, 1875-06-27
the GRAND luR!Y''..>
It Declares that Warden Kimberly Is
Interested in Contracts
And that Periolat Is IN Unfit Mau FOL, Tue
County to Deal With.
Testimony Which Was Produced Against
the Commissioners.


The Grand Jury concluded its lhbors yes1et-
dav At O'Clock. and was discharged. When u
came INTO court the foreman, DR.. Gibbs hanoeu
the Clerk tyenty-fouz indictments' the most VI
which we're for petty offences. hesldes 'noso
already mentioned in these columns we're lnoiel-
ments agaiust G. 4. Wathiers and Hugh u. heeo'
for violation OF duty - Judges OF eleo'loa III
the Second Ward At the recent charter etecs'oo'
Tho judges indicted in the Ninth Ward we're ~"
ward Powell, +. 7. Kennedy, and Cornelius Me-
hoae7. True bills we're also 1eturned against
Joseph Sherwin, James T. Watson. Alenea
Reed, J. c. Mitchell, Samuel Schoenan1sn, Deu-
iamin schoepaman, and Benjamin Hemdra:h. all
at Bridgeport for maintaining public nuisance
rEA1oLAT.
The foreman handed the Court the tollo"ang
document; which speaks for itself:
The GRIND Jury respectfully represent 10 your HON
or that during this present session they have sd &C.
The discharge of the dutics pertaining to Warden OF
the County PoorHouse and desire to make report 70
your Honor rs the result Of their Investigation that 1t
appears to this jury from the testimony Of Jerome e.
BsardsleY and Jsmca Forsyth, e.4 ether clrcu,u-
STANCES, that George J. Kimberly, the said Warden of
the County Poor-Honse aad Insane Ass!una, has r.
ceiyed md does receive onethirl Of the p.odts Of
certain goods sold 10 and received by the
county for coEsui uinption at said Poor-Honse
and Insane Asylum. which appts3fS 70 QaFe
amounted to about slo 0oo What compensation ssd
Kimberly returns for the receipt Of this portion Of the
prels does not appear be5orc this jury. THIS jury
would therefore respectfully request that this matter
10 referred by your Honor to tie Eeaz3 of County
Commissioners for their consideration, in reference 70
tetaniuX said Kimberly II the Office Of Warden OF tie
House. or IN the pay Of this comfy. AID this
evidence which ha4 come beforr them they aro fully
convinced that Clenens F. Pcrioiat is not proper
person to whom the contract for supplies furnished to
this county should be let and they dr1uiy beltege
that tho county has not btcu fairly dsaft with in gos
acd material already furnished through this fesa-
lat. A. GIEbs, Foreman Grand jury.
immediately after the discharge OF the jury
reporter waited upon it's foreman 70 ascertain
THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE
before that body against the County Commits
Eiouers, which had created such stir IN certain
the reporter waa furnished statement
which Was made before that body by
Jerome e. Beardsley, an employe Of James
Forsyth, showing which OF the commissioners
had dealt with the firm Of Forsyth h Co., and to
what amount. Tho statement shown the re-
porter was the original, and bore date Of Dec.
81, 1874.
BEAnDeLEY swoRE
that tho amount opposite the name ct each gen.
tlenau represented their purchases Of the firm,
none OF waich had been paid for, but on the con-
trarr, that the several accounts had been settled
BY beng carried forward to the *'pr06k aud
loss account, as the books would show. Tbs
following is the statement furnished:
samuel ashton. Ct 7.96
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