New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-16
O'BRIRN'S FALsR CLAIMS.

ANALYSIS OF THE ExSHERIFT6 PAYROLL.
CoNxsNys ON rHB NIL BEroRs TIE EEorsLaruhH
-rHs AMOUNT ALREADY PAID 10 Kx-sHRRrFr
onaIEN DECLARED 10 BIZ EXCESSIVE AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THOSE ON the PAY
xoIIe DECLARE THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE
r7sR SALARIES CHARGED TO THEM - OTHERS
STATED 10 BE MYTHS.
The exposure In THE TRIBUNE OF yesterday
Of the attempt by exShcrih James OBrien 70 procure
she passage Of law which, white apparently general In
its PROVISIONS was really local BILL and sntended 70 mp
ply 70 Nev-York City alone and benent ex Bitch
IN particular wac the subject Of general discussion
$500 pol,ticssns and others yesterday. That ex-
snav1f Oprien should endeavor TO procure the
uassaxs Of an act allowing the present or any
futurc Board Of Supervisors to audit his eiains'
whenever he judged that the time was most favorable
AFTER receiving Is for tree years services rs
Sheriff was characterized by one politician a. "thc sub
nmtty Of impuence Jmmys paSA and no ono else put
Ne would have dreamed of presenting such claim at
time lie ths when every Ia complaining OF hard
stnes and Official robbery and corruption OF oil KINDS
being exposed and the robbers being brought 10 JUS
tace" wcllknown municipal lawyer said tnat inc o'
was most transparent fraud The endeavor 70 make
appear general bill simply absurd when inc phrase
eogy was considered II provides that 1.-The Board OF
sunervtrs Of sny county the State having within It's
limits city Of over 100000 inhabitants shall be and
are hereby vested with full power and authority TO
examine. audit and allow oil claims and accounts pre-
sented by Sheriff former Sheriff Of said county, etc.
This could only apply to NewYork City, and the one per
son whose elaine would be covered more especially by
this peculiar wording could only be OBrien There were
few persons who believed that the bill would become
law after the thorough exposure which had been mace OF
its rue character and the large sums which might nc
taken from the county under the guise OF these cas
The amount chained by Sheriff Bren slarge enough
II Ia claimed, make him willing to disburse largo
surno corrupt possible the Board Of Supervisors be-
fore whom future he might choose to present his
claims for audit, and thus procure theirailowance
Furthermore it charged, by those who are viii
ling 70 make good their assertions that not only were
the amounts charged by Mr. OBen in nearly every case
excessive and beyond what he was legally entitled to- as
the records in the Finance Department will prove, but
thst persons returned the payros Of the sher-
Ms Office and their salaries paid monthly, who did not
perform the duties apperanng to these eces and that
tho money thus obtained from the city not paid over
% them Some of the persons who thus appear as re-
eeying large salaries Assistant Under sheris and
Deputy 6hers win make AFFIDAVIT that they did not re-
eeve the salaries credited to them and others will
that Of the whose names are borne on inc
payroll are myths. 80
hie great amount Of money received by Sheriff OBrien
during his Of Office and particularly this sudden and
extraordinary in certain particulars, naturally
ned the suspicion that there was something wrong An
examination Of the Of the persons upon the pay
ro upop which portions of this money We're collected
that such suspicious bad very solid fcunda
she amounts stated In such payros being due to var
Ous phYsOns: