The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-23


q How manys A. several different packages;
Q. Who told you 10 get that OUT A. The Comp
q. Are they back In their placer A. Yes.
=. In liie paoSage OF al listed accounts now many
vouchers ud You LOOK outg A. five or SIX
Q. Did You give them to the Comptro,ler' A.
9; They are not niss!ng' A. They are all pat
9. How many adjusted accounts for 40 did you
81 80 and some Of 7o those a rot ON. ie gave 10
Mr. Connolly, and they are NOT missing
year 100 how many accounts for county liabi Iiies
dId you go overf A. won't he certain whether
@. But any accounts tnat You actually fingered are
now In the Ofce and have been returned2 A.
Yes; may have been mistaken about the titles q
Q: Did You examine any of these other accounts
In these different packages other than those yo9
took out with reference to their number aud handed
sns TSss s4s .s; INV ACCOUNTS sS tpat you can
swear were original accounts as being there On this
8 THOSE you saw-are you sure that they are
the original documents In the office.
! @ Iut do you know Of your own knowledge that
| they are originate A. Yes, SIT.
| @ HOW do you know that A. BY the style and
| O. DO you know them In any other wavg A. No,
q. Can you swear Of your own knowledge that
that You examined were original dOcumsntsi 4.
! q Did you go over any OF them other than those
that you took outa A. l do not know that did.
O. You do not know, then, The actual contents OF
sHa S ana eS re
O. Did you take up accounts against any other
| persons than Keyser Il Cor A. No.
g. Do you Know why these accounts were called
| for on that day7 A. Mr. Connolly wanted them.
Yes, SIR sir: As'S'' was ~ VIC 0'00'' WASN'T Ae'
@ DO you remember to have heard him charge
tl ua dnfrfn "a a
| papers were not his trae accountss A. No, sir.
O. What transplred there that rendered this pa
| g For what purposes A.. do not know.
O. But Mr.. keySer was there on that das? A.
O Did you hear any conversation that took place
between him and the Comptroller ON that day' A.
O. who else was present in the rooma A, think
Mr. Storrs was there and some other gentlemen
that did not know and that have not seen since.
@ In what room di! you na1d these instruments
to MIR. Connolly A. do not Know that handed
them to Nor. Connolly hesltatng and stammeringl;
he sent for me to get them out ana have copy
O. Tell me what you aha with thcm-to whom did
you give thems A. 10 CLERK in the Office, Mr
Q, Who told you 10 give 1t to him. A. The Comp.
O. You are certain OF thatg A, Yes.
z. WHAT rory A. To get copy OF them.
q. Was MIR. In2ersoll In the office that daY9 A.
O. Who did you leave IN the ONCE when you went
awayS A. do not remember; think the janitor
was tnere.
o. at what time did you get there on Monday
morning. A. should think about ten O'Clock.
Q. Who was the first person you spoke to- A.
Q. Did ne tell you about the robberya A. do not
nk ne da TIA, o sTe WAS 90
looking at the door; think some one told me
Q. How many p,geonholos were emptieai A.
q. What bulk would thirteen pigeonnoles fun Of
papers make? A. Tue papers would NIL more than
one bushel basket, but not more than two.
Q. How long would 1t take to burn that amount
OF papers In Kitchen range-cOu'u 1t be done, do
you think, IN from thirty TO Sixty mlnutess A. DO
not think 1t could.
Q. Was this mark Of prying OF the lock plainly
discernable-coud any person see 1t easilys A. The
mark was between the leaves Of the door, right
@. The jimmy was introduced between the outside
and inner doors? A. 1t bruised the wood little; the
.. Was the lock protected on the outside? A. On
the outside the keynoe only was visible; think the
the SIDE oil the lock was flush with the side OF the
door,
Q. Was 1t easily 1tted-was the Key common
one9 A. IRE key nothing extraordinary; 1t
was stee key with ordinary wards, such as can be
9. iou DO not know whether, it was opened with
looked as II ii had been forced.
Q. Who else had keys TO that door besides your.
self A. The clerk and Mr.. Connolly
q. After the statements In the papers about the
alleged peculations upon the city, dbl strike
you as matter OF prudence chat these documents
ought 10 be placed in a safer place OF custodys A.
There was Waterman there all the time.
q. But no extra vigilance physical precautions
were taken to guard thelnY A. No
:, G. Were there any iron safes in That ONCE! A.
O. Was tnerc anything to prevent these vouchers
being put In that safer A. There was no room for
@. Is this an iron safe detached Or bullt into tie
building? A. Detached.
O. The last tmo you saw the VOUCHERS was after
the Injunction proceedingsi A. think 1t was.
@. and yol knew now important they were, In
n A 81
o. And knowing that no means taken to
make their keeping more secures A. Yes, sir; tho
O. Were you there on sunday A. No, Sir
q. Was the glass broken or cuss a. do not
know: did not examine It.
re direct by District Attorney Garvin:-
@. Were there any marks on the sides OF the door
OF these cosctsY A. On three OF the places.
q. In reference to the place where these packets
were Kept was the bot shut forward as II 1t had
Q. As Tar as the bolt was coucerAed it was broken
right out A. Yes, sir.
q. Do you make all the bundles up about the same
thcxness9 A. Yes.
o. About what thickness were these bundless A.
About eight or nine inches.
O. About how many OF these vouchers did you
q. Did yOu keep all the rest back? A. Yes, sir.
O. In the same place? A. Yes. sir
q. Were pigeon holes OF the rest or the closets
''e o. We're tie whole taken awsye A. A portion
OF 1860 AMI portion OF ls7o the MAJOR part was tor
o. In these two identical closets were kept the
original bills. A. Yes, sir
q. whenever voucher was put away II was pus
away there A. Yes sir.
TESTIMONY or NIGHT wATcHMAN MURPHY
william Murphy, the night Waterman gave sub
stantally the same evidence as that which was pub
lised IN the HERALD yesterday as his AFFIDAVIT. In
adduon to that already sworn to he said that
clerk named O'Conn0r was at WORK In the Comp
truler's office until ten minutes to two on the
ing Of the robbery; he was IN the County Bureau;
there was nobody else there but him; after letting
him out went right back into the once; witness
LETT about six o'clock In the morning; there was
watchman In the Chamberain's Office; during
the night Of saturday and the Sunday morn
Ing or the robbery lie went to sleep IN
the County Bureau for couple OF hours.
Witness here described what he saw when
lie went on duty in the evening" all OF which has
already been published; lie reported the discovery
to Mr.. Regan; about nine O'Clock on the Sunday
morning OF the robbery. he saw Mr. Hagcrty.
a. What did you see him dor A. He was going
up stars he stumbled, and he let some papers fall
from his arm; saw him pick the papers up; can.
n not edi W h description OF papers !he{ ua