St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-10-06
ANOTHER GONE WRONG.
Arrest of an Ex-Municipa1 Clerk of New
York City for Forgery-A Delinquency of.
S15, 200 So Far Discovered.

SIG, 600 So Far Discovered.
NEW YORK. Sept. ~.
Inspector Byrnes and his detectives have
been mysteriously active of late, but all eff
forts to find out what was in the wind were
unavailing until this evening. Then the
Inspector announced that q former clerk in
the bureau for the collection of assessments,
and of arrears of taxes int he Comptroller's
Office was prisoner in the police head.
quarters on charge of forgery similar to-
the charge upon which David e. Aiken, Of
the Department of Public, Works, was ar
rested last week. The prisoner was John
B. Carroll, who for two years previous to,
last March had been a clerk in the bureau
to which the accounts of delinquent tax
payers are referred, the regular tax office.
being fully occupied with the tax and as
sessment roll of the current fiscal year.
Inspector Byrnes told the story of the ar
rest:
On Saturday last the Comptroller, who is:
making very thorough examination into,
all the affairs of his office and the different.
bureaus connected with it, discovered some
discrepancies in the accounts of the bureau
of arrears. In one of the books he found.
S15, 900 posted up as paid where the city
had not received the money. He reported
the matter to the District Attorney and
they had consultation to which Inspector
Byrnes was called. On learning the facts
the District Attorney said there was clear
case of forgery against John B. Carroll.
who was discharged last March. The cause
of CarrolPs discharge was general inatten-
ton to business and no suspicion of irreg-.
ularity in his accounts attached to him at.
the time.
Comptroller Grant furnished the District
Attorney evidence sufficient to secure the
indictment of Carroll. He was indicted and
q bench-warrant was issued for his arrest.
1t was learned that Carroll's mother lived
at the Hamilton House, Stamford, Conn,
and on Wednesday morning Detectives.
Steven r. O'Connor and Reilly were sent
up there. They found out that Mrs. Car
roll did board at that house, and that She.
had two sons, who did not stop there regu--
lariy but were there very frequently. The
detectives were convinced that one of the
sons was the man they were looking for,
end decided to watch the hotel till he
Should put In an appearance. They think
that Carroll had been in the hotel all the.
time, for at noon to-day he was seen COM
ing out. He walked directly toward the
railroad station and the detectives followed
him and arrested him in the station. They
had a Stamford officer with them, and they
told young Carroll that as they had a..
bench-warrant for him it would be only a
matter of a couple of days before extra
dition papers could be perfected in his.
would consent to leave Connecticut with
them. After some talk the prisoner gave
his consent, The Connecticut officer, how
ever, accompanied the party until they
crossed the State line.
The mode of operation in this case"
similar to that in the recently discovered
frauds in the water accounts. If large
account against delinquent taxpayer was
squared on the books without the money
going to the city, it must have been worth
something to some person or persons.
can say nothing as to the extent of the
business. The amount discovered is $15,-
o0o and it is principally on account of ar
rears Of taxes on property belonging to a.
brother. of ex-Mayor Ety."