The New York herald., 1873-10-06
BROOKLYN COURTS.
COURT OF SESSIONS.

The CITY treasury FraudS-lnOlctment mt
OF Ex-Treasurer sprague and Deputy
Rodman-The Deputy Not the Chief
Culprit-Hc Acts as Informer and Aids
the District Attorncy-Released on
Bail-The Amount OF tho Robberies
S5OO,OOO.
Before Judge Moore.
The Grand Jury on Saturday morning presented
indictments against eX-City Treasurer Sprague
and his deputy, Marvin 7. Rodman, Tor mafeasance
in Office and conspiracy. The Grand Jury had been
considering the cases for two weeks, and the in
dlctments very volumnous, that against
Sprague containing no less than ninety-eight
counts, mich, however, were mostly repetition
The foreman of the Grand Inquest, Mr.. F. A.
Bggs, also presented to the Court the following
communication:
THE GRAND JURY AND NEWSPAPER CHARGES.
GRAND jury Roox BRooKLYN, Oct 4, 1873
To THE CogET OF SESSIONS, KINGS ooysrY, N ~ X
Jury desire to submit to the Court in this public
abors tour weeks ago the pabc; mind was agitaIed By
heavy defalcatons and in addition to reports concern
sc SP s s s es
use R%s sse
aF We Ssse In a p Sasss S @ s &
falsity. of such That the 18th of september
ne1spapers % pc the ioowng card rhsn followed card
calling on all who might be in possession Of relating
and esiy Although days have elapsed since
Psing other parties Our attention has been called
cuated to alarm the community, and TO produce feel
I%iiasnasi H elazsns We hays sammsheS before
a With 6s sas Sher
On
part Of any ndyidnas other than the two persons whom
been any illegal use or abstraction public trust
funds on the part Of any other parties we would not Of
called upon to act upon evidence; but we compelled
them them by M % asy e as or
We submit these statements with the conviction that
SS; from FaAsG ns yad the
Judge Moore ordered that the presentment be
placed on ile and after thanking the Grand Jury
ior their arduous services discharged them.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SPEAKS.
District Attorney Britton then arose and said: -
desire M make application for
indictment has been found On my return to the city
and and found very generally credisd chiefly
that many Of the citizens in sIooAyn pre-
Es%iasssaHs sssss, irsuds sssssiys ;S n; n
the heusaa eject w was very d.mssins BTooklyn,
not alone i he was the principal in ACCORDANCE with
szens
and in the presence and with The of his COUNSEL
es G S Ma ss
conducted OF course had no knowledge that time
ass %%fay %
s 'nsre
called upon Mr. Rodman and, as the only honorable
b the o % his
agreed with the facts and was subsanacd in that he
NOT THE PRINCIPAL cuLPRIr,
charge Himself at the time assured m that
that he the chief eulprt in this matter
be make statement 4 hoseysr resulted
s h @ 0 P Should amy %
rDr n% ..n,,,a
snf and in this short Taf s
s was not eRs cSpr
such way that he was the least guilty On these facts
the apscaon that hs he be admitted m 9 m bail IN
he has given OF not far indicated that
Sassd nd wh0% M a n
hp ss %s % %
sons mentioned that have anything to do with it
Mr. Wood, counsei for Mr. Rodman then addressed
u5asG Of
Attorney about the amount OF bail l ask the to
the person OF Mr.: Rodman as a witness. Mr.. Rodman
'"' TouR WEEKS ALREADY IN THE JAIL
He has been unable TO secure bail. He is poor man,
and don't even think he give the large amount Of
think that the Of 81 500 would be sufficient. am
willing TO accept the sum of $1,000 and appeal 10
statement SO far as my examination has gone in this
Attorney in the statement of facts and appeal to the
Court that the amount of this bail may be fixed within
RopxAS CAN EASILY FIND RAIL
dficulty MIR. Rodman procuring bail in the amount
asked 1 ask 1t because want an amount fixed that
to se1 n ts and that apsa s
adjusted on a future application.
THE ADVISOR OF THE COURT.
Judge Moore then safd:-
The District Attorney is in great the advisor
OF the Court the matter OF liking bail He is pub
lie officer acting under the official oath the
Court and he may be considered almost part of tho
a certain amount 10 be fixed as bail, we must be gov.
erned by his This will, OF course, prevent you
! making further application
THE BoNDsMEN
| Messrs. Oscar Hodgkins and W. p. Beas subsc-
| uuently appeared as bondsmen Tor Rodman aud
justified in $4,000 each. Rodman was then re-.
| leased.
The bond OF Mr.. sprague, amounting to SEQ 900,
| was also renewed during the day.
| The Grand Jury charge that the robberies
united IN the aggregate TO S5Oo,0Oo
Other Indictments.
| The Grand Jury also presented indictments
| agains. Kate Stoddard for the murder OF Charles
w. Goodrich, and against Oscar Hernandez for kill
Next week all the accused wiz be arraigned in tue
oyer and Terminer TO plead,