Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-09-28
TANIALANY AGAIN.

TAMhIANY AGAIN.
More Revelations.
THE EXCITEMENT REVIVED DIS
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New York, Sept. 21.-The excite
ment began to revive last evening.
upon the announcement being made Of
the important discovery that city
vouchers for over two million dollars
were distracted from the Controllers
Office year ago. And when itbecame
public later in the evening that the
man who stole the vouchers from. the
Controllers Office about ten days since
was known, and that his arrest, which
would be made to-day, would directly
impllcate leading city officials and ex-
culpate the Controller from criminality
in the matter, and besides, that the alb
straction of two millions in vouchers al
year since was the work of the same
parties, the excitement grew to be in
tense, especially among Tammany pol
iticians and hangers-on throughout the
city. The Investigation being made
by Deputy Controller Green will deyel-
Iope most startling facts. Evidence
will be brought to light against the
plundering of the city treasury which
will be of the strongest character, and
assure speedy punishment of the guilty
parties. ~ - a5teq gsGijsI{
The Times says, editorially, that be-
fore many hours are over, one If not
more of the infamous thieves who have
been publicly denounced will be placed
in charge of the authorizes eff the law.
1t declares, however, that Controller
Connolly has kept back nothing, that
persons in possession Of an the secrets
fully exonorate Connolly from all
participation in the actual r0bberies of
papers of his Office. The same Journal
cautions the public te&sssG1 ,kallalerf,
inasmuch as in the leGTer Of Hall to he.
Clellan there was expressed aiixfety y
about the preservation of iPeaees ansl
the hints given in thats quarter may
possess a meaning OF significance '79s
THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY. .11o
The committee of seventy will prob
ably become a permanent .organiza-
ton to look after the Interests OF The
city. One base which is engaging their
attention is that of O. lawyer who was
short time ago very poor, but who is
now the owner of $290, 900 worth0 0f real
estate, which is supposed to have been
acquired through connection with tho
Ring. ~ fiY p Ll9YiH1 j. -i3us
THE VOUCHER THIEVES ARRESTED.
The arrest of suspected persons, who
are Edwin NJ. Haggerty, keeper Of the
county court house, and his assistant,
/ Charles, Balch, as well, as he wife OF
/ the former, was made upon affidavit Of
Controller Connolly, who alleges that
Ibis information is derived from a, wo-
man named Conway. Thomas Muir
ply, watchman at the Controllers of
tfice, and Haggelty, were in the court
house about the time the vouchers are
supposed to have been taken. ,2Gii1
Mary Conway, the servant girl soi
Mr.. Haggerty, swears that she has
!, lived with Mr. and Mrs. Haggerty
in the county court house oyerfourteen
months. She says: On Sunday morn
ing, September 10Th about seven O'Clock
/. went down stairs and saw Charles
Balch, with the door of, the Controllers
Office open, he holding it back on the
outside, and saw Haggerty come out
of the door with a bundle Of papers on
, his arm, and bring them toshis bed
room. The deorWhere he came out is
at the foot Of the stairs where the, glass
is broken, that enters the County
Bureau. Each bundle of papers was
tiedwith either pink tape or pink rib
bon round them, / went1oyer from the
} kitchen out into the hall; in this hall
Haggerty's bedroom door faced me; ]
saw a man with grey clothes on going
in there with another bundle3 Of papers
like Haggerty had; next / saw this
: man with grey clothes, on, going down
with a piHoW-caSe on his. back, thai
looked as though filled with paper
shaped like the bundles Haggerty had
At the same time he Wentdowll Stair
Charley Balch said to him, '.This way,
1 l kind of judge there was something
' up. and I-went to look in the drawer
5 where the pillow cases were, and
4 missed onelof the linen cases. WheI
: Invent back into the kitchen I said tC
Mrs. Haggerty, 'What is the matter:
4 The kitchen is all black with smoke anG
fthe dining rooine Is ALL black with
smoke.D She said, tHaggerty wanted
these papers burned.sJ told him not tt
put them in, buthe wants them burned
/ went over the range to cook. some
, eggs for breakfast. It,was full of buFneC
papers entOp, and in the bottom there
layta bundlefof papers on TOP. that were
: about half burned, with apiece of pinl
, tape around them, / put on the cove
again. They were, partly smetheFeC
and going OUT Mrs. Haggerty = had {
t poker stirring up the papers ON top anC
underneath, where the ashes. Tht
bottom of the range was full of burn
ing papers, and Mrs. Haggerty had {
: poker stirring them bup so that they
{ would burn, faster. From underneath
the range and from the top, She tool
three or four pailsfqn of burned paper
s and emptied them up stairs on tht
/. attic floor in a heap of ashes, /; a.i.hs
1.-The girl Conway has mysteriously
disappeared and all efforts to discover
O her whereabouts have so far proved
fruitless. Mrs. Haggerty has beer
placed under arrest. Very Ifewgper
sons were aware that the arrests 9haC
been made, and accordingly, when The
{ case was called up before Justice Dow
s ling at the Toombs, only the persons
interested and half a dozen, reporters
were present. Haggerty WAS very
: nervous and excited. He was elegant.
lly dressed and on his bosom spanked
three elegant diamonds. Thrown
across his leftarm was a light, fall over
coat. He was represented by the emf.
G nent lawyer John Grahani,i who, how.
: ever, did not know bis client, and
Il when he was pointed outiby Justice
4 Bowling Grahaml1 remarked, 81 g t'Yes,
THAT is the person was sent for to de
fend." With this significant remark
Erumor subsequently coupled the names
of two prominent persons! lf9,fs enog
Haggerty is also under Indictment,
eonjOintly with James Lynch and Will
liam Lampson, all of who were inspec-
tors of election, in the United States
Court, on a charge of allowing about
lone hundred and fifty men .1Rhnse.