New-York tribune., 1881-09-01
to 12l2 cents hundred pounds above tho closing
prices of Tuesday.
ANOTHER WARRANT FOR MR.. STUART.
CHARGED WITH EMBEzzLING OVER 100000

FROM THE BRooKLYN BOARD OF EDUCATION.
a warrant was secured yesterday for the rearrest
Of George A. ". Stuart exSecretary of the Brooklyn
Stuart with embezzling $IO7,597 SO of the funds
OF the Board of Education since September l. 1876.
from the safes of the Board of Education in June.
the experts employed by Controller Semler have
been busy ascertain,ng, from such records as are
available in tho City Treasurer's Office and the
Mechanics Bank, how the financial affairs of the
bcard were conducted. This work has been under
tne Supervision OF A. b. Martin. OF the Controllers
oifice. Yesterday morning Controller Semler. MI.
Martin. Corporation Counsel Dewitt. and Assist,
miles from the City Hall. Justice Naeher was on
room with his visitors. The result of it was that
the warrant for Mr.. Stuarts arrest was sworn to by
placed in the % hands of Y ihe Assistant % District
Attorney. All the persons concerned we're ex-
treme!y rctcent in the matter and evidently feared
the invest gaton which led Mr.. Martin to take oct
TO such large embezzlement could be ascel tanned.
On his return to the Court House Assistant
District Attorney Backus to the First Precinct
Tonce station and the warrant was int, usted to
weeks ago on the charge of embe2zling $4,000,
WINCH was dismissed by Justice Courtney.
After asceFtaining that MIR. Stuart was in town. u
once A'derluan Jones' Mr.. Stuart's brother-n-
law, law, and ex-AlYerman Aitken in readiness to
give bail Tor Mr.. Stuart, but for explained
reason he WAS not arrested and required to furnish
pall. AS bail to the amount OF the alleged embez-
.iOiHCuo IhuSt De gwen, anu the SufetleS must
luSuiy IN double the amount. it was deemed prob
aoe aoe that tins amount of bail would not be readily
ii0r'hcoinlng. X-ASsstant District-Attorney
weinberg Mr.. Stuarts counsel, appeared for him
III the District Attorney Office and pledged himself
10 produce his client in court this morning. Dis
trct Attorney Catln agreed to tins, an Mr.. Stuart
remained at large last night.
Controller Semler is confident that there is sufi-
cient pFool 10 Substantlate the charge against
Mr. stuart. The Controller was not consulted at
'h time OF the previous arrest OF Mr Stuart and he
saiu that the action was premature. Considerable
comment was excited yesterday by the enormous
amount OF the embeZzlenent charged against Mr.
stuart IN period of less than live years it being
over P+OoOo year. At first the total alleged
dehclt IN the accounts of the Board of Education
was set at less than $50, 900. The preliminary
lnvcstigatlon showed that it was not less than
qfo'ooo, but heretofore one has asserted a loss
oI more Than S6o,UOO. The experts find complete
WANT oi system in the keeping OF the accounts, and
soou opportunities for peculation Mir Stuart had
prdctlcaEy unlimited authority in the matter Of
urawing warrants and keeping his accounts 1t is
thoHght that others than Mr.. Stuart implicated
IN the embezzlement, and other arrests are looked
Tor.
At the time when o warrant was secured for
MT Stuarts arrest, he was driving with his wife IN
Central Park. His wfe's brother j. l. Jones' learn
ing OF The issuance of the warrant, drove to the
Park and found Mr.. Stuart sitting under a tree
as he was told of the warrant Mr. Stuart SAID that
ne would return, and drove from the Park to his
nome In Schernerhorn-st BROOKLYN in little more
tnau an hour. The DiStrict-Attorne was Informed
OF nus return, but as he rofesscd willingness to
wait until this morning before the arrest was made
Mr stuart remained at home last night. He will be
formally arrested and placed under bonds to-day.