The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-01
The Brooklyn DefaIcatiOn,

Treasurer Sprague Puts Stop IC
the Investigation OF his Account
..The DefaIcatiOn at one Time
036O,OO0.
NEW YoRK, August 30.-City Treasu-
rer sprague, Of Brooklyn, has put 3 stop
for the present, to all further investiga
tions ofhis accounts, by dispensing will
the services Of the expert Warren, swhC
It Is intimated, gave offence by making
public the results OF the investigation
in advance Of their submission to sprague
Warren, In addihon to former statements
and from Q discovery made in the courst
Of the examination Of the books, says thai
when the present Comptroller entered hi
Office, January 1st, 1872, there was exist
ing q delalcaLion In the accounts OF the
City Treasurer of over $3.50 900, and In
the sinking fund of 5000 900, all OF which
has since been made good except $685.
600. According to the report OF Warren,
there is now deficiency in the accounts
OF $4,000.
DAIL REQUIRED OF THE DEFAULTINo
DEPUTY TREAsURBR.
Justice Damor, Of Brooklyn, today
fixed the bail of n. T. RodmRn, the dc.
laulting Deputy City Treasurer, at $780,
600 with two sureties, and II not furnish.
ed in given time, ROdman will be COM
mitted TO the county jail.
The tax collector Indignantly denies
that there Is any deficiency In his accounts,
but says the average OF the taxes Tor the
last twelve years will probably reach 3d.
100000. Warren, the expert, says that
the tax collector has made deposits
to his own credit In the various city
banks, and has kept money for weeks and
months instead oI paying It over as was
his duty. ,..I-
A writ OF hdJeds corpus Was subse.
quently obtained and Rodman taken be.
fore Junge Daniels 10 have the bail re.
duceu, D1T mat 'Jt'As~--1sAliA0d N 10.
terfere.
DISTRESS OF CITY TREASURER sPRAGUE.
CITY Treasurer Sprague has been com.
pleteIy prostrated by the disclosures made
OF the condition Of the finances Of the
city and mis- own efforts. TO secure the city
from loss. He has been confined to his
bed today, and his physician has posi-
lively prohibited all intercourse with him.
Comptroller Schroeder has addressed q
note 10 Hugh Mclaughlin, GX.Treasurer
Of the Brooklyn Fire Department, asking
him to return TO the CITY s., 600 interest,
and avoid trouble.
RoDMAN COMMITTED To JAIL.
Rodman being unable to obtain the re.
quired bail, was committed TO Jail this
evening.
THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES STARTLING
DEVELOPMENTS PRoMIsRD--RoDMAN
ONLY A sCAPKGOAT.
New York, August 3l.-The excite
ment in Brooklyn over the arrest Of Rod.
man still continues. There are rumors of
deficiencies in other departments Of the
city, and 1t Is asserted, not without author.
ity, that damaging facts have already ap.
peared which will astonish the citizens oL
Brooklyn more than did the detalcation o.
Rodman. The persistent endeavoS to
prevent the arrest Of Rodman give color
10 the report that when Comptroller
Schroeder was asked why he delayed tax.
ing the initiatory steps In the matter, he
with an air Of Indifference that
he was prevented from doing so for the
reason that Rodman had made serious
charges against Sprague, and had threat.
ened to make revelations unpleasant to
officials. Rodman says that lie will not
be made a scape goat Of, and that Sprague
bad been to him before his arrest and
begged him 10 go aWsy-tO go to Europe
or anywhere else that he pleased, but TO
leave Brooklyn, and this he requested
with tears in his eyes. Rodman said he
would do nothing Of the kind; that he
would stay and see 1t out.
The Long Island Club, OF which Rod.
man was Treasurer, are TO hold meeting
on Monday evening, Il having been el.
legged that he has miSappropriated the
funds Of that institution 10 q large aEnnnDt'
The honk0 arc now being examined IN
order to ascertain II any and what def
cheney has occurred. .. ,-..,.....,..
In an interview last night Mclaughlin,
OK. Treasurer OF the Fire Department,
said he believed shroeder's letter was
sent at the instigation OF other parties TO
attract attention from the large delalca-
tions said 10 exist In one Of the depart.
ments Of the City Hall, and which must
soon come to light.
LATER DEVELOPMENTS.