New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-30
ARREST OF CANAL APPRAISER DAVIS.

ARREST OF CANAL APPRAISER DAVIS.
ruApGrD WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE FRAUDULENT
HAND AwARD-A SUIT FOR THE RECOVERY OF
$4,000 AGAINST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BONDS
MEN-wHY TIE GOVERNOR CANNOT REMOVE
DAVIS.
irROM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY Aug 29.-Thaddeus C. Davis one of the
three Canal Appraisers of the State, arrested on
Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock at the Delavan
House by Under Sheriff Herman, on a complaint
made out in the name of the Acknowledgement, on
charge of willfully defraudDg the State of $4,000
part of the famous Hand award. Mr. Davis was on
the point of departing for his home in Buffalo hav
ing been in the city since Friday when the COM
plant and warrant of arrest served upon him.
He spent the rest of the afternoon in trying to pro-
cure bail. lie obtained it at late hour, A. B. Une
and Peter Hogan of Albany going upon his
bond to the amount of $4,000, at which sum the
bail was fixed. Judge A. NJ. Osborn, who issued the
warrant in the case of Geo. d. Lord, also issued the
papers in this case. Davis remained at the Delavan
House during last night and took the train for home
this morning at o'clock. II is not known when the
case will be called for trial, but testimony will
probably be taken before Judge Osborn during the
present week for presentment by the District
Attorney OF Erie County to the Grand Jury of that
county for Indictment. The tenor of the charge
against Davis is to he found in the evidence given
By Lewis j. Bennett in the hearing on the case of Mr.
Lord After reciting the facts relative to the pro-
eurement of the Hand award by Geo. ID. Lord, as
developed by that evidence, the complaint charges
that Thaddeus c. Davis did fraudulently and
knowingly receive $4,000 of that award. The at
tachment is for the recovery of that money.
DAvIs's UNSATISFACTORY BAIL.
A. B. Ulne of No. 245 Clinton-aye., who is Oh Mr..
Daviss bond is a railroad agent Peter Hogan of
No. go Madison-ave, the first the bond. is the
engineer whose name appears i'll the list OF those
used by the Canal Ring, published recently in The
TRIBUNE. He was resident engineer on the Port
Schuyler work Denison, and considered response
bic for good part of the over estimates by Which
the contractor on that work increased his fraudu-
lent gains. He makes oath on the bond to being
worth $40, 900 over all his debts and liabilities,
elusive of property exempt from execution, although
he was adjudged bankrupt by the Register in
Bankruptcy only short time ago. and was dis
charged by consent of bis creditors
tacIt understanding that he would make good his in
debtedncss as soon as he was discharged. The
AttorneyGeneral intends to except to the bail to-
morrow. When this fact is made known Mr. Davis
Will probably have to renew his search for bonds
men. Auditor Thayer, Canal Commissioner Tbayer,
Controller Hopkins, and Senator ID. y. Wood. visited
Davis when his arrest was made known but he
asserts that he would not ask any Of his party friends
70 90 his ball. preferrng TO that service from
gentlemen who would not be affected by il poll
ticslly.
MPossIBILTY OF THE GOVERNOR sUsPENDING
DAVIS.
There is no law by which the Governor can remove
Or suspend Davis. The bill which passed last winter
originally termed " the Absolute Removal BILL" was
amended so ruthessly by Senators, who feared that
The Governor might have too much power, that it
finally left him none at all lie is now placed in a
position where he cannot suspend or remove an
Official confessedly guilty of subordinating the in
krests Of the State TO the interests Of the claimants
against the State, when that official under the
constitution is made srbter of the largest claims for
which the State be liable. The law as it passed
named certain State officials who could be sus-