New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-23
RADLY-MANAGED FINANCEo'

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A. enonc;ol condition of Newark shows a sur
.'r;s;no, state of affairs. City Treasurer Wlnans
was snspended yesterday, pending an lnVes'i-
cation of his books. The chief clerk OF Coh-
troI,er Baker was found to have dlsappeareu'
The resignation of Auditor Palmer was az
cented at a meeting of the Common OounoI
last evening. Mr.. Palmer is still III JAIL ou'
has been unable to make any statement III "0
d;,;on IN his confession on Wednesday.
C,PFJFSS IF NOT CRIMINAL OFFICIALS.
C,i+v Treasurer Winans, of Newark, who al the
,ooot;ng of the Finance Committee OF the common
CopnciI on Wednesday night, ACKNOWLEDGE
tbat he had accommodated Auditor Palmer WIN
Ioors of thousands of dollars 'in anticipation OF
warrants" was suspended yesterday oy MAY VI
Fiadler The Office had been in charge OF TWO ponce
oeioers durinp the night Alderman Iheberath tooh
o.0oss,op Yesterday morning at the request OF lhe
Mavor. the object being to prevent any
tamnerinp with the books The Mayor aiSo
directed the city clerk to call hieo'ins
of the Common Council for last evening. E@'iS
Yesterday it was learned that William A. Haii'
sch;of clerl in the Controllers Office, who was
gravely implicated by the revelations ip"uo ~
"Wednesday, was missing. On Wednesday morning
81 ia tbe Controller that he would not be at the
ofice until Yesterday morning, and he went 10
No,v york that forenoon with his wife and son.
Inonirv was made abOut him at his house. NO.
176 Washinrt yesterday. Hallswlle sald liiaV
her husband had gone to Baltimore the previous
NIGHT The impression prevailed at the CITY han
Yesterday that Hall had gone to Canada Ills
bondsmen in the sum of 81 500 are William a. mp
lev and F. NJ. TchenOr.
Exnert Todden began a minute examination OF
the Treasurers books yesterday morning. anu tue
result was the discovery of several forged warrants
One of these was for an award of damage for street
improyements to the Protestant Foster Home oi
Newark for S5 800. 1t was indorsed I a alnel'
attorney as authorized" 1t was paid WIN ot'ooo
in cash and check to the Home, lndorseu pS
palmer. tor $3.50 Alderman Theborath took the
warrant to Mrs Little the treasurer OF the home'
and she stated that the Home had not received the
money and that she had not known of any such
award. Asecond forged warrant was for r$1'29' II
and another for S5,l44 10, both drawn payable TO
7 n Conlt attorney. and both paid by checks IN
Julv last through William P. McNair, aclerk in the
treasurers Office who had charge of the office at that
fine during the treasureIs absence IN the west.
Both warrants were drawn as payment for damages
to Terrence Farley for property taken improving
Avon-ave. The checks were indOrsed "J.C.Coult
and "F A. Palmer" both in the same hanuWrlllns'
Joseph c. Coult is a lawyer and IS the counsel ior
Henry Marchbank, the defauting clerk OF the Me-
chanlcs National Bank. He said yesterday, IN re-
latnn to the checks that it looked as the name OF
the payee was intended for him; he knew OF no
other person of the same name. The Endorsement
was not in his handwriting. He had had no trans
actions with the city within year that he couiu re-
call.
The increased work imposed on the expert made
four additional
s,stants. and these will begin work to-day or to-
,,orrow Citv Treasurer WInans said yesterday
that he had no statement to make He was about
his office all day and appeared much detected lie Is
about sixty years of age is married ana mas grown
children. He has been treasurer about four years
Mr. Winans was at one time publisher OF me Neodrk
Mercury. a daily paper that SUSPENDED publication
about the beginning of the war. Nothing has trans
,;rad 10 show that he had guilty knowledge OF
Palner's robberies and the general OPINION III
Newark is that he has been guilty of nothing further
than gross carelessness and over-conndence III oth-
ers integrity Controller Baker has held
his Office since it was created, IN 1873
uo was formerly president of the Newark
Common Council. His business Is tnat Oh a
;ewcller His age is about ffty-five years. He is
,narried and has children lives plainly and has al
1vavs been highly esteemed and respected. lie Is III
no way implicated by the present disclosures except
In the acts of Hail. his chef clerk. Inc Ol'S I0 o
sci is Henry Young, young man VINO mas nelu lhe
nostiOp for several years, and who possesses con
siderobe knowledge of the business OF the city lie
is member of the Essex CI1o, 10 "iAllCn III aipo ~ ~
IIfy Counsel Office named at the meeting OF the
FINANCE Committee on Wednesday night III connec-
9n %5 bV the citv, which Palmer and others
were interested in. Tax Receiver CleaVer stated
Yesterday that he never had any personal qeaIngs
with Palmer in any matter connected with hecitys
moneys. =. 1900, 1 r,o,ror hoe hoor
,,rahle ia GET any corrected statement from hun.
Sir Gnild remained with him until a late hour on
"Wednesday night. lie said Yesterday that falmer
was almost broken down physically ana hehtaly,
and could talk only when he was braced up with
efimnlants He had taken so much bromide ana
other drugs that 1t was not probable that ne would
be in condition to see or tall 10 any one Ior ay
or two. When he recovered sufficiently he desired
10 aid the experts in their work. PalDers vile
visited him yesterday at the jail
WHAT MAYOR PIEDLER HAS DONE.
Mavor Fielder has been exceedingly active in the
investigation. When he was Informed that the
Controllers clerk. Hall, had not appeared at the
Citv Hall he asked Controller Baker if he did not
consider il necessary in view of the aspect of af-
fairs 70 secure Hall The Controller said that he
bad no direct charge to make against the clerk.
THE Mayor however, sent for the chief OF police,
nd directed him 10 detail two detectives to search
for Hall and also 10 send a description of him to the
nnlice authorities of other cities. The Mayor mean
while directed the expert 10 examine lnto SuCh spc
cal accounts as had bearing the official acts of
Palmer and Hall. Hall is about thirty y-seyen years
ID tsil and slight in figure, dresses WELL and has
light side-whiskers. .
Francis B. Allen, whose name occurs In many Of
The transactions of Auditor Palmer. IS lawyer,
aud was formerly assistant to the CITY Council Ii
Is sald that he knows about the affairs OF the
city under previous administrations than any
official at the City Hall. He has used this knowl-
edge TO good advantage to himself, having accu-
mniated thousands of dollars worth of property.
He said yesterday that he owned about forty OF
fifty plots of ground, and that he worth only
SO 600. He expressed his willingness TO appear.
as requested before the Finance Committee.
a meeting of the Commissioners of the Newark
Sinking Fund was held yesterday to discuss the
financial situation in reference to their trust and
committee was appointed TO employ an expert to
SYamne the accounts and ascertain whether ali the
moneys due from the city had been paid in'