, 1876-05-14

| COLLECTED III Won U0ILEA
without its being shortly afterwards discovered b,
these collectors, that u, IN any large amounts
A.-These items, as Rtatad before, a. beius matk
| ed On the warrant and not checked they founi
| anythingof thHt kind, and they came to me abou
it, Or MI. Dooley, Of eourse they would not cop1
those On their col1scsion-books for outside eoilcc
/ ton.
g. 93M i, III sssy S1ss IA f na*k'd paid' ALL the,
9;-Not eheefedf A-Ana il they were not
Q-@Bat when they were copied on their books
A-When they were copied on their books, Why oi
course, going to those parties they would exhibit
Q:-Did yon evet hear OF ANYTHING of that kind
NOT THIS YEAR.
Q.-Did you ever hear OF 1t beiorof A.-Duripe
the yoar 1872 t5ey had 4, CLERK in there who eo
Won Hollen's name, and gave parties receipts which
he never turned over
Q.-Who was that' A-Hls name was Otto
Q,-How wns that arrangedf -A.--Well, he yas
arreated and It WIS some time before be could get
ball, and I think some OF his. friends paid over
some some. $500 or $780, and then he got: bail and
.Qr--st1aw baby A.--.of course the loss came On
Won Hollen Mr. noolcy has a liat Of all those de-
bookkeeper md while was division elerk,
-Then was not there large tof I'M
collected co. taxa Of prior ysars which weEe not
A.-No; because, after1 took hold Of tie books; /
had those amounts brought in pencil in each
On the books IL collected.
Q.--When did you first have any knowledge OF
suspicion OF
voN HoLLEN's BEING A DERAu1T8R
A-We1l, had no suspicion at nll Of his being
q defaulter, only In regard to- those items, as
stated before. tsnpposed that he was. using those
things temporarily, II anticipation Of big SALARY,
had no idea that he Ind appropriated any large
amount.
,Q.--Dfd you know anything about. his gum
the first heard Of It. was very little outside Of
tue otace- had things to attend to in the Office,
and never heard anything Of that character.
TIE DISCHARGE.
you, II: Heaao.dY A:-Yes. SIT.
chse ioR M Von Mosa hss aa als @ns
told by Mr. Hopper and Mr.. Dooley both that I
would have to leave, but told them should not
take aay discharge from anybody except from head-
:Q.-What*wast the ground OF your discharget A.
The ground they stated was that there WAS no ap-
Q.-No appropriation for yonf A.-Ye5, SIR. that
was what they stated
Q;3Did they seem to be suspicious ot you't A.
1on haa 1assr h1R booez IT. sousRs
that knew more than perhnps WIS good for the
G-1ou vera a1tefGafda EakeR back again ten-
Q.-Why was TINT A.-Well, think 3Ir. Hnh-
bard was appointed bookkeeper in my place imme-
sss saass 8 ss sys the .a5 1s Aa'se .
warrants. We. had some ESQ, r. think
Hss ss' d.cssd %s wcas aea s s. Il h' m a .
Of settling the 1874 business Of course, when I
was. discbatged, ! dseRped everything where T.:
thought was necessary for him to 60 on and balance
up I nnderstood that be waa to do my work, and
afterwards was told that Mr. Hubbard Was ap-
very well. He didn't know anything about it, and
I heard run1or that my books were IN snch
mixed. complicated condition that nobody could
reputation, went back to show them tie way ont @
and Mr: pooley, and Mr* Hubbard, and myself took
anced them up, and returned them to the Comp
trnller
Q.--so there has beeR no defa1cation in the
special assesament warrant? A.-No, sir.
Q.-Did you have the combination to the vault!
Ayes SIR; but not to the safe.
Q1-Who e,se. besides yourself had the combina-
t!on to theyault: A;-Ar.. Hopper, and Charley
Qs-And Mr. Won Hol1en, A.-The combination
rna changed at the time that the Town Collector
vent in there this last winter, and Mr. Won Hollen
Q+-Nobody but Dooley and Won Hollen had the
combination to the safe? A--No sir, not that
Mr Doo1ey was not there, that they would have to
wait for Mr Won Hol1en to get tha safe open in the
.o:-bo yon know what there wss in the safe, No
Qr-Never examined the eontcnts' A-No sir.
The contents constdered-1 was given: to UNDER
'tand had nothing at all to do with
Won uoLLHv.
Q.-Whcn did y0u 1ast see Won Hu11enf Al
aw him about half past 4 O'Clock on Wednesday
Q.-Where Was he then1 A-He was in, the |
Odd you notice anything. peculiar about his |
hoagS sss vas he eops1oss ones IL se
and casually dropped into tho office,
nd this wns about 4 o'clock or a little after |
ss ss sssaS ass saa m id
ombinstion TO- the van]t-writtng It ont for him.
de wrote it and it didn't work and Mr- Hopper
ot make ltopetats, and III: Hepper came to aas
nd says: fon. haye got the esmbination to the
ault, you know Il, don't your Says Eyes sir."I
he he one u 81 that IL: White III kad given lin, and saw
iol1en ono that had and etrcd It with thai, and
ad been absent two Or three days. couple OF
aye then;--and he said that Us long o. Dooley was
ot there, he would have. tu coma down in tho
3orning to open the vault so gave him the COM
Q.-He had tho combination to. tho safe 2. A.
res, sir,
Q.-Dfd be have key to the door Of the edlce,,
Yes, sir,
Q.-There WIS nothing to prevent his coming in
he Office atnny time nfter fhat and opening: the
ault and getting into the eafe: :: A--No, sir.
Q4-Do you know whether there Eas my money l.
! the safe at that tines a MIR. White can tell
on al shout that; only have his word for it. I
sked him yesterday.
-Q--What did he say abont it! Ale said; that
II. Won Hollcn wanted to give him the combina:
on OF the safe In writing, and he said he would |
ecause he did not know what wns In the safe, but Il
gave the collections OF TINT day to Mr.. Won Hol-
N, and Mr.. Won Ho1len took them into the vault, |
I'D ho supposed he put them into the safe and
,cked it. J.
Q--How much. weEe. they, do you remember? l.
The license collections, believe, and q little
a persona1 property, 5000 or $500 he thought and
1e eafo Ind not been unlocked from. that time To-
esterday morning.
Q.-How do you know1 A.-He aayEso.
Q.-White Guys sos A.---Yes, sir; he says be
nows, hecause It was not unlocked the day before,
the safe hadn't been, I asked White yesterdayif
is money was IN the aafe, aud be said he did not
Qr-Had he been in to look in1 A-lsuppose /
Q--Where is White nows A.-He is around
are. He is the license clerk ! asked him how
uch he pat In, and he said he didn recollect now
1t he said 1t waa $6O0to or 4T00. What they called
e reeeipt-slip will show how much it was how:
1eh for ncsuses, and how much for the rest
TIE INDICTMENT. Il
The Grand Jury yesterday had its: attention |
lied to the Won Hnlleu matter bY the appAar- |