Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-11
MORE FRAUDULENT VOUCHERS.
Al. tSe1pose by Mr. q. Z. SchuyIer-Over
Sfoo, 900 Pocketed by the Ring.
From tba Nau- vo-I, rr;poae


From the New York Times ODD
In yesterdays issue of the Times wa.
printed list of the vouchers which
! James Watson, deceased, late COUNTY
. Auditor, took from the ComptrolIer',
once. The deep anxiety manifested
fecenGiy by some one to get possession
, OF other vouchers of similar charac-
ter, indicated very clearly that these
papers were the evidence of some gross
and monstrous fraud, and perhaps Oh
some fearful system of forgery. That
such was III truth the case has been
brought to light by the publication of
these vouchers. Among them occurred
the name of G. l.. Schuyler, for sums
amounting in the aggregate to 1853.
O57, TOR lumber furnished to the city.
Mf. Schuyler is a well known lumber
merchant, having large yards at the
loot CT Ihlrty-ffth street, East River,
and his friends yesterday morning came
to reproaeh him for having sullied his
honorable name by such piece of ras-
cal1ty. He assured them that it was
altogether fraudulent statement, and
Ihat his receipts from the city did not,
TO the best of his recollection, exceed
sou, ,O00, end that his claims against
The city Tor three years work did not
! quite reach that figure By their ad-
vice he prepared the following state
ment:
10 the Editor of the NeaU York Times:
In the LIST of vouchers published in
your and other city papers this morn
ing, as having been surreptitiouslv OBJ
tanned from the Comptroller's office BY
I the late County Auditor Watson, [ find
that tlgure as having received at vari-
GUS times the enormous sum of S463.
O37, and being unwilling to rest, even
for day, nnder the suspicion of hay
ing consplred to defraud the city. 7
make haste to deny utterly all knowl-
edge OF the vouchers referred to, and
to state the exact facts III regard to the
payments made to or for me by the
corporation. On referring to my books, /
L lind that the first of such payments
was made IN January, 1868, from which
date up to the 22d of June, 187O-a Pc
rod OF nearly two and half years-I
have received from them the sum of
$4S, $40. 44-no more and no Iess-and
for which, as I am prepared cheerfully
to show to any parties authorized to /
make the investigation, [ gave full val
lie III timber and lumber for the repair
OF docks, and for other equally legiti-
mate purposes.
BY giving this communication the
publicity of your columns, you VIII
much oblige. Very respectfully,
G. L.. SCHUYLER.
New YORK, Thursday, Sept. 21, 1871. /
A reporter of the Times called upon
Mr.. Schuyler to elicit further informa-
tlon, and found him very anxious to /
tell all the facts. He said that the city
business came to his fsm entirely un-
sought by him, in the fall of 1868. He
had never been introduced to any men, /
Der OF the city government, nor had his .
partner, Mr.. James E. Miller. From
that time up to the present date. he
had furnished lumber principally for
piers and docks, and was furnishing
some at the present time. His partner
had always attended to the paw
ing except in one instance. when
he collected the bill himself. He
was kept running about the money for
at least five months, and was then re-
ferred to the Department of Arrears.
Here the clerks told him that he must
see Mr.. James Watson, the County
Auditor. He went to see that gentle
man several times, and at last he told
him that he had better make an assign
ment of his claim to some one in the
office who could, perhaps, get it
through. AS he was tired of waiting
for his money, and losing his time and
temper dodging about the Depart
ments, he assented, and made full as
s1gnment of his claim to -. Two
days afterwards he was paid in full.
Mr.. Schuyler could not say whether
his partner had been obliged to do the
same thing, but he thinks it likely.
This viii explain the devouring anx-
1ety OF some one TO hide the vouchers.
The blank assignments must have been
filled IN with fictitious names, the
amounts altered, and fictitious names
written on the back above the indorse
ment of the head of the Department,
VIM M. Tweed. This constitutes the
CRIME OF forgery, and would subject the
offender to imprisonment.