New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
crorrIS To CARROLL'S DEFALCATION.
TWO CLERKS DISMISSED BY CONTROLLER CAMP
nv,,AcrtOS OF THE ALDERMEN.

RrII-ACrIoN OF THE ALDERMEN.
Cortr,,Ier Campbell en- Tuesday sent ccommuni-
cations to William e. Emmett ana RANK II H.
his department informing them that they "oulu
Ls given until go a. III. yesterday 10 snow cause
why they sh9ud not oe aTH be mem o Who should
have detected the Tact tnat irregularities were
going on, ana it IS SAID that had they performed
fbe;r dntv the populations of Carroll would have
nsen confined TO comparatively small amount IN
stead of covering period of nearly four years and
Teaching the sum of $l4s, $50. At the hour named
tLev appeared before Mr.. Campbell accompanied
bv counsel. Mr.. Emmett was represented by VII
liam A. Beach and Mr.. Forester ny John ID. Town
send The Controller said that there was no pfece-
dent for empOyes being TepIesented by counsel,
and he could not consent to hear them. Inc TWO
CLERKS then said that they preferred TO say nothing
nj that fine Mr. Emmett declared that II was only
right that he should ne gwen 1ul nearing Deioic
being subjected to the disgrace of dismissal, and he
needed counsel to aid him in bringing ont all the
facts and putting the responsibility where IL prop
erly belonged. The Controller replied that there
was no precedent for such hearing as was as
mandcd. II the CLERK had nOthlhS iurther 10 80
there was no course left fer him hut TO rneoNe MI.
Emmct The same course was followed III the case
of Mr.. Forester. s A. poon5
Yesterday offered a resolution with reference 10
Carroll defslcatoD. 1t declares that INC So ti
ler has admitted that there EXISTS large ue i'ic"
tlon i'm the accounts of his department uhdel us
administration that the Mayor has authoINed the
Commissioners OF Accounts 10 nlSh0 10 Mr. tho
yestIgati on; that i'll his letter 10 the MA" Vi .a1
ContTo Ter admitted that his attention was dliecleu
to suspicious circumstances under "hich IA 70 nun
hers OF the coupons of the city weIo 3eeu loI aIo
in Wall Street during q portion OF the peflod wien
the detalcaton nelng committed: ,'ha' 'he oA
planatnn of the Controller Is not anu
mi the blame for aIge delslcailOn IN the city
funds cannot De transferred by the CONTROLLER upon
wI0sr warrant alone the money could have been
drawn from the city treasury to one OF more OF
h,s onnointros i'm the Department of Finance. In
conclusion it is resolved that :he Mayor he author
lied and required upon receiving inc report vi tho
Commissioners OF Accounts, to take all acti0p
CITY treasury Of all sums fIauduehtIy taken there
from ana TO proceed against all persons through
whose negligence inst rumeutallty Inc cliN mas
been deiraudcd. and that commute lee oil thIee he a
pointed to cooperate with the Mayor III carving
into effect the action recommended. ne re>0u'Ioh
WAS PASSED by a vote OF u to /, only Alderman
Jaenue voting in the negative. President keliIy a-
pointed as the committee Aldermen Cochrane'
Graut aud Wells. N
Nr Campbell was asked by reporter of Tue
TElBINr If be had anything To say relative TO the
action of tine Bulrd of Aldermen and. his dismissal
of the clerks He replied: 4" removed Messrs
Immet and FORESTER because considered them
guilty OF gross negligence OF duty. tur'hei th"n
Ia'eT in the day Mr Campbell promoted Charles
A. CLrN. a clerk in the Finance DcpaTtnent to the
position Of discussing clerk ana appointed Jam o.
Sullivan assistant discussing clerk, me salary oi
discussing clerk is s. 900 and that of his stant
81 900 Nh Clark's salary was Sl,7'O. ana Nj.
Snllivan's SEQ Both have been employed IN the
Finance Department for several years.
MT Emmett said to the reporter that he dld moi
propose TO sit down quietly under tlls music.
counsel ana could not exactly what his course
OF action WOud he. lie had been guilty on no
wrong dong ana hai not been neglectiul. lie had
been made the rcapcg'at Tor other men careless
ness and WrOUg-duluc.
A story was circulated about midday that John
Kelly had sent to the Controller his certified check
Tor $1,000 that being the amount stolen hg
Carroll curing .hc last eighteen months OF Nr.
Krlly's term a Controller. Mr. Kelly when
asked if the report WAS true, saId mere Is not
Dnc word of truth III the report
AN INVESTIGATION BY Mr. McKEON.
District Attorney Mckeon has begun al im,esti-
CATION into the facts Attending the Application LOT
tic pardon of Dora Schernlkow. who was CON
vlctcd in $50 OF entcing Eliza Doll, an lnmisisnt
yirl into disorderly house. She was sentenced 10
Twelve Years imprisonment. A letter received
several weeks ago from the Governor asking a"Out
the case and 1t was stated AT that time that "A phy-
sicIans cert ito ate was shown 10 the governor stat
ing that the woman suffering from disease
from which she could not recover Mr. Mekeon
opposed the aqpllcat on Tor pardon. ASSISTANT
il street Attorney Fellows wj> asked several weeks
ago by ex Alderman KIauSe. who represented Mrs.
SchcruIkow friends to assist III procuring pardon
from tie Governor. According 10 his statement
Colonel Fellows accepted a contingent fec Of 800
and received payment in advance. lie SAYS that he
returned all tho money except enough foT his e1-
penses when he learned That the Pardon would not
he granted, ,r
porter: " have received letter from Dr. seaman,
WHO. il was said, fur shed tie certificate On winch
the app cation for pardon was basel tie says that
he made affidavit that Mrs ScheruikOw VAS suffer
ing from cataract of the eyes but distinctly stated
that she had no dangerous Illness ne last clause
appears TO have been stricken out of the certificate
as sent TO the Governor. Lave asked MI. elbows
for an explanation OF ms connection w'th ING
case. He sad that as the case had not been tired
while the present administration was IN oh'e he dd
not think il lmprC per 10 accept u retainer re-
minded that if the ease WAS not tried, the 0p,
position Ia the appeal was pushed to Il successful
re ,nlt hy lire present District Attorney. HIS Plana
ton was not entirely satisfactory but lie assured me
tuat ho had returned the money. | have now given
strict orders that nobody connected with ths ONCE
a,oIl, r.l tlrflf
under Icnaltv of dismissal. | have not entirely fin
lsheG my ny estigatlon in regard to the mattel
STOCK EXCHANGE COMMITTEES.
The first meeting of tho new Governing Com
mittee of the Stock ES change was held Yesterday
Inc appointment of the standing committees WAS
the only important business transacted. Tue
financial committees aIe. constituted as follows:
On Finance-Donad MdCkay, :. l. Russell, Henry
Mcgs Brayton Ives and +, y lawrence; on AZ
Martin Joseph : Decker, William Mcclure, James
d. smith. and II. L. Auderton. jr;; on Adn,lSsons-A.
NJ. Cahoone. @. l.. HaIght, +. y. Lawrence, Will
lam Lummis. Henry Alcigs. F. X. Sturgis. W. b.
Dckerman. A Wolf, jr., +: L. Eames, lIayton
Ives, Laurens Joseph, Dopad Mackay, T. A. Drake
Henry Graves 5 /: Russell, K. L. AndeI'On. IT,,
William Adams, S. J. Drake W. A. BOwron. {. X.
Randall Nelson Robinson and 4. kepper on Law
-Bravton Ives, r. X. Sturgis, Henry Graves r. l..
EameS AMI Donald Mackay. The committee VIII
select tier cha rmea at their first meetings. On
the Finance COMMITTEE there are now four eX
prcsidents of the Exchans donald Mackay. :. T.
Russell. Brayton Ives and f. ~ Lawrence. The
Law Committee WAS increased recently IRON three
to ty o members: the two new members are + l..
Eames amt Donald Mackay, while /. H. Sturgls and
Henry Graves take the places on the same commit
tee of H. W. Perkins and 1. NJ. stead Charles j.
Osborn who now serves his hIst term Gov
eruor was made member of the Committee or
Printing.
RELIEVING ABLE-BODIED PAUPERS.
A private and informal meeting OF the Committee
on Coo 1eration OF the Charity ORGANIZATION SOcl-
etv was held NJ No - FOurtDave. Oh Tuesday to
consider mAtters concerning tue distribution OF re-
lei IN tins city. report vas read showing that oil
so 900 persons gwen relief III TINS city by inc Sncl
ETY. IN tine cast year very large majority were
able bodle l men. Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell one