The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-13

nelly Chains TO nave conveyed 10 same plaCeS...
Excess charged 1854
As Kelly claims to have conveyed to the Peni-
Tertiary and the City Prison 1O2 persons more than
the books OF those Institutions show were received
there, ! have allowed him for that number. BY
his own figures, therefore, ne charged Tor 1854
more than he conveyed. Caught in this fraud, with
the books at the several institutions shutting out
he charged for included 9,74O for the Work.
house, and H. 1877 for the Juvenile Asylum The law,
however. only allowed nm for 'persons com.
mitted to PRISON. and IN his bills. eacn or which
was sworn to by him, the charge was for convey
and e ARK knew
prisons, as ordinarily understood, or within the
meaning OF any statute OF this state.
REPORTS or CONVICTIONS
In my letter to Kelly there were two unlmpOrt-
ant inaccuracies IN respect TO this matter, which
sings. He devotes e-third or his defence to the
SUBJECT and h0lsts the inaccuracies up and turns
his whole case depended upon those unmportant
errors. They were as follOws:-
First-Takng the figures OF the printed abstracts
OF kely's reports made by the Secretary of State,
and published annually In the legislative docu-
ments, gave $4,000 as the total number OF con-
vctons he pretended to report to the Secretary OF
State stated the source OF my figures and they
are there stated as gave them; but IT appears
that the number Kelly pretended to report was
l2o, 35e Kelly's display Of figures upon this point
Is the meres " trnng Inc charge he mas to meet
tlons but that the reports he did make were false
enough Importance TO the convictions In the
police courts. it is true that did not. Having
servation OF the proceedings in those courts, and
only such knowledge, In respect to their business,
as had gathered from the newspapers and the
cursory examination, from time to time, OF public
documents, had an underestimate OF the num-
bers brought before them by vice and infrmity.
But Keily's reports were SO worthless that even
my error in this respect was OF no consequence.
am going to examine the matter now solely
upon the basis OF his own figures and statements,
ana ne Will nave to answer for OQef9
and shortcomings except his own.
GREAT FRAUD ADMITTED.
Kelly, IN MS defence, distinctly admits that,
reports the Secretary State of convictions in
the special sessions for the years 1862 1860 and
the first three months OF 1901 persons convicted in
the police courts, and that he did not give the
names OF any or the 42,243 persons he reported
as convicted In the special sessions during that
period.
The law upon the subject was explicit. 1t re-
CURED him TO report to the Secretary OF State at
stated times toe name occupation age sex and
criminal court OF record, with other particulars
and also to make "similar reports respecting per-
sons convicted at any Court OF Special sessions
% Ed, Revised Statutes, vol. 8, p. 1O43)
MANUFACTURED STATISTICS.
my sIer 70 % he en cnafacterized MS reports
for the courts OF record In which cases he gave the
namesl as manufactured statistics;v and am go.
ing to show that described them correctly. IL Is
very singular circumstance that the records OF the
Police Courts Tor the second and Third districts
have been 80 mulated that It is impossible to make
q comparison OF Kelly's pretended reports with the
records OF convictions. have no evidence that
Kelly had any participation in the outrage, and
would not be SO unjust to insnuate that lie had
mention the TACT have stated merely to explain
why such comparison Is not made. For only one
complete month October, 1861 during his two
terms OF office Is such comparison now possible.
For that month Kelly reported the convictCns in
the Special Sessions, including the police courts,
as sos males and 772 1emales-total, 1877, The
records OF the courts give the following results:-
OCTOBER, 1861