The New York herald., 1877-12-25

oom...--- ...,, os signed by tho Treasurer J. NJ Pat.
dent cscr.s w. Norson and tia, ts banks wherein tia
funds OF this Board are keat and dspostcd
not hed OF this rssoiunon.
k.,aysa. That Owen murphy be and he IL hereby re-
moved from the position OF Treasurer OF this Board
Il generally said that ,ho action OF The Excise
C0mmissio ioners very much like shutting the stable
door alter the colt had been stolen.
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
II asccrtaned yesterday that the accounts Win
the various banks were not IN the pano OF The Excise
Board and not even in Murphys name as "freasurer
q the Commlssioners Of Excise " ou. Simply as owen
Excise required all their signatures 10 DO APP
pended 10 drafts upon their funds as
SAID Mr. Robert Buck, the venerable cashier OF tho
Pacific Bank. Among lawyers and bank officials Inc
Commissioners were legally responsible for allowing
Mr. Murphy 10 handle these moneys as though they
his own. and without any check upon HIM what
soevcr. Mr. Buck says that the Pacnc Bank Will not
recognize the right Of the Excise Comm ssoncrs 10
draw upon tho excise money until legal decision has
been rendered tho point for the $40 600 SIM re-
maining with the Pacific Bank were held SIMPLY
in ,le name Of "owen Murphy, Treasurer" There
of Ihe Excise Boardn Tho $40, 900 paid him
day between twevc and one r ~, were handed bim IN
i've ST. 900 and ten $500 bills Mr. Murphy said 70 NJ
BUCK when he presented the certified check Tor $4,000
I nave over Sl00, Tank and don't want 10 have
SO much there. Now I'll draw this $4,000 aud The
were ia quite mudclcn II has been a subject of dis
cussou why Murphy, he wanted 10 abscond, ala not
draw ins snsre r., ms omission NJ Buck declared
that II Murphy had desired 70 draw more than tho
$4,000 tho bank would PROBABLY have declined 10 take
German Exchange Bank, which gave Murphy the GER
ted check SAID yesterday that had his suspicious not
been aroused he would probably have given Murphy
tho $50 600 iu bills. AZ II no preferred TO give
certified check which he knew Murphy could not get
cashed readily without inquiries nrst oehg maae a.
the office Of the Commissioners. Tho $5c, 600 check
was duly paid in yesterday through tho clearing
House ovs
Mr. Hamilton, the cashier OF the Bowory National
Bank said that the 10000 winch Murphy drew from
the German Exchange Bank were deposited Win me
nrst named institution Oa the very next day after tho
deposit Mlrpny SO, ,00O anu ON Friday last
al about three O'Clock IN the aIternoon he drew the
the later occasion Mr. Hamilton asked hiln what
was the matter When Murphy replied nonchalanly
thai the public had kicked up such aas be %.,sa
Strengthened up thingsl" Mr.. Hamilton exclaimed u
was ascsrtaned yesterday, although the Excise Com
ner that they were In complets ignorance Of the
S2O,0C0 which Murphy had drawn out IN August iasL
As ne made some deposits with the Chamberlain. how
ever 10 August 1t possible that this $4,000 was
not cmbcZzied. without II, however, the amount
missing s,ill about S35 0o0-naney, $50 QUO drawn
on Friday from the Bowery National $4,000 on Sat-
urday tho Pacific and S. 900 from ''miscollane.
ous, sources And all this complete ignorance OF
his fellow Commissioners.
Mr. Adrian, the President OF the German Exchange
stated yesterday that s25 600 OF the excise moneys
stu remained with them, and this. with the $4,000
the FUNDS still in the banks $4,000
suPERisrESDRSr wALIISG's DISCOVERIES.
superintendent Wang was put Ia possession OF on
important Glow yesterday hacknau namod Finne.
gan that Saturday afternoon he was accosted
by Mr.. Murphy, who was standing In University place.
and engaged him. Mr. Murphy, who was very much
excited, had himself driven TO several places on
Seventh avenue and at about twenty-five nlinuies OF
three O'Clock left the hack at the loot OF Christopher
street He rendered the driver nifty cents for his are
which the latter refused. when Murphy gave him
another nfty cents The place whore Murphy lett the
hn.sE ufa mt In
City 10 take ei,hcr cf The following transatlantic
steamers :--Nedsrland, tor Rotterdam, which sailed
ut iour T. n. saturday; the Odcr, which LETT tor
Bremen as three +. II. On tho Same duy, or tho
Hindoo, which wont 10 sea on Sundny morning at
haEpnst seven O'Clock. THIS colhicts, OF course,
with tho statements made Ia tho Murphy household
that Murphy slept his residence usual on Satur-
day night The police dscredit these statements and
seem Inclined to the belief that Murphy has gone to
Europe, As to The possibilities Of his capture Super
intendent Wtliipg said tnat tho crime win which
Murphy could be charged in demanding mis- exiradi-
tion was bczzlement of puUc funds Ii the moneys
stolen by him those paid Tor censes issued tncy
were unqucstIonaby public funds, but II they were
received IRON applicants who received no licenses au
thorzing the sale OF liquors they certainly could not
be clussed moneys belonging 10 tho CITY. Another
difficulty which presented itself that OF the threc
countrics-England, Holland aud Germany-for which
the above steamers sailed only one-Germany-would
surrender to criminals on this charge. Embezzlc-
munt OF pubic fumes was not among tho crimes en-.
braced In the exradition trcuie< with England aud
Holland Tho superintendent had also discovered
that check on the German Exchange Bank Tor $500
Ind been given by Murphy on SATURDAY Tor a private
dcpt, which the bank refused TO pay.
WHEN AND HOW MURPHY LEAvEs
very general belief exiscd that the fugitive Mur-
ply had IaKcn his fight TO Europe on board tho Red
Star limo steamship Ncderland, Captain Randall,
which eit .hs port AZ ABOUT nve O'Clock sss
cali upon Mr. Cotton. the agent oi the line
ascertain he had heard OF anybody going on board
that weasel shortly before her departure being un-
provided with passage ticket. MIR. Cotton SAID that
he unable give any details on the subject but
referred the reporter TO Mr.. John A. Dixon, oil No s
Rn ulace the CillcC or
MIR. Jonn A. Mcdonald In conversation with Mr
Dixon he made the following statcmcnt:-"I was on
board the Ncderland til she left her dock There
cabin passengers, but wo had thirtyseven IN
tho sieerage. that each and every Quo Of them
was provided with q ticket Nobody was allowed on
poard without one or unloss he was known to have
business board tho vessel Had Commissioner
Murphy como on board should. beyond doubt. have
detected his presence. rho Red Star line, through
the strict discipline kept up IN these matters are less
annoy than any 0thor European limo plying out OF
this pert in the matter OF stowawsys. The HERALD
passenger on our vessel
Mr.. c. Kl1pfe who checks the passengers OIL for
the Bremen line, found NJ the office OF the North
German Lloyd, In Bowling Green. The following is
his statemeDt:-'T was present at the departure OF
our steamship, the Oder, last saturday afternoon.
She ict hcr dock at Hoboken about three O'clock
The departure an unusually quiet one, and have
recollection Of any passenger who was gon1 by
her arriving at the last minute or shortly before
she made loose from her wharf Our pur-
sers are instructed TO Inform Us by the pilot
Ia charge of tho vessel taking out any passcu-
gers board who wore unprovlded with tickcts.
We have received word rom tha purser by Pilot N.
Wood who had The vessel In charge, and no mention
Ia made OF any such occurrence. his does not pre-
clude tho possibility, however, OF Commissioner MUIR
ply having obtained "A ticket In false name. Such
occurrences uro not rare In the OF iugives
jastce.
WAS THIS MURPHY
Al the Office oil the Anchor line United States mail
Ia Bowling Green Of the officers of the
company SAID :--"Last Saturday we despatched Two
Steamship for Eur ope--one the Ethiopia, bound
for Glasgow, and the other the Alsata, bound
London Both left port at about seven O'Clock tho
morning. have no knowledge Of any passenger
going aboard without his ticket rclectngj-yos, there
was gentleman who paid his faro on the wharf
and who gave up MS receipt Tor his passage
money instead OF tho ticket when he wcnt
ON board tho Alsatia- lie gavo the OF J. 7.
Spaner. The gentleman who saw him is now out or
town but Will be here on Wednesday. wo have not
yet received any word from the purscrs OF chcr the
Asatia or the Ethiopia by the pilots which took thom
out, and may not do so for some tlina yes.
Al Tho Office oi tho National Steamship Company tho
reporter learned that the Egypt sailed at seven O'Clock
in the morning fhcy thought u possible that pas
senger might 20 board OF the vessels o, their
line a short time before her departure and pay his
passage ailcr the vessel had commenced her voyage
They had received no report Of anybody going on
board without u ticket
MI John Williams, OF tho White Star hne, said he