Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-05
NASHVILLE. TENN. SUNDAY, JULY 5. 1874.
NEW YORK.
HaVemeyer's Head Loose on His
Shoulders.
All Parties Uniting 10 Depose in
oRefOrfuss Mayor.

All Parties Uniting TO Depose the
RefOrm'' Mayor.
New YORK. July 4.-iion. John Kelly,
Chairman of Tamany Hall General Com
mittee and Alderman Oswald Otendorf-
er, with counsel, including a representative
OF the counsel for political reform, an Or
glnizati0n composed Of Republicans and
Democrats, are preparing the groundwork
for action against Mayor Hayemeyer iSnd
the recently convicted aud reappointe1 po-
lice commissioners, Oliver Charliek and
Hugh Gardner. The Attorney General
has been asked by telegraph to direct
Assistant Attorney General Fairchild TO
assist in the proposed prosecution. lie
was engaged in the trial and is cOnversant
with the details Of the case. IL was deci-
ded to ask the Governor to remove the
Mayor on specific charges, and to suspend
him during the investigation. The charges
against the Mayor are, that he has appoint
ed to Office men who are not eligible, by
reason Of their conviction of misdemea-
nors, and even if they are eligible, their APP
pointment is an outrage on the public, since
they have been convicted and three similar
indictments hang over them. The papers
in the case are being rapidly prepared. .Ap-
VIII DC AldaC W III Jlll A'A
the finding of additional indictments against
Police Commissioners Gardner and Char
lick. The charges are analogous to those
of the old indictments, but said TO be OF a
grayer nature. The council have also
been directed to prepare an application 10
the court for other means of relief.
Should Mayor Havemeyer be removed or
suspended, his successor for the uneXpired
term will be President Vance, Of the Board
Ct Alderman, Republican. This and the
different organizations represented 10 the
prosecution i: is claimed, show that it is
not political one. Meantime the Police
Board is unogganized. Commissioners
Disbecker and Duryee balance Charlick
and Gardner, and the former refuse to rec
Oguize the latter as lawfully appointed.
HOyt, Sprague & Co.
The affairs of Hoyt, Sprague Il Co. have
been placed in the hands OF q receiver on
petition of the executors OF the estate of
Edwin Hoyt. The receiver, Augustus
Jugliard, has possession OF the assets, which
amount 10 several millions. The appoint
ment is understood to be satisfactory to all
interested.
A Forged Will Involving Millions.
The decision of Surrogate Hutching SET
ting aside the will of Frederick Rallegram
disposes of an estate of seven millions dol
lars. The case is remarkable for the amount
involved, and the extraordinary length and
bitterness of the litigation. The decision
virtually declares the will to be manufac-
tured, and the infant claimant not to have
been a child Of the decedant.
Red Tape.
Mr. Won Hoffman states that the reason
why his house withdrew their offer for the
new per cent. bonds was that there was so
much delay in negotiating that they ap-
pretended loss in view of possible
fluctuations in the value of exchange.
Excise Dues.
The Excise Board have procured the in
dictment of sixty unlicensed liquor deal
ers. Last year 1887 licenses were issued,
against 400 in May and June of the pres
ent year. The dealers refuse TO fake out
licenses, alleging the charges to be exhOrb-
liant, and will test tire powers of the Board
in the courts.
Slaughtered for Two Cents.
James Basscire and Vincent BranciameO,
dwellers in the Italian section of Mulberry
street, disputed about debt of four cents.
The former insisted he owed but two cents,
and ended the wrangle by fatally stabbing
BranciameO.