The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-27
PLEASE STEP UP. ALDERMEN !
so RECORDER HACKETT WILL sAY, NO
DOJBT. IN COURT TODAY
sixteen OF the city Fathers Irvited, n is Said,
to Appear with Bond-mcn Down Town
this Morning hat Several OF Them say.

to Appear with Bondsmen Down Town
this MorninE-vShat several OF Them say.
Rumor was busy yesterday with the in
dictments that it was said were found against
the Aldermen and the Board Of Health on FRI
day. As the day advanced the certainty that
had existed as to the indictments against the
Board Of Health lessened. and under the innu-
enco Of the confident contradiction Of the par
tisans of the board changed to doubt But
doubt in the case OF the Aldermen gradually
gave way to positivencss The indict-
ments. II there were any, were in the
inviolatc keeping of the combination locked
safe I'm the District ct-Attorneys Office. and their
purport was. OF course. unattanabe. but late in
the afternoon there was a development that was
regarded rs being rs convincing as the indict-
mcnts would have been. 1t was the following
telegram to Capt Mount Of the Finy-ilrst street
police:
Hall PROMPTLY at 1880 Monday morning, with bail rhcv
are indicted. wArHNER,
Tho signatures purpored TO be those of AL
dermen waehner and Lewis. The Captains Of
the precincts in which Aldermen Roberts. Will
liam Bennett. Bernard Bglin. Robert Foster.
John W. Guntzer. George Hall. John W. Jaco-
bus. Patrick Keenan,. Terence Herman. Lewis
T. Phillips. Joseph G.; Pnckncy. Bryan Reilly.
the other indicted Aldermen. live. received SIM
liar telcgraphic notifications.
4 reporter Of THE SUN found Alderman Car
roll in the bnrroom of Brcvoort Hall at Third
avenue and Fiity-fourth street last evening.
The gas burned dimly, and the room was almost
deserted. Alderman Carroll and a friend who
wore very shiny high hat. were smoking eli
gars. They had ilippcd of the ashes ON the
bare table. and the white and powdcry hemp
had something to do with making the Alder
mans uncomt Portable surroundings seem less
.owt9riaele When the reporter commnnicated IN n
gram to Capt. Mount. he looked across the table
We'll. sir, he said to the reporter. guess
you've got it about right You newspaper men
do gSt hold Of things mighty q1licE hs,oro
| Recorder Hackett within few days 2"
" don't think you may. Recorder Hackott
has already shown that he has made pp
| difficult. therefore. to have our cnscs
transferred 10 the Court OF Oyer and Ter
resolution TO appoint q comnlittee OF the board
| TO investigate Recorder Hackeu's sanity taken
up again on Tuesday. say unhesitatingly
| that will vote for the appointment Of the COM
mlttec. would have voted for the resolution,
and have done what could Otherwise To- help
! IL through. when II was first offered, but WAS
absent think that there is ample ground for
| an investigation OF this character. and think
| that can safely say that almost every lawyer
who practices in the General Sessions agrees
Recorder Hackett quit his Park avenue man
| sion shortly after dinner. and did not return
until a late hour. II Is not known, therefore,
whether he has taken any, step in regard 70 the
| "a AiN lhhlNN'N niN'A
| men before him to-day.
~ iAlderman Bisin. quit his house in West We.
the receipt OF the notification. TO make arrange
ments for bail Alderman Foster. il is said. also
set out promptly % find ssoiid bondsman.
| sleeves, came to the door OF his house. at l39
East Houston street. when the reporter rang
| the boil.
L presume that you have heard Of your in
dictmsni by the Grand jury the reporteF said.
You will go with the other Aldermen at the
appointed hourY'
Glaring at the reporter. he replied that he did
| not know anything about il. and that II was the
first that he heard q the indictment 49,,
Alderman John W; Gnntz9r was it was said.
| at his country house in New Jersey.
Alderman George Hall said that he did not
know about bail exactly He will soc what the
had not been notified by the acting Captain.
Webb. Ifthe others decide to go TO Jail the Al
Acting Captain Webb. Of the Eldrdge street
men n his district replied. Not yet
| Then the Captains did receive notice to
| send word To- the Aldermen in their precincts p
on. yes. understand they have all received
Alderman Bryan Reilly said that he had re-
ccived an intlmatlon on saturday hat he was
among the indicted. although he had not been
| officially notified except the telegraphlc an
| nouncement to be ready with his bail He had
| already provided himself with oondsman and
| had no fear Of any serious results from the in
| dictment. Indeed, he did not think itwould ever
| be brought to light. He understood that the IN
| dictment was based on the granting Ot two per-
mits One Of them was 10 Mr.. Carr to erect n
| flower stand in sixth avenue. and the other was
10 boy TO erect 4 paper stand in Church street,
at the corner af Cortandt. The last named was
| on piece OF property claimed both 10y the
city and had the saoS Sw9GT W,des e see Si FSdonng
pant OF the store and he had given his consent.
The boy wGs poor boy who sold papers in the
daR m S@d ianE @E key Tqf To 7n9 II
a permit could not be given 10 that boy on the
ground that i would be an Obstruction Of
take down some OF the bay-wn
dows. fancy stoops, and railings q q
encroach upon the street. If sucn clam
should be enforced as was urged against this
poor boy. the entire arrangements Of the great
majority Of down town stores would have 70 be-
| altered. There were to his knowledge many
stores like II. X; 4 +. b. Thurher's that had
platforms erected and back ed their trucks across
the sidewalks without authority of law Even
| i'm Church street. where there was such "A fuss
made, the great Delaware aud Lnckaw9nna Coal
Company had built on several feet of the street
Also, 1t was we'll known that the new flat
house at the corner of Eighteenth street
least iS' six feet ed0 Of the city qS'' propery
He had made q personal inspection and was
prepared to prove that there was no street from
forty-seyenth street down TO Eleventh. street
that WAS not encumbered from Tenth to Elev-
enth avenues. 1t was practically converted
into storehouses The same was true in many
parts Of the city. and the Aldermen are moi
responsible for 1t. He. had called the attention
OF the Commissioner OF Public Works to the fact
that no objection was made TO any Obstructions
except such as were granted by the Common
Council. He did not believe there was any
serious intention to enforce the strict let
ter Of the law rs 10 the so-called stree
distractions. hut that the onslaught was only
on the poor keepers of small stands. Even in
the Bowery the Dry Dock Banks sidewalk haC
been extended three feet into the road
way, and that without authority OF law
and none Of these, stickers, lor law mad,
any complaint. He regarded the whole
proceeding as farce. and had no feal
that any harm would come 10 him for his part
He felt certain that he had done only his duty
in voting as hddd and he had exercised a privi
| lege that had belonged to the Aldermen rs long as
he could remember He was personally on gooo
terms with the Recorder and he did not eXpec
to occupy n cell Tor some time Ia come. H'
knew OF number Of instances whero the Elo
waited Railroads had taken possession OF III,
| sidewalks with ther posts.
| Aldermen Shells and Slcvln could not b6
found last evening at their homes or places O
business but those who had seen and talkeC
with both said that the Aldermen did not appre
hend any serious results from the Indictment.
| Alderman John j. Morris was found with eX
Senator Lent sitting outside the Mercer stree
police station. " was notified 10y Sergt BHi
OF the Twentieth street police at ao'clock las
evening" the Alderman said laughing. " Ny
notification read: You Will please be at The
Board of Aldermen to-morrCw tMondayl n
half past TO- sharp | knew what il all meant