Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-07-28
DEMOCRATIC CORRUPTION IN NEW
: .Enf YORK.
The Tammany Frauds.

From theNew York Times, 24th ~ II =
We publish to-day the account of An
drew j. Garvey, for plastering and repairs,
done chiefly to the new court hOuse-for
it is a surprising fact that although the
new court house is not yet finished, and
large sums of money are voted every now
and then for its completion, hundreds, of
thousands have already been spent in re-
pairing it. When a manis building ahOuse
he does not usually expect to- hayefa long
bill from the architect for repdirS-but
Messrs. Hall and Connolly had no hesita-
ton, in signing the warrants forythe work
done, or supposed to be done, 0bS Andrew
J. Garvey. 1t will be observed that the
same carelessness with regard to dates
shown in these wonderful accounts extends
even to the persons in whose names the
checks were supposed to be made out.
Thus on Dec, %, 1869, a. check was drawn
for S33, 2S3 in favor of one Philippe. Don
arumma." This was Endorsed by'' Phillip
+. probably name which was
much. re'appropriate to the transaction
than that of "Donarumma. Three days
afterward another check for $50, 100 SO was
made out for Donarumma, and this time it
was Endorsed H'FiillipA Dummin." The
confusion in the minds, ofFConnolly and
Hall with regard to DonarQmma, or Dunn
mey,p or Dunnmin, was of little oonse-
quence, seeing that the checks were also
Endorsed by A. j. Garvey, so that we may
conclude the money found it's way into the
hands for which il was intended.
AS q. S Miller is the luekiest carpenter
in the world, so Andrew j. Garvey is clear
ly the prince of plasterers. His, good for
tune surpasses. anything recorded in the
arabian Nights. On l. one day, July 2,
1860, he received for plastering and repairs
no less than S45, 1868 S9-that is to say, war
rants were made out in14is name for that
amount. His total receipts that same
month from Connolly and Hall were S153,
US 4z4not a bad month S sreturns for a
plasterer. He beat that, however, in May
1870, when he was lucky. enough to receive
$394, GA 57-all for workidone IN the new
Court-llouse. He beat that again in the
following month UuneJ when Ibis work
for part of two months appears to have
been worth $945, 7I5, Il!l June being
thus pretty well "played out" the signers
of the warrants deemed it best to Jump
back ts April-a month which they ap=
pear to have neglected. They began by
paying Mr.. Carney for two days repairs,
thus. ~ REWE 9
April S=Repairs on county buildings, Dec.
20, 1863. lis 81
April 12-Repairs on. county buildings,
pes 9S ~ ~ 9OS sS
A pIasterer who can earn S133, 1877 in two
days, and that in the depth ofwinter, need
never bepoor. AltogetbeF, MfIs Andrew
Carney received In two eyearsAor some
one received in his name-the sum of ST.
$40, 464iO 6.1 He. could certainly afford to
give away the odd six cents in charity.
We place these figures with as little COM
ment as possible before our readers. If
they do not convince anybody who looks
at Them that the public is being. defrauded
ON a vast scale, and-that Mayor Hall and
Controller Connolly are privy to the frauds,
all the leading articles in the world would
the accuracy of the accounts given on our
front page, and it will be observed that no
Ring paper has ventured to simpugp the
accuracy of the hgures, CweT published
on Saturday.yv~rfyy