The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-01

Der OF the Board of Aldermen. The committee are
Supervisor Billings, Chairman, and Supervisors
Cooper, Morris, Flanagan and Monheimer.
Mr.. Dexter Hawkins appeared to conduct the in
vestgation on the part OF the Council of Political
Reform. and Mr.. Rufus F. Andrews for Mr. Young
Mr.. Hawkins delivered an opening address, in
which he stated that he should submit evidence
showing that Mr. Young, as Clerk to the Board Of
Supervisors, had signed warrants to the amount
OF six million dollars, and for claims that had
not passed through the proceedings Of the Board Of
Supervisors and were not to be found on the
published minutes OF the Board. As to the
division OF these proceeds he said he should be
able to show that the checks OF Woodward had
been passed to the private banking account OF J.
B. Young in "the Shoe and Leather Bank" but
only atwenty-eighth part OF that which Mr.. W. IA.
Tweed had received, 80 that 1t might be said that
1t had been regarded by the late ''Ring" that IL
took twenty eight 'sY0ungs' to make lone Tweed"
He did not claim that there was any criminaity on
the part OF Mr. Young, but he did claim that there
was gross negligence and such negligence
that he thought 1t not unlikely that reform
Board OF Supervisors would deem 1t adj
visable TO remove q clerk who had been
guilty Of negligence SO gross as that which
he should call their attention to. Documentary
evidence was given OF very lengthy character,
with which the public are familiar by the Tweed
trials, and Mr. Tantor gave evidence as to the
correctness Of these documents. At the close Of
this examination Mr. Hawkins asked permission
to obtain from the Mayor document that His
Honor had, and this document was obtained and
read by Mr.. Hawkins. 1t was addressed to the
Board Of Supervisors, but as the committee or that
Board had this matter under investigation 1t was
sent Tor their use. This document contains the
main points OF the charges against Mr.. Young, and
Is given below with the exception OF the details as
shown IN several columns OF figures ana tables
which were appended.
After the reading Of this document the committee
adjourned until Saturday next at eleven O'Clock,
when Mr.. Tantor and Mr.. Earle will be the princi-
THE CORRESPONDENTS.
CoMpTRoLLER's OFFICE, March 2e, 1873.
To WILLIAM r HAyEMEYER, Mayor
me Relative to certain past transactions Of the Clerk Of
the B9 n wh9ss ACTS
Board and am very sf5YsEs1Wy GREEN Comptroller
Hon ANDREW II. GREEN, Comptroller
,RSy duty to s your attention to Ct ain
Clerk q the Board Of which have T.
against St The county - A'e'saon q 'no 'A'o Auu'
sxa%nsa the proceedings in printed form Of
1870 for the purpose Of ascerlainins the dates Of
% nsa by a. s0' s its
BY the special or interim. s Board consisting Of
q ana psds tas So%pisoIIsr 4,
tween any the bills purportng have been allowed
Which doiS
aboys se dd IN the case Of about seventy
mis- somparison Of amounts shows that no claims
ierred to the Board OF Supervisors TO any member
ecmatee With the execution Of the seventy
s ces.
U Of s Bs
ties against the county incurred prior TO April ~ 1870
e be- the Of the by he SAID
u Gee Or Fl appropriate on
The remnant Of these vouchers in the Department
or Weed sns ana
Clerk Of n TIN to S
the Board OF Supervisors.
cent Of the sssl25 81 passed BY this ar1im Board
for larporng TO have been incurred between
% Issued q ~ 81
Respectfully suggest that the gross frauds which have
CLAIMS never could have been consummated had Mr..
Young exercised ordinary vigilance in signing the war
lie had acted as Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors
fore the new Board, and must have known that these
for spprova and that they had not been eoiested from
the appropriate committees Thereof as provided IN the
signed all the warrants for the claims, without, appar
Among vouchers certified to and paid under the admin.
straton Of the present Court House Commissioners and
new Court House, Max Sio November . is7o, go %
Si Of George s. Miller, Tor same service, Nov.
embcr 10 to December l. 1870 paid January H. orc ,o
Bill in name Of smith for ssrpst oil '''
paid December IS 1870 =. @ 81, iss Is
The SidSvs upon each Of these bills purport that the
respective parties ana verified the same before
see%s % Young the Clerk
the Board of supervisors The signatures to the atda-
w as m s9s
have at least not Tor the h or Which the
TO the bill that he placed his signature 70 the am
he %
time, and that he never appeared before any such OIL
's as IN
hs the es
Hon AsDss sssrs GSmpsrSssr
communication to you relative to certain denquencies
tration Of the duties Of Ills ONCE and in ton with
his official acts as commissioner Of deeds which aets
extended investigation Of the late frauds against the
had long been of the opinion that the enormty and
transparency OF these Irregularities could not have
sse s% With ali
for tie disbursement OF money in the department to
various rumors 70 the effect that Mr. Young had shared
IN s a. led a e. the
conviction that the signing Of about eighteen million dol
halt years, was attributable to some other cause than
negligence and caused me about month since to
procure copy OF Mr., Youngs account with the shoe
and Leather National Bank for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether of the moneys stolen from the County
Treasury raceabe To Mr. Young from either of the
two principal distributors for the "Ring"to witt Wood
ward and lngersol.
The results this examination shown in staeme
submitted marked AZ and "B' respec tivey.
statement AZ shows payments to Mr.. Young by
Woodward, evidently from proceeds OF miscellaneous
county warrants The dates deposit Of fraudulent
proceeds thereof by Woodward and those OF his
payments Young, usually Identical particularly
afer May 1862 and prior TO the Interim Board o. 1870
These payments directly traced from January 1869 to
April ls70, amount to e2y, 4Ol 81.
Statement "B" shows proceeds Of special audit Tor
"county liabilitiesD warrants deposited by Woodward
between May and Augusts 1870, and Woodwards pay
mens TO Mr. Young from the proceeds OF these warrants
Ge & Of which all but 81 no 70 proved to have
been derived from the public treasury and OF this latter
amount more than one-haf Is believed to be from the
same source. These paymNnts to Young amount 70
SH,295 81.
The number Of deposits Of these county funds made BY
twenty-five, and In wenythree of these cases are there
immediate and direct payments by Woodward to Young.
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