New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-14
RRooKrYN,s VOUCHER ROBBERY.


,auCkTAET AND VALUABLE RECORDS DESTROYED
UNDER STREET COMMISSIONER FUREY's ADMINS
TRATON.
When the revelations in regard TO the de-
fsuits In the Brooklyn city Treasury startled the com
uunity the necessity Of investigating all the different
departments recognized. provision organizing
Board Of Audit OF Examining Committee was inserted
30 Charter and accountants were set 10 WORK III
the different departments OF the city government MI
William T.. Warren Investigated affairs Ia the 'ly
Treasury Department and Brooklyn Trust Company
and discovered greater deficiencies than had been pre-
NIously reported, and which. II VIII be reH''np'i'
TBE TRIBUNE the only paper 10 eAPoee anu u'
nounco. An examination Of tho lax O"oo ""' 'e'i
made by Mr.. seaman, who has discovered frauds al
every etep OF his advance, and which Mr. Ropes one OF
:Le Board OF Audit declared TO he worse than any
developments yet made IN Brooklyn. Another lnVetu-
cation has made in the affairs OF the ola street
Department 10y two accountants named Dahlgren ana
yapbooDe FOR the Controllers Office. This inquiry
reveals deficiencies ranging from $4,000 to 100000 Mr..
Dahgren wac appointed 10 the work Of examining
accounts 10 the Street Depar ment but before he had
fully completed the work for reason or other
asmsed The OF his dismissal is stated to be by
persons that he revealed what he had discovered
~ opposition 20 the wishes OF the Board of Audit
stated just previous his dismissal that certain
important books had been lost or stolen from
the street Department but the officials OF the Board Of
Audit made haste TO deny the charges and TO repeat
through the columns OF the local journals that all the
books that missing wOrthess-were copies Of
slo records and possessed no intrinsic value and this
report reproduced in one OF the Brooklyn local
Journals Wednesday last. But It appears by the
facts that the missing books Of great value
tpstnneb the Board Of Audit might trace by them If
they existed still into whose pockets had gone the de-
foienoy Of over 10000, which is now reported, and
WHICH only the missing books Hnnld exnain.
Tesolutioh passed the Brooklyn Common Council in
ETI, g short time before the expiration OF the
soIm Of Robert FGrey as Street Commissioner, IN
eject that the old books which had been thumbed and
Won by constant use the searchers for titles should
~ eopiei and the books he used for reference,
while the old ones should be carefully fled away. In
pursuance OF ordnance clerks were set to work but
eopies were mad the entire assessments, showing
who bad pad and VINO had not but only Of the
talspoes due On street openings between ls55-tne
tine Of consolidation with Wnliamsburgh-and 1911
snis fs6t Of the failure 20 copy the entire
bets was reported by Mr.. Dahlgren, but 1t was
sonuadeted by the officials and newspapers, and the
accountant was discharged 1t is now reported that MI
VSDboone the second accountant, makes the same dis
toveIy aud looking the balances 10 street open
jnge and improvements they appear the books OF
size Register OF Arrears, and they appear on the
eooss Of the Controller has found discrepancy Of be-
tweed 10000 and 10000 which has been reported 10
Controller Schroeder. OF course, with the destruction
OF the books containing the accounts OF the payments
Impossible to trace theft any particular account.
The fact s patent however, that the difference passed
into come persons pocket in the Street Department
while Robert Fsrey Street Commissioner The
AMOUNT the differences In the balances they appear
an the S-oks Of the Register Of Arrears and OF
Che IControleT, u some cases are very large.
,, tbe ease OF the FlatbusA ave. opening there
g. stated 70 have been discovered difference OF s2S 600.
xmle IA the paving Of Grsbam-sve. discrepancy 10
s.,d TO e1isi Of nearly q geo Il the sGge Fiies grad
ing and paving 1850 In the ClassOnaYe grading and
paving t9cCO; 10 Third-st paving, S,SoO while the
aggregate amount stolen reaches, as before stated
nearly $4,000
Ii order ascertain whether these differences actually
existed as stated, Tribune reporter compiled
lt Of streets obtained the balances due for assess
ent on the books of the Register OF Arrears and the
balances on the streets they appeared the
tooss Of the Controller The result which VAL be found
be,ow demonstrated the correctness OF the statement
winch had been circulated the discoveries made ly
Nj DablgreD. The following Let includes only few OF
che discrepancies Between 50 and 90 sssessments have
peen TANNED with result, and the amount OF
orereDee AZ stated above has been reported 70 the
Board Of AudN The following 10 the list, which of
,ourse includes only few OF the assessments which
have been found disagree III tbe totals ~ the differ
eut ofboes by the accountant:
EAlSoss AssEissBST on srr,sT OPENINGS.
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