New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-10
HOW JONES GOT $1,000 BILLS
PRISONERS FRIENDS WANTED CHANGE.
ALDERMEN FARLEY GENERALLY ACCOMMODATED
HlM-MRs RorHMAN's BAD MEMORY.


"Billy" Jones, the 81, 900 year engineer OF
the Ludlow JAIL entertained the Senate Railroad
Committee spectators Part ILL., Of the Superior
Court yesterday with recital Of how lie played go
between with 81 900 and $500 bills in getting them
changed at ex-AIderman Fareys liquor shop so that
rch prisoners might have pin IN case OF emer
eency "Bily" 10 a brisk little who got on In iiie
as n cooper and . fireman. until Alderman Farley
"fooepce" landed him in the jail to supply heat ana
water for the inmates He displayed . bad memory
yesterday but got down TO facts sufficiently to snow
that Ferdinand Wards brother william used to send the
engineer ont to get 900 bills brvkcn In 1854 ana $780,
up to the time Ward waited 10 Sing Sing The depo-
sitions Of Mra ex-Aldermen Kenny Anu ho'a""" "'io
read.
William Keller. Deputy Tax Commissioner In charge
OF estate who the first Witness stated that
he had found of real estate as against william
Hall the dead Assembly NAME elect. who had supphea
Farley with some Of his $1,000 biis Samuel A. Madge
of the surrog Office produced papers bearing ON the
exiate of Mr.. Hall. who diea November 80, 1889
Mira Hall made application. according to the papers
20 be appointed OF the estate, Which, she
swore was wholly personal aud did not exceed
$1,000 George Gaylor. general assistant 10 the Ger
man Exchange Bank. where Farley had deposited MS
81 900 bills and other money 10 pay $4,000 on his
wifes 900 house. testified that Farleys account be-
gan ia 1883 and the deposits up to February 1882
varied from 1920 to $1,000 q month. the average
being 81 900 Exceptional deposits were $500 on
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was nary cash and partly checks. while the $500
was all In cash. June 90 1885. $4,000 was depos-
tied June 49, 1885. was the "day OF the big divide.
The average deposits III 1885 were 5000 month.
There was one deposit OF $780, one OF $780, some OF
500.
Mr. seward-Did you have account there with Al
dernan Thomas Rotbmanf A--Yes. sir
Mr.. seward-Thank you Now know where''S
Engineer Jones next called lie 10 an energeuc
man and kissed the book vigorously He dropped into
hi, seat with an air say Pump me II you can.
MIR ConklIug examined him
O. What Ia your age A.-Thirty-sx. fused to he q
cooper AT Burning slip. / had been in that business
sevsneen years was appointed engineer by e1-sherlf
Davidson. Mr. Farley had hrped me considerably TO se
the place resolution In the Board OF Aiucr Ell
which created the place was appointed IN isS- 90
yeor' n1o n.y. 1913 yes over
drug store. have known Mr. Farley Tor twenty years,
on he second Avenue for weeks. ran fire
III piano factory al 81 week tn, roso. ,,.t
Q-Nbat Is yonr business at the jail 40 see tpae
the building neatea and the tanks full OF water Ihe
sD pYoG have not Inherited tOrtune ANO.
Q-Yon are not speculater 40 ,, ooa %
Q.-How is your salary paid I A.-hohthiy' 9oo co.
get in checks To my order ..,
ODD you read Alderman Fareys testimony A.
O@Do You recolect having gwen Alderman Farley
81 900 bill Al do The first one was early IN 1925
in iSq nj. " store. No. No. AZ III Grsnd-st
Q.-Is that not a saloon A-feSi out caii IL
Mr. Jones said the time of occurrence must have
been before r. after that hour he would not Try
20 Ell a
the for from the drawer and SAFE ne SAID
The witness could not tho character of the
change. lie returned with 1t directly TO the jail
O-where did you go then Al returned The money
10 the man gave Inc the bill thnk IL was fhhlp
kiernan thep or subs, Que nty warden OF the Jail
Q.--Whtre is he now A-MemOer O1 the Assembly,
Billy dis played a wo:u ignoran OF the currency
land lie proessed that he never observed
the difference between national bank not and other
bills He cassed them all rs greenbacks and so coula
not tell species OF the bills he got His next trip to
get change for IL 900 $500 bill at Fareys occurred
the same year thought least late 1883 or early
inlssi He could not give the date more exactly The
first bill was the only changed for Herman. The
second one might have been 81 900 bill OF 5000 DILL
Q.-To whom did you deliver the chansei A-Tbe
parties who gave to me. don't know the name III
was visitor al jail tbiuk have seen him since
often get bills changed for visitors
NAMED Pise. and named Ward. and one named
sherry. Friends OF theirs visited them | couldn't say
Wha particular prisoner this particular visitor came 10
see The visitors would want bills changed.
Q.-who called your attention TO the visitort A.
O.FrWhar prsoneri At might have been Mr.. Pike
VI QHwhat wardi A-Ferdinsnd Ward. Isaw Ward,
brother there seversi times changed no money nor
oHDld Won understand Mr.. Farley to be moneyed
man Al can't say did He slways Kept enouah
hand change 1000 bill Yes he did good
business
Jacob sharp here entered the and took seat in
an apparently unconcerned way. Jones did not know
whether IL soda whskey or cards which took
him 10 Faleys place for social purposes. He had got
81 600 bills changed also at the German Exchange Bank
He had got pills changed there on the srcnsth OF
Fareys at least without Farieys authority
At her Farley had sent him there. for there were
occasions when quor-seler did not have 81 900 In
change lying around loose
Gid you ever receive bill from MI Wardf A.
No not directly. ~
O. Dia you ever change bill for his brotherl Al
Thick changed one FOR him.
Q.-Does his brother look Ike shrewd MANI A.
Z hat mi
Ward would get you to change o instead Of getting u
himself election was y one Of Mr.
Ward's trends who gave me The bill II was Just before
M1rd wa #. ad not han nanH me the bill M
Farley changed from six to eight bills for me In all Mr.
Rice was prisoner whose friends had balls changed
Ferdinand Ward. or three times when his friends
present asked me TO get pills char sed one
OF his friends.
"Buly" was excused and looked glad to get away.
Nr Seward read the deposition of Mrs. Patrick
Kenny. the widow OF the Alderman OF 1854 She had
apped for OF administration on the estate OF
her husband deposition said that her hns-
band IN March, 1854. bought q house for $4,000 or
100000 at No 2l4 East Fftytourth-st- He lad had
only 81 500 200 In personal property Mrs Ken
ny could plain how her husband had been able 10
buy the house. He had been hquor-seiier at Four
feminist and secondsve. Mrs Kenny had not asked
him the his purchase of property because
after her marriage he had been "di1cu OF approa h.
He had been more laxative before Mrs Kon-
ny still owned and ran the shop.
Odd you ever see your husband have any large
biisi Al never saw his pockets till the morning he
died.
Mr.. Kenny. according 10 his wife, was VERY ex.
eitabe man.. to whom che DREADED 70 SPEAK VI property
matters. - - -,
VJlbsm J. flaming, q lawyer, was the next witness.
Mr. kenny lad been his Office while the Boyle
estate pro,s.rty at FyfourIhst and Firstsve be-
Ing Alderman TIE deed for the prop
erty mad drawn by MI. Tanning. the price being
sal 600 The property said the witness was bought al
public sale by Patrick Kenny. request was made by
hs uttorpey Mr. McCahi that tho property should DO
decided to ~ trustee for MIR. KeDnys son Edward.
O-ADd IL the word I" Edward was erased In the
s.ed Aud the word Patrick" substituted that would
refer TO this son Ayes, sir. Iopposed the ides OF
trust The deed ultimately made TO Patrick Kenny
Ten per &c mt paid the sale ut the Exchange On
the dsy Of closing Of tie sale 5000 mortgage
was paid by check, balance. some $4,000 in