New-York tribune., 1886-08-11

.ax,.. With vou about the letting OF contracts
Ayes. he advised me against letting tnem nave
ts Flynn about Thp%Psos' H"psSs rhsn
found it out When no came home told him about IL
and some time later he told me that there aSont Il by
tie doubt that had both been deceived apou' ~
ON the charges that wsrs presented by the Mayor %
to there is one for mntiiatng records how
about that Al had received host OF conp.r,ntsnd
neglect OF duty against Joseph Thsy snnoyed me
all the time finally CHARGED Blumehtnai ~, 80. me to
Sp,Wer III. frsna" neroedsG for him and offered to
have him resign II would withdraw tne fka dt re-
sign ana ordered the record Of my having brought
charges against him destroyed. ,..,, h.a "a
Odd you seek to the fart that you haa ran s
sued that order A.No, indeed. 1t was pupN' ''N''
spread ont lD my letter book , And for
Q.-And done simply as kudnessi AM nif isf
no other reason whatever consulted with my c6let s
clerk Mr.. Clifford about 1t and he agreed Win hio I'm"
Q.-who have to your files A;.Eyerypony oDs
There not record OF any kna tna s of Ac
counts have had to them all and nave oeo"
sTs yo % syr yss ,s ,s asa a.rsd letter of Mr.
to you concerning the transfer system wneh , nc ~
out stopped the system sdiaely The letter never
reached me, but Mr.. Birdsall told me ABOUT IL aio'
THE POLLARD CHARGE DENOUNCED.
Q.-How about the Pollard chargea A. (with great
feeling ana In a Iona voice)-I want to say mere en"
now that none OF wicked dishonest charges tha
people have trumped up against me have hur me
at all except this 1t has hurt me to hnd 'a' thero
were in the world men conscenceless ana haihhao"y
brutal aso bring up before man the record oi "n IL"
discretion committed in his youtn atoned Tor thousahu
tncs by suffering remorse al well as DJ years
honest and correct living. smpiyt to use MIS- ms'ort
me as club to smash Squire with" Iwantto prahd
that before the people or this city ns unParsneie4
cruelty and shame. want no vicarous atoneiDo"
quite able meet charge against me, put 'uls
one ID wicked infamous aud merits the fndlsnaIon oi
all kind honest people. Pollard came 10 M anu
told ma of tha whi while | was aDsent
from Boston. said very sorry for hm ana una.
II was conducting private business
wonld make difference. But rs thls
was public office in which men
MOTH against them be consdernh 20 hsVo
the claim for place. should have TO ask MIN 10 re-
sign. He did so. a.,
Q-IIat there ever bacn any complaint as to his
worki A.-No. Before hs came there the CITY was was
robbed OF thousands OF dol oy loose accounts Inc
sysism OF accounts he Invented my request Tor tue
Registers oicr Las enabled mo 10 increase the
water revenues S2Oi.OOO already this year. Comhis-
si0nrr Shearman, who bringa this charge toh me ho
considered Poards report tue ablest documehs vi tho
kind he had ever seen.
At this point was taken until p m. "neh
the Mayor called tho after recess Mr. Srahan saa
that he mad tho Grand jury hal brought
In an Indictment against Mosars Squire and Flynn ana
he asked Adjournment until Thursday "t n2on IL
was granted without opposition. Mr. Squire lett tho
70 M saying Colonel Ingero that he was going 10
tho Dsrict Attorneys oco where he understood that
Inspector Byrnes WAS waiting for him.