New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-24
Who Stole tho Vouchers 2

This question is answered by the follow
ing dispatch, dated at New York last Thurs
day:
Two men were arrested to-day charges
with stealing the vouchers from the con
troller's office, and were brought befor
Justice bowling, who committed them TO
examination.
When it was published. last evening, tina
the thieves who had stolen the voucher
from the controllers Office were known Ger
tam parties became very anxious about tn
matter, and sent woman to several of thu
newspaper Offices, offering through her til,
stolen vouchers for the sum of five Thousand
dollars, in the hope of ascertaining the cor
rectness of the report.
Thomas Murphy, Waterman at the con
troller's office. and Haggerty were in the
courthouse about the time the vouchers
were supposed to have been taken. Mary
Conway, the servant girl Of Haggerty
swears that she has lived with MIR. and Mrs.
Haggerty in the county courthouse over
fourteen months. She says: "On Sunday
morning, September 10, about seven O'Clock,
l went down stairs and saw Charles Balch
| he holding it back on the outside, and saw
! Haggerty come out of the door with bun
| die Of papers on his arm and bring them
| into his bedroom. The door where he came
| out is at the foot of the stairs, where the
glass is broken, that enters the county bu-
reau. Each bundle Of papers was tied with
either pink tape or pink ribbon around
them. l went over from the kitchen out
into the hall. In this hall Haggertys bed
room door faced me. Isaw a man with gray
clothes going in there with another bundle
of papers, like what Haggerty had Next
saw this man with gray clothes going down
with pillOw-case at his back, full.
that looked as if filled with papers
shaped like the bundles Haggerty had At
the same time he went down stairs. Charley
Balch said to him: This way l kind Of
judged there was something up, and went
to look in the drawer where the pillow-cases
were, and missed one of the linen cases.
When went back into the kitchen. said
to Mrs. Haggerty: What is the matter in
the kitchen: it is all black with smoke. and
the dining rooms are all black with smoke g.
She said: 'Haggerty wanted some papers
burned, and l told him not to put them in
but he wanted them burned l went over
to the range to cook some eggs for break
fast. 1t was full of burned papers on top. and
in the bottom there lay bundles of paper,
and on top of that were half burned papers,
with piece OF pink tape around them | |
put on the cover again. They were partly |
smOthered. When l went out. Mrs. Hac-
gerty Lad the poker stirring up the papers
on top and underneath. The range was
full Of burning papers, and Mrs. Hag-
gerty had the poker stirring them up, 80
that they would burn faster. She took
three or four pals full of burned papers
and emptied them up stairs on the attic
iOor in a heap Of ashes
The girl Conway has mysteriOusly dis
appeared. and all efforts to discover her
vherea bouts go far have proved fruitless
Mrs. Haggerty has been placed under
lrrest.
Very few persons were aware that any
arrests had been made, and accordingly.
when the case was called up before Justice
bowling, at the Tombs, only a few persons
we're present.
Haggerty was very nervous and excited
lie was elegantly dressed, and on his shirt
,OsOm sparkied three elegant diamonds.
thrown across his left arm was light fall
vercoat. He was represented by the emf
ent lawyer john Graham, who. however,
i'd not know his client, and when he was
ointed out by Justice Bowling. Graham
emarked, "ies, that is the person was
ent for to represent
Haggerty is also under Indictment, con-
'lntly with James Lynch and William
.amptson, all Of whom were inspectors of
lection. in the United States court, on the
barge OF allowing about one hundred and
fty men. whose names were not on the
sgistry, to vote at the last elections Hag.
erty was formerly member of the old
GARD Of eounciimen. He is member of
9th the Blossom and Americas clubs.
About six O'Clock this evening, during the {
of the ashes of the burnt
Ouchers, which lay in heaps near the JAM S
'r's room. portions of several burnt vouchers S
ere found in a sufficiently preserved
,ndltion to make out the figures on them \
18th the aid of glass.
The committee of seventy this morning ,
solved to ask District Attorney Garyin T.
+ permission to appear by counsel at the !
before Judge Bowling. of !.
aggerty, Balch, and Mrs Hagserty, and
'polnted William c. Barrett as such ~
unset
1t is reported that another warrant has !,
zen issued for the arrest Of prnson high =
official position. The detectives are :,
ok'nS for him, and it is reported that he a
u not be found and has fled.