The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-01
The "BIG JUDGE" In TROUBLE.
An Application for the Arrest Oi
Register Connolly.
SecretiDg or Destroying Valuable Papers for
the "Ring'-The Registers Office Searched
Under Search Warrant-High-Handed
Proceedings Of the Bulky Off,
Standardization Of Sud
den and Prompt Justice.

Another Connolly IS in the field OF judicial war
fare. The big Judgen has been playing IN smi-
lar role as his namesakc, the Comptroller. lie has
been meddling as Register with the papers III hts
Office, and justice has been rather more prompt IN
his case than In that or Comptroller Connolly, for
yesterday afternoon application was made 10 u JUS.
tice for his arrest. and probably by this time the
Judge Is in the safe custody OF the law. The cir
cumstanccs under which TINS arrest has been made
as follows
Messrs. McCalrey Herman, attorneys ana coun.
sellors of Nassau street, have Tor their client
Alderman Terencc Farley. The Alderman Is well
known In the city, ana especially in the Nineteenth
ward He Is "a large owner oil real estate. and Is
greatly Interested therein. 10 became the duty OF
the ABOVE legal arm, in complying Win the instruc
lions or their client, 10 make record OF his real
estate transactions for his private For this
purpose 1T became necessary TO make lengthy and
extensive examination OF the records IN tho
ment OF this, Mr.. Murphy, who is Record
Clerk IN the Registers office, was engaged by the firm
to make memoranda OF all the conveyances and
mortgages In which Mr.. Farley was Interested. The
memoranda was made on slips, numbering about
SIX hundred or seven hundred, bearing OH their
face the city seal. When these memoranda were COM
peted Mr.. Ohm A. Fitzgerald, practising lawyer or
Brooklyn. was retained by the nrm 10 30 over the
memoranda and verify them. On tue morning OF the
9th Of September Mr.. Fitzgerald was engaged In
this work, and had abou. two hundred Of these
slips spread out on table IN the Registers Office
before MIN. ar. Connolly, the Register, came into
the room ana hastily
that were on the table, and also snatcned about
thirty more out OF the hands OF Mr. Fizger-
aid. The latter eXpostuiated with MI. Connolly
and said that these papers belonged 10 Mr.. Nc
CaIrey ana wished them 10 be given back. The Reg
ister replied, II Know Mr.. Mccartney very well, and
he must see me about It." MI Fitzgerald went to
Mr. McCafrey and Informed MIN OF waat had nap
pened. The latter lost no time In seeing the 'Big
Judge" and after inqurlng As to The cause OF this
conduct the Register Tephed "Somc damned re-
porter Is trying to get the
Transactions OF THE RING
In real estate, and am determined not TO
allow 10 In my Office" IL was explained
10 the irate Register that this was not inquiry by
any damned reporter or any desire 10 look into the
transactions OF the Ring, but purely matter OF
business between Mr.. Mccartney and Alderman
Farley. Tue return or the papers was demanded,
when the Register stated that he had burned them.
Mr. Mccartney then said that ne would take other
measures with Mr. Connolly TO recover those papers
and LETT the Office. Mr.. Connolly met Mr..
Farley the following morning, ana said that he
had all the papers and would return them.
The papers were not returned, and yesterday MORN
ing an application was made to Mr. Justice Coulter
which was granted Tor
SEARCH WARRANT
TO examine the Office OF the Register. This warrant
was granted and entrusted TO Sergeant Philips
attached to the Fity-seventh precinct Police Court,
who with the members OF the firm, searched the
Office, but failed 10 1nd the papers, They returned
TO Justice Couiter's Court, and alidavlts Of the
above facts sworn by the respective parties.
An application was made for the arrest Of Register
Connolly, and .stlce Coulter replied that he won Il
al once issue warrant Tor the apprehension Of this
bulky Ofnclak