The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-25
NEW YORK CITY.
The Trlnl or nInHor Hnll.

Mayor Hall 10 progressing. Deputy Con
toller Storrs testified to the Mayors sig
nature. The witness gave detailed &C
count Of the routine OF bills before war
rants were drawn for their payment. The
bills were casually examined both by him
and the Mayor. There was an average
lof one thousand bills for work during
May, June and July, 1870. Bills Of forty
or fifty thousand dollars were not un.
usual. The prosecution here strenously
objected to the question asking the Wit
ness II he knew whether the members ol
the present board Of audit personally ex,
amined into the claims and bills, the
grounds of the objection being, that II
Others neglected their duty, 1t was no de.
fence In this case.
Mayor Hall responded, saying that the
question OF intent was q vital one. The
allegation was that the Board Of Audit
delegated the power oil examining into
claims to the County Auditor, and In do.
Ing so were criminal; that they were also
criminal for not examining into so many
barrels Of various things and so many
days work, and that their intent was
criminal in relying upon the examinations
OF a man more skilllul in accounts than
themselves. The Mayor said that he
proposed to show that the present Board
OF Audit adopted routine as in 1870
The duties Of the Board in May, June
and July, 1870, were enough to crush the
brain Of an ordinary man, and every
bill could not be examined then and are
not now.
Tremaine said that the Board was ap.
pointed 10 stand between the claimants
and taxpayers, and they were guilty
Il they omitted the duty OF examining and
that the proposition OF the defense 10
show that subsequent board acts not
according to law is irrelevant.
Judge Brady decided in accord Ance
with the views Of the prosecution. The
case then proceeded
A large number Of vouchers were hand.
ed Storrs, the witness for Identification,
being those upon which the indictments
against Mayor Hall are based. The wit.
ness identified the signatures or certfl.
Gates of audit, but the Mayors signature
was wanting IN one case. On looking
over the signatures, Mayor Hall said he
contested his signature to one Of the cer-
tihcates. The witness after examining
the certificate some time, said 1t had all
The appearance Of being genuine, but on
examining the Mayors signature on
warrant, said it was different from that
on the certificate. The Mayor stated he
had doubts abouts his signature to some
other certificates. Several warrants. the
vouchers to which were stolen, were ex.
amined and the Mayors signature identi-
NED. In the indictments against Mayor
Hall, tifty-tive vouchers are referred 10,
but only ten are preserved and are used
on trial, all relating to Keyser's claims,
the remainder are lost, but the warrants
are preserved.
Alter recess various warrants, including
thirty.four in favor Of Garvey were ex-
amined aud the signature OF the Mayor
identified in all but one, being admitted
by him to be genuine. Stephen ]. Lyncs,
formerly county auditor, also testified to
to their genuineneSs. BE saw nothing 10
lead him to suppose the warrants were
fraudulent at the time they were Issued.
he described the Office routine in such
matters, and said all It's requirements had
been complied with. Court adjourned.
Some Of the vouchers now in court
were preserved from spoilation by being
in the hands OF the Clerk at the time the
others were removed.
Andrew Garvey, the ring plasterer, sp.
peared In court to-day, during the pru.
gress of Mayor Halls trial. Its rumor.
ed that he will be used as witness
against the Mayor.
The tobacco manufacturers and dealers
have resolved not 10 favor candidate for
Congress who will not pledge himself to
contend for modification OF the present
oppressive taxation Of their interests.
A. D. Straiogo, late private Secretary
to Consul Butler in Egypt, prints long
affidavit detailing the proceedings Of
Butler, by which the slatter made some
$2o, 600 in gold by system of black
mailing and other reprehensible means
Stralogo also states that Butler was drunk
nearly all the time, was in freqent street
rows and fights, and was under a subsidy
0fsome $4,000 sterling per year from the
Khedive.
Mrs. Greeley, who at last accounts ex.
hibitea signs Of improved health, had .
relapse this morning, and Is now in q
critical condition.
ChieI Of Police. McWillisms, Of Jersey
City, and detective Doyle were placed on
trial today In the Hudson county
court tor completely in the Jersey Civ
Bank robbery. Donovan, one Of the
robbers, testified that civilians met
him in this city and told him there were
50, 300 900 in the bank and for 20 per cent
OF the plumber agreed to have the hand.
cuffs so fixed on the hands of the robbers
as to permit them TO slip them of and
escape. Great excitement prevails as the
trial progresses.
The case of George 8. Heinrich on the
charge Of ejecting Deputy U. s. Mar.
shall from the formers residence for in.
science and impertinence, while verify.
ing the registry, was up today before
lonerDAvenport, who ordered the
arrest. The case was not decided. The fact
that the Commissioner was closeted with
the principal witnesses for the prosecution
before the trial, and with the notorious
politician, Theo. Allen, excites disagree.
able comment
The Convention Of Insurance Com
missioners has adjourned To meet in BOs.
ton, September 3, 1873, and In other prin.
cip!e cities In succeeding years. Among
the important business done was the per.
fecIion OF fre and life insurance blanks.
At the National Convention ol the Ger
man American Progressive and German
American United Associations, to-day,
Louis BloquilIe, of Detroit, presided, and
N, Mandl made an address rejecting on
schurz for adopting Liberal Republl.
can principles.
The equestrian statue oI Gen. Lyons
has been completed in clay, and is on e1.
Richard R. But,ers annllcatior ,o- o