New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY
RoBBING A BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TIE BOOKS AND PAPERS or THE BRoOhlhN hVhND
NV TTRIOtIsIY TAKEN AWAY.

ROBBING A BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TIE BOOKS AND PAPERS OF THE BROOKLYN BOARD
MY TERIOUsLY TAKEN AWAY
M,oh excite,nent was caused in the Board of Ed
,caton in BROOKLYN Yesterday by the discovery that
the safes in the office had been riied ana larye
number of the account books and vouchers 1' .te
Roard stolen Two large safes in the once OF nc
Board in Rel Hook Lane are used TO keep Donk1 S
and monry. They wcrC apparcItly IN the'r us"'s
condition YESTERDAY R1rulnl wnen 'I" ~ ssist,nt
Secretary Thomas Wilson. began their daV = W.T.
About noon when Mr. Wilson was nj Iuh'.L
SECRETARY Stewart had occasion I" =, L" ~
full Of books and papers AZ he eXpccl'n n' M
empty Examination of the "th'r s''o s,,," ti and
- TO- had been riilod of most OF Us '"li''''' my
rrloclel. one hook. If shg'' NN"r a" r. the
SEQ i'm money were still ~ ~. no G."w s,n,otnd
,n;sSin propcrtv could be found u Is rs''Ila'TtI
,hnt The hooks and vouchers carried away wonii
an four blSlcl brsket~. They we're "''H' an
journals. an auditing COX anN n'r' 81 tra,,.,c-
Vouchers filed in bundles II cy Gov t'e "
lions of The BOARD for the past tyc or SIX N''iS.
detailed description of them could be gwen Nv 'n'
4, s"o1 AZ tn. los. was die oyercd John w 'liaIns
Chalrrtan Of the Finance Committee. was lnl"ru'','
lie communicated with Maym u"W'U, ON, ri
/ ndcr the direction of \. u. Martin. a. IN" ""'T"l-
ler's flee "A thorough search of the huldNg was SET
on foot hut not "i the Documents was anywhere
found. The "afrs were not "p'n"l M"n'aN ~ no 40
ON, had need t. see any of the bookS or PAGERS M
them. SATURDAY they were opGn'd ~ MI ..' ,r
and whcn he locked thcn M aN the rr"','uS ~
in good con liton. TO tn" LARGER sale tf'rr ".Ie
two fevs on" nf which VT. StrW'rt hhl' IN" w
other, Mr.. Wi SOIL. The oriN h'N 10 VI" SUI
N'r Stewart kept The safes are "i an ":d iSIl'Hd
nott m and had Yale locks. o. comparatively Slihpe
rr"nStrrction
The Juue meeting az "a" Bparl Ot Einrhtl"n WIS
held Yesterday afternoon. At the ol"hing al IN"
,.otiu0 the matter of crthhcrv OF TIN sa'c~ WIS
hro1,It fnr,y ard by Mr.. Williams. A special com
mittee was appointed 10 inN"si -ate the nailrf Hh
q reward az $500 was offered Tor inc "'S'"N''N vi
tbn thieves
II is worthy of nate that tins d@p" rance o'
the hunks of the BOARD comes inst ID Tor" ilr 'Eh-
r;ncr of an investigation of its accounts. \ lew
wcpks a0o a di,crcpancv in tho accounts "t me
Jnard c,In, to the attention of tDutioll-r NrVl"r.
'T. ,yas cxplaincd by the ca. that large 'iok q"
snunl;s fer thc schools j. Constantly kept on mana
tn he sold as needed. and ti' money for I'M does
mot ann,lr in thu Ia aucc .hrct until IL l. ralt M
l,v tGe schools Bat a resolution was passed
hr IN. Hoard of Aldermen autluri/ng the
,n,lo,m,nt az two export accountants
4, ~ a dav Il, cX mine tn hoohs accounts aud
,.h.rs of I'm. Unar,l N,ser~ Martin and krcl-
NJ f ia. Cnrtr'll ~. ,,i,p we're aiuoi't,d 90 dO
IL; 49,. They were 10 hc-in 10 day mi the Nc
S.rr T,.solItiou 10 rriruit IN, cinplov", Of the
- al :. furnish The books for examination waste
L. ,sci 49, st,riuv
IN. Niui,rr~ chairman of the Iiuan-e Com
III r H.. !,o,fd ,yq- Our-t i.rird Yesterday ai-
,,,., a. n ~ rspori. p about tire matter
,t,ii. - NV, ~, ,l,, i'm ti,, case nor ANY ten
II ,I,.,r, .'..rt il Ti. hooks wrr. found {" Ice
80. ,,I i,str.d,ltelv tunl stems 10 inform