Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-09-14
Correspondence Between Mayor
Hall and Comp. onnollY.
THOSE sToaEN VOUCHERS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-ihe theft yes
terday discovered to have been made in
the Comptrollers Office was an exciting
topic of conversation throughout the city
all last evening There were various
opinions in regard to who stole the voueh-
ers and what they were stolen for. Some
think the affair was one of the Rings
tricks for the purpose of forcing the
Comptroller to resign, and this theory
seems to have acquired plausibihty. In
Wall street, during the afternoon, de-
cline was produced in securities, in which
the Ring leaders were especially interest
ed, The city stocks also fell off appre-
Gladly. A marked feeling of distrust
pervaded the street all day. Comptroller
Connolly was greatly dispirited, ashe had
been diligently engaged last week in the
preparation of accounts which the miss
ing vouchers would explain. Many of
the Comptrollers friends claimed that the
vouchers had been distracted by some
enemy of the Comptroller, merely for the
purpose of creating an erroneous impress
sion that he was privy TO their abstrac-
| ton
| HOW THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE.
/ The circumstances of the theft was as
follows: On Sunday evening the build
ing was in charge of Waterman named
/ John Murphy, who, instead of remaining
on duty, went home to supper at 6 O.
clock, and remained away until 8 p m
/ When he returned he found that the
large right hand lower corner of the glass
panel in the left half of the double door
leading into the county bureau of the
Comptroller's office had been cut out with
a diamond, the lock and spring bolts on
the inside showed back, and a wooden
brace thrown down. Murphy could not
see that anything had been stolen. When
relieved by the janitor this morning, he
found that two compartments of the larg-
est besk in the Office had been broken
open and the vouchers taken. The first
compartment contained twenty pigeon
holes that held the vouchers for 1859.
! Ten pigeon holes had been lifled, and of
/ the second compartment, containingvouch-
/ ers for 1870, three pigeon holes had been
/ robbed. From the fact that none of the
other compartments had been burst open
the object of the robbery seems to have
been to obtain these vouchers only, and
tends to show that the thief was one ac-
quainted with the Comptroller's Office,
and who knew where the papers were, so
that he could lay hands on them at once.
4 reporter asked Deputy Comptrolle
Richard Storrs if there had been any
clerks in the office discharged lately, and
he said there had not been one sin &c The
dismissal of James O'Rorke, who is re
puted to have given the New York Times
the material for its articles on the Comp
troller's corruption. Mr. Storrs said that
the vouchers and warrants were triplicat
ed, and could be replaced. The reporter
also asked the Collector of the city reve
nue. his opinion of the aft air. and he re
piled, with a hTazen countenance: %
[
very plain. 1t is evident the robbery ha:
been committed at the instigation of the
plaintiffs in the present suit against thu
city, or their precious committee ofseven
ty-five." Superintendent Kelso and Chic
of Detectives Irving are at work on tn,
case personally, and, it is said, are on the
track of the thieves. At present thu
Comptroller's office if ablaze with light
and the army of clerks are there copying
what are claimed to be the duplicate
vouchers.
, MORE ABOUT THE STOLEN VOUCHERS.
The police have thus far failed to dis
: cover any clue to the theft in the Comp
troller's Office. 1t is said that duplicate
of the stolen vouchers remain in tn
Comptroller's office, and that the original
are recorded full in the books, which ar
safe. The Comptroller has signified n
intenti on of resignation
If NO FURTHER ACTION INTENDED.
: There is the best authority for Stain
that Hall will take no further action lool
ing toward the removal Of Comptroll,
- Connolle,. n conversation with a r
~ porter, this evening. he stated that he ha
: no intention whatever of preferring art
|" cles of impeachment against Connolly.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
nc The Herdl5 calls upon Tweed and Coz
= molly to resign.
III The Tri6une says editorally, in regal
:, to the burglary in the Comptroller c
~ fee: If it shall apper that Connolly, {
DC consultation with his aSsistants-for
" would not take so desperate step alo
, has committed this felony to scre'
'so their frauds, it would only show he
'i0 closely they feel the dogs OF retributi'
u baying upon their tracks. 1t is an act
ia' desperation, and nothing less. 1t wou
AZ show that we are nearer the end of t
" war against this seemingly irresistil
ur- ,a. +h.,, ono ho,,o1 If .ha1,
'ui Driven to the subordination of PERU
their race is certainly near its close. Y
Inc can see light ahead. Nothing but
ise most criminal laundering can defeat
JIM evident intention of the honest people
ioi New York to resume the control OF til
anu affairs"
oi' HALL S LETTER REQUESTING coNNoLL
nv RESIGNATION
Aai. The following letter was addressed
ecu Comptroller Connolly by Mayor HI
20 last evening.
san MAYORS OFFICE, Monday afterno
- Sept. II.
'ne MY DEAR SIR: We have just been
formed by the Superintendent of Pc
an that last night the offices of the Fina
NC Department we're invaded, and in cor
anu sequence quantity of valuable vouch
'ns evidences OF payments and cancel
gan debts tOuether renreSeutino a large arno