, 1876-07-08
O'Hara and the Hlbernfan Bank
Deposit.
All About That Sum in the Fourth
National.
Tho Donrd Of publlc- Works Still Mealtat.
ing on Reductions.
rhe Finance Committee and Its
Time Revenue War
rants.
DAN O'IIARA.

THAI UNHbiAAHb nANSu"As
A frcw DAYS ago Tns TRIBUNE contained
parsrrapb explaining according to tic bcst light
Of Tic wf.tcr the reason why hir. Dan O'1lara,
ate City Tscasuror, had not paid over to Mr Cltn-
>or Briggs Mi the money due the city. YcsteF-
lay gentleman Of thls city scnt to this otllce
slle slip neatly cut from THE TRIBUNE aud ioi-
lowed 1t with these eommcntss
An Of which 10 the contrary notwithstanding
MT. Dan OI1ara IL dcfalltcr, And has n9t KlsGn
R ne te SoS baisnss o bm smpy M
ae has not got enough there TO his credit: 10 is
hort scyera thonsand doaso over az hn1ve r.
knows this, and 80 docs tho Finnnco Gomm.teo; ~ aco
Mhy no sefSs1'ss begun a. 0''0
now ashamed TO tell to trath about im; AK ts
inn ~ js.,oan how much There 10 to tho cfedt Of
Diiasa at lhc illborntan Hank. No inoro fooi'ng'
In order to get at something further and more
dcAult1, reP9steF as . 92'ea !sn1's ea uospsxxs
and briefly stated to hin tho substance Of tug
ciIargc,-that tho lato City Treasurer uni not
nancy In bank, as tic hal said l'a hau, 70 1ny
the c!ts's dc'nnud against him. III reply INC
sst," "No. sr; s Is has not money enough thero to
nav tlle sum tiuu the city, and when lo says lug
ins he lies. 1Is owes tl,o csy some $s2o9 1a ana
to % tt1s extont of *6,0oo, more Or less.
aTlis III matter l.as been source Of great an
noyancc to us [his honds'ncn], and one Of cur
I ter Closed up. lie went to tic City Comptroller,
md to tho Finance Committee, aud to tho City
Attorney, and demanded TINT q suit
10 caseretl aganst us as bonlsmen, 20 that thc
Eicfhrr We Ind got to make up the sum or not,
md We wanted q cluttco to enter sslit ngalilst
O'IIara II We hati, but VIC couldn't Ect the au-
lhorLtics to do anything about It at atl."
m xs e wos ss'fss Z he sI I a' ds,%aa. ssa sts aos L e
suppose 80; hut that is not the question;
they win DIX Tint up somehow IS far ~ tho
ni shci'y want "a to know about Is tl.e balanco lrit
by t'cliucttnE what there Is In the lllberntnn
10 O'fInra's credit from thu sum l!o owes the
tity; wc want to know II We must pay TINT, and
Il wo 1iave got to VS. want 10 do IT and get rc-
lcHse,-llave tho bond squared ur."
Il 1sn't there somc sort Of connection between
&hts 81, 600 OF such q mattrrand the SUN O'Hara
lost
wnEH THE FOURTH NATIONAL WENT ur!"
sit Is that sntne sum-, rs I understand It.
You sec when the Fourth WIS getting sIspt-
euls one Of Dams bontlsmen went to him and
lsked him to dFaw out Ills balance there, and
he promised to; but l,e never did It, and there.
o, s,x, 1s lost lost r.. which Of COURSE lie vi"
r, at st l,FR1, b s., gut Of tho Fourth when
"Oh, some Of llfa political friends were mixed
up With It, and be felt obliged to them to do as
"Aftcr all, suppose Mr.. O'I1ara's fortune
viii easily cover ahy loss TINT may oecnrl"
so sertan3y s, Pan 9nst to b. To,h ,gan
id 6ooo Or more on interest on thc clty's money.
It Isn't that TINT troubles ua, but the way tho
little matter hangs OIL and bot1cra us; 1t ought
to have been settled some time ago.h
&-~&, L. sta ff1f (n1
and asked to know how much Mr.. O'Ilara was
really indebted to tho city, In the absence Of
tho Comptroller, the bookkeepcr gavc the
figures to = copper. They were teaCol'4s.
MR. nRENAN,
Deputy City Treasurer, - to what balance Mr.,
O'HnrR had in the Hiberninn Bank. Tho an-
swer was that It was few cents over SO, 600.
bondsman, md showed a prIma facte case
tgatnst Mr.. Onara, seeming to convict him Of
being aefaulter to the amount Of 90, GOO.
=. But II Is always safe to go to the bottom Of
the matter In my casc, and Tho reporter asked q
fsw more questions Of Mr. BEenan:
"Thia seetns to show, docs 1t not, MI. Bronat,,
that hir. o,Hara hasn't Nancy enough tn pay
the c!ty with eyon Y he gould freely check out
hia whole balance at tho 1iibcrntan3"
Oh, he has money enough there to pay tho
amount standing againstltm On thecity "a bo6kn.' y
M!leT Dc yog mean; >, ts It part OF the old
lorc the failure Of tic Fourth that It WIS weak,
aud checked out nbout nil Our balanco until q
low days before tho failure VIZ llaA only
hbout $4,000 thorc. T1lIa WAS secured to ua by
s'ty Gertllcates and rcal.catate paper, 80 that
The city could not possibly lose q cent. We hayc
ever since been getting tflu matter into ellupe,
and cashlng tho securities. 80 that now there
pnly retnaina one mattcr Of 800, and that viii
on sl0, COO worth q real estate. Tlo city viii
aose nothing by tho Fourth at all. or course,
!he trat!sfer on the city's books uf this matter
from o'llArn to Briggs cannot rcll take place
until the Whole is puid inn
"Dn understand you to soy, then, that yhcu
this sum of o., 800 IL pntd In, Mr. O'Ilara viii
hive money enough n tho 1liberntan Bank tc
meet hi, check for ca, A., with which te