New-York tribune., 1873-04-14
a POLITICAL Ally TO BE RkwARps,
CUsToM-HoUsE PROMISES TO O'BRIES TO Bp ex
DEEMED-THE COUNTY TO PAY HIs FRAUbu
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CUsToM-HoUsE PROMISES TO O'BRIES TO Bp ex
DEEMED-TmE COUNTY TO PAY his FRAupg
LENT CLAIMS As SHERIFF.
It will be remembered that it was repeated
y charged dunng the campa sn Of last Pail that ssna,
James OBrien candidate for Mayo only in IN. IA
terest OF tho Custom-bouse party 1t shown TIA,
NJ. Murphy conceded 10 him number Of places in a.
Havy-IaTd and Custom house, and promised him a.,
sum Of money to conduct has Frequent int,
views we're accorded him, at Mr. Murpbys Office an.
shortly after the Pennsylvania election sun OF mo..
offered OBrien but ne declined % receive IL bee,.
II was less than the amount agreed upou But OBr,,
had done bis work wel the Custom house ticket v,,
elected and he insisted his pay in full. and Il hA 4,
last been conceded him. Tho bargain IA " be closed N
day at Albany but instead Of the Custom house payin,
1t the money is to be taken forciby from the Cou,t,
treasury by act Of Legislature. This process bY wA
the Ring with al ingenuity learned by long pan,
nership with the old. Is explained below.
The following act, No. 49, was introduced In the A.
sembly March 10, by Mr. Jacobs and 10 voted an
in the Senate to-day:
Az Acr amenoT Chapter $50 Of The ass of ls7i snd
m,ke provision toe local government oi shs Cg ,d Cs,s
The Peopk v StaD Of SsU YNk rprn>d IN Ssdn ssa A.
"sD sc,oS oS See Of CSsp $50 9th. Law. Of 1871
provision local goVerment Of tie Cy Css
Se~fo" passed. April IS, 1871. Is hereby nneneed -
SEC The the COrPouon o. The cyof Ss-Tor H,
sust elsms Of James oBrea iss sasrf ,
to b. behalf James oBren stha % a, "a.
The D.sAss o. tbs 1 md J. ,h' , n .' s'E & s co'ooal
ladnE and adusmen, within 81 da aier 'neh an, ' b.,
50 presenter 70 IN .le" il, @ " ~ sot.s,t a., - = 'eh
PEELED 6y mand,m0s ABd upon such suiing ao 'd1'n,s,
Henry sad William Barrett IL shall Oe ihe -
Controller Of the Cit and County ~ Ss-orE % pay % ~ ~ Is
service said Controller of nouce that soeh e'n is
Por the p.yness of the ci s % suts .u,is coa =
ss CH Of % rs Ieoy hS, S Ya5 a% 5 6 - , -,
the amount Of ea@ ,ate and sdes iBt
Mayor ,.d counters gnei By the cc Of s Boar, q 90.
aSd a, bear ae's rot 10 sa@,g. ss5 sP s pr .o ' & p "a
ceedng 70 from The da. Of ne Issue o. se s99 :, a. -
York The Board Of Supervisors otLe County Of NeEfe hsr
suthord AMI directed 70 order and cause 70 Be ei By r 1s
Yors sufficient each PaT hs Interest "a NJ I'D
hereby suhonIed and also an amount uheeo' I" p 's n
sEC. . This act shall take eaec, Immediately.
This claim Is understood to amount 10 nearly II Ss
quite sO4OOO and is known TO be for the greater part
fraudulent The income of the Office Of Sheriff nov
than doubled in 1859 by bills passed through the eors
of James O'Bren and the Ring; but not content vita
this munfcent increase Of his revenues, OErer A.
tempted to make the law retroactive and 10 collect bs
for the year and half previous TO the passage Of the az
during which he was Sheriff The law previous 10 Jun.
1862 allowed 37I cents to the Sheriff for communicable
arrested persons to all prisons other than those oi m
State. The law whose passage O'Brien secured, sM
which went into effect June l. 1859, allows 80 cent?
commitments and discharges aud under tl' DO charged
the full rate both for commitment and dlschlfge Hs
also construed the arrests and discharges oy the o~
OF city TO be part OF his work. at least e sskedP pay
for it, and submitted bills for the amounts accompanS
by the usual aidayits that the work had been pOpeJ
performed. list OF his monthly bills for THIS ,rise
unperfOrmed is In this Office showing his receipts ron
this source year ana hall (June !, 1853, " De-
1870 to have been S25O96 So After ms term bad ended
he submitted bill for the same service Tor tbe hrst yea
and half OF his term January 1863 10 May 81. lb6g
the rates authorized by the law which DID not 0lns
effect until June l. lSG9 This bill amounts 10 N1&,
and this is the claim which the Ring now propose
pay
As further illustration OF the frauds perperaed ~
OBrien in this office 10 may be mentioned tnat IN "a
first bill against the county the Items were made outsnd
sworn to being for the commitment OF l,O5y pr9nen
which, with other items amounted 20 SiOol 90 o1Dse
guenty in want of money, he altered TINS OIL ~ reaa
1853 prisoners" and made the aggregate SSH o. IA
bill was also sworn to as correct aud the money t1
paid Shortly after establishing the rule OF charging s
police commitments Brien's monthly bills rIn up IRON
six and thousand to eleven and even as hlga a
fourteen thousand dollars month. In fact II Was ls
custom to charge according 10 his necessitle5
This fraudulent claim which the Custom -hooss
Ring will to-day order 10 be audited and paid one u
the men selected TO audit the account the lang Cor
poration Counsel, E. Delaiield smith; hr. Henry IL
Anderson was O'Brien's candidate Tor Judge OF tn
Supreme Court ana Mr.. William C. Barret i hls pobprS
manager in Apollo Hall and his private counsel