The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-08

100000. large psrtsos q which vas divided ey
DEPOSIT DER 81 s Sy iSesrso Of monss OBJ.
$780, GO ana Of sestemsnts ~ distributions, the
payments compared exactly wth the amounts de-
posted and N the sema'nmg casSs the depos,ts
discrepancy arising from some unidentified items.
The said lngersoL In pursuanc, OF said conspiracy,
wards OF 81 OO0 600 In the name OF Ingersoll Co.,
ana received payment ior the same from Comp
thriller Connolly. - - - ,.. go.
AI8eIORERS
The Commissioners authorized to be appointed
tered upon the duties OF Their Once early in De.
cember, 1870. These Commissioners we're James
H.. IDgersolI, Michael Norton, thomas Conan and
authorized their appointment they were empOw-
cred to expend and complete he Court House for
noi o amSSn ss
directed to raise on the stOckOf the county, ana
the money SO raised WIS to be PAID
his ONCE and approved by the Commission.
ers. The Comptroller, X. h. Connolly, PAID between
December 20. 1870, and March i 1871 on vouchers
WHICH purp0rt to have been approved by the Com
mssioDers, the sum OF $5es!l5 16 out OF the
said 5000 900 or this sum, tt9,2l5 Is, the sum OF
cember and the 2ist day OF January following ana
OF this latter sum trace $3G,79s Is directly to
ACCOUNT OF JAMES H. INGEasorl IN THE powERY
and an additional sum Of $780, 40 trace to the
same account alter passing through the accounts
Of intermediate parties, making o total Of
s432, el6 GA, and OF $40, 1852 43 deposited by said
Ingersoll to his individual credit Within O period
OF thirty One days. In addition the above sum OF
$598, 2l5 Is paid by the COmptr0r out OF the moneys
authorized to be raised by seci0n I, chap. 3S2 OF
the Laws OF 1870, the ComPtrolhr on July 7, 1871,
count OF the Court House the sim OF 5000 600 out
OF the money authorized to be raised for the com
$50 of the Laws OF 1871, thus making a total of
sos, 215 Is, OF county funds pdd on the vouchers
OF the commissioners and the receipt OF Ingersoll,
OF the Court House; that the otal expenditures
made for the said Court House, Ind Of the said sum
Of sTssS 1S Sia not exceed
least Saesooo Of the suns actually paid
out Of the County Treasury on the
one or mOre that the sum set 10th in the affldayt
OF Mr. Palmer, the President OF the bank. alleged
to have been advanced to tie county or to the
paid by said bank to said county OF to said Court
House Commissioners, but was paid to said
ngerrso director 81 said PAM at the request or
Connolly, Tweed and others, vel knowing that the
same. was net to be used TO- the completion
there at any time, justly due and owing to said
bank by said county on account of said alleged
advances, the sum Of s25e, Al. 5s, or any part
the said Court House Commissioners to appoint o
treasurer and to define his dutie.
l. F. TATNroR.
1S74-NICHOLAs =. BUITENsCn0N Commissioner Of
Deeds.
NIKE NORTON, 1.-THE THUNHRBoLr.n
How Mike norton got the ,obriquet "The
Thunderbolt" is well known fac OF political his.
tory. 1t is certain that the mention OF his name
yesterday, and the cOnnection Il which it was
made, fell like thunderbolt upon he Court and all
prises and he reserved the checc9uue for the
closing scene.
~ will now read" he said after lie hal finished
reading the afidavit Of Mr. Tainto, "the affidavit
or'-and he made an impressive p.use before he
announced the name. but with smile Of supreme
satisfaction lighting mp his face atthe thought OF
the pleasant surprise in store fol- everybody, and
then he slowly gave the completion,f the sentence
and the name-.Michael Norton"
.4Of what date ~ asked Judge Emonds. with
look OF surprise.
February H." answered Mr. Strs1an with an
at1able smile.
''What year ~ further Queried Juge Diamonds,
with q still greater look OF surprise.
'Of this year." replied Mr.. straha, with a. still
more arabic smile.
II Is unnecessary to state that whn il was found
the afiidavit was OF so modern q dat, there was
general look OF SURPRISES surprisrthat decpened
and became more intensined as thereading Of the
af1idsvit progressed. 1t " rs foll0ys:-
C1ty ana opunsy n .Nsts Az.3 ss-Michaei Nor
ton being duly sworn, depOses and says:-In the
month Of December, 1870 was appointed by the
Mayor Of the city OF New York, acting pursuant to
the provisions OF section II OF chapter 3S2 or the
Laws OF 1870 OF the commissioners for the COM
plet ton of tile new County Court House OF the city
OF New York. Almost Immediately after my APP
pOlntment as such commissioner, was urged by
naII thun NJ
the Comptroller; Dy Mr.. watson the County Au-
ditor, and by Mr. Tweed, the Commissioner OF
Public Works, TO approve OF various vouchers pur,
porting to be bills for expenditure in relation to
said Court House, incurred prior to the date OF the
appointment OF the Commissioners.
WHY HE SIGNED CERTIFICATES.
| met the Comptroller ON several occasions in
reference to this matter. IngersOll was always
present. My impression on reading the statute
was that the commissioners had nothing to do
with the claims incurred against the Court House
prior to this appointment, and acting on this im.
preston l at first refused to have anything TO DO
with these particular bills Mr.. Connolly assured
me that was mistaken, that he had been so ad-
vised, and he pressed me to certify the bills or
approve OF the vouchers, as he was anxious. he
said, to have the parties paid; that they had been
waiting long time to get this payment for he had
polnled but that longer delay could not well
ne asked, or, II asked, would not be allowed Con-
molly iagerson watson SON. and Tweed were very
to be perfect understanding between them in the
matter. BY each of them was led TO believe, and
certainly acted on that conviction, that AL the
bills had been audited and allowed by the Board OF
Supervisors, ana that what the Commissioners
were required to do was TO approve of the vouchers
which had already been passed upon by the Super
visors. Believing the facts to be so signed GER
tain certificates presented to me by the COmptrol-
Ter, watson and Ingersol to each OF which bill
was attached. The bills 80 attached have been in
several instances removed since I signed and
other and different bills substituted increasing the
amounts, which have since ascertaIned were paid
by the Comptroller.
THE TENTH NATIONAL BANK CLAIM,
The first time ever heard Of the existence OF
claim on the part OF the Tenth National Bank for
alleged advances to the Court House Commission
ers was about the middle OF September, 1871. The
Information was first communicated to me by In
gersOll, ami day or two afterwards by Mr. Walter
h. Palmer, the present President OF the bank. who
came to me about the date stated. ] am certain
IL was subsequent to the 18TH day OF September.
1871 Palmer informed me that the bank had made
various advances to ingerso. which Ingersoll
he received for the Commissioners
and that the bank and IngersOll were arranging
with members OF the Board OF AppOrtionment
TO have an appropriation made and the necessary