Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-21
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50 THE GRAND JURY VOTED
IN COMTH vs.. THE. TRIPLES,
CHARGED WITH FELONlOUS EMRkz-
ELEMENT.

Marvellous Hook Keeping ut the Prison.
We. have previously noticed that there
has been some remarkable book keeping
at the prison, and no explanation has ever
been offered Of iiasrant errors exposed in
the lNTELLIGENCER which can only be ae-
counted for on the ground Of criminality
or dense ignorance.
Inc proceedings before the grand Jury
th's week in three cases Of felonious en-
oezziement VS.. Chas d. Triple, late clerk
at the prison, and Geo. A. Triple. who for
several months acted rs his assistant
again direct public attention to remark
able features in the prison book keeping
When the new board, controlled by the
Hog Ringers, came in, Triples removal
as clerk was agreed upon. lie resigned in
December, 1879. HE resignation was not
accepted and he held on until April !.
1850, when his successor was elected. Be
tween these dates, however, his brother.
Geo. A, acted as clerk for him, Chas. d.
going 10 the prison almost daily and re-
vising his accounts.
The cash book for Chas. ID. Tripplo's
term as clerk is missing, except for these
last few months. He is charged with hav-
ing made away with it He denies this
and maintains that he left it at the prison
and that it has disappeared since his
successor came i'm.
However this may be, the cash book of
himself and his brother from December,
- to April, 80, is at hand, and upon al
examination OF it and comparison with
the vouchers and other prison accounts, the
new board caused three bills of indict-
ment for felonious embezzlement to be
drawn against the Messrs. Triple, which
the grand jury ignored yesterday after a
prOtracted hearin. and long discussion.
The evidence laid before the grand jury
is said to have been substantially Of the
following effect:
Gases IN Uhich credit ,eas uken for boneus
pad ont for larger amounts than Were really
paid ont.
Note is made in the clerks account that
Isaac Diller was paid sl4.56, and Triple
took credit for that amount. Diller was
paid only a456. Deficiency $40.
Conrad Gasscr. SLIT. Voucher ZOE,
May 1879. Conrad Gasser was only paid
SLIT. Deficiency $40.
David Miles, al4.5O. Vouchers No. 81,
February 1879, and No. 73, January 1870.
Only paid 524.50. Deficiency $40.
John II. .Bitner, s9.95. Voucher 391,
November 1879. Paid 1895. Deficiency So.
Daniel Gemperling SIG, s17, 51S42, s12.
Total, s63.42. Gemperling swears that
he never received anything.
There is alleged to be something crooked
about Il credit for 50 paid to Amos Funk
and sS1 to 4 Mrs. Garret.
Total deficiency, s145.4a.
II.
Honey alleged to hare been credited for
"c0sh paid eOnJicts far o1ernOrk" in ercess
Of .e1at aeds really paid to them.
In his accounts Triple took credit for
the several amounts given in the first COL
umn below, for cash paid to convicts for
Oyerwork. IN another account he kept
record of the credits to convicts for over
work and an abstract Of this account will
be iOund in the second column. The diff
ference between tie aggregates is the
amount by which what Triple took credit
for exceetls what the accounts show was
allowed to the cOnvicts for OycrwOrk.