The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-22

from Police Headquarters. Their name
are Edwin NJ. Haggerty, of the Thir(
Ward, and Charles Baulch. Haggert,
is an ex-Councilman of the First Dis
trlct, and member of the Americu
Club. He is Janitor OF the new Cour
House in which the Comptroller
office is situated. Baulch is a watch
man employed by Haggerty. They
were committed for examination at II
o'clock tomorrow morning. The
commitment OF Haggerty, and Baulch
states that they are charged upon the
oaths of Superintendent Kelso and
Capt. Cherry, Of having on the 10th o.
September burglariously entered the
county bureau in the Comptroller {
office, and taken from there papers
vouchers, etc. The warden of the
prison is therefore directed to keep the
prisoners till the charge is investigated.
Superintendent Kelso testified ttat
Captain Cherry called on him on the
10th inst, and stated that he had re-
ceived information that a female ser.
want formerly employed by Haggerty
knew something Of the burglary iD the
Comptrollers office. On investigation
deponent learned that Haggerty and
Baulch were implicated in the affair.
Ordered Cherry to find said woman.
Cherry reported that she had been re-
moved and could not be found. Kelso
also ordered the arrest OF Haggerty and
Baulch. Captain Cherry's testimony
corroborated the Superintendent'S
The excitement over the arrest Of
Haggerty and Baulch has been in
creasd by the arrest OF Haggerty's wife,
who is now in the custody of Justice
Ledwith.
William Murphy, night watchman in
the Comptrollers Department, made
affidavit, before Justice Ledwith to-day,
to his knowledge OF the facts connected
with the robbery of the vouchers. He
deposed that on Saturday night, Sep
tember 9, he saw Charles Baulch, who
asked him when he quilted his watch in
the morning. Murphy told him between
6 and $50 o'clock. Baulch asked him
to put the latch down on the door when
he left, because Haggerty's son and
another boy had been on the roof and
done some mischief to some glue be-
longing to the workmen engaged on the
building; saw him again between s and
9, going out; Baulch renewed his inqui-
ries as to Murphy's time of leaving;
Murphy remained on duty until o clock
on Sunday morning; went home,
break tasted, came down again about
nine oclock in the morning; saw Hag-
gerty going up stairs as he came in;
Haggerty stumbled and let fall bundle
which he picked up and went on again;
at about 9:l5 A. NJ, Mr.. Storrs came
in; before leaving he asked Murphy to
stay during the afternoon as he might
want to come back; Murphy stayed
until 6 P. NJ ; he then went up town to
get his supper and got back about 9
P. NJ: then observed tbs, alaao h--i..-
IN the door and reported the same to
Regan when he came in the morning.
Regan asked if he missed anything and
he answered, NO" after going home
the Comptroller sent down for him, and
on seeing him asked what detained him
so long up town Sunday afternoon at
supper Murphy said che had been
asked to attend to his brothers store
a short time during his brothers
absence Connolly told him Friday that
they had arrested man. His suspic.
ions being aroused he asked Haggerty
servant, Mary Conway, if she knew
of anything about it; her answer i'm
pliel that she did; Murphy then told
the Comptroller he thought he could
find where the papers were gone, 80 he
brought the girl up to the Comptroller;
she made a statement which the Comp
troller told her not to say anything
about; yet the Comptroller afterwards
asked him to try to bring the girl to
the office of Beach, a lawyer, in Cham.
bers street; Murphy could not do so at
the time, but brought her before Justice
Ledwilh to-day.
Mary Conway, Haggerty servant,
also made affidavit stating that on
Sunday morning, September 10, about
six or seven o'clock, she got up with
Mrs. Haggerty's child; heard knocking
down stairs; went and looked, and saw
Charles Baulch with the door of the
Comptroller's office open, and saw
IIaggerty come out with bundle OF
papers and take them to his bed room
she then came back, and soon after wen,
into the hall kitchen for some coal
Haggerty's bed room faced her; saw
man in gray clothes with similar
bundle of papers to that held by Hag'
gerty; afterwards saw this man with
pillow case filled with papers; soon
after the kitchen became filled with
smoke; she asked Mrs. Haggerty the
reason, and was answered that Mr..
Haggerty wanted those papers burned;
going to the stove, she found 1t filled
with paper ashes and half burned
Mrs. Haggerty stirring it to
make it burn faster; she began to be
suspicious and alarmed about what she
had seen, and told Mrs. Haggerty,
declaring that she must tell the
truth il called upon; Mrs. Hag.
gerty said Mr.. Haggerty would
kill her it she disclosed anything.
Murphy asked her if she knew any
thing OF the robbery, and she said she
did. She then arranged to visit the
Comptroller to tell him all she knew.
She made the above statement to Con-
molly Tuesday morning.
The Joint Citizens Supervisors and
Aldermanic committee upon the City
Accounts Investigation, met N open
session this afternoon. The committee
on the Debt of the City and County
made partial report Of their investi,
CATION, which is very voluminous, and
from it it appears that the committee
have ascertained that the total debt Of
the city is S1l6,769,S5S.9l. To meet