New-York tribune., 1874-04-06
BROOKLYN OFFICIALS INDICTED.

CHARITY COMMISSIONERS, AN RX-TAX COLLECTOR,
AND AN ALDERMAN TO BE HELD FOR TRIAL.
a large crowd assembled at an early hour
Saturday in the Brooklyn Court Of oyer and
Tetminer in anticipation Of seeing indictments brought
in by the Grand Jury against prominent officials for
mafeasance in office. Tue report had also gained pub
hcty during last week that the Grand Jury would in
dict person who has frequently been mentioned in
connection with aceran firm accused Of defraudipg the
Government These reports added to the curios-
ity and eagerness OF the crowd which at 10
O'Clock, when Justices Pratt stillwel, and johnson
took their seats upon the bench filed the courtroom in
every part. few inmates afterward the Grand Jury
entered the courtroom. with the foreman leading and
bearing In his lsrgero OF indictments which he
handed to the judges. Judge Pratt asked District
Attorney ROdman II he wished the indictments sent TO
the Court Of Sessions The Distrcttt0rney said that
be desired such disposition to be made OF them except
the indictment found against Thomas Lowndes for muir
dering his wife, which he desired be tried in the Court
oyer and Terminer, the ndict for election
frauds which he wished transferred % the CITY Court
Judge Pratt made the necessary order and after few
brief remarks the length and great rOrtlnce Of its
labOrs, discharged the Grand Jury. When 1t had be-
come apparent that the puOc desire to learn the names
OF the persons indicted woul1 be gratlhod, tho
trowd gradually dispersed, not however until inquiry
had been made OF the officials in the Dlstrlcl-
Attorneys Office They firmly but cOarteodsly re-
fused TO give any information concerning the
matter, adduclng q reason that IL would defeat
the of Justice to make tue public until ar
rests had been made. II well understood, however
during the afternoon, that among those indicted were
exCOllector Badeau, against whom two or three ndlct
,uens returned Alderman James Dunn for election
frsSds and four Commissioners OF charity inc names
OF tns latter Stephen II. Powell, Cornelius Ferguson
Tohn Cunningham and Henry Wills. Two eXCOmmls-
sioners Thomas FOran and Henry Corr, are also sup
posed 20 be indicted.
several OF the officials against whom 1t was runored
indictments had been found were called upon by re-
portrrs Commissioner Powell said he did not know
mat he had been indicted and had heard nothing about
ne matter but SAID tina. II he had been the indictment
was not worth the paper II was written on COinlnls
soner Cu1ningham made substantially the same state
mcnt It is not believed that the Commissioners oil
CHARITIES will be arrested D,srictAttOrney ROitnan
will nonfv them 10 appear Hs office to-day, when the
matter OF giving bonds Will be considered. They are
already under very heavy bonds for the proper as
charge OF their duty and il Ia known that they nave
already secured additional bondsmen. Alderman James
Dunn who has indicted for his connection with tue
stb Ward election frauds, committed Two years ago.
I Yesterday he is inDocent OF the charge lie mas
engaged Cen. Benz. r. Tracy his counsel, ana Hays
that the matter Is entirely in his hands.