New-York tribune., 1871-09-22
TAMMANY'S PERIL

SERVANT GIRLS oo' -.orsE JANITOs-
BURIED BY THE coU.rnrpA coURr.hp ATE IN TIE
THE CuLpR1r AND hrs coNinD -vo IT'S TOOLS Z
-ovns-,s THE RING sHlELp'sD f,om the
~ sn who stole tie vouchers liUu .u..,.S m
Inc MAJ IN. 10Th Of september "'' ,n
Sonu0"0i and he and his cOneaefa'. 70
early yesterday o" .n examination vhieo 'nfease-'
sAe T0"0'' w." .sr. of The Rhs in an isn0min. INV
involve the es0e'' =. s.ce The chief cuprit Is ha'
shey Will AA'0', ~. ,.ptor OF the New Courtf''"'''
-, a, especial fayOrite VII" ,,.,,.nsa nv Mary
'". ..,a..es against him iui n''" ..u,.
ma servant employed IL Co.,.
~s. szw Hsggerty' Haeu "
"~'" osurtHouse watchman. remove '"o
-, tss Controllers Office and burn lhein' "H'
,,r,,v pisht.watchman in the C0urthOnSo' "''o na"
-, .,oredee OF the theft and destruction Oh 'no
and persuaded the girl Conway to 80 10 Con-
o..,o,,v on Tuesday, and tell her story. The In
....,on thus received was Immediately communicated
=, xr Connolly to the Committee OF seventy WHICH
:. ,u,ny engaged all day Wednesday and unni late
,a., 4, the evening sitting the evidence and procuring
.day,ts Justice Ledwith also lent valuable ASSISTANCE
a. tho Committee and remained In his once unSp m"
.xsups The receipt Of the necessary adavts In order
. ..srs his warrants for the arrest Of Haggcrty and
,.n.n The afsdavts were laid before him att and
N. warrants were at once drawn. There were some
xoubts as to the policemen Immediately AT manu. ou'
.rsvorthy officer was finally selected by the Judge
a 10 him the warrants confded with orders not
u make the arrests until yesterday morning as neher
Hsegerty nor Baulch duty at the House at
night -,
Meantime, through chance statements male NY the
.r Conway Capt. Cherry Of the Twenty-seventh Pre-
pct and ultimately superintendent Kelso heard OF the
,tory against Baggcrty and BauiCh. Warrants were
...n.d aud Detectives McCord and Radford werc de-
tailed 10 hunt up the men, Haggerty arrested early
ve,terday In Ph-ave and Baulch soon aierWard al his
resdence The arrests we're made very secretly, ana
the prisoners were taken to Police Headquarters un-
I'll after all the reporters had left
Atos. m. yesterday Haggerty and Baulch were taken
In the Toubs Police Court before Justice DOwlnR The
detectives who made the arrests Superintendent Kelso,
and Capts Irving Of the detective force and Cherry OF
the Twenty-sevcnth Precinct, were present. Beside
Justice Bowling sat DistrictAttorncy Garvin and
Thomas Conan, President OF the Board OF Aldermen.
The following adavits made by Superintendent Kelso
and Capt Cherry were presented:
AFFIDAVIT OF SUPERINTENDENT KELso.
lanes J. Kelso Superintendent OF the Police OF the
CITY Of New York, testified that the 2oth inst Capt
Cherry Of the Twentyseventh Precinct Police called
received information that female servant formerly In
the employ Of Edwin NJ Haegcrty tanitor OF the county
Court. House knew something OF the breaking IN OF the
Controllers Office in said Court House, and the aostrac
lion iherefrom Of vouchers papers and documents hed
stated that from Investigations made by him he had
learned that the said Hasgery lI.iona and undnr man
r. said Haggerty in said in some way con-
breanS and % S ee 5aa dGRYnib aRS bs
d female take her custody and bring her before
6 Cart Irving to eect the Of said Hae
eery and Bauch. who are both now mere Out u 10 Tue
present Capt Cherry has not succeeded IN 1ndlng the
0 ssd woman who had been removed from the premises
No IS Washingtons by, as the Captain was informed
one Murphy, a messenger in the Controller ONCE
AFFIDAVIT OF CAPT. CHERRY.
rAoma. Cherry Captain Of the Twenty Pre-
c,nct Police testified that the 10th day of September
o,k be r.eeved information from Officer BrOsnan,
pstrolman under his command tnat thcre WAS woman @
xS ssS Ssa'hs sSen ths SoSers StIs and
per from the Controllers office that deponen then re-
ordered deponeut to find the said take her into
custody aud bring her before him at his office at the 70
the search after the said woman, up this time he
has been unable to find her that aIeet sev Sad
received information that the said woman had resided
and In and about the neighborhood he learner rom rom
women in the said premises, No 95 WaShngt0-st ana
No 100 Greenwichst. that the said wolnan lad been
taken away by man named Murphy, VINO ma neeh % OF
stl is a Watcbman or messenger under ContrOler Con-
molly tie Controllers oee that de- SepSnent o. alSS has
and SSoSt Ss S TegsR thereof that
Wom currently reported that she knew all about the
stssine of tho said vouchers documents, &C. and that
the said breaking and abstraction was tOnmited Dy
Edwin NJ Haggerty and Charles Baucland that she was
servant IN tie employ Of Haggery inaid County Court
House II months.
The adavts were read to the prisoners who made no
response whatever. Haggerty smiled, apparently III
the full hope that political power which lie possessed
could be counted to carry him safely through his
trouble The DisrictAttorney moved that the prisoners
be committed to await examination, and suggested
Saturday next the time for holding It, Justice Bowling
ssid he would prefer to-day and it was finally agreed
that the examination should be proceeded with at 10
O'Clock this morning In the Special Sessions Courtroom.
me prisoners then taken down stairs and locked up
TIE commitment on which the prisoners are lhed sets
forth that they charged by Superintendent Keso and
Capt Cherry with having on the 10th OF September,
is7l, burgariousy entered the County Bureau IN the
Controllers 0fhce, in the County Courthouse, in the
City Hall Park, in the Sixth Ward Of the City OF New
ferk and felon.ousy taken, stolen and carried away
papers, vouchers and documents the property Of the
corporation Of the City Of NewYork and the Supervisors
efthe County Of New-York" The Warden of the Tolnbs
therefore directed to keep the prisoners safely until
the charge can be investigated by the committing mags
Rste
Boon after the prisoners taken below to the cells
'onn Graham, the criminal lawyer, appeared in the
s0aroom and announced that he had been sent to de-
na Haggerty. The latter sent for and the affi-
IN 'uo cdet Wtrt SHOWN 10 mr OfanAm. A lew
-0nsehs afterwsrd, and while he still engaged in
~dhs the afhdavits Samuel j. Tlden, g. G. Courtney,
'ange William Barrett, George c. Barrett, and Miles
entered the courtroom. and cordially sauted Mr.
ataaam. Justice Bowling absent for the moment,
s' soon returned and politely recognized the visitors
smosVits were shown and the party carefully read
oem MI nlden drew Justice Bowling to one side, and
n'efsed long and earnestly with him. The purport Of
conversation was not made public At its cOnclu-
h oe magistrate announced the time when the exam
'4s''on would be held, and the party withdrew.
." smety had the arrest been made that few were
r oi H. and there was consequently utter absence
a. @ crowd OF politicians that would have attended in