The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-16
THE COURTS.
The Answer in Another of
the Ring Suits.
EX-Court House Commissioner
Comans Defence.
INTERESTING LOST WILL CASE
The Money Paid by General James Watson
Webb TO influential BrazilianS.
RETRIaL OF SCANNELL TO BEGIN TO-DAY.

In the suit brought In the name OF the people against
ex.Court House Commissioner Thomas Conan TO re-
cover about $500 alleged to have been iraudulcny
appropriated by him his co Commissioners, niger
so Walsh and Norton, ont Of funds received by them
for the completion OF the Court House. Nessrs.
Lockwood and Post, as attorneys for Conan. served
his answer Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham, counsel for the
people, late yesterday evening
In his answer Conan admits that abou, December l,
1870 under section 10 OF chapter 49, OF the Laws OF 1870
the Mayor OF this city appointed james H. lngcrsoll
John j. Walsh, Michael Norton and himself Commits
sioners for completing the new County Court House.
as alleged in the third paragraph OF the
first OF action in the complaint, and no also
admits a similar allegation in the same paragraph.
For separate he alleges, upon Information and
belief that John J. Walsh James II. lngcrsoll and
Michael Norton the other Court House Commissioners,
With whom tho complaint alleges he conspired with
intent dcraud and cheat the plaintiffs, and who have
been heretofore charged with participation in the
moneys alleged 20 have been obtained thereby, have
been prosecuted otherwise pursued by tho plaintiffs
and that the said plaintiffs have heretofore obtained
from them, the said Walsh, Ingersol and Norton, or
some OF them large amounts of money and other
property applicable to the reimbursement OF the
party enhtcd TO the same, and that the plaintiffs
have discharged and released the said Walsh lngcrso
and Norton from all claims on account OF tho matters
aforesaid. For further separate answer he alleges,
upon Information and belief, that Andrew j. Garvey,
with whom the plaintiff alleges in the first of
ton in the complaint he Coman conspired with intent
TO defraud plaintiffs by obtaining payment of certain
bills alleged be false and fraudulent and John ii.
keyser who is in like manner charged in the fourteenth
OF action in the complaint, and John Mcbride
Davidson who is in like manner charged IN the If
teenth of action in the complaint have been pros
ecutcd otherwise pursued by the plaintiffs, and
that the plaintiffs have obtained from said Garvcy
Keyscr and Davidson, some OF them, large amounts
of money and property applicable 10 the reimburse
OF the party entitled thereto and that they, the
said Garvcy, KeyAr and Davidson, have been dis
charged and released from all claims account of such
matters He further alleges that he is informed and be-
lieves that certain parties have been heretofore
charged by the plaintiffs with participation tho
irauus alleged in the complaint, and that plaintiffs have
Obtained from said parties large amounts of money and
other property Tor the reimbursement OF the party
the said parties from all claims account of said mat
tcrs; but lie cannot give the names Of such parties
the amounts received from them.
He still further alleges that Ingcrsol and Garvcy
witnesses Tor the plaintiff In certain action
brought in the Supreme Court by paintG against Mar
garct Watson, Administrative OF James Watson de-
ceased, and that the SAID lngcrsol and Garvey
forward and testified upon the trial OF said for
the plaintiffs by virtue OF agreements severay made
between them and the plaintiffs, that for such tcst
mony in that cause and IN this and similar they
should be released from all claims against them arising
of the pretended frauds referred to in the complaint
each had and still have property great value OF
which all claims arising out of said transactions
great part thereof could, If valid, have been satisfied
The complaint concludes with the same allegation
that contained in all the ring" answers previously
served the effect that the city of New York and
The people OF the State the real parties in interest
and alone entitled to bring this suit.
All allegations in the complaint not specially ad-
mitted by the foregoing statements OF the defendant
denied by him, and the answer IS duly verified by