The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-23
amount is entered there and the party to whom it ID

paid.
dictate where TO find the vouchersg A. The books
don't say where the vouchers are; 1t says only the
date and the amount and the name OF the person
who received the money and the number Is put ON
the paper aud also on the book.
=. Tnere are no letters about IT? A. NO, SUI.
@ State whether these accounts oil $l2.oO0ooo,
audited passed and paid, were In the onice On the
9th OF September, 1871. Yes Sir.
z. state the first information on the subject OF the
loss, and the first discovery you made IN regard to
them. A. When arrived at the office on Mon day
morning, after got inside the once, heard there
that time That indicated any burglary; that was
about half-past nine; went to nv own drawers and
found saem all right, then looked at the outside OF
ana went 70 the Q9mptrollers room. 70 see II they
neg been there and saw tl,ey there were no tndtca
asn Sssa s0 sss closed aoors
Yes. SIR opened them and found that the lock had
9. Describe how they were pried on A. With
chiss or jimmy the marks 0f the instrument were
9. % you LOCK these doors every niehsi A. Yes
sne w september A. They were locked either BY
9. Do you carry the key in your pockets A. Yes.
Q; Does the same key unlock all the cupbOards :
- 9. You had that key the morning you found OUT
:, 9; g., How many q the cupboard doors were open
,,s.s,D wy So"s"An Oh sucso VOUCHERS tuat arc
Q: Was it a closed cupboard with wooden doors
a: II was cupboard under the desk, aud each cup
O. WHAT room Is That 10 the Comptroller's once
A. us the nrst room entering up stairs.
panel door-One pane OF glass; the door being Of
wood and the upper half glass.
and all ABOUT 1t. The break Was at the right nand
corner Of the glass, the lower corner
Q. What size was IT. A. The size would probably
Or on n n W. n ar
q. Gould man conveniently put his hand through
Q. How near was this break that you have de.
scribed to the lOck or the door, A. IL was about
eighteen inches 80 that man could easily reach It
by putting his hand through; 1T was catch lock
q. Taxing sacld of this lock, could the door be
0penedP A. You can open 1t from the inside with.
out kew. but not from the outside
Q. Thar was the way this man, whoever he was
Q. WHAT was to prevent person from getting this
open with his hand through the break and going
right into YOUR roonf A. Nothing:
door, but 1t Is never locked; that door is the one
next TO the walt; mime Is the inside room, next
Q. And this room between the Comptroller's ONCE
and the outer room IS the room where the vouchers
na 8; Have you any knowledge who got these
9: Have you any knowledge outside what you
O. Just take any one bill passed bv the Board of
Supervisors and fled away IN this way, and give US
vouchers. A. DO you want the manner
q YES A: Tnere was one Of Andrew J. Garyey.
an1 an0ner oT Tue New c norx 1myene Asylum
these bills-any one bill that You looked over your
sel1-that you have reads A. do not mean TO say
that all these bills were passed by the Board Of Su-
pervisors some were payable otherwise than that.
O. Take any one OF these bills tiat you remember
do you know the contents OF that bill OF A. j. Gar
q Have you any remembrance Of any other bill
that IS missing, or any memorandum IN court by
its A. No.
O. There were several bills of A. J. Garvey'sG A.
Mr.. Connel for the defence, here srated that the
prosecution must not assume that they admitted
that the missing vouchers were genuine and anthem
o. Were you familiar with the Signature OF INV
name appended TO any OF these bills so as to be abiO
10 say whether 1t was genuine9 A. No..
Q. Were any Oius kept in these pigeOnholes EXCEPT
those that hau been paidf A. No, sir.
Q. How many or these bills were stolenS A. 1000
or 5. 900 district bills and vouchers.
CrOss-eXamined-Q How long have you been In the
Comptrollers 0nlceI a. Thirteen or fourteen years.
Msa hayS yen ned before pre-
Q. And you were transferred from that to your
present positons A. Yes
death that You took this pO5itiOns A. Yes. took
it on the death OF MIR. Watson.
q. What pookkeeper had you been9 A. A county
booKkeeper in that department.
Q. Did you Keep one OF these books In which you
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tents OF bills and checks! A. Yes, sir.
Q. When did MIR. Watson des A. lie died 3oth
o. AID You held the ONCE from that time until
May. AID then you received formal appointment
A. Yes.
O. When before the eth September did you last
have these parcels or packages that you speak OF IN
your hanosS A. cannot tell.
Q. DO you remember that you had any CT these
missing bills In your hands ON the 9th september
O. Can you swear OF your own knowledge that
any OF what you call these missing bills the
Onice on the 9th Septcmber2 A. The packages were
al there in their places
@. can you swear to that positively, of your own
Snowledge-what looked like packages might OF
course have been tllereS A. Yes, sir; they were
O. You can swear to that: did you examine them
special examination.
Q. Do you remember having had them in your
hands the 9tn or the Sth the 18th, 9th or 5th2
4. Nc, Sir; l cannot swear to that.
Q. VIII you swear that you. handled any OF the
iocuments That you assume to lave been taken be-
ween the 9th and lt OF September since the LIST OF
september? A. Yes, sir.
@ What day Will you swear any Of them were
lie neighhOrhood Of the eth.
@. What day do you tx it? A. think went
here; had occasion to go there and look at some
If them on the Sth or 9th.
g. was 1t the tth2 A: l can't say positively The
late; either the Sth or 9th.
Q. Was 1t not before the sthG A. think it was
o. why do you think SOP A. Because then had
occasion to look AT some OF the papers.
q. What time OF day was 1t? A. think 1t was in
he morning.
@. What hourp A. That cannot remember.
q. How long before you left that day A. 1t was
u the forenoon, think.
q. What hour lid you leave that day A. About
We O'Clock.
G. Was that your usual hour OF leaving2 A. Yes.
q. State the mark outside the package you exa-
mined? A. One Was .Aimories and Drill Rooms
Q. Any otherY A. Yes, sir; Adjusted Caims''
ma County Liabilities" do not remember any
)tDers
@. For what years3 A. 100 and 20.
q. Each year? A. Yes.
Q. Were tue accounts under each of those names
or 100 and 70 In the same parcel or IN different
packages A. Tney were in different packages.
q. Then you examined two packages OF each for
SO and '70S A. may have got out three or four
packages.
Q. We're the same accounts for both years mt
ntO one package9 A. They were separate; each
rear makes q package; there are Il number OF pack
ages for each year.
Q. How many packages for each Year, A. Each
1ear would ill twenty or thirty pigeon holes eigh-
cen inches square aud ten inches deep.
@. What portion Of those things did you 90 over
l. Three or four packages.
Q. or each title Of them2 A. Each year. YES
@. You are certain OF that A. Yes.
Q. How many OF those packages did You examines
!. Probably in those two years there may have been