The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-23
THE TAMMANY FRAUDS.
Prosecution of the Voucher
Thieves.
Growing Indignation against the
Ring.
The Arrest of the Ring.Leaders
Demanded.
Finding OF the Missing Vouchers
Police Commissioner Smith lm'
pllcated.
THE RING GETTING ALARMED.

New YORK, Sept, 90.
The prosecution of the parties accused
of stealing the vouchers from the Comp.
troller's office will be pressed with the ut.
most vigor. Although Judge Garvin,
District Attorney, declares his unwilling.
ness to allow any outside counsel to par
ticipate in the case with him, measures
are being taken whereby the citizens
committee will be able TO see that justice
Is in no wise perverted. Should the
hearing in the matter result in the dis.
charge Of any Of the accused, 1t Is intend.
ed to have re-arrests made, and the pro.
ceedings commenced by an indictment.
The conduct OF Superintendent Kelso
in taking Haggerty before Justice Dow
ling Is regarded as suspicious Kelso is
known to be indebted to Tweed tor his
position. Haggerty has long been po'
litical tool of Tweed, The arrangement
effected by Kelso, is thought by the
people to be step gained In the interests
Of tho ring. Public sentiment Is getting
to be more intense against the ring, and
meetings arc so frequently held recently
that the denunciators Of the city frauds
have succeeded in arousing the strong.
est indignation against II. All antl.Tam.
many political organizations are spread.
ing daily. Even the city press now
speak against Tammany leaders with
greater boldness. Some journals directly
ask the apprehension at once Of the men
implicated in robbing the city Treasury.
The Times referring to Tweed, says:
=" His man Haggerty Is in prison. Why
should not Tweed be there tooG Is the
lackey more guilty than the master ?" 1t
is not pleased at the tardiness shown by
the Committee Of Seventy, and says that
any old stage coach in deep rut would
move faster. 1t declares that II Garvin
did his duty he would indlCt Hall without
another hours delay; and asks whether II
Garvin declines, no one else would be viii
ling to try whether or not justice can be
executed on these criminals
The Tribune editorially upon the rob-
berry says that the circumstances point to
the members Of the ruling the oligarchy,
in connection with the destruction Of the
records that It now seems impossible
that they can much longer evade the
criminals dock cells oil Sing Sing.
The Herald thinks that Hall, Tweed
and Sweeney should be called upon to
say what they know about the abstrac-
ton OF the $3OOO0O0 vouchers in 1870,
OF which Connolly charges they had
knowledge, and asks also that prompt
measures be taken to arrest the persons
who are amenable to law in plundering
the city monies, or attaching their prop
erty before they can have an opportunity
to escape.
The Herald, which has been hitherto
sustaining Hall against Connolly, to-day
says editorily that II Is always best 10 face
the situation, and that there should be no
relenting In the action which is going on
against the municipal authorities, but II
thinks that as all the sggressors at war
against Tammany arc Democrats, re.
form must be expected thr ough Demo
cratic officers; besides all the Democratic
newspapers throughout the interior are
demanding the overthrow Of Tammany.
The finding Of the missing vouchers
last night Is the most important step yet
made. II Is believed that there Is now
sufficient information to lead TO the dis.
covery of the thief and the manner In
which the affair was brought about. EG'
perts will at once examine tho papert
which were found In heap Of rubbish
on the top floor Of the court house, where
Haggerly and his family lived. 1t Is ru
mored that late last night Police Commis
siOner Smith was implicated in the rob
berry Of the vouchers, and that a warrant
was out for his arrest. The bundle o
vouchers taken away in pillow.case wal
traced to Alderman's Murray's store. 1
is not known whether they have been de
stroyed or preserved for the purpose o
matchmaking in the matter now being In
vesligated.
The employment Of criminal lawyer
John Graham, is taken as evidence of tht
, alarm Of the ring at the approaching dis
closures Of their villainy. Graham sale
at the Toombs that he had been sent Il
look alter the interests of Messrs. Hag
garty and Boulch.
Gov. Hoffman states that he does no
intend to call an extra session Of tn
Legislature to take action upon the muni
!. cipal trouble.
, NEW YonK, Sept. 22-Alternoon.
There was a large assemblage thi
morning at Justice Dowling's Court I
witness the examination Of Haggert,
I and Boulch, who are charged with III
n robbery Of the vouchers at the Comp
:. troller's office. The counsel for the de
Iendanls, Mr.. Graham, asked that til
wiic OF Haggcrty be Joined as defendan
upon the refusal Of which application wa
madc for a writ Of hdbeds corpus, whic
Il Justice Bowling denied.
" Amos G, Lyons, County Auditor, test
o' fed to the presence Of all the voucher
+ In the Comptroller's office on the evenin
4. OF Saturday, the 9th inst, and the first h
1, knew OF the robbery was on the followin
'. morning. The bills in the ransacke