New-York tribune., 1874-09-18
IOHN KELLY ATTACKED.


.@wHr1E siERIrF-A SUMMARY OF THE AccusA-
TONS
The bombshen of the Mayor. to which an
.,luson WAS made In THE TRIBUNE few days ago, nas
Hrpeared IN the shape OF letter 10 Sohn heny "o.
the Mayor publishes In retaliation for tne "
aletter addressed by John Kelly to MIN in june 'e
and not received by him except through 'no ~
,naas An his apnontments letter charges that his
rst error was in appointment OF Richard Croker
she office OF Marshal at the sollcitauon OF JOHN Aei
bafore he the Mayor, was aware OF MS (keiVS real
The Mayor then makes an attack on hcnaru
S,oser,s character past and present Finding that Kelly
80 Nooefvad him he che Mayor) trusted "
MIN, and thus incurred his (Key'sl enmty
apa with his that of his followers After long attack
upon John Morrissey, the Mayor charges John kehy
with being o hypocrte, and offers to prove
ft by facts and figures He next intmates that kehy
was elected to Congress over Mike" Walsh py pelng
.eounted u" and that In like manner secnred bis
second election to Office of Sheriff. at the time when
his opponent Judge Connolly. The Mayor then
charges that with Morrssey he Key sought 10 OBTAIN
pecal power aud to aid this object procured the ap
pontnent OF his tools as inspectors OF election oue
q, these insnec;ors was man named John Sheridan.
representhe the xxIIId Election District fthe XVlllh
Assembly District Upon the information whlch lne
Police Commissioners received about Sheridan ne Vne
Mayor says 1t was clearly the duty OF the Commls-
sioners to remove him. and he thea proceeds to detail
mass OF testimony as 10 sheridans character, all
of which has already been published. For re-
moving this Sheridan, kehy Pro
cured the Indictment Of the Commissioner,
ssfor omittng under legal advice, mere iorman'y'
The Mayor then alludes 10 the case oil Denhis hosan
and saws that Key's plea for him was that Hogan had
.aoted under the advice OF ignorant lawyer, but
eould see no excuse for the Police Commissioners, al
though they "acted under the advice OF good counsel
The Mayor rectes the weknown facts In Hogans case
He then charges that the disagreed
IN Reifv 20 he
rnissoners and persisted In advising the Grand Jury
according TO his notions, Kelly PROCEEDED 10 nave
the public prosecutor ousted from his duties ana TWO
lawyers, selected by himself substituted IN his place.
For this purpose reqaisition was obtained from
country Justice Of the Supreme Court for the Attorney
General conduct the prosecution, instead OF doing
which that official sent young man, residing IN Al
bany take charge Of the This act OF the At
torney- General the Mayor denounces as illegal
and uncon stitutiona Instead of acting HIMSELF he the
Attorney General sent Mr. FarehIds assistant in
his Office. The reason why Kelly had Mr.. Farchd sent
10 conduct the case OF his warfare on him. the
Mayor. AS such Mayor he had resisted "the payment
OF oneha OF the expense incurred by the Central ana
Hudson River Railroad Company for its tracks IN the
FourhaYe" and thus incurred the unfrendly feeling
Of that powerful corporation Mr. Farchild Is the son
of its Treasurer. With desire to reach him he Mayor,
(Mr Fairehd) selected the two counsel chosen by
Kelly" The Mayor then attacks Col John r. Fellows
and George W. Wiugste, and then reviews the case OF
no lawyer" He then takes up the question OF the
charges made the Governor for the purpose OF pro-
curing his (the Mayors removal from office, and
sscrbes them all to John Kelly, although the charges
were signed by Oswald Ottendorfer and William
H. wickham. When the former placed his name
beside that OF john Kelly he found himself
tn company he not accustomed TO keep;
while the atter's "frankness" in avowng his desire
20 obtain good Office is only equaled by the assduity
of his attentions upon John Kelly Ia the hope Of pro-
curing IT," In the presentation OF these charges he
Kely) and Morrissey were represented by the same
selected for the trial Of the Police
Commissioners" The signature Of Charles Watrous TO
the separate charge obtained because Warous was
offended with him (the Mayor because he appointed
Col Duyrea Police Commissioner. Another charge
was presented by gentlemen OF the XvIIIth Assembly
District because their candidate for Assembly was not
elected Both OF these procured at his (Kellys)
solicitation and evidence OF this that Henry L.
Clinton appeared counsel for the sgners OF both doc
uments. The Mayor then makes attack on Mr.. Chn-
Ton. s1d his object in being SO anxious to work or Tam
many.
The Mayor then takes up Mr. Kely's words, that he
was an "honest man." and adds that he would show
that he had "derauded this city and county OF large
sums Of money" and had been guilty OF crime that
A. adequately described by the word 'felonious" The
Mayor then proceeds what he describes as the
frauds perpetrated upon the public treasury" while he
tKely) was holding the Office OF Sheriff. and then pro-
reeds to what fees he was by law entitled TO re-
OF Section Of the act relating to fees of officers and
ministers OF Justice criminal cases." which he says
provides that Sheriff may receive for person
committed to prison S7i cents for every person dis
charged from prison, S7s cents and for summoning
Grand Jury for Court OF Oyer and Terminer
or General Sessions, So" The compensation for con-
yeyng prisoners 10 State Prison. the Mayor is pald
by the State and not by the county. Another statute
allows him so cents for summoning constabes to attend
court and g. per day he attends the Supreme Court
himself Another requires the Sheriff to make
report OF convictions the Secretary Of State and
fhorzes the Board Of Supervisors to fix his oompensa
tion therefor clause added Section H. as above,
provides that the Sheriff may receive tue coDstables
fees for reforming any duty which may be performed
by constable" except in the City and County Of New
york the fees of which specially provided by law.
The Mayor then divides his statement of moneys OBJ
tanned by the Sheriff from the Treasury into parts
Ms follows; illegal payments" or moneys received IN
disregard Of explicit provision OF law; and
.'fraudulent payments" or moneys received
for pretended services, or without authority
of law unless extenuated by similar payments
10 predecessors The Mayor then says that by act
of 1883 the sherg required to report within ten days
after the adjournment Of any Court OF Oyer and Termi
ner General Sessions Special Sessions the names,
occupation and native country, oeyery person
committed" &C.. the Secretary OF State should
uuire; and the Supervisors directed to allow
reasonable for such service. The Supervisors of
Eew-York County fixed the at so cents which the
Mayor thought was very LIBERAL The clerks of the
Courts we're required report the convictions and
of these returns were transmitted by the
Becretary Of State TO the Legislature yearly From the
totals the respective reports made by Sheriff Kelly
snc the Clerk were as follows;
Ife c-shenss Report -clsrl,s Rspor.-
Ds,s Record sss ssssS To, Ess S Sessions ss gtsl
1sSg 1sSg. S$s SSs 5SSss I Sss sissS s. $ss ssss