The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-30
NEW YORK.
Inv estigation OF the city Fjnanc

AnSestiRatiOn OF the CITY Finances
New YORK. August 29.-The joint
committee appointed. by the Board Of
Supervisors and Board Of Aldermen to
investigate into the financial status Of
the city met in the chamber Of the
Board of Supervisors yesterday after.
noon for arrangement and cooperation
with the Citizens committee for the
election of temporary managers. The
committee went into executive session,
remaining in consultation over an hour.
At the close of the executive session an
election of officers took place, Recorder
Hackett being elected permanent Chair
man. A motion was then made and
adopted that each member of the
committee, eight in number, designate
two citizens OF this city to be associated
with the committee in the matter OF
investigating the city and county &C.
counts, and that the citizens designated
be authorized to make thorough and
exhausting examination of all the
public accounts, with the aid OF experts
under their immediate supervision, and
that said citizens 80 designated give the
result of their investigation to the people
of the city and State, in conjunction
with the committee. After the adoption
Of the resolution each of the committee
selected two gentlemen to act in CO.
operation with them. The citizens Sc.
lected by the members Of the committee
are some of the most prominent finan-
cial men in the city. A circular solicit
ing the cooperation OF the gentlemen
selected was ordered TO be sent to each
of them. A motion was then made to
have the accounts to be examined print
ed, in order to facilitate the work of the
committee. This was finally laid over
till the next meeting, which will be
held at the call Of the President.
Protestant Procession.
The American Protestant Association
of Newark, together with other socie-
ties of Orangemen and German Protest
ants, paraded yesterday afternoon in
that city, without the slightest interfer'
ence from any parties. In the process
sion were several associations from
abroad, among them colored society,
numbering forty members. The pro-
cession was strongly guarded by police.
The Protestant associations carried nu'
merous flags and were in full regalla,
but no emblems that would excite
religious interference.
The Trunk Mystery.
In the trunk mystery still further
evidence has been discovered that the
sister of the murdered blonde lived in
Brooklyn and from the description Of
her given by the carman and those
acquainted with her, it is certain she is
the woman who brought the trunk to
the depot. Officers were sent to heI
residence, but found that she had left
twenty-tour hours previously. She
is well known. 1t is thought she went
o Chicago yesterday. The police o'
that city have been fully informed ol
the matter. The deceased, whose name
is now we'll known to the police, was
resident of Foster street, this city.
The man who called to see her is being
shadowed. Another important piece
of evidence was unearthed to-day,
bringing the crime home to DR.. Rose
wig. An undertaken named. Joseph
T. Boyle, OF Second avenue, has recog,
nized Rosewig as the person who called
upon him on Saturday last, and asked
him how much it would cost to bury a
woman servant Of his who had died.
The undertaken told him that he would
have to have a certificate from the
doctor who had attended her, and then
he would get a permit from the Board
of Health. Rosewig went away and
has not returned The police this af'
ternoon searched DR.. Rosewigs place,
and on entering the cellar OF DR.. Gel
lenski, next day, bloody clothing was
discovered, including a chemise cut low
down the back, which would tit the per-
son of the deceased woman. A door
led from one cellar 10 the other.
Forged Cheeks.
Wall street was thrown into excite
ment this evening over the discovery Of
the presentation of forged checks at the
Bank Of New York for twenty thousand
dollars by gold operators named A.
Vansonat, Of Broad street. The facts
of the.. case are: Vansonat bought hlty
thousand dollars in gold from L. ii;
Smith and gave him certified check 0,
C.M. Harris g. Co., on the Continental
Bank, the certificate Of which proved
to be a forgery. 7. H. Smith loses
twenty thousand dollars by the forgery
which is the total amount realized by
Vansonat from the Bank Of New ork.