New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-08
THE ASSEMBLY EXAMINATION.


| TESTIMONY OF Mr.. BARROW, COMMISSIONER or
ACcOUNTs-cORREcTING FORMER STATEMENTS.
The Subcommittee Of the Assembly Committee on
Commerce and Navigation resumed its invest cation
| of the Dock Department yesterday morning az 1890
! at No. III Duanc-st. John W. Barrow. Commis-
sioncr of Accounts for the city, called a Wit
ness. Chairman Williams said to him:
"Alr. Barrow. you stated tome that yon wished 10
correct your testimony Of the other day. VIII yon
have the goodness 10 make your statement IN your
/ own wayp
Mr. Bauow-On Monday received ncws.at quar-
| ter past o'clock, Of a painful nature. Your sum
mons came fifteen minutes later. and ! Immediately
responded. was very much troubled. When you
| placed before me the cash book with the erased
| entry, | had no recollection of the matter.
"Whn had you r.
"Thc next morning. spent the day here exam.
/ nng the hooks. ! no sooner turned from the cash
! book 10 The journal than remembered thr case.
/ examined the books here then my own account
/ had the assistance of my clerk am positive that
the era -,d entry vas the book at the time when
! ! made my report. do not know whether took
notes Of these figures at the time | went over the
book, when made my report do not call this
entry of Sl3.j40 OGa false entry at the present
time. II must De rcad in conncction with lhf jour
MI. There is a reference 10 il in Che journal
! Nr Williams then exhibited TO the vitne-, s0ms
| entries in the journal folio column OF the cash
hook rcfrrriug 10 certain entries in that book and
/ slowin, thc pages on which they could De- found in
/ the Journal. H. asked Mr.. Barrow II those figures
werr ilcrr when he last looked at the books. Mr
/ Barrow replied that in hi, judnncat the figures
| had been entered subsequently To the Others.
Ilc further stated that the books were balanced by
a Nr. May. The quarterly statements Tor ls59 were
! iu the books when he balanced them. ami were IN
Mr.. Mays writing II there were any fl!,e entries,
/ D.. thought Mr. MAY must have made them. He be-
/ licycl the Journal was correctly kept The figures
In the "ioIrnal folio column looked %, i ibey had
be.u blofrc. With blot;ng paper Immediately after
beng written. He coull NOT tell whether those ag-
uro- were There ON Saturday last or NOT. Hc found
nothing in the cash book 10 explain the $4,000
entry hut hc did in the journal.
! Mr Wiiiilm--Haye you the memoranda OF these
/ figures 80. you took them from these books
Mr. Blrrow-I have not. I lost them or acci-
deutally destroyed them. I'm ordinary eases the ng-
me-. iu the cash book should he explained there.
do no, tini. tli. au ordinary ease. / was told by
| Mr. Whitney aai Nr. Dimork that it was Of grave
Importance o keep tli, secret rom every ole Do tAo
/ oac'
" Do you know where Mr. May got ibis entry ~
! " Idonoi.'
| "Ud l0u r..uiu. to ,rr if if wa- corr.,..
81 d,l NOT; tool, W. Whitney. and Nr p-
mo. H.. Nurl for 10 that % $3.50. all right
Ar. i1fnV further testified thut hc ,''i noi know
vhr hrr fIr eH'|/l .inrnt 'Hnn'. .li 10 n Iaid .p
! in r.-h or 'I'rcHs An entry rNhiN' ID 20 "Nh ny
Mr. Williams Showed that $1,000 of D. h.i h''u paid
! iG ca-l. Mi Whitney, ih. present hni"h''i ~. i'-
onf-'.t the chairman t"a~k whether ITO 3. Dol" .nt y
aHf ,ff.- ~,n'r -. iu hi> trlI - r'."'' N7
witness -.il U.ru. had NOT L'.n. W. NuirnI' then
d,-.irl thr witness 20 show bow iHr rh'-r- iH NO
ea-I houI compared with those in ilr Journal. VT.
| Barrow found isiri'nr.'s ln tho H''"unI- nl iha
/ books of Nr Ncstcrelf. Mr.. Nandrrpo alN WIZ
ilm g. lHld. former treasurer lcrr wero
.....a.u, ., Jo the pe.son from whom ta,y ~oie 20
/ hrt"'l. lcL
| 81. N'i'itms-Do you hni anftihnt N' %" ar-
c.unf of Mr. N"stcl'rit witch ctai-.a Ai" MIN
| 81 i'.t.2 th
" ! do uut.'
A. ibis point Mr. whitney 'he h"o-N. i'I iarr-
| ruaIrI f.r proceedings. >ttuGt
81 want t0 .t Nr. Bluon right
Nr. NI.'i.rr we want ltHu fo .'f iii' i I'tli'
| SIT. Wuiuty-Ihr public D, g-t'nE o. wrong
if pr. .-'uu want O." srf f''"i r'.i
o. l,l .lirll have un opu1r 300 fy.'
Th.f. lr- in., 300 iilnI,.-io for nl .- fn1t -
I a'I ,.rr.. want tpcoirrr' % uo..
" shall give }nu 300 opportunity ..'i' $500 Ahi'A
/ t.f.l..t at t.l. -tiiru''.t tf fou WANT. ami,
800. btTuA "H. il'u ct i-i.iir '''h 10 "''''
agent ul Doe lun!u lilr gi steamers "'- '''.
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y".'ss r, ,..p J,,.. Thor. is mn srran en,nt thar
with good, like chemicals Sd long ae itr l'' on
MS ."h'r, "i.o" %, 'h,,f lu'li "l ' '''' 80,
! r.ua. f.rt onf..de of tine pier for lrcIng these
! g,pI- Wrpay uothmg to the cfy ior ti.is.
Nr n'o i' neg in l'tlia L" .' I I.i H.. . ,IJ
| II 'pri,.te properly; tlat t hsd been
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