The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-25
stupendOus Frauds by the Tammany
Ring,

The New York Times is making most
searching expose OF the stupendous ras-
calities practised by the government of
New York city. 1t has got hold Of some
of the Controllers books and in Satur-
days issue copies therelrom a long list of
warrants signed by Controller CONNOLLY
and Mayor HALL under false pretences.
The warrants purport to have been drawn
to pay for furniture and repairs in the va
rious offices in the new court house
There are hundred and thirty odd Of
them, and the sums drawn for range from
Sl25 900 down to 81 600, Most OF them
are between twenty and fifty thousand
They run through the two years ls09 ana
1870 and aggregate the enormous sum OF
g 063, GAG SO All proEesscdly paid In
two years for furnishing and repairing the
offices in the court house.
Concerning this exhibit the Times re-
marks:
Twill be seen that the warrants are
drawn in different names, but they
we're all endorsed to "lRgersoll IL Co..
otherwise J. II. lngersOll, the agent Of tho
Ring. Each warrant was signedby Con
troller Connolly and Mayor Hall. What
amount of money was actually paid to
the persons in whose favor the warrants
were ROmiHdity drawn, we have no means
of knowing, On the face OF these &C
counts, however, 1t is clear that the bulk
Of the money somehow or other got back
To the Ring, or each warrant would not
have been endorsed over to tsagent.
We undertake to prove whenever we
are afforded the opportunity, that the fol-
lowing account is copied literally from
the Controllers books, and forms part
of the documents TO which the public is
entitled 10 have access.
The dates given for the work done are
obviously fraudulent For example: On
July 2, 1869, q warrant was drawn for fur.
niture especially for county courts and of.
fees, from October IL to November 90,
1868, for 81, 500 80. On July 10, fourteen
days alterward, another warrant was
drawn for $0403S 10 Tor furniture sup.
Piled to the same offices from November
to December 81. That is to say, the bill
was fully paid by the first of the two war
rants down to NovGmbea %. And yet u
fortnight a.terward another warrant was
drawn paying the bill over again from
November 7. 1t Is obvious that the tiC.
titiOus dates were not remembered by the
city authorities when these warrants were
drawn. Many similar cases will be oh
served In the figures given below
II will be seen that one day furniture is
supposed to have been supplied to the
amount of $l2O, 4G9 4S-at least warrant
for that sum was signed by Hall and Con-
molly in favor Of g. ID. BOllar & Co, and
Endorsed by IngersollS Co.
- Observe-we are
only quoting County accounts, The CITY
accounts reredt trauds IF still gr1Iter mag.
nitutiG; but we speak now only OF what
We can prove. The extracts given else.
where show fraud in every line The
dates on which the work was alleged TO
have been done, and the dates on which
tho warrants were drawn, are all mixed
IN and confused. These dates were Gvi.
IDENTIFY filled mat hNp.hAzArd, The trick
sterS were not even clever ut their work
They have made n tumble Of II which the
merest school boy can sec through Look
for instance, ut what G. s. Miller, II car
penlcr IL supposed to have drawn in ont
month June, 1870 for work done in thu
Court lIOuse--and then remember that hi
drew large amounts every other month
throughout the year: