The Portland daily press., 1871-09-22
NEW YORK.
The Har in the King.
Connolly ExOnerated from the
Voucher Theft.

NEW YORK, Sept 21.-Tbe Times this morn
ing says: We are in possession OF importau
Information, the pature of which it w0ald no
| De proper at this time 10 divuige, which assures
speedy punishment of the pluuderers OF the
CITY treasury. Before many hours are over one
| II not more OF the infamous thieves whom we
nave exposed and denounced will be piacto ih
| position where the advice of a better lawyer
than Hall will be urgently needed. In the
meantime We feel cOmpe leu to state that Con-
molly has kept back nothing, and that pei sons
IN possession OF ali secrets fully exonerate Con
molly from all participation in the actual roo
| oerles OF the papers nom his office. n iac' /,
| connolly is making clean breast OF lG anu
| the public will reap the benefit. Such nest
| OF thieves was never unearthed in THIS wofld
| before, and we earnestly hope that before the
| week is out the State Prison will open lis doors
| to receive them.
Ram0r duplicates Hall and Tweed.
The morning papers report the rumor that
| the man who stole the vouchers last week mas
| been discovered, and that Tweed aud Hall are
directly implicated in the theft, while COnnol-
" is acquitted OF ell connection with the al
| fairs. Atfidavlts were made against the thiet
last night, and his arrest is expected tJ day.
The Sun says the vouchers were taken to
the corner OF Amity and Sullivan streets,
where most OF them Were burned, but the
thieves saved some and have since tried to
blackmail their employers, and last night offer
Gu " sell tuS NOuCutIS 10 d newspaper ioi
$4,000.
The eAnti-Tammany Democracy.
meeting of prominent Democrats opposed
TO Tammany was held at the Cooper Institute
last night, and several Presidents of William
M. Tweed Clubs members of the committee
OF seventy, members OF the German Democrat
lc Union committee and the Young Democra-
cy were present. Robert B. Roosevelt, chair
man, was asked by John p. Ryan, President
OF the first ward Tweed Club, if the new or
G At fn HpA 1.
replied that it would, and Ryan left the meet
ing, but other officers Of the Tweed Clnbs re-
maine" and took active part insthe meeting
Every ward was represented and the statement
Ut Samuel j. Tilcen, "That not only will reso-
lutions be presented at the State Convention
denOuncing fraud and corruption, but the del
egation from Tammany Hall will be exclud- |
ed" was received with great enthusiasm.
A committee of seven was appointed to con-
suit with the different organizations opposed |
to Tammany.
susp. cted Parties Arraigned.
Edwin M. Hageertv, Janitor of the County |
Court House, and Charles Balcb, assistant un-
der Haggerty, charged with stealing vouchers
from the Comptroer's office, were brought be- |
fore Judge DOwling to-day. |
Supt. Kels':'s affidavit states that he received
Information from Mary Conway, formerly 10
the employ of Haggerty, kuew something
ABOUT the missing vouchers. He ordered Cap
Cheney of the 27th precinct to arrest her but
that officer was unable to find her as she had |
b. en- removed from her former residence in |
Washington street by a man named Murphy, |
who was messenger in the Co,nptfnller's office |
Capt Cheney corroborated Kelso's evidence, |
and stated that from an Investigation of the |
womans story he had learned that Hagge1ty |
and Balch We're someway con ue tied with the |
robbery OF the COmptrOIler's flee.
Judge bowling at the request Of District |
Attorney GaTvin held the prisoners for exam |
nation to morrow. They are charged with |
burglary at the Comptroller's office or tue |
night on the 18th inst They appear to take |
the affair coolly. When KelsO was leaving |
his office he SAID, How to finJ that female"
Immedlat ly on removal OF prisoners John /
Graham arrived having been detained as coun-
sci for the prisoners. The news of the arr sts |
spread rapidly through the city, aud members |
OF the citizens committee came to make in, |
qulr.es. The detectives are confident of ar
issting Mary Conway, as she is we'll known. |
The Clerk of the Tombs Police Court has sIs,u
ed subpe0as to ensure the attendance OF tue |
Comptroller, Connolly, and County Auditor at |
the examination to morrow.
The evidence against these parties was fur |
nlshed by Connolly.
Th- Debt of the Oily.
The special committee OF joint citizens and |
omclals, committee to which is entrusted the |
examination of city aud county debt accounts |
to-day reported total debt of oity aud county |
o.: the a. inst. less The sinking fund of $19 |
Az 1888. was 97.287 5S7, an lpcrea,e of neatly |
SZ4,ooo,OOO since January, 1870. OF thr total |
amount $72 900 900 is funded and $4,000 600 |
from taxauon in 1871. The com m i1tee also ex- |
amlned accounts OF bonds on which interest is |
being paid, which exactly agrees with that |
those isiued, showing there has been no dupli- |
cate or over issue of City or county bonds. Mr.. |
w. ii. Osborne, one of the sub committee ex-
amlnlng accounts, said it was utterly Imposs-
BILE to say what inds bteduess would be at the |
end OF the current year, for reason 1T is i'm pos
sible to find out to what amount the public |
nj aI ,k,a,,o ,ak
was to be paid for. All the public departments
are engaged in making extensive improve
ments, The department of parks are npturp-
ing parks and constructing of bouevardS, and
other departments in an equal Y extravagant
manneI, aud no estimate could be placed upon |
the liabilities they were incurring. In his opip
ion, even with economical expends sture and the
application of all revenues yet 10 come into its
legitimate progress, the public debt at the end
of the year would be grealer than it now is
He said there was 30 possible WAY OF Gslaiag
sto Probssbfo- -inUrease except py lhorongn
investigation or each and every department
Mr.. Osborne inumated that the work upon
public Improvements should be stopped, al
least Temporarily.
The Dock Commissioners to-day made re-
QUESTION upon the Comptroller for $500,O00,
informing him if not paid promptly that the
most important work now in progress must
cease.
Peter B. Sweepy, President of the Park Com
mttee, to-day advanced on his own personal
TeSpOuelUllity pllA,CtO, WIN Tue N3Ih-
men on the parks and boulevards will be paid
without delay.
More about the Vouchers.
About 6 o'clock this evening curing the ex-
animation of the ashes of the burned vouchers
which lay in heaps near the Janitor's rosm,
portions of several burnt vouchers were found
IN sufficiently preserved condition that the
figures could be made out with the aid of
glass.
Sc zure of meric am Vessels by the Revolu-
liOn asts.
A letter from w Hancock, president of the
Venezuela steam transportation company, is
published this morning giving the particulars
OF the seizure of three vessels of the company
by one OF the revolutionary parties of VeneZu-
ella. Hancock went to Bolivar in the steamer
Don Fernando which was seized by the au-
thorities, but was released upon being informed
that she was an American vessel Hancock
then demanded the release of the steamer
Hero, and the chief agreed to do il on certain
conditions concerning the time of sailing
which Hancock was compelled to sign. Han,
cock then went before the American consul and
drew up an affidavit stating that everything
that he consented to was by compulsoD, aud
not 0! his own tree will. AffiiavIts relative to
the capture OF the steamer Hero were also exc
cuted and presented to Secretary Fish He
then went aboard the Hero, put on all steam
and got out OF the harbor amid storm of balls
WASHINGTON.