Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-21
HOBOKEN'S SENSATION.
City Clerk Mausell Arrested for
 Forging Certificates.
ABOUT 5000 WORTH NEGOTIATED
He Take the Matter Calmly and Denies Afhxing the Signatures, but There Is Trial.

No Doubt of His Guilt-He Is Held for
 Trial.
 HoRoKES, N. j., March 2l-Whea the common council convened at 9 o'clock Tues day night, 1t was evident something unusual had happened. Aft.'r an immc Hate adjourn- ment all the members hu:riei into the office of City TreasurIr Sm th. There two forged improvenrn mt certiiicl lteS n: tn, city were laid before them. Tne [ fcato which led to the discovery was i, ts.:5te for payment Tuesday afternoon. IL WAS for Contractor Plunketts Clinton strtet improvement, and the amount was Ss51 an ihe number l, lea
 When Treasure smith gave the certiti- cate to Comptroller k su.finiua the latter looked into the certiicute b OK for the fac simile of the number. H. ivi rd to find the number of the uh lie suspected that some thing wss wrong anL showed the two certti- yates to ex-Mayor Kerr, who ill the office when they were sun3ossi tn have been issued. The ex-lnayor s,id, after glancing at the document My name iS clumsy forgery" City Cler~ MeDernott also pro nouncec his A nature a forgery.
 Suspicion at p.ice pointed to William c. Mausell, for year, assistant city clerk, for the reason that h. made Nut the body of al checks and certi.r;,t,sS ;n.i had free access to all safes and io .uInents. The bodies of the two forged cer;itica were made cut ill his handwriting Th. inducements of P T. Piunkett both rhecSS are clever forgeries. Chief of Police Do loran consulted, and in the me nntine Mauseli was seen leaving the city hall He was called into Treasurer Smiths office and the two forged certificates shown him. He was perfectly calm and ad- mtted having drawn them, but denied hav- ing affixed the gnatures. The cert ficate book was handed to h!ln, but he failed to find the stubs to correspond. They had been carefully cut from the book.
 All the councilnen present decided that for their own protection and the interest of the city it would be best to place Mausell under arrest. The chief of police objectei, as no would make affidavit. He said he wanted to be right, and he hurried to Jersey City for the purpose of seeing Banker Dalton, who negotiated the certificate. In the mean time Corp ration Attorney Minturn was sent for. Further Investigator was made, and then it was discovored that at least sixteen certificates and stubs were missing out of the book
 When Mir Dalton arrived with the chief he said he saw the name of his father, Robert J. Dalton, on certificate No. l,093 He was shown the certificate in question, and after carefully examining it said:
 That name Is a forgery My father never signed it. My father, who died in January last, negotiated many certificates and war rants for Mausell l have six certificates left me by my sister and father. For heavens s sake don't tell me they all forged, or you will drive me to an asylum. Do you mean to tell me that all have got arc worthless?"
 The corporation attorney drew up a com plaint on the affidavit of City Clerk McDer- mott, which directly charges Mausell W tn having committed the forgeres Mausel was then placed under arrest, MT. Dalton having identiti d him as the man for whom his father negotiated certificates and warrants. In the recorders court Mausell was held for trial.
 The books of the city clerks office were carefully examined and the certificate books ill Mausells desk were found to have been tempered with. Numbers and stubs 1,075, 1,U77, 1,O79, 1,C56, l,0S0, 1917, 1,3ll, ,32O, 1,S43 1,346, l,lSS, l,303, l,233, ,2i5, 1 2So and l,397 were missing. It is thought that these numbers represent SS,0oo. The name of ex- Mayor Timken was aiso found to have been forged. He was in office four years ago.
 Mausell is 51 years old and resides with his wife and three children at No. 254 Garden street. Hoboken. He was an asprant for the position of water register and was working hard to secure the Democratic nomination. He had been in politics for several years