New-York tribune., 1881-09-16
THE SCHOOL MONEY EMBEzzLEMET.

ALDERMAN JONES ARRESTED IN BRookLYN N
CIVIL sUIT-MR. STUART NOT YET HEARD
FROM
The DEVELOPMENT III the clearing up of the embez-
Educatlon. yesterday, was the arrest of Alderman
r. 0, Jones IN civil suit brought against him 10y
Iqwfully, taken from the moneys of the Board;
Upon the application of Corporation Counsel
DE VIII, Judge Pratt issned the order of
arrest and an attachment against the prop
charges Mr.. Jones with conspiriSs With
Board of Education warrants to his own use.
Deputy-SheriH Sedgwick arrested MIR. Jones in the
was taken before Judge Pratt, who fixed tue
amount of bail at So, 900 The Deputy-Sherf
kept Mr.. Jones in charge drring the AFTERNOON while
wa obtained in DR. J. f, Watt, a weii-known poll.
ticlan but efforts to secure another were unavail-
ing up to i p. IN, whrn Sheriff Riley ordered that
the prisoner should be taken To Raymond Street
The evidence for the prosecution in the criminal
suit against Alderman Jones was completed in the
City Hall Police Court vestes day. William NJ.
Chairman of The School-house Committee for TIVE. We
years. testified TO knowing the firms with whom the
Board did business. and he had never heard before
Beard, J. Dawes, R. w. Martin, E. 4. Smith, I. c;
nSne t Raard T. A. Sheon Co., or W. oa Fra fham aa
Detective Riggs, OF the Central Squad, next gave
Hgl,.o Evidence IN, III regard & to hndng Sushfl,
a, safe in Secretary stnqri's, house in
Montaguc-st. directly after the books stolen
from the safes of the Board of Education. Alderman
Jones was the only one who had the combination oi
The safe and he opened It. He said the money was
bis, and he received il in his real estate business
Superintendent Campbell next took witness
stand TO show the fact o. the disappearance of Mr.
stuart He gave ev dence as to the alarm sent out
for Strars arrest and said the police ID put forth
all efforts 10 find him. paper was produced to
show that Alderman Jones had transferred property
tins week to George ). Shaper Mcssrs. SNAPPER and
Jones were the .vctes Stuart's hond of $4,000
for his appearance in court The paper showed the
nf ~ han a
consideration of 81. With this evidence th2 prosecu
tiCp rested.
General Tracy, for the accused man. said he should
move for dismissal of the complaint on the
ground OF insufficient evidence. The hearing was
then adjourned until Tuesday morning, wHon the
motion to dismiss the viii be argued
No tdings of the movements of Mr.. Stuart were
learned yesterday Mayor Howell offered a reward
OF 70 600 for his arrest and conviction The proca
nation includes the promise of $500 for
his arrest ara similar sum for his
conviction tlc charges OF embez2lement. and
a fun description of Mr and Mrs. stuart. The dis
patch from Wilmington, Dell published yesterday,
t. the effect th&, Mr. Stua was III Reading, Penn,
aud would be arrested vas n0t believed IN BgoO -
lyn. Supeyntaude CaupteN pronounced il
groundess. Alderman Juncs >ol. tuere was 20 truth
il the stat eut. and he d. NOT know whore his
brother-i!l-law was. 1t has b.el mad known that
Mr.. Stuart learned ON saturday that tie inVesuga-
ton H. the Controllers Office had disclosed the fact
that warrants hal been transferred To Alderman
Jones' private account This is believed 10 have
led hun 20 run away.