The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-16

Grand Jury which was about Inquiring into the ndict
ment OF George d. Lord Tor bribery upon the evidence
there they investigated the or Superntendents
welsh and Kelly Of the Buffalo section OF the Ere
canal They found that coal had been delivered 10 Doh
these men and to H. T. caryl welsh's clerk by Ellis
webster coal dealer in Buffalo and charged as delv
Sa9u 70 1ne state The following is the testimony oil
1ohn heiiy IN regard TO the charge
Account shown on ledger Of Ellis Webster page
90 ieT coal, delivered December 10 aud I5-Annount
g P,S you ever pay Ellis Webster any Of money
dered that account in the world ~ wv
9 Did You eyer pay MIN any other money that
for$i46 % on account of that bnlf A. / cannot say
ELLIS wEBsTER's INSTITUTION
On the same day Ellis Webster the dealer referred
to- whose books had been overhauled by H. r. Taintor
the accountant made tho following restitution and con.
fesson;-
O. Referring to witness books find that the State
aa hs % 10 %sh $50 John
e' Welsh s again" total 81 s s %S Ss1 made D.
against the State Tor property which the State had not had
q You are satisaedY A. Yes. sir.
These charges are all covered by vouchers A. Yes,
require return this PSney wrong
asked tme for and 'ubeGaent handed to
the Commissioners a certified check for $50 6al
Kelly removed by the Canal Board last mouth
after Intellectual attempts to have him removed at the
time these exposures were made by the old Board.
Welsh had been out Of Office for some time.
IL will be remembered that one Of the three awards
made 10 George d. Lord exposed in report OF the
commission, was made by the three Canal Commits
sioners Jackson, Stroud and Barley, and that soon
after Il made Bar KEY while stopping at the Della
House in Albany, received Canal Commissioners
certificate for g. 900 from Louis J. Bennett the
chief claimant in the award The commiss on nvesti-
gated Barkley and extracted the following testimony
from him.
THE Hand award shown witness
O. This award appears be in the riting Of Thad
deus G. Davis DID you empty HIP to appear before you
thing said about Mr. Davis taking down, and he did
O. Who authorized him to draw the awardf A. don't
know.
@ In tho subpoena you we asked you produce
the Of envelope which Davis is said 70 have
last Ime Davis the Deavan House after this award had
been made sss and handed n ws
quested me to hand yop" took the letter and opened IT,
the thought struck me in a m9nen. there WAS WAS
Mr. DAVIS but he had gone sos sun All envelope and put
the certificate in H. and backed L j. Bennett, Baf
the Office Of the Delavan House had certificate my
O Have You seen i Davis since, A. Yes. sir
You never said ything TO him about i them A.
q Didn't Stroud this question How much of the
made aSsr that sq 10 & Gs only IN ne
tod him the exact circumstances As have told You here
produce that check for Or we viii have you here until
stay here as long as you but when 1000
never received s. 900 except what returned
Barley advert sed the certificate in tho Albany
papers for several days aiterward but apparently with
out result, has yet been returned TO the
State
William II Bowman, who was attorney for Lord l.
Kiley in one of the Hand awards having received
81, 600 certificate his fee voluntarily appeared be-
fore the commission on October and made restitution
follows
commission that the award to John Hand OF December g.
1874 made upon fraudulent claim against the state
certificate hold learned that award
i y % SSS s s@s
mission as early as the 18th Of seRemSet sent my cer
sion that they understood IT, the would be
With and for ans
Semse has been Incurred on behalf Of the people in relation
TO that certificate No ls3 above described. in
action that fictitious claim and my connection with
i was simply attorney for George d. Lord aud John
THE ONEIDA LAKE CANAL
Among other subjects of inquiry the improve
ment OF the Oneida Lake Canal, contracts for which
were let George d. Lord who took sections of
the canal Jacob Schau who also took two and Henry
}. Mowry, who took the remaining one. Charles A.
Sweet present Division Engineer OF the Middle Divis
ion Syracuse testified before the commission that
these five contracts over payments OF $4,000 were
secured by special acts OF the Legislatures Of 1869 and
1870, and that while the State had already paid
$3.50 Ice 81 upon the work II Is still unhnshedi Henry
ID. Denison, by additional contract for compile
ton, having already netted an overplus almost as
great
repairs Of section / of the oswego Canal, let to
Thomas Gale the contractor received twenty per
more than his bid called for and the estimates having
been rejected by the witness account Of their excess
were nevertheless passed. without the required en-
glneer's certificate and paid
WATER RENTS
An investigation also made Into the charges
OF Withholding the interest back rents Of the
Troy Hydraulic Company In 1861 by the present SEN
ator Hammond when he was Deputy Attorney General
II appears from the testimony that the interest was
paid according TO agreement TO A. G. johnson, editor
OF the Troy Wing, for prosecution Of test suit
which judgment obtained and the remainder Of the
money handed In 10 the Canal Department by Dep
uty Attorney General Hammond The checks for pay
ment given TO Attorney General Myers at inter
vals during 1851 and the following testimony indicates
the movement OF the checks aterward:-
g. What connection have you with the State Bank of
q. Look at the checks hand Jon, and them; A.
The FIRST check on the fATneI Bank Of she city Of Troy
Attorney General q s26so signed
Stamp Of the New YORK state National Bank upon l.
To n ms%nonS Saly I II % 20 VINO"
charles 0 Myers Ay dSs o on s Ss 81
rent: due from Troy hydraulic compsoy for $1,000 in
y Did yoq know his handwriting A No sir
check went through the State Bank
To eS% e,, % @ yo@ on Se gn
we had check that day on Troy Of $1,000 whether that
q Prom whom yo9 received !, you esaDo. tell No,
able 20 the order OF Charles a. Myers Attorney General on
Of rents Of Troy Hydraue Company signed
Sdcrsed By Charles Myers xlssrusr Genera
nond Tor 81 600 and tho day had check Troy
70, $1,000 and ne s 4 .e , NJ check oe S
signed BY William or Sunnngham: Secretary end and
on that day Mr. Hammond had deposit something
than that and the day had check Troy,
which presumed the same thing; that check pur
ports be Endorsed by Charles g. Myers Attorney Generals
BE 70 MyePs fo Too signed BY o c1nn%sbs treas
Troy Hydraulic Company; don't lind that Mr. Ham
credited that day. but ind have q check
Troy day two after TO that same amount don't
know who II credited TO-
o And know bui what yOu give the money! A. No.
sir.
@ Would the your books show whose favor
the check paid ~ A. No. sir.
a. Then do this for what money Hammond drew
ont your bank the 7th day Of November and Tor
three days each Of Take Il from the LIST 70 the loth
Of November, 1851.
Further examination postponed permit witness 10 ex-
anime the bank book
EXAMINATION REsUnKD.
O. Have you examined the account Of stephen u Ham
mond from the LIST 70 she 1Oth Of November. leolf a
Yes sir. - -. A.,
q What do you hndf A. ind that daring that time
he drew a check check Of November 2, for $2JOl -
O. Il that the only within that periodi A. ~ any
condder abe amount yes. any amount over $50 or
$500; check the 1th o. August OF w. August