The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-09
NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YoRk. October z.

most importance, The step was who'll,
unexpected, and Is means Of enabling
the Committee OF Seventy to obtain othe
proof, 1t is regarded as the most promis
ing occurrence that has yet transpired
His admission is that IN seven years em
ployment by the city he has received three
quarters OF a million dollars, for which h
has done little work, but declared that hi
signature to many vouchers Tor eXorbitan
sums had been forged. In many instance!
he had been compelled to assign his claim
before he could receive payment. Thi
confession will probably secure him I'm
munity from punishment, The implicated
tradesmen are expected to take lik'
course. The Comlnitteeoi Seventy, fol
lowing out their determination for th'
prosecution Of the ring thieves, will de
mand of the Governor to forthwith ordel
the Attorney General TO commence the re
Quired legal proceedings. They will EN-
ploy counsel to assist In this work.
The late County Auditor Watson, Il
supposed to be the person who altered
Keyser's vouchers. The bills of Davidson
& Co. were also altered. The firm Is sale
to have received but small amount 81
the money. .
The opinion is gaining ground thai
Judge Barnard will dismiss the present
Grand Jury. Unless this Is done the pro
Ceedings against the perpetrators OF The
frauds will result in nothing, besides the
fact that the Grand Jury is packed from
officials upon whom devolve the prosecu'
tlon of the suits, they are also under Tam
many influence. Evidence of the most
startling character is accumulating, but
the Committee of Seventy find difficulties
in their way. The parties giving the eyi'
dence expect 1t viii cost them their saIa'
rles, and desire to be provided with other
situations, which the cpnmittee hesitate
to do. t+"|'N 'HDtl on
The Herald says 1t will advance tic
City Treasury one hundred thousand dol
lars towards carrying on the government
until the taxes come In. Tweed says
there is discrepancy between the state.
lnent of the Comptroller asto the finaq,
cihl condition Of the Department Of
Works and hisown and that there shall be
no stoppage Of the works Of the Depart
.ment He intends to take care 0l his de-
partment and will individually pay his
men rather than see them suffer. Lie
does not regard the Rochester Convcn'
tion as either triumph or defeat for
Tammany. He supports the ticket and
thinks the city trouble Is an issue in itself
The Counsel Tor Ingcrsoll, who was to
be examined 10. day, concerning his claims
against the city, desired q delay on ac'
count Of the absence Of the Associate
Counsel, which was granted. The op'
posing Counsel wanted to proceed. IT
was subsequently arranged that the case
should come up Monday. .... -r1T
The World says that in regard to the
representation from New York to the
Democratic Convention, that hereafter the
Convention will know nothing OF Tam.
many or anti .Tammany, and deal only
with the spirit of the Assembly districts,
not only with Tammany, but all sue
cessors Of Tammany and all similar oil
parchical organizations thus abolished.
In the ViCle divorce case d compromise
has been effected by Withdrawing the
charges and dividing the children.
The Times says Mastison, the contractor
who built Tammany Hall, swears that
he would be willing to do the work per.
formed by Garvey for $4,000; that the
repairs could not havo possibly amounted
to the original cost.
A correspondent of the Times, writing
from Washington, says that gigantic
Indian fraud has Just been unearthed by
Secretary Delano. Several well known
officials Of the last administration, among
whom is one Cx.C Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, are implicated in the scheme,
which involves over G,00O acres Of land,
valued at upwards OF $l90,000. The Sec.
retary has had n special commission oil
the Interior Department probing the
matter, and the most startling develop.
ments are anticipated.
Hon. Elijah +. Purdy, one Of the oldest
and most prominent Democrats Of this
State, died this morning.
Horace Greeley, in q review Of the Sit
uation, states that the charge that Oakley
Hall has embezzled public money and
converted II 10 his own use has not yet
been proven; but still, for signing bills
which were fraudulent and false, he thinks
he ought to resign. Mr.. Greeley further
saws; ~ have seen no evidence that Peter
b. Sweeney Is public plunderer; I. rather
more so us 10 Judge Hilton. But my
Judgment us to Tweed Is very different.
I cannot but believe that good share Of
the millions paid out Of the Atreasurybn
disorder On, the immensely exaggeFaied
or utterly fraudulent bills Of 1ngersOll,
Garyey, Keyser, Schuyler Smith, &c,
&c, have wound their devious way into
his pocket, and have been employed 10
defray his enormous expenditures at Al
bany, in this city end elsewhere, and
have added block after block to his ever
growing landed possessions" ........I
Ashbury says he must have twelve
races for the Queens cup, or he will send
the IevOha home in three days o
The case of Evans, claim agent, came
up again to-day. The decision is to be
rendered Thursday nextbnas Off
This morning Julius Steinman, lager
beer shop keeper, murdered his wife
Julia, crushing her head with o club and
smoothing iron and then cutting her
throne 8witll M sheath kniIe. /, lie then
hanged himself with clothes line at the
shop door, The bodies Of both were cold
when discovered by the saloon waiter.
Jealousy is supposed to be the cause.
The statement has been published that
John II. Kcyser, Of the firm Of j. II.
Keyser s. Co., plumbers, gas filters and
iron and brass founders, had by deed con
veyed to jackson $. Schultz, in trust for
the city and county Of New York, pro
perty 70 the value Of $66O,OOO to r6lm-
bufse the public treasury for any moneys
Improperly received by his firm for work
done by order of the late Board Of stt
pervisors. To-day Keyser publishes 4
card in which he states on behalf of his
firm that his communication to the com.
mitlee mas been misconstrued; that the
money he received in 1859 and 1870 Gov
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