what with his |
bureau Is it just to send young Ketchum to
prison. and 10 lot this pillagor of widows and
orphans escape scot irco Has the District
Attorney uotbiag TO say in tho matter I, .hsl