New-York tribune., 1883-11-03
MORE WATER RATE FRAUDS.
NEW INDICTMENTS BY THE GRAND JURY.
THEE CLERKS ARRESTED FOR GRAND LARCENY AND
FORGERY.

The Grand Jury yesterday handed to Recorder
smyth in the Court of General Sessions several new
indictments that had been found by them after an
investigation into the affairs of the Water Register
Bureau of the Department of Public Works. ,
The examination of witnesses In reference 10 tne
matter has occupied much OF the time OF the
Grand Jury for three weeks Many brewers and
other consumers of large quantities of water were
asked az to the method IN which they had made
payments, and the books OF the Bureau were care are
fully examined to discover any false entries. The
testimony was reduced TO writing and was care
fully considered. Frauds were discovered of the
lows and David +. Aiken were arrested
In September New indictments were found
against Bellows and ne was also allowed 10 appear pfa
presented against former clerk III the Office OF the
Bureau of Arrears of Taxes: A.. eu,,.ot ,;v ~
eight indictments, most of which were against the
clerks who have previously been implicated but
three clerks who had not previously s been are aT
John b. Dolan, Sileck S. Schofeld and
William Winn. The indictment against Dolan
charges him with grand larceny hePH degGs STe tbat
he fTaudulently obtained a sum OF money nyhn tha
Michael Farley, and the other charges thaT tne
same sum was appropriated from the CITY. theTe
are two indictments against Schofeld-one Is tor
grand larceny and for obtaining money under IaIse
pretences from Frederick Oppermann ana tOoll 1OGn
ing a false entry in the. book books IN OF Ti me
Bureau to the amount OF $50 oo. a,,,oas me
indictments against Winn are for similar offences
Hencb warrants were obtained from Recorder
Smith and placed i'm the hands of Detectives Reilly
and Won Gerichten and Schofeld and DOan were
arrested inst as they were leaving the Department.
of Public Works. They were taken TO Police Head
quarters and locked up. Wmn was arrested later
at his home. -
Schofeld is a clerk in the Water Registers
Bureau at a salary of $1,000 year. He was APP
pointed on December IA, 1876. lie is about forty
wears old and SdoweT with two children and he
lives at No 236 East Eighty-fth-st. lie is gentle
mau-lke aud well connected socially. He was
much liked i'm the Department. DOlan is an inspector
of water-mleters at q salary of So 90 per day. lie
was detailed as a clerk. He is about thirty-1ye
years old, lives at No. 325 East Iwenty-iouEth-St
and is we-known politician in the AVith Assem-
bly, district, where he is known as Jack Dolan.
Winn is twenty-eight years old, and ne
lives at No. 790 SecOud-ave. The ar
rests created no surprise, as II had been eX.
pected that other arrests would follow those OF
Bellows and Aiken. .,
The indictment found against one of those con-
nected with the frauds in the Bureau OF Arrears Is
supposed to bo an additional indictment against
John B. Carroll the clerk charged with having al
tered the books in the interest Of certain owners OF
real estate who wished to escape payment of their
arrears OF taxes by payment 10 Carroll of sum con-
Riderably less than the amount due the city. ~ ,;
Cady chief of the Bureau of Assessments ana
Arrears said yesterday that he knew OF no EVIDENCE
against any one in his department besides carroll,
and he did not believe that an indictment had been
found against any one else in his bureau. 1t was
possible nc said, that an indictment had been found
against some one of those who had paid money TO
have their back taxes reduced by Carroll, Dut ne
Thought it much more likely that it was an addl-
tiOnal indictment against Carroll.
Mayor Edison and Controller Grant said That they
had no knowledge of any additional persons IN the
Finance Department having been indicted.