, 1876-03-11
THE FARCE OF "tNvEsTIcATlpN,"

As PLAYED NJ THE COUNTY BOARD costrANY.
Again the Investigation Of Recorder Jim Stow
art Is postponed. It will bo remembered thnt
the Committee On Public Records OF tho County
Board agreed to meet ut the Recorders office
Wednesday morning and .begin thorough
examination Of tho boots, but only Commissions
o: Muiloy made himself conspicuous by his
pseaence. So nothing Was done that day; nor
tho ncxt. After putting OF tho preliminasics as
lang ~ consistent with tho tomper Of tho public,
tho Committee finally camo together yesterday
morning. Thoy werc in no haste, however, but
dropped In BinEty and ut gentocl intotyala. Com
missioner johnson WAS the first to ar1iya on the
sccno, though ho was not directly connected
with The investigation. Tie mado his ap,
pearance as ABOUT half-raBt 0 o'clock. which
was m extraordinarily early hour. to bo suro, for
county official. IIo wound mp his TALKING
apparatus, and, having firmly secured Stewart ID
corner, act II going. Dy.had-by in came Com
missioner Holden, followed by hIulloy, aud
aftor another tntorval, CohlY and Carroll. Some
tlmo was apcnt In tho usual polite Interchange
ct compliments respecting the Weather. Tie
Kecordor NaH on hand. having recovered from
his Budden attack Of sickness, which probt, n,od
him on tho day when tho Committee previously
mat, but wlich tuttacgfouay loft him ~ Hoon ~
the Committoo had adjourned. lie wont around
from ono Commissioner to tho other
PLEADING TO BE INVESTIGATED.
lie wanted hia innocence to bo shown at once,
nnd tho sooner the Comn.itteo wnlked into lis
books tho better. Il chouid bo explained ttat
no had previously boon holding mysterious c,n-
sultatlona With tho members OF tho Comui toe
separately. as for thoso gentemon, they van
dercd around tho Office with wlltad and bewil-
dered alr. and evidently Wantoa to get sway as
soon AZ saoy deoently could. Chiof.Olerk Oyor-
lock made ono or two weak nttempts to show
them tho recefpt-book and the payroll, but lie
might a. nell have exhibited 10 them tabss Of
hloroglvphlcr. Thoy did pot rerBeyero. At abou.
IL O'clock they assembled in btownxt's private Of
fico and began conference ~ to
TIE rLAN TO be prnsuED.
Commissioner M4lloy, Chairman Of the Com
mlttee, acted as moderator.
Commissioner Holden thought thoy had better
doctde upon some doliuit0 courso Of actlnn. For
hiH part, he did not believe thore was anything
wrong III the Necordos'a Office, but the Noaed
had Instructed uom to inyeatlgate. and tLelo-
fore they ought to Investigate. ue did not 500
axsctly how thoy wero to Eet at 1t.
Commissioner Carroll seconded tho eenttment
ot tits colleague as to tho correct condition of
tne itecorder'a accounts. lie had board It stated
| ihat lAo ltecordor Was bahh1d In his CASH, aud
1eye u. l!o WAS IN favor Of immediate action.
CommiHs!oher Holden suggosted that three
exports be called iu to aid tho Committee, Quo
90 20 Appointed BY each ae,ntor. to 20 through
tno DOCKS ca1o1uiiS, evcn II tt took Weok.
x1PEnTa.
". :: Voahaa as th'a point came tn. Ne is
ono OF btewstt'z bondsmeu. Holden said that
h. Tould select onahan = ono Of tbe e1psIts.
~. Ohahaa sepllGa that ha was IN Interested
without compensation.
Commisslouer Carroll said he would 20 and
look up ~ export. Ho put hia head outside OF
tho door and w!okod Ct Iaan WHO wan sitting
outside, whetoupon tho party entered and wa
Introduced to tho other Commissioners ~ "Sir.
Hitchcock" The uaw arrival oBseatat!ously II.
ysncsd to the Recorder and said:
I" 1o" dy'o do, Mr.. Stewart. l belioyo nesar
mot you before, mover MAJ tn your Office"
StoWart Hhook hands with him very grayely.
TITS fArca wpa very poorly played. however,
~ amy one could 500 that 1t was ali Tor etlock.
Now came Mnlloy's turn. lie said that he had
no export 1t hand, and would not bo able 10
produce ons before Monday. Tho oshor NOM
bors OF tho Comn,ltteo expostulatsd With him,
assuming An atr Of Bsyese morality that would
have suited Machiayel!i:: had that parsonage
beou gifted with an tlbeEnian acoent. It WIS
no 10. Mulloy refused to 10 oonyiuoed. lIo
would not 60 Oh with tho proceedings until Mon.
day. To they, much against their manlfest feel
tnBs, Mero forced to submit to the delay, and
the Comn!ttee adjourned uulil Monday morn
l1E ut 10 o'clock.
uEMlSu TIE CURTAIN,
I, HITCHCOCK 1a young follow who uas for eono
time employed In the County Clsrk's oflce, but
w. w. aischaFgsd when tue force sas reduced ju
laE stewa1t TO secure place in tie Neeosdo1'a
ottea, aud Ills observation to thu Itecorder that
it WAS the tras tiuae he lad ever met Linn, was
elther Al incomplete Aenteuce-the wostls Il this
morning " being accidentally otnttod-or it wns
rather clumsy plecs OF amateur acting, Inc
public need not be SURPRISED IL Hitchcock has
clorkHhip In tue olics III tllroe weeks. Arain.
tho mAn lad been iu CONSULTATION with Carroll,
and hati come to tue otce viii, him. The lam.
missioner remarked that ha would LOOK around
and Heo ii he could find ~ axpert, lie Iuuk..i
out in tue hall and remarked, With avery siQn nf
amazeaient. "Why. here's the worry man wsut. !"
.As far ~ cAa b0 1esgaed tho Whols tl.:pc VSs