The sun., 1873-10-30

Tn ponds were in Tie CITY Tressurers Office the
ss dopSf,s ssrsn, or % ~ FeSw nothing 9t
once,
| tween t,e hun 10 and x uired certificates were
10, snGv that these bonds we're stolen while w~
bona. s.fs Fia.sr ce+S. The nee" sert,acatcs sSrs
! OF tAeO Ia unacoOunted f1r. as far as Known
ACnARoE AND A RErRACTiuN.
Mr.. Edwin N. Lewis. President of tho Farm
/ crs' and Mechanics Bini. stated to th. commit
tee the was not sworn, that Mir. Furov mot h'n
! IN 'lie hank on the day mentioned and asked
| hin to Identify her.
,srel , M to DO So sm net ,uro That s,w The oser
m,e ssycly tan. do not KNOW tnc am un, the trans
eda detective, but gained result FinaT rslnsr Z.
srssted Mr.. Furey and Johnson , arS nSw undci bsi
ou SteS G have ,S MAJ msfe 3 4 'ssa OF OF
wrong The bank has made no charge against Mr'.
| In regard 20 this emphatic settlement ~ Mr.,
| Lewis the Philadelphia Press, which gave II
publicity ON the morning Of Nov. printed this
| Correction
has been sscertsined that mistake was instvert
Emily mace IN the report Of the tc-timony o, NJ LeNs
.oese5y ss tep1r,sd ~ Ne i'.s yesersy liz eid H9t
snes 10 her eonnectlon With the mater Dgr1g g.,
sd sToSrSa he Sai ~ scoehas M
the person obtsalng the money she was willing to nase
Ton TO commit crime or wrcns, snv one T6c .i,tt.
m"nt that buth made full confession OF tue wrong
was not uiado b. Mr. Le~s. aad was not male to ANY
II will be observed that Mr.. Lewis makes no
retrictlon ~ his assertions, nor IL it reurcscutcd
| that he requested THIS retr'cti"n and correction
| 80 be made. Mo did cause II to be made does
| not appear.
ON tho I'm OF November second meeting Of
| the committee Wa held. whcn a number of The
clerks " the city Treasurer were examined.
| They were unanimous In the belief that ts
bsHs could io, haze bctn 'toIsr from outssie t.'
| Oftt.
soME IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
Assistant District Attorney Can -tan Kneoss
was examined and said he once b d a Clrrk in
his Office u the name " George W CT tWi"r.l,
who had left fur the purpose Of gVins into tie
mad rcsigncd and applied To return to his uihce
Mr.. knehss had refused to receive htu until he
could eIplsin fully why he loft the city lreas-
City Treasurer widener testified a. follows:
rncaled Tor certncats scrc formerly under the
depar,m ni lie vas ssss9d by Mt. aford uaii
hchttsr's resisnation an .ausned "a nN ow mind
" Mare :. The ior,ne- CIV Tr,'.urcr ,tnk 70 g
81 .s,s s''" 10" " '"'' '''" '''''a,'4'' '' en- '''
To a question by Mr. Titileton ss - whether
witness hal discharged Mr. Crau l'rd, Mr.
Widcncr, hRVin: teru warned uf the serious
nature ~ the question bl Ciiy solicitor Colus,
replied that Mr. Crawford was asked for his
resignation. lie added that Mr.. Crawi or'i was =
cpmpetcut CLERK. regular In his ha ITS. and AS
di'chMscd because the Interests ~ the uGloe
demanded IL. id he twLnessl regarded Mr.
Crawl RI NJ a faithful OH 'er he wOdId not
have discharge. i'm.
To Nr suocn,,cr-N- Crawford ST one tine VS..
not pr'Wpt iu go Nti"uuncr at ih' office. 9.tci
So lot cnt,y On account of not 5o.a ia i.me al ,hc
o.i.,e.
Witness had never seen George R,nsin about
the ircasufers .h -, nor Mr. fu."y o. Nr..
johnson. tie added that II no had found any
eiorA as-ociatiug with iL,nklu te wo-ld not
have STAYED IA the "n. any longer.
At the next meeting eX-lre t-urar NArcer
swure tlat ho had assigned those bonds 80 Mr.
Widener They were eleven "a humher' run
ming from 1h1JJ to Shoay, aud amounted d 10
WHERE ruE snoB PINcHrp.
An attemrt was made to show that Rank In
end Crawl I'd were intimates aud frequently
met At allow etmbling house and liquor saloon
Anown ~ toe Pig aud Whistle. which was ai-o
j Cassidy, Mct,rlth, I'M kembie. and other Ring
| poiitiolaDs, but the attaches ~ that establish
inent declined Ia testify that they had ever see
. the two together. kemble. Mann Cassidy. and
the others ':eIc not called on that point, though
they mig.t have given valuable testimony.
The '.iessenger Of the committee reported
that he hid served subpunas on Horn kneaSs,
Mrs. Purrv, George R,nkin, and Mrs Johnson,
bad pronlsed To he present, though Mrs. Furey
laid that Mr.. V4s-ldy. her counsel advised her
and Mrs Johnson did not -ay anything. The
mess niger was ordered To rcsubpUna them. and
the Committee adjourned.
, At the next meeting 4 note was received from
; NJ Horn Il. knc.~s. declining 10 attend u a
/ witn,s-, on the ground that ue reuresehtei one
; Of the a'N used parties ~ counsel.
The clerk wa, directed to re- ubrGna him.
7 him no questions which should Interfere WIKI
, h,s professional relations with his client.
THE LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT WITNESS
George W. Crawford, the discharged Tre1spr,
, ! clerk. was then examined. lie could not tell
: how or " ien he drew his salary a. clerk in tht
. | Ciy Treasui er's ufice during the Last summer
~, trying tO sell II for poor friend. lie ds.
clned to mention tue owners name. rhp pcnHir
Wa a gift from member Of the har, Mr Hon
L. kneass, whose client he had been II wa
-iven to nm about the lst oi July. lie was nov
| employed In Mr.. Oh istian Knetss's ofice until
. this matter was cleared up. He had never re-
| ceived any other presents from Mr.. kneass bo
, transactions with him; dil not know who Mr.
kneass was counsel Tor: had never had any con
/ versation with him about the missing oonds.
was rcQuestcd to 81 from the ct, treasury an
have ueen AUS - nnn ont ihr ctI-e, thuash
? have asSed Mr. deneT. Gaow n.orSa EAn,iu 10y
, oii'r' person ''
e One moro meeting - the COMMITTEES WAS held
: when Mr. Horn q. hnet-- %, r,lsted iu his refsa
to appear and ,cstify, and the lutt stil:attln a
, closed On December p the cImulttee suD
I nli ted their report to the Councils. ATT
4 rcctlng the object Of and authority fo
, the inNesti-atiOu. aud naming few - tI
witnesses swurn the report narrates the de
po-it Of the cert lcat,s Ia he treasury, aud All
that "hv some means. which your committee
r. alter tne u,'st scar hlns inquiries we beel
j. unable To discoyer, the bonds were aftcrwBr
distracted from the ONCE OF the Treasurer.
? me " ,9sier and sale 10y Mrs + rev and a.
e particularly. The report then conclIdes ~ FOL
: lows:
HtANE
The above substintaliy the facts gathered from
- the testuuny. aId ~ tee 10 not TIA
Ia tiny Cilel uiun 10 express au ulillu4 $ wh
~ lts ly .nh L. u tue city Tor the loss II an
=, trans ict One for city viz ihe bans or ne tl
u treasurer should deny their responsibility, the ques
:, ton could Ouy Ice ev,ded " tic properly constitute
y tribunal nd ltStuucn the whole matter viii u
y doubt receive Judicial iuyeSt-aton, your commit =
Y dceu ruleu O rel 0rt Vie uI-Ia iacts nat al VI ID
~ 'ydence II leu IN.
~ In ouncluH Your committee feel n du'y 10 not
"a circun.t noe OF these bonds hsvug been ,f in IN
~ lrcasurers office by the owner Tor mouths uncae
Tor, VII en-, II IN Jaw dii not warrant the charge
= arhp, n woul at least seem Ike imposing upon TIA
n uicrr the responsibility OF guarantor to Gep sturs "
YOnd any reasonable demand Of the puuhc.
This report WAS accepted and the commit .
p dischdrsed without debate, and that ended ia
e interest of the Council. IN tho subject. ~
T. note the significant tact that this committee II,
,e merely omitted to make any mention in tne
report OF the damaging testimony against IN
n ex-Clerk Crawford, but, by drotly wthholdin
r. their testimony, kept from the ctty records IA
~ proof Of ms unfAithfulness And that unftithft
W clerk was found employed In the ofiice of ia
~ Assistant District Attorney. And the only su,
gesuon the committee ventures upon is that III
CItN's editor deserves to lose her money be
cause she intrusted her cerinc ites To- the keeI
10 ing of the city Treasurer, the officer whose dul
u, n IL TO hold the record Of the municipal loans
y; EVAsIONs AND CONCEAIMENTS.