Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-06
New York Affairs.

The luli in the investigation of tie cofruP'-
ions Of the rig il likely to be folloNs1
storm The next move Of the COMMITTEES 80 u ~
enty. it is announced, will be the arrest Oh i"''
Hall and Connolly Arrangements dave o'e-
comnle,ed for bringing criminal proceedings
against Hall. Tweed and COnEolly immediS'e's'
r,,. ..-o-s were to be served to-day Sweeney
,r;,i ~, Inc included in the prosecution, 10Y the
-, that the committee has not been soie 10
Sol .uf;3ient proof sgsinst him to warrant his
.-r.., The real object of the proceedings IS to
hin, Carver. Inzersoll and others, before the
.,,,-t A. witnesses, and subject them to a severe
.-,ss-sz,miration. They will be summoned to
hiring their books, snd submit them to intpec-
zion bv Ulcers Of the court. 1t vas at first in
tended TO arrest Gsryey, Ingersoll and others
who have made 50 much out Of the city, but
this was considered impolitic, as they would be
released on bail, and could not be compelled to
bring their books for use against themselves
More frauds have also been discovered. The
Ereaiag Mail Of Friday, publishes figures from
the city accounts which reveal frsuds more start
ling than any heretofore shown
The accounts published by the Times some
weeks sro were those Of the county Of New York
The 6rures Of the Mail are new revelation
Inrersoll. Gsrvey, Keyser and their mysterious
companies all re-appear as chief partisans IN the
wbole.ale plumber that has been going on under
both the county aud city administration, while
nor c,nrsdes Of the now notorious gang are
bro1rbt TO light For instance, heyser Co.
,r,,esr 70 have received from the city Sl,l49,-
- in addition to their 81, 28l ,s19 levied from
the county This example Of impartislity with
which the county and city have been plundereu
may answer for the rest Of their equally ceie-
bra.ed contemporaries in the same business. Ihe
New York Printing Company received sZoO'oVo'
and the Transcript association, which is part oil
,bs New York Printing Company, receiver
5000 900. One contractor for clearing streets
received Il 800 600, and another contractor
SaeO 900. Gas lamps and str,et-signs IN one
wear cost $50 600, and brooms and brushes ioi
s,ree,-sweepiug cost $4,000. LamP-Pos'' IN
one wear cost 500, 900 to one contractor and
a1p 600 10 another Things are getting inter
e-tiue. and the .}fIiI promises more revelations
The committee Of seventy have secured the
services of George c. Barrett, Francis {. Bar
low A r Lawrence and Wheeler Il. Peckham
in rrosecutinr civil suits for the recovery OF
finds slie,e5 +, have been stolen from the peo-
ple. Three processes were served Friday e1-
Nlavor Hsvemeyer appearing as plaintiff IN all
the suitf. as a taxpayer and IN behalf Oh 'ne
t,x-payers Of this city, and the committee nave
bsgan suits in the supreme court before Judge
R,-rsr1 s-ains. Iagers5n. Carney and others
o,r the recovery o: the money obtained from
tho ,itv 1t is raul5red thst some Of the con-
tractor. have confessed thst Twees, Sweeney snd
Connolly were implicated IL the frauds, and i
4. expectei that orders Tor arrest viii be ISSUED
bv Judge Barnard against prominent mem
hers Of the ring. Iagers1n is sail to be very
rsoe,t.pt. and his Indignation at being made
ssaps,9st for the principal plunleTsrs has beer
instrumental in leading him TO mpdcAte To-
| principals.
Another iustanment ofTimnany accounts
published. extracted fromithe city accounts iron
1869. ls7Oaui 1871, as kept in the Controller
department The hooks from which these &c
cunts are taken are msrvels OF complication
No better system for concealing frauds eoui'
well h. devised, AMI without the loss and stole'
vouchers. or duplicates, the full extent Of tn
! frauds can never be revealed NJ personal &C
counts with contractors appear 10 have oeel
kept. and the payments TO individuals as puo
lishei. are picked cut of 8 multitude Of accounts
in each Of which debts TO scores Of contractor
are entered.