Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-13
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Reported Expressly for the AReus.l
New YoRK, Sept. l2.-The following let
ter was addressed to Comptroller Connolly
by Mayor Hall last evening:
MAYORS OFFICE, Monday afternoon, Sept.
ll.-MY DEAR SIR; We have Just been IN
formed by the Superintendent OF Police
that last night the offices of the Finance De
pArtment we're invaded and in consequence
q quantity of valuable vouchers, evidences
of payments and cancelled debts, together
representing large amount of destroyed
city liabilities, are alleged BY some of your
subordinAtes 20 have then disappeared. The
Superintendent and the Mayor immediately
had full conversation regarding the ans
OF investigating the untoward circumstances
of the alleged burglary, so as to punish The
guilty, procure restitHtion OF such papers ss
may have been taken and protect the inter
ssis of the city. Under the circumstances
the public have 3 right to hold you respon-
| sible, and in q measure withhold from the
Finance Department desirable public con-
6dence. II is i'm possible not TO perceive
that the city credit will suffer; and in q very
critical period Of municipal government.
With great personal repugnance l officially
reach the conclusion that the exigency de-
mRnds your resignation from the Finance
Department, in order that may place an
other gentleman there who will be enabled
90 thoroughly investigate its affairs and re-
store public confidence. ] cannot suspend
any head of departments, nor even pending
an investigation; / can only prefer charges
to the Common Pleas, who alone can re-
move, after considerable time for trial. /
sm compelled to throw myself, therefore, as
| IN nd -
srgency, upon your magnanimity, and ask,
under tbs circumstances, for your resigna-
ton. \ ours truly,
iSigned A. OAKEY HALL, Mayor.
To r. B. Connolly, Comptroller.
The Comptroller has replied, refusing to
resign. He says:
He, in connection with other city officials
is now on trial for malfessance il office.
His answer to ihe charge is before the pub
lie, and his complete defence ready to be
presented He does not fear the result, bu
desires speedy trial. he refers to the
reason given by the Mayor for asking hi
resirnstion being the recent robbery o
his (Connolly'sl Office. and says ne begs tt
Z differ with the Mayor in thinking this create
any unexpected or sudden emergency; ne
sure neither The Mayor nor the public vii
: suspect he is an secoDplice in the robbery
and is happy to assure his Honor that it ha
effected no serious misohief-the archives o
the department. containing simple abstract
OF al the stolen papers. Who ever plan ne
or executed the crime has resped no beneh'
and inflicted no injury upon ,he public IN
terests. He says it seems to him that hi
resignation at this particular time, woul
give the advocates Of the partizau attack
upon the city government, just cause to b
lieve him to plead guilty, not only to pa
ncipstion, at least passively, in the burglar
but to ell charges now made in the leg
proceedings.
ln the city Injunction case today, aft.
y, ,Gorman had read several affidayits, whic
have already been Published, he closed /
saying that these were all the papers be ha
~ to present.
\ Beach then 10 behalf of Connolly. read Il
- lat.ers affidavit, saying that the want
time had prevented his preparing form
answer, and that this, therefore, was ell
:. had to present.
r. Judge Barnard inquired whether the
were any more papers?
Bartlett, in behalf of Tweed, said that
-. examining the papers he found that the {
.ds der merely commanded him TO do eerts
a- duties; these he had already sedulously Pt
lsd formed. and it was therefore Of no fort
n' Mr.. Tweed was prepared to deny any omar
Of wrong doing made sgainss him in O.