, 1876-05-21

| About three weeks ago.
Gle said that be had heard itfrom some othc
Qr-Dld he say that he had heard It from othc
persons alsor A.-Ycs. sir. will perhaps rerol
fect the names Of the ottcrs by-aud-by.
that IS soon as you heard Of itl A.-Yes. sir.
! asked him. He said no, 1t was not 30. He said Il
ALL NoNsENsE,-
there was no such thing at all
not. Then told Dooley, the cashier, too, wis
Q-Whas did Doo'sy say, ;A---Doolcy seemed
things were going On. I asked Doolcy how it was
be could make everything up in twenty hours.
Everything to satisfy the city.
Q-@vDid pooley say he thought he could do it!
Ollie thought he could make It up In twenty
four hours: A-Yes. sir.
Qe-Did Dooley tell yon that he was behind:
the FIRST time I spoke, to him after 1ir.
Greenehanm spoke to me in the month Of March,
Says 7, '*Mr. Doolcy. would like to find out
t. enoM scher @aSh p
to TIL You, ! am in the confidence Of Mr.. Won
hsen; and u haSs bus no 10 rsht 70 70 ts yqa
dcnce, and refused to tel! you whether lie was be-
hind or not: A:-Tes, sig; be said that it didn't
amount to much. He said he was little behind
bnt need not feel alarmed ut ali; be was rcspons
bic man. Says he, will loot out that everything
i correct go long as am here" That didn't sat-
isiy nc, so asked.
Q.-Owen was clerk In tho Office? Ayes
sir. lie was Doolcy's assistant. saye, s.Gus,
let me sec those books. Can yon tell anything
seSa seSn, Iit 9h @ s saa1y BE aWf VIII III ,esn S
IS II Gus was little afraid to show them to me in
the presence Of Dooley, but he managed 80 that 7
eonld ses tes book xs:s his salary was 1fIwoa1d
give little slip into the cashicr to advance me
few dollars and he would deduct TINT from my
saa h5 pe mesEs 81 Is eos m Tue IS ss5s M n
and so at the end Of the month the slips were put
together with pin for each man, and then de-
way With Won mollens, 70 / asked Gus. Says ST I:
"Gus, Is George behind with his salaryf Does he
overdrawe" lie showed me, then. the book, and
How: in Coda name, can he make that npt
What business has be to draw his salary in that
way, and what ia:he doing with it:" lie says: II
don't know. "
Q.-You spoke about
a CoSvERsAT1oN you had
With Mr. Von l1ollcn on the "Wednesday evening
before hc left: A.-Yes, sir.
said: Now, GEORGE, told you that must have
Hs% s dow ~s,sa sss x5s 5ss soys3s t.; !
eEesythins correct and al right?' lie - says: =
trouble yourself. You need not be button; ;holins
be said, = that everything is all hight. y Well, then
Iasked Charley White. asked him where noolcy
was: He said ''Mr, Dooley has gone to IL his
Q.-Whsn vas that A;-That was the next
}i 6lnatign ; Of the yault, but he didn't lie, feel
"Why don't you come here and opeu tic
vault in the 1norning! Says I, 4' 1t is your bust
ness TO be here the clerks can get their books"
t,SnS~
therein the ofnce any more. Says l, ~ want 10
find you here and settle up with you.''
Q.-Yoq were on hs bond, weren't sou. A.
Yes, sir; was on his first bond.
Q--Ion felt IN interest becaase he wasa brother.
ir1-law Of yours! A.-Ycs, sir, and as worked
there in the office told lin it would BE- very bad
everything should not be straight and right He
told me necd not bother my head about that
Q.-Did you tell him about
THAT CHECK
be said that was all right; be had that hack. Hc
said il was game played on him.
die didn't deny that he gambled. A-No,
6@pid s yoa go ever tell the Comptroller or any Of
bled! A--No, sir.
Q,-At no timer A--No, sit, at no time that
Q.-Did you mention it to anybody besides Won
Hollen himself. A--Well might have mention
~ OIL E1AUU0t FGEClEcL IQXL Q4Q.
might have mentioned it to somebody.
KEEPING MUM.
about this: A--They told me that everything was
.Q--yop didn't believe everything WAS all right,
did you, when .you knew TINT he had given that
check to Hankins, A:-So, sir: but t!sn Dee!ey
week. 50, according to that there would be consId-
erable salary coming to him.
,Q.-B1t then ~ yon knew ~ that be had oyerdrawn
sir; certainly. Then, Of course, I told both Of
Lhcm that would give him time to straghten 1t up
and satisfy me that everything straight else
Q;-What were your duties while You were clerk
q the office. Mr. Heppcr? A.-7When I came in
here dsst they made me what they call chcfcerk.
what h called the cash-book.
.Q:-Did you know anything about his being hc- !
lind and having large amo.lnt OF
DUE BILLS
here in the safe in place Of money! A.-No, sir;
Q.-Did you ever hear about it: Al heard |
hat he had given due bills for it. aud that he had
|ome checks tied up, and as soon IS he could get !
he money he would fix 1t. That vas told me by !!
he cashier.
Q.-Dooley told you there were due-bil1s there.
here .e' s'' nl- o''''' '''' ''' n' +'p o'' 'al'
Q.-Did he tell you what amount they were: A.
old him thnt he had checks enough to cover ati |
hat: that there was lot Of money tied mp, aud so
n; 1t would be all right without any trouble
Q,-Do you know |
HOW THIS DEGRADATION OCCURRED
Mo. I have not an idea how he could mike it, |
scept as he opened his letters. lie might have
aiken out checks what WAS sent
onal taxes, as understood from the bookkeeper |
nd from 1lr. Heafford. forgot to state that I |
allied, ono time, Mr.. ueadord in the vault,
nd Mr. Hubbard That was after I |
1T the office, and told them that
heard some bad rumors on the street, and I asked
hem II they didn't know anything, or II there was
ything in it, II they had found anything out, and
recollcct at one time sat down and looked oscr
le peraopal- tax books there. Mr.. Heatford told
,e for sure-and he has to know and must know It [
that the real estate warrant and also the special
arrants were nll correct up to that tfme-that IL
,r 1874. OF course the real estate must be correct
hey have never advertised delinquent list during
" time there, although have often mentioned
lat it ought to have been done.
Q.-N there was any deficiency in the deltn-
nent list It would have been discovered when the
roperty was so1dY Ayes, sir.
Q1-There was never any deficiency in the de- |
nqucnt list: A--No, sir, often mentioned that
,e delinquent list ought to have been advertised.
Q.-Who did you say TINT to! Al told that to |
ooley, and told 1t to Nr. Hubbard
Q.-What did they says A--Thcy said they had
ever done It before; that it was not the custom,
ID they bad never done it during their time;
Q.-Did YOU ever say anything to Won Hollen
told him. Hc said it was never done before.
says, Now, George, it would bring n
arc : peo people ii =! you IA aavelsised that dc:
nqnent list Or il yod,, would send
1t clerks every week, because the people would u