, 1874-01-07

.on}d not balance them--that they had
Gage e nnddIe since the fire. aud the Com
been u uo,,cht to 20 SLOW in making a report to
nt9Ges 9Goune. HoinRisted upon getting the bank
10 ~. nd making up the accounts, saying he
pooei1 ~ IA 50 in ten minutes II he had them Mr..
r:ali1 md a1I the others agreed that that was
e1D '''s proper thing to do' ana they sent fo- Ar.
US l.srp md lie books
r,.o next day the Committee had another
lpe l.;ne ard Mr. Bond said that Gage could not
rseS4ihnss ia scoount by his books. He (sherwood)
Eetah3 Committee that he was not satisfied
t9a the ,h,t. that be wanted the books to sec the
T1a T. - ito see exactly how the accounts
vo:: Hc questioned Mr.. Bond about how
sU.t y{r- Gage wa5 short. and was told that The
S1n. S.ns1 T.s $25e, GOO that McA1oy had S25 900,
"a re,nainier Ind been used for his (Gage's)
81 :-.,s "a purposes. That WAS on the 18th OF No
tzmber. -.-.a--rrr ,.,ru m o.,r
NJ, the dav following he received q note from
-, " 600 IN which ho WAS requested to call ut
y. ~ pac,fc between Y and o'clock He went
w ssuponnd to the hotel, and Gage acknowledged
49, Is account was short, and that be would
saoa1 assa must not crush him that the panic had
sv '"nsHt him, but il he had ten days ke promised
ess5T dollar should be made good Mr. Gage
"a he had q great many friends, and Was
~ ~ rsscal Tho witness told him it
- due to the Finance Committee that
.Lar should know the worst Of it. He, there
fss would like 10 know what was done With the
i'ra SIS. 600, aud :;lat no WAS $500. 900 short.
Tsa Ts witness then pressed him for more definite
;nfor,ration regarding the disposition OF the
nspey, and Gage B" broke down. saying, '' 'Iou
rast not crush me- :; am almost crazy now T
,L~Ts t1, rot slept for savera1 nights, and never
Ia in or
scy questions. l promise you will make it all
-;sht in ten days" Tie witness then left him.
THE c1rY s'FuSps."
Yr. Sherwood also explained the way in which
tho c;ty moneys are divided into funds, and
ststed ~ !" curious fac" TINT before the fire
the Wtter Fund amounted to Sl.2oo'0oo, ana
Immediately after the fire it WAS only $685.
raa.gs. The morcy had been turned over to
,;aee, instead of being invested in bonds, there
b5 giving him more money to speculate on.
l.. L. BOND.
Ex-Acting Nayor E:,-.s.: testified that Mr. Gage
sdC1i!ted to him that he was S250.000 short. He
tnrE nothing OF the defalcation until AID. Sher-
1acd told him the accounts would not balance
He o,1roborated what Aid Sherwood said about
he accounts.
Ex-coNPInoLIEn pURLEY
tsstifed to the same facts
FEANK BARRETT,
clerk in tho Comptroller'a office, testified that
5:ge maae oasl ueloie n1n .nI1 ns asen
se.s sotlet IT, 1ua, 80 GO A'SN>1 14o'
ny nooes ~ n4e o"a - uoo.
~ - aaparsaaa ;, ,.ahoa -,
'ess'aeo ~ ~ ..eea -. ~ t,asa 80 .ras
'oleneas - ti,a arsac;a1 % aesossr,an4 fnnd This
1o t e!u ..;5araf - 49, ;.arro~o- nn5 tha ;nrvmen
'as aos :sl:a -. - .,oPt,a, 49, 11nac;ona
,ste uo1 D1eAa w 90ooSA '~
-utAo"
J. H. AAsos- =,
E1-Ald. AcAFo5, treasurer o. iue , Do"aul -
3sm!a Brewing Company, test'nea nea tnae aIoeiI pert
l1os.y o"ea the company Sao.uoo, ana as 'ne5
1eEl5oa to bny some mals. Iney asheo Lnil -" w
settle cTosoy went 60 ~. sage Anu aaAeo a. ~.
for the loan OF S2o.0oo 1or snort time. 1Mo
checks wefe given, and NcAvoy had them casn-
I'd, a2d the money placed TO the credlt OF tne
Company; That was al he had to 40 0 WIN rne
money, which had been pad PACE: with interest,".
About the time OF the panic MI. cage accounts
wete examined, ana appeared TO Do eofFece'
ta1g7oe WITH 1no ComFtfolle1s ooohS'
Mr.. cooIRACaH.
William +. CoolbauSh testified IN IegaIu 20
the payment OF 4utercst on oeposats.-toa5 'nele
Ta5 ''time" account, On which ~ per cent
lateseS: "as PAID. and running ACCOUNT Ho"
which money was checked
EMERY E. cHILps
testified that Mr: Gage had put about S2zo'uou
Into lie Riverside improvement, but "nefe 1ne
money came from ne DID no: Know.
OTHER WITNESSES CALLED.
This vas all the testimony ELECTED, ana tne
Grand Jury adjourned until 10 o'clock thus morn