The New York herald., 1872-10-25
the request OF the Mayor

rst,cs Of sssss vouchers In the 0omptroers once at
~. Sosy.ssi!iSss S.. WIN ~. .Aros,
what that time coSia not M .taie s's lie
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g pe.hap. can refresh your recollection; did the
A. aSHT rscolcct That any such thing & en
g Did you and any certiacates o. audit that did not
think there several
against the name ns' Of the Mayor
The coSri-rhatis. certificate from the Board Of Au
9; Were you pre- ent when the warrants also
We're proSuced don't recoec that Was not
when S ao wsrants Seys
time sisnature the Mayor was said not 70 be
Kissing wiaRASrs.
Q The warrants were not there when the vouchers
The here described @ at length the mode in which
Tine
you made examination and which subsequently dis
% The but e o 10 ee
anything about them
at The time those audited by the
Was there any scare. search mad, at that timer A. Yes
d What did the missing city vouchers relate to, A.
q they had been cen audited under special statute by
the Comptroller alone as the head Of the City Depart
By ss os certain there the
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Mr.. Treman objected. and the Court decided alter
nsst
proceedings the evidence sI w was Isl not alowaoe
with regard q sSe matter business aecamul.tIng
Vouchers at the year 1870 and turn to the account OF
$50 May H. is7 August Il, iSi, there i've
g What are the amounts footed' A. In 1870, ss,lsa
T. What Is the number OF warrants therey A. One
hundred and ninety N 1870; Ave in lo7l
O. Those city warrants referred to were called ad-
justed claims by which the Comptroller was authorized
Q. At the time of this conversation was there Com
miitee Of nye;tigation sting' Yes, the committee
That was was the he c9nyersaon' r & Yes .,oon,
A. Yes, two or three weeks before.
: WHEN rnn VOUCHERS WE'RE STOLEN:
mse mi they Were stolen TGy s stolen either @ On
@ You don't know of any meeting of these Commits
ssorrs here gave evidence as to he ssma,nre OF
O. DO You know whether the appropriation for
furnishing the Court House had been eXhauseds A. MY
impression is that 1t was
other Vouchers ali Of which sorrs said believed
TEN VOUCHERS SAVED
How came these ten ycnchers to DC preserved when
examined and in the possession OF CLERK at the
time OF the robbery.
The Court at one O'Clock took a recess Tor thirty
minutes
Mr.. Storr's redirect examination by Mr.. Peck
ham was continued and the following warrants,
the genuneness of the signature OF which was un-
contested, were put In evidence Warrant 2,7o6,
warrant S IT, aso5 M 'AsEa sia5 $50 S. oo b. soar CO..
warrant $685. $29,129 90, lngersoll y Co. There
were also put in evidence thrty-four warrants
these 3,7S9) the signature OF the Mayor was
doubted by him as to its genuineness. Mr..
Storrs said he was Of opinion that the signature
was genuine.
THE LATE COUNTY AUDITORS EVIDENCE.
so Mt ~ stephen I ncs tine 81 Wf county AUDITOR n
County Auditor from May. 1871, to September 1871;
prior to that time he had been employed for four
teen years In the C0mptr0ller's Office as county
boohkeeper; he never knew OF any meeting of the
Board as to these vouchers; Mr. Lynes gave eyi-
dence to the signature, and he said that his i'm
preston was that 1t was genuine.
CR0ss-ExAMINED BY THE MAYOR.
these warans ets autea Sy Mr. Watson ha ON the
glance you gave them, led you to believe that you
were carrying out frauds A. No; did not think
was carrying out q traad.
q. Have you any recollection OF the manner In
which these patches OF papers came back from the
bundles sometimes city and county warrants to-
gether; the signatures of the Comptroller and the
Chairman OF the Board OF Supervisors would be
upon them before they were sent TO the Mayors
Office.
In reply to further questions the witness said the
number 3, ,7S9 on warrant issued in August, 1870
showed that 7S9 warrants had been issued that
year from the County Bureau; when he saw the
signature OF Mr.. Tweed on the certificate 1t
showed him that the bill was approved by
the Chairman Of the Board of Supervisors;
there were about $50 different headings IN
the county book Of which County Liabilities Is
one; and every entry under each heading refers to
some warrant signed by the Mayor All the multi
tarious business OF the Finance Department.,
whether the bills were large or small, was trans
acted by the medium OF warrants signed by the
Mayor; and the same routine was gone through
with city items and all these bills including sala-
ries, had the County Auditors signature before
coming to the Mayor some OF the vouchers
now in Court; they were preserved from sp0la-
ton by being in the hands OF copying clerk
named O'Connell, at the time the Others were re-
moved.
The Court then adjourned.