New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-05
A, SUIT FOR A MILLION.

RING WARRANTS FOR STATIONERY.
AN ACTION BROUGHT 10 RECOVER NEARLY MIL
LION DoLLARs PAID BY THE CITY TO MEssRs.
ROGERS AND JoNEs-ARREsT or MR.. JONES.
Corporation Counsel Whitney began yester-
day important Ring suit against William =. rogers
aud j. Jarvis JONES' surviving members Of the firm OF
staOners made notorious by the confessions oil Tweed
The action lie for the recovery OF S942,-
0S9 20 the amount of twelve warrants paid
to the defendants firm in 1868, 1869 and 1870
The Corporation Counsel expects the greater
portion Of this claim. which only includes such alleged
fraudulent payments THIS rm It IS believed can be
proved the least difficulty IL possible that other
suits for further claims against the defendants may DO
begun hereafter
The adsyits very long, and give In detail the dis
position Of many OF the payments to the fTm dvis-
ion of tho proceeds between the defendants ana city
officials is traced in regard to out OF
the twelve warrants. On juno o. 1870, for
instance, the firm of f. Jones s. Co. paid
S112,274 95 the firm paid 60 per cent Of this to W. c.
Rogers who deposited it in his private bank account In
the Union Trust Company. There two charges
against this upon the day. for exactly
25 per the total (s2sO68 s2 to bearer and the
other for 80 CS39,296) to James Watson An
other case pointed in which warrant for $52,
663 80, to the order Of W. c. Rogers Co., was Endorsed
by them and then placed to the private bank account OF
L. A. Woodward. Upon the same day Woodward drew
his check for 80 per cent OF this warrant
to Rogers & Co. According to the testimony Of Wood
ward the rest was divided among Watson, Tweed Con-
Molly and the other members Of the Ring The bank ac
have been obtained cOrrObOratng the statements
Of Woodward Other could be picked out from the
adayts which it is claimed show the fraudulent trans
ers TO the firm, aud the excessive prices paid TO them
for work done The bill for work the Corpora
ton Manual of 1868 well illustrates this The firm
claimed to have furnished 900 cOpics but the proof
shows that only 900 copies actually furnished For
this work the bill $l25,229 As. To make up this
amount 1t alleged all the items grossly
charged that for engrOssng and printing the heads
Of presiding officers $1,000 charged, for work
worth $780, that for engraving birds eye view OF
NewYork, work worth 5000. the firm paid $3.50;
that for lithoTaphing view OF Tammany Hail. work
worth 80 GOO the firm received S7,400 that for bind
ing worth 1923, S4026 paid for press work, worth
SO 2OO the firm was paid S242G7, and IN like manner
through the whole bill OF items.
Judgment should be obtained against the defendants
they have money pay it, 1t is understood The OBJ
iect the Corporation Counsel in beginning the suit,
however, is to have it cOunter-caim to suits
for about 50 OOO now being pressed by the defend
ants against the city These suits, Mr. Whitney says,
can only defeated by careful elaborate and expen-
He is OF the opinion that the chances OF
successfully disproyng or these suits are greatly D-
proved by the commencing OF tn action The Corpora
lion Counsel the under his immediate charge,
and that OF bis assistant, f. Henry LacOmbe Inc pa
the suit prepared several months ago. nut not
until Yesterday there an opportunity Tor arrestng
j. Jarvis Jones He lives 40 Fairfield Conn, ana very
seldom visits NewYOrk Some Of PinkertOn's detectives
have been watching him for considerable ume Iester-
day morning telegram reached the Corporation COun-
sci saying that Jones coming 10 the city, An order
OF arrest was immediately obtained from Judge Potter
who fixed the bail nj S2j0,O0O IN each case Deputy
Sheriff McGongal greatly surprised Jones ny aGfestng
him as he stepped from the New-HaYen train at tine
Grand Central Depot, about ll:20 a. m. yesterday
He was taken at once In carriage 70 the Sher1us
Office where he remained nearly all the afternoon lie
took his arrest very cOOy, and while at the Sherins
office sent for several friends who called on
him there. II Is said, however, that he made
no serious attempt 10 procure the required
bail but that his counsel will move for reduction On
the ground Tat the amount fixed Is excessive He was
taken aeFward TO Ludlow Street JAIL where ne Is now
confined 10 said that Jones has been living IN good
STYLE az Fairfield keeping uOtiing horses Tor his own
driving and ponies for his children He has not been
engaged In any business recently but has been leaolng
a quiet life, apparently In the enjoyment OF abundant
Rogers, his former partner. has been in New-York
where he lead. II Is sald fast life. He is reported
20 be I'm destitute circumstances and dependent on Tue
bounty OF his friends His haunts ana habits nave been
well known officers OF the law. After the arrest
Jones officers sent at ones 10 secure Rogers
but although IL thought probable last night
that his arrest would DO ELECTED before TINS
morning i had not been reported at late hOur last
night Deputy-Sherih McGOniga said that IL might
have been made although he had not been informed OF
the fact Rogers said could not live long away IRON
New-YOrk even II he had eluded the officers.