New-York tribune., 1871-11-21
THE TESTIMONY AGAINST HALL.

ILLUSTRATION OF TIE LOOSE WAY OF DoINi
BUSINESS IN THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE
WHAT ME-. O'BRIEN HAD To DO WITH THE
EXPOSURE OF TIE FRAuD>-TIlE MAYOR
SIGNS WARRANTS WITHOUT LOOKING AT
THEM.
The testimony before the Grand jury in the
Of Mayor Hail. portion OF wficn "" have pub
shed Illustrating the ignorance Of one OF the princ
pal witnesses and the one who has made the grLy"St
charges against the accused coutaLs absolutely nothing
new to the public. But the report illustrates iu very
significant way the loose of conducting business
in the City Government, and the extracts which aI6
given below suggest the necessity Of reform In the
strongest guage The witnesses cNainned were An
drew II. Gr.en, who knew nothing OF his personal
knowledge Of facts duplicating Mayor Halls Ar. C,t!
who revealed some OF the iirc -uariies ~ tie Con
troler's Department Henry +. spauding OF the Com
mittec OF seventy who swure Ia nothing positive Vim
g. Copeland, who revealed Senator OBrirns connection
with the subtraction OF copies o.. the books Daniel
Tyrreli q carpenter who estimated the Court House
work; Mr.. WIN. +. Havcmeyer, formerly Mayor who
told how business formerly conducted urder hs al
ministration, and showing great contrast between
those days Of honest icondc and the present OF fraud
Richard A. Storrs OF the Controllers Office who told
how OBriens agents had secured the figures illustrating
the frauds; Henry C. stcbbns, formerly Commissioners
OF Central Park who knew nothing about tho complaint
except its general nature jackson - schultz. W. Til
den Thos. A. Ledwith, John Ii. Maserson, James
O'Brien, who knew nothing except what he SAW pub
usbed I'm the newspapers; Arthur T. j. Rice, paying
taller of the Broadway Bank; A. L. Brown, Mr. Hall sprt
nor who told something about his property and wcaltlS
Edward Bull Robert b. Palmer, cashier Of tue Tenth
National Bank; William A. Booth, Chairman Of tn"
committee Of Citizens; Charles W. Lawrence. and Ed
ward W. Baxter. Appended is q portion of the c'i
dence: - . ..
AS Cady, Clerk Of Arrears In the County Bureau Of
the Auditors O1ice, sworn:
O. viii YOU state to the Grand Jury What you call that
laf itpnna IuAuar call
A. An account Or bill against the county.
q Whose bill - IL A. This bill OF keyser Co.
the first date IL October 2 la the last December 2
O Win xon state alter the bill presented at the Com
trOllers Ohce by the claimant What the nrst hihs
thing that 10 done with It. A. II Into the hands
Of the Auditor who examines the bill
anime the bi In all footng e.
O. You mean by that he examines all the items VI tue
bill A. All tho Items ON the bun. a.. nh,
O. Now, after he hes examined the items OF sae ,h @
the Auditor does A. He approves M putting - 'su p ny
On the fPe Of the bill and writing bis HA"e A''''' 0
What that stamp ths. he put. 9I i A. y. Is On
approval. in substance Of the DILL I'D" '"''e "
g. last sive Il to us ss II reads IVA CITY OF New
York, Department Of Ensnce@ @ Wstson Auditor ~
INC Vhaf ns1t Il donei A. The warrant is drawn.
j. Now. Sir, WHO draw. that rarranti A. They arc
usually grsEn y ns draws it, under whose direction
dcs. & yG't " Sse'h IT, OF INC Auditor
T,~ biil having been audited thiA certificate pat
spSn aSn d IN uSss the nsxs sAnx that dsAs ViiA thai