The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-03


bore evidence of having been paid in to the
Sheriff for city taxes on the 18th of March.
As soon as possible he had a conference with
Mr.. Calhoun, to whom he explained the cir
cumstances and handed the warrant.
| On the day he received the warrant he
i wrote note through the Post Office, to Mr..
Brown, cashier of the Sheriff, asking when
he had paid the warrant into the City Trea-
sury.
| He received no answer from Mr.. Brown
| ing taxes at the Sheritf7s Office, abont half
past three O'Clock P. NJ, when he handed
our informant his note in a very much solled
and rumpled condition, bearing the endorse
rnent in pencil ar spectfully returned, NJ.
Walsh" and remarked that 'Mr. Walsh had
said that he thought, he (the broker) was
too good friend of Mr.. Schneider's to have
been guilty Of any such communication"
Our informant expressed his Indignation
at such treatment to Mr.. Kursheedt and Mr.
Jules Cassard, who happened to be in his
office, engaged in conversation, and while
on the subject,
MR.. SCHNEIDER CAME IN.
He handed the communication to him for
examination, when he, too, expressed sur
prise at the course pursued by Mr.. Brown !;
and the same time his manner, our inform
ant thought, betrayed
CONSIDERABLE AGITATION.
| Mr.. Schneider left the office with Mr..
Cassard, but soon returned alone, and,
taking the broker into the rear office, eX-
planned in very excited manner that
Mayor Witt had emplo ed Gen. Badger,
| superintendent Of Police, to investigate
some leak at the City Hall, as mentioned
in the BULLETIN of the 25tt inst. iAe also
stated that the particular warrant in the
hands of Calhoun might have been
| ONE OF A FEW
which he had allowed the clerks i'll the City
Hall to exchange for their salary transfers
At the same time he begged him to keel
quiet about the matter and not to reply t'
the offensive remark of Mr. Walsh, untll hi
(AIr. Schneder) should be consulted.
Next morning Mr. Brown called at thu
brokers' office, greeted him cordially ant
excused his having neglected to reply to M
note on the plea of business pressure. IL
went on TO say that warrants OF a sinlila
stamp to that described in the note were
paid into his Office, and mentioned one par
. ticuIar lot Of eleven or twelve hundred dol
lars paid in by MIR. Bouny. He excused him
self for not having protested against SO II
} regular a proceeding, by stating that al
, instructions We're to
KEEP Of GOOD TERMS
with the City Hail at any reasonable sacri
fee. He then stated that Mr. Walshe ha'
5 not Endorsed the note in pencil, as bctor
described, and on confronting tie clerl
with Mr.. Brown, the former acknoa LEDGE
having made the Endorsement "just TO
| fun He was immediately discharged from
the brokers' employ.
About one o'clock that day while Gen
Badger was in the brokers' office gettin!
points in the matter under investigation, Ii
the broIler) bought a lot Of about Sl2O
worth of warrants at Il cents from MI
yayson, who had been to see our intofman
early in the day, and who had heard iron
, him his views respecting the rapid re-lssu
of warrants paid in for city taxes. Gen
Badger was shown memorandum OF tn
transaction, and his attention called to tn
fact that the warrants were purchases
about two points below their real value
The broker subsequently ascertained tina
the party from whom Mr.. Bouny had re
ceived the re-lssued warrants was the sam
Mr. Vayson from whom he himself ha
bought the warrants referred to.
THE NEW COMMITTEE
J Of investigation appointed by the Mayor
composed of Mr. Calhoun, Mr.. Turnbuil an
. Mr. Fitzenreiter, and these gentlemen yes
terday called on Mr.. Schneider to see wha
e foundation, if any existed, for the charge
! made against his department. In the cours
: lof conversation, Mr.. Schneider admitte
e that there had been some informality. IL
explained that on one occasion broke
Mr. Barnett. had come into the Office to sci
tie tax bill against Messrs. Vincent IL Co
anctioneers, amounting to about Slf00, an
D that he (Mr. b. had rendered in paymer
E thereof his personal check, which WIS az
. cepted. That was on the oath of last ID
t cember On the Goth the check, whe
y presented at the bank, was dishonored, an
t had to be protested.
p He had thought that it would De prope
Z for him to save this amount for the city,
v possible, and had specialized to some exten
4 IN city scrip, intending to place the amour
/ he made to the credit of that account. Il
# did this, he said, in the interest Of the cit,
' and not to make any money himself. 1t tf
) committee thought he had done wrong, /
n would hand them his check for the amour
This proffer was declined on the part of IL
committee, who alleged that they only d
i sired to get at the fact, in order to report
Il the Council.
e What further transpired at the neetin
# we have not been informed but we ma
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