The morning news., 1889-02-03
STOLE RIGHT AND LEFT.
The indianapolis Crooks Played For
Big Money.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2.-There is no
longer doubt but that County Clerk John
Z. sullivan and Thomas II. O'Neal chief
clerk at his poultry house, have both fed
from the city, aud are now fugtives from
iusti q probably in Canada. When the
! startling news was tirSy circulated through
tho cit. yesterday muruing, people were
disposed to regard it as a
canard, but later developments prove
that Sullivan a O'Neal have gone TO join
defaultcr Moore. HIS degacalions and
debts are estimated 70 run anywhere from
| 500 900 TO 100000. lie made clean sweep
OF the mo. ey in the county clerks Office
and did not leave enough funds TO pay the
salaries due his depJtie5.
$4,000 OWED HIM FOR FEES.
There is due Sullivan about $4,000 in
fees, but his creditors expect TO find that he
has assigned his claims for consideration
to some one. He raised money on every
! thing he could lay his hands on, and tho
| presumption is that he carried good round
| sum away with him. HIS embezzlements,
aside from his legitimate deb,s, now reach
abouj $45,0OO. As n sample OF his methods
il has been discovered that few DAYS ago his
wife gave mortgage on some property
she owned in the city and raised $i, 600
through james Renihan, one OF Sullivan's
hondsmen, the understanding being with
Renihan that Sullivan was to use he money
to meet any run on the clerks Office which
might follow his failure In tho poultry bust
ness.
ROBBED HIS WIFE.
Renihan placed the money to Sullivans.
credit for this explicit purpose, but instead
of applying it TO debts owing at the clerks
Office Sullivan cody checked out the entire
amount and presumably pockeled it, thus
Practica ly robbing bis own wife Before
leaving the city, Sullivan placed his resig
nation aS county clerk in the hands Of
Thomas Taggart, chairman Of the demo-
cratic county committee
he henves Individual sufferer by Sulli-
vans defalcations is County Treasurer
Loftin, who holds Sullivan's forged ware
| house receipts aud unsecured notes for
-, 900. Besides this amount he holds Sulli-
ans security obligations for Sl5 900, AMI
there is serious doubt as to whether the
mortgage securities will prove to be worth
anything as irregularities are cropping out
FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE.
Another victim is Frank Carson, who
loaned Sullivan 5000 on his Maplewood
farm, aud tOok what he supposed was
| first mortgage, but now finds that a prior
mortgage had been given two weeks pre-
v!0u5 to his Another fragrant C $50 anne
to ligh last night. Charles Millerson. the
steward Of the Spencer hotel, loaned Sulli-
| van $4,000, and took worthless warehouse
| rec TITS. he investment repre7euts eight
| years savings. d Millerson Is pr strate
over his loss. Sullivan was on many bonds,
| civil aud Grimm !, in the state and federal
courts.
BERNHAMER's RETURN.
| Coincdent with Sullivan's fight Is the
| Homecoming of his friend William r. A.
| Bern amer, the attorney, who was indicted
with Sullivan two years ago in the tally
sheet torgeries, and who finished his term in
the Michigan peultentiary yesterday morn
| Ing, arriving in the city at 4 O'Clock in
charge Of n United States deputy marshal.
| Bernhamor was fined 81 900 by the court,
| but the fine was remtted under he 'pauper
convict" act. Bernhamer was taken mme-
| diataly before the United States commits
81 uer on his arrival and made proper aii-
davits proving that he was a pauper, and
| shortly afterWard was a free man. His
partner, Councilman Simon G y, has several
| months vet to serve Bernhelmer's return
caused little sensation He was dressed
in a fine suit Of black and carried a gold
headed cane.
ASTONISHING REVELATIONS
As the investigation Of Sullivans affairs
progresses astonishing revelations Of crook
e1ne,S are broug TO the surface. Enough
has already been turned up o stamp him
the most consummate rascal Of the day. He
robbed everybody, Including his own wife,
bis bosom friends and their friends, his
po itical associates. orphans, widows, corpl-
latlons, county aud people right and left.
The frauds that have come to light already
aggregate in amount over 800. 600 The He .
III icks cl4b, the leading denocra ic club Of
the state, held meeting last night and ex-
PEELED Su livan. A resolution stati z that
he has prove himself "a defaulter TO the
county and unworthy Of confidence" was
passed.
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