The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-05
BROUGHT TO BOOK.
How a Clerk in the City Finance
Department Has Been Rob
bling the Treasury.
The Old, Old Story Of Poor Young
Man Living in Glover on
Small Salary.

Il was only a few days ago that the eOmmun-
ity was startled by the arrest of q clerk In the
Postofice, who had It is alleged. been syste.
mattcally robbing the mails. HeWas suspec. ed
because he lived beyond his means. and was
| known as indulging in lu1uries far beyond the
| reach Of his email salary. And now comes the
detection OF another cerk. guilty of pretty
much the same crime. but who had, 1t seems.
not been suspected until quite recently.
When Mr., Jules Denis was Administrator of
Finance he appointed j. P. Exnieious as IL
cense inspector. which position he filled until
the death of Mr. McCandlish. the tax clerk.
| iwho had charge OF the register from to e.,
| when he was appointed to fill the place made
| vacant.
As he seemed to be a good clerk and attended
| to his work punctualy and WE'LL he was re-
| tanned when the present administration went
| in and 1t was only recently that suspicion fell
upon him. It seems. from the developments
| that have been made. that tho system he
| adopted tor transferring the money Of Che city
into b is own pockets was SO simple as to entitle
him no credit. even as a rogue It was sys-
tenn that would have occurred to any other dis
honest official. and the only wonder is that the
city has not been unmereifully robbed in the
years that have passed, 1t speaks volumes for
the honesty Of previous clerks at the same
desk If she were not
AS the tax clerk, it was Ills duty to receive
money and give receipts for the same. His GUY
also was to enter In his books the name Of the
taxpayer, the amount paid, etc His habit. It
appears was simply to retain such amounts OF
money as he thought would
ADD TO ELS CoMFogT.
or as were demanded by his necessities (which
rapidly Increased and developed in the shape
Of fast women, fast horses, fine clothes etc.l
put the same In his pocket omit TO make any
thing was done: done too in way that left no
Immediate trace anywhere OF course. he must
have known that the thing could not last for
ever: that his detection was as certain rs fate,
fnasnluch as those recented bills were bound
to turn against him. but he seems to have CON
Guided to let the future take care Of Itself. and
to revrl In the joys and luxuries Of the present.
Though @ married man, with O family Of
six children. he aspired to playthe role Of
LADY KILLER.
and got himself up. If not In purple and fine
with an eye to the effect to be produced upon
the weaker sex. He is said to have livery sta
bic up town. and was frequently seen driving
women out on the shell roads behind his fast
horses. He was constant attendant at NATL
nees. and. In short. was coxeomb who. earn
Ing 2ny enoag ~ es 70 aey hs
to crafty his vanity and coneeit. Time moved
on however. and the city brought suits against
all DELINQUENT taxpayers. and this, as Exntcious
must have foreseen, was thu first step toward
the collapse of all his glory.
Some of the parties sued produced their re-
ceipts at court. and this opened the eyes of Ad-
mnistrator Isaacson, who caused the discharge
of Exnlcious. on August 2, the day that he (the
Administrator was leaving for the West.
At the Council meeting of the twelfth OF Au-
gust Administrator Chevalley. who was acting
for Mr.. Tsaacson pro tenn. notified the Council
OF the discharge Of Exnicous. and at the same
meeting Exnictous petitfOned the Council.
denying the right of the Administrator to dis
charge him under the law. and asking for a
judicial sequestration and that time be given
him to
Make DEFENSE. .5..5
The petition was referred to the Admfnistra-
tor of Finance.
When Mr. Isaacson returned some days ago.
he signifed his Willingness to give him an IN
vestigation, and. on the. first of September,
wrote him a note, asking him to come and give
He wrote him again on the second and on the
fourth, reiterating his request, but Exnfciors
came not, whereupon the administrator made
an affidavit against him before Recorder Shee-
han, chargiil, him with embezzement and
breach Of trust,
Last evening Aids McDonough and Hennes.
sey arrested the culprit st the house OF one OF
his mistresses, on Jackson street, between Lau-
rel and Annuncation streets, and locked up.
His bond givento the city which was signed by
Robt. L. Belden. attorney. is believed to be
worthless
Mr.. Harrison has gone over Exnicious's &C.
con nts, and they are straight shinge but
he has traced already an embszzlement of about
$500 The probability Is it runs up into the
thousands. 1t Is manifest there Is something
| wanting In the system OF checks In the Finance
Department It ought not to be- Utility
there should always be more than one man to
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