, 1876-05-13

safe instead OF money. Doo1ey knew
'aoIt von noIlep 9p, was a i. defaulter, -or At
nothing to the proper authorities because he
had been told by the Collector he would fir mat
tiers all right
1t ia very hard At this time to make anything
liE IN approximate statement Of the amount
IN was in the habit Of taking
checks in advance from parties, and then BY:
pothecating them Il the street or III faro-banEs.
lie has thus been b hind from $100, GOO to $20O,
zoo ut time. He g ncrally carried from $50, o,0G
H., ~>~,~~- - kind Of cash right along
used to put
in the safe. which would generally read that lie
owetl the City Treasurer that amount in cash,
aud the due bill was counted as so much Of the
taxpayers money in. the. city vaults, which
seems good deal liks the greeabackers' r.
further behind the due bill grew larger, until,
finally, the paper disappeared, aud thus the
theory exploded. And, then again, he would
taks IN checks to the amount say Of s3,0o0 or
54,W0; George would get these cashed and
He gave thc city's receipts for the money,
put Won Hol]en took the cash. This thing,
from every evidence which is being brought to
hght now, ran right along, covering period of
nearly four years At night Won Hollen won}d
be carouslng around the Clark street gambling
hells, and in the day collecting money, which b.
vas pocketing. The Times stepped lightly on
the toes Of the detaulter. Il upheld VDa Ho}-
1en's course during his term OF office and last O;
all e1itorlally indorscu him, and asked that lis
ouicc should b. continued.
THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WARRANTS
are all returned to the Comptroller, to whom
the City Collector il obliged to report, aud WHO
Should examine the accounts and who veTifics
to be all right, two months ago.
Yesterday morning Comptroller Hayes took
Possession Of Won H0l}en's o1Iice. Tie books
arc not badly mixed The personal taxpayers
delinquent are 4ome thousands, and nothing
can be stated until these books are balanced, as
Comptroller thinks the amount cannot probably
be lar.45e-not over $50, 600, He thinks
THE cITF WILL NOT LOSE ANYTHING
III the matter. It will take months to 60
in the hands Of CITY Attorney Tuthill, 10 en-
deavor to have an Indictment found against Won
Holleu, and have him arrested Us defaulter.
He vent before the Grand Jury yesterday, but
got there just Us it lad adjourned. He will try
It again to-day
There is 10 default whatever in the real
estate tax, the warrants having been returned
to the County Collector. Tie only loss will be
nc C.:nptt7oi1}er Stated that Won Hollen had
misap2ropriated tug funds Of the city for years,
from what he had learned since his departure
from Cashier Dooley. He had stated that Won
Ho0en WAS delinquent Two years ago Whe0 be
was reelected, and expected then
TO MAKE GOOD H1s DEFICIENCY.
The Comptroller further stated that they had
been trying to get Won Hollen's accounts
straightcued out for some time back, and that
this alarmed him, and be suddenly left
Wednesday ening Won Hollen went to his
Office, and from the vault took about 500, all
the cash there was in it, That be went away
pretty well f1ed there can be no doubt, and he
is now probably On his way to Bremerhayen,
Germany.