New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-04
THE ARMORIEs INVESTIGATION.
GENERAL wYIIE AGAIN ON THE sTAND-sULLIVAN,
VAIL CO.'S BID.


THE hRMORIES INVESTIGATION.
GENERAL wYIIE AGAIN ON THE sTAND-sULLvAN,
VAIL CO.'S BID.
The Assembly Committee on ArSenals resumed i1s
investigation in the Arsenal building yest"luaS'
The examination of General Wyle was continued
lie produced number of let ers TO prove ms slale-
meut th,t payments for work had been maze
through bus Office by direction OF HIS supelIoi
o1ficors or commissions of which he was not NELL
Der lie sad
The repair, on the Albany Amory done under the
Immediate direction of General fredeck loWuScnu,
who WAS then AdutantCeneral ana VINO celtHcu tng g
bills He told me they were correct and paid mem AL
Tho general repairs at Albany were done uhder INC
vision Colonel Deecgn, NE superintendent Gi tme Ge
Department undor the dTssSp er OF cTed to by
Colonel Deegan.
General John b. Woodward, bong sworn on he be,
half of Colonel Dcegan, was examined oy H. W..
Bookstavcr. He said:
was Adjutant General of the state OF NewforK ron
Aprl December 1872 and was memner Oh 1ne h h
Ing Commission when the Watertown ArInofV was oht
have no looks memoranda showing lhe pIocGenSs
OF the Commission know mat tne pans dsr %Srf 70 s%r
me construction of the Amoy' Pnt we Teie %
proposed superintendent made csre rev he Wss
Trustworthy and capable man Tor Inc place
Auoust1s Thomas of Pittman q Thomas, manu-
factnrpys agents, of Philadelphia testified:
In Nav we presented sealed bid on sskybue ieIsE
offered b, amember Of the firm OF sullivan van 70
General Wylie being again put upon the stand
said:
from SnIIyan Vail CO. ono for coats and one for
trousers. Ptman y Thomas put III nlu ior uouse,s
only After the bids were opened we Wen' mo cA',u
live esion and had an expert cloth EXAMINE the sam,
nss ana be reported that the samples Of sullivan van
The commission after considering the adylsiblliW OF
having goods delivered in such gusute1 ana AZ sHC nr
times "A. might he desired, decided thht Wouu ne ior
te best interests Of the state to accept inc bd oi SUM-
Van Vaf ~ Co inc ptico was forty Ave cents yard
less than We had paid the previous year I1tnan "
Thomas hid only ON the trousers
Chairman Curtis announced that the committee
Mr. architect,
Pcckskill and Newburg to examine the State camp
and atmorv, and that he would he examined ~ ire
Islnnd ON Monday General Nlngate ana MI BOOK
steyer objected To Woods employment asan expe1ti
because the evidence shows that he Is prcluulceu
and will not make Jar anu impIT ro ,Slnnd a
y. III. ON Monday
Suicide OF JUDGE ARNOUX's BROTHER.
An,hnrv Arnoux older brother of Judge Will
lain H. ATnouX committed suicide yesterday IN the
office of the Armour Il llOchhausen Elcct1lG Com
many No 2g7 East Twcntiethst., of when ne was
tt",s,ircr MANY wears ago he succeeded his father
i tho merchant tailor business, under the ~
Nicholas Hotel About seven years Hs1 ,bc V wrnO
factn~o of electrical machines ut No. Howard st,
In 1881 the firm rented the old stables IN ENSt
Twentcth.st., and converted them lnto MoihsnoPs'
,ibc husnrsS did not pay we'll, and MIR llochhauscn
withdrew from Il. Mr., ArnouN then formed sio'H
company. of which he was president Tor iilh'' nmu
was succccdcd hy Frederic 4, Potts, the coal mcf,
chant Mr. ArnOuX, rs the treasurer, was inc loal
head of the company. and he devoted all ms cn.r'
toward
Elliott who had promised to do what lac could Tor
Mir. Arnoux, went TO see him Yesterday. They were
cQnyersng together IN the Office at noon TiUn tnc
worlmen left the shop. and before o'clock MI AT,
noux's dead body was found on the u0or TIC hal
shot himself in tho heart with revolver ON ms
desk weretwO letters, one addressed TO ms Wle'
M No l2S East Forty -hith-st., which contained
warm expressions of love, and stated that he ma
been driven TO suicide by business troubles ne
wrote that he could not blame Mr.. Potts for his
refusal 10 advance more money ana expfeSSNe CO..
hope that as much as possible would DC sa'ou HUN
the wreck for his wife ana SON.
THE ELEVATED RAILWAY FoRGERIEs,
James p. Cole, William H. Pindar and August c;
spetb who were arrested by Inspector Byrnes ana
detectives from the Central 0dce were arIagned
before Justice OReilly in the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday, on athdavits made by De
tective, Sergeants Slevln Won Gerchtcn ana IlhK,
Frank X Hahn in behalf of the Elevated Railway
Company, and A. Claxton Cary. the yice-presldent
of the Franklin Bank Note Company. The athda,
Wits rccite the facts of the before given and
the specific charge made IS that OF forgery. Justice
OReiy held each Of the accused .lnen III So'ooO
hail for trial at the General Sessions.
AZ the Office of the Manhattan Railway Company
IL was SAID yyesterday that there wereno new de-
yelopments about the attempt to swlndle the CON-
pany In regard 10 any efforts to discover the ac
completes of the persons now under arrest u wa
said that nothing could be published at present
The proof against the prisoners was consiueeu am
Henry Speth, the father of august @. Speth. says
that the firm Of Speth e. Co, of No. so Maiden
Lane had no connection with the forgery. August
&. was member OF the urn.
NEW BUILDINGS FOR YOUNG MEN
The Young Mems Christian Association has pur
chased from Hamilton Fish the house and grounds
of his former home, No. l42 SecOnd-aVe. peai
Ninth-st The property will he used for the Ger
man branch of the association. One of the ofhcers
said Yesterday: We shall mako use OF the build.
Ing for a library and reading-room, and Ia the fall
We want to raise $4,000 TO build an addition, III
which will be placed gymnasium as complete a.
that in our main building in Fourth-aye.. bath