New-York tribune., 1871-09-22

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r...,-, year. mos., 70 days. esa% ss,,o,r,ps
,ooo,vaa from Mr.. Schuyler inc ..hars
-, ,nortant lettor denying that Any totsl pay
me- 80, svsr existed, and declaring hs' 70 only
..Dts N him I'm two years and hai ~. vouchers
ahout opetenth Of the amount nameu n..,.
=. a. EDITOR Of The n. r Daty sSed IN your papedt
sIR: In the list OF voucDess rrepttous. o"att ndttor
this tSn cSS,roers BY the s sceSed various
Watson, fud that ngre ~ es Being ~ saTns
1 SS eSeS for DAY s u.1 all
conspred to the CITY yccd and 20 or sses eT ie e
e9Sct facts in regard the srns sO0s srunTT na
by the CorpOrstOn US UpSSyen maze $50 "a period
sss tnc tT"p Which have received from
Of nearly an. e. 80 na nO and ss mo author
them DrepsSd the sST to s0Gs That value in
Hed to the % IKE repairs Of docks and f0f 0'her
%ss sGasy g%5pSc the publicity Of your
By giving s tes ,oScb obiiee, o., scyrx,rp
sOlano' 'eY1 Yours respectfully VI
Hes IrS' sep represent payments on city ac-
These ni''l ,,supt Of ss57 SCI oS The Ring has al
oou.' ,o..ed to On expenditure on county aceoun.
rc"uy :. so no. the eO1ehers for the eTeo'e' por'
hen' .aiS 10 be among those lately stolen. here
W" o,pepdture Of almost S0.oooOoe In TWO years
- p, mile Of which the full records are not 10 pe nao
,ryo Kvrw OF THE MISSING VOUCHERS 7
ruy RING LEADERS DECLARE THAT C9NNOLL1
CONCEALED TIE FACT OF wATSoNs THEFT
FROM THEN.
u.vo, Hall. Mr.. Sweeay, and Mr. Tweed have
Ansd to one Of our reporters that Controller Commonly
,ntormed them Of the lose O the city vouchers reporteu
,nc in Yesterday e IRIDUSE at the tre he first ds
ooversd IL On the contrary, Messrs. Hail. Sweeny, ana
1xeed declare that the first intmation that they re
oeyed Of such loss given TO them by MI Connolly
.t.r an investigation OF the Controllers accounts had
been demanded by the public short time ago MT
Connolly it declared By them, then said In effect:
any accounts are all right. Some missing vouchers
are the only source Of anxiety TO me-"
Tho three remaining leaders Of the Ring claim that
whereas Mr. Connolly, FIVE days ago. professed to make
a clean breast Of it Mr Havemeyer and Others the
accidental discovery Of this previous abstraction OF war
rants in lis Office Is decidedly unfavorable to him and
che truhnes Of any statements that be may put for
in the face Of his letter on the subject published yester
day morning.
Another TRIBUNE reporter, sent yesterday to ex-
Deputy Controller Storrs asked him the following ques-
tons about the missing vouchers for paid claims against
The city:
Reporter-Mr storrs when did you nrs discover that
vouchers for paid claims against the city for nearly
100000 missing from the Controllers ofcef Did
you write to the Controller about them and So will
you furnish copy Of the letterf
Mr. storrs-An have TO say about those vouchers s
contained in my AFFIDAVIT in the morning papers.
The reporter then called upon Mayor Hail. when the
following conversation relative TO these vouchers took
place:
Reporter-Mayor Hall, when did you first know that
vouchers for paid claims against the city for over
100000 were missing from the Controllers office
Mayor Hail-About the close o. July last.
Reporer-what the circumstances attending such
knowledgci
Mayor HALL was surprised at the enormous agGre-
gate amount OF money paid by the COntrouer called
at his oace to investigate the matter and Mr. storrs
thcn Deputy Controller, told me that these vouchers
were missing.
Reporter-That is the first you knew about iti
Mayor Hall-Yes.
Controller Connolly says his first information about
the ioss vouchers received from MI Storrs
in the Pail OF 1870 and that the loss well known TO
.iayor Hail. Mr.. sweesy, and Mr.. Tweed Immediately
,ns, WatsoRs death Whom are We TO believe on this
important pOinti