The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-26
A CITY TREASURER MISSING.
NEW BRUNsWICK EXCITED By ADRIAN
GRAFF"s DISAPPEdRANCE
Part OF his Clothing Found on the Bank OF
the Raritnr River-Did he Commit Sui
eide l. InvestigaiInE his AccOunts.

UH6FF y Dfo6f
Part OF his C1othing Found on the Bank OF
the Raritnn River-Did he Commit Sui
eide - Investigating hts Accounts.
Great excitement exists In New Bruns-
wick N. j.. over the unaccountable disappear
ance OF Adrian Graft the City Treasurer. Mr..
Graf wns one OF the best known residents OF
the city. an old politician and oflceholder. and
n Mason OF the thirty second degree. For some
time previous to his disappearance 1t had been
whispered that he was in financial difficulties.
and some anxiety was felt least his accounts
with tho city might be involved. His bonds as
Treasurer were 100000. Mr.. Graf was In his
Office on Tuesday morning at 81 o'clock. He
took the 9:05 train going East. and was not
seen ngain until on the following afternoon.
Then Capt. Gillings and Mr. John Van Nest
met him on Desbrosses street ferry boat going
TO New York. He asked Mr.. Van Nest whenth
next train started for Perth Amboy. and was
told at ~. o'clock in the evening.
That's the train for me |" said Mr.. Graf.
He added, in response to question from Van
Nest. that he did not care whether he got away
from Perth Amboy that night or not.
t3h o'clock on Thursday afternoon Mayor
Van Nest received the following despatch:
Perm ANnor May 23-2e ~ z NJ
rGSpd Gg2t sGi S S' ,nS s@S T Ma9 c reasr N%
brunswick. Anything wrong'
Tho Mayor showed the despatch TO several
city officials and leading citizens. including the
missing Treasurers partner. Mr.. NJ. ID. Vincent.
| Al 3 a o'clock on the snme evenng some gentle
| mon. including Mr.. Edward Chamberlain Mr..
| William Il. Davis. Mr.. Cornelius schuyler, and
| Alderman Coutcri. drove in carriages tp Perrin
is II fisherman on the banks Of the Rnritan. and
| to his house the party went. There they iound
light spring overcont that was immcdiaiely
recognized as belonging to Mr.. Gran In the
| pockets wore found u letter nnh nh empty en-
| The enp was recognized ns part of the knight
| Templar's uniform worn 10y Mr. Graf.
! Th" party then went down 10 the waters edge,
| found the coai and cay. 1t was about ljl yards
below tie railroad hridee on bank twelve iecl
the clothins was found on the sand below the
| bank Tho water here is v,rv shallow. and "A
~ rra1, 'n'tnno,'1 n ,onn, hafmrn II rnanhod his
| chin Anoth"r nah"rn,on vns liscnyrrrd who
ayarrcd that he had seen ia" articles rs ,arly MS
thns Pa fsct2 !, nl pfarr.1 th"t (r9r bnj ,nnp
cd from the raiiroad bridge above. and that tho
! Tho night hn,ng warm. Il was thought that he
might have carried his ovrrcoat on his arm
nnI If with his can could easily have 1oated 10
the shore
! N,af.rlnv n,ornfnt. 81 socon1 dpsr,ntrh Nyne TO-
pan,aioons had bcen fonnd nndsr the railroad
briIge. thus s,rou.thcning the theory TINT the
missing Trrnsurer hal drowned himself Tho
Eli" theory is TINT Gran Deliberately undrcssel
himseif and walked out into the water.
Personal friends of the missing man. among
them ex- Alderman Nfulford say that on Tues
div nigbt CrtI nnnaared greatly depressed
AMI shook hnnls win them ali, saying that thnt
was tho Inst time they would ever soc him. His
habits had been Irregular for several weeks
previous
Mr. Graf went to New Brunswick about four
tcon Years ago and he has been active there
either i'm business or politics ever sin %. He
was nhout 45 years of age IL n social. iovial
d sposition. and was liked by all who knew
| him His appointment as City Treasurer dates
| hack TO 1878. and was made by vote Of the
| Common Council. As much as sl6O 600 to
sl7O. 600 Of the clty's money has passed through
his hands yearly without suspicion. Ycst.r-
day afternoon n committee Of the Com
mon Council. consisting Of Ali"r-
men Insl'e. Carpenter. and Hurley.
Ass stcl hy Accountant i. W. Dawes and Alder:
! men llull and Clark. began m cNlminutlnn ot
Mr.. CRAFTS accounts His books were found in
u room IN his ~Idencc on N"lls"n street IN
stead ot in tho safe ~ the Treas nrrr ON 20,
where they are usually kept only cursory
examination was made Yesterday. bat as iaf as
i wont thc accounts s,"mg! To- heeQrrect Mr.
Grans nond-mcnnre NJ. ID VINCENT Ms partner
| ln the clothing business. and M'ssrs; Kenneth
J. Duncan, George Greer. Jos m +. Ils,l'r, l.
j. IarrurL Richard iolr, AMI Isaac J.. FISHER;
| T. been