New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-15

;,,as !, ,,as tyo whole DAYS before that oruel
,,,I -. uav IN Mr. Emans. Woods excuse lor
,his nroc.aiinp il that the order was gwen on
saturday AT noon but the Clerks ONCE was s'ii
omen. and II he had wished to copy inc '.
la could have done SO on a single page Vi ho''
noner Not until the following Mohudy ui'i9
was tin. order filed, and b. that time the c ere
sprators rad mace their i h ponShkecpsie
~ publication Young Myiod, the rousnh rr,i,ng
SUPERVISOR who had been 80 essduous IA o 80 IAN
uf tho steal AS d member OF the Boara VI Va" ~
yas,ers. had now received his pay ana "as drrder
County Clerk under Emans 90 soon s as vn ,verc
had reached the Office Emans and Alylou 1919
both warned that they mast comply INN thai
with it's direction. Both promise iai !'i
comics OF the correct canvass should De inhle ont
made and forwarded TO Albany, AZ the very o,,.
side not more than two hours couiu pos e. COMICS
been occupied in the work OF making 'I haS been
but at o'clock IN the evening noInnS were
done and Judge Barnard's specific directions "ain
still disregarded. At that hour Ena1s ""uId
nromised that immediately after supper he
mail the certified copies aSrfG s did % not return
o ond nnthing was seen of him until half pass
the next morning. Then he doomed up . @s
Office with an order from Judge u dnor, For a
the execution of Judge Barnards order !so Of to
second time the courts had been made use oil '"
sustain the fraud. , ....., .honld re-
Judge Fursman directed that matters shEuiqR ar-
r rT nrder lad been heard by the General Term
az brooklyn The next day, peoemGer General to .r
Democratic attorneys went peto'e S ~, were
Term but their requests for rellel anu ueay
hoth denied the court sententlousy rena[hnis
You have got false return az Aipans ,, ur
YOU want us to help you TO keep the !rue ne The
from CoinC there We shall do nothing Oh thg
sort .rpn Motion denied" The judges who rendered
This lust decision remarkable for It's plain ea-
nosurc Of the dishonest motives Of the c9h n
tors were BARNARD Dykman aH Tac,ted Judge
Fnrsuan's order, and directed Emahs iot 10y Mo
to send the return to Albany "a ne nau pern
%ff,na "A
ordered now already ioqr tines 70 uI and the
Board Of Canvas,ers being defendants, the orucI
was handed down to Wood. But me 'uuse az
parenty suspectlng that some u klnld u ''orv
swre IN file the order promptly Again, however,
Wood HaeraDt!y disubcyed, ana yhsuI,eui a un
court He brought The order 20 % ,ytp Clerk
thnt afternoon a. gave it, not 10 tle oQuliV th
bmt 10 James w lInckley, the chlel ol Wv
con,pirators This seems almost too ouTaseoEI r
for belief, but il T. the lac1 a"h hove rho order
taken 10 New-Iork to get it printed, an eNPi'nd-
lion which shows how scandalous was ms gJ ~
duet II he wanted to Rave tc ora ~ pr around
the ORIGINAL order of court l. thoroughly I'M
nroner bnt 10 do 80 in this case. trusting
TO the Pr5T,GiPal b TSsue time in II" which was
precisely what the court had denied nm, - col
| Gnct which not 10 mention the embezZ,ememl
charge, ought to lead 10 pro.eeoimgS liz tIe Pennb
| dismissal from the bar. For two days tie heP1or
leans were hunting all over Poughkeepse for
Wood mud the order, and AZ about ! O'Clock III
the morning he was Irn "I1e II WucLIey carried
! !, - New. York and put it in the hands of Dclos
NcCurdy one Of the attorneys representing Ihc
| Democrntic side of the controversy. lilncRIey
| annrars 10 think that it is fine joke 10 throw
around judicial orders in this way. for when ms
part in The affair was discovered he remarked III
! his newspaper, az If II was great tuh, tha' hc
| wasn't fling any orders that day
rM,Ns GIVES IN AT LAST
Finally, late in the afternoon, the order was
| traced TO McCurdy's Office and there Mr.. Wilkin-
son. the Republican attorney, got hold OF 1t. lie
brought IL 20 Poughkeepse. and at twenty minutes
beforc 6 o'clock in the afternoon he delivered 1t
to the County Clerk Mr. Cossum Immediately
| demanded that Emans should produce the correct
canvass and forward IL then and there Emans
required q good deal of persuasion, but finally
| he got from his safe three copies Of the return
already addressed to Governor Hill. Secretary Rice
and Controller Wemple Mr.. Cossum toek the
statements and carefully compared them with
| the original return. Finding them correct, he
| returned them to Emans, and Emans reenclosed
| tacm In their envelopes, sealed the envelopes,
| STAMPED them, and then Mr.. Cossum accompanied
| Emans to the postofiice and saw him depest each
| OF the three certified statements III She
| mails. The Republicans brezthed easier
| IL did seem II, the correct Dutchess return
| having surely reached the State board oi Nah-
! yus-rs, and they being under orders 10 dlsle-
card tie fraudulent certificate and 10 count the
| correct one, there was no longer occasion Tor
| Republican eolioitudc. Bat the pioteTs were
| desperate They had made up their minds Ia -
| to any length that might be necessary TO set
| Ecancs seat, and they were not going " et any
such lule thing us judicial Order STAND Ill uIe
| way OF their fraud Wood had the same motives
| in giving Judec Cueu's order 10 lllnekey, and
| in having il sent 10 Ncw-l0rk, that he mad In
| carrying Judge iarnards order around ia his
pocket Tor two whole days, In cacn case the
aim to get time 10 - before another Judge
| tor 4 stay AZ the very moment when NJ
| Wilkinson filed Judge Cullen's order in the court
house at poughkeepse, Dcos McCurdy sought
| judge lngraham in the Judges chamber in the
| Court House in New-lork, and asked him 10 stay
| Judge Cullen for thlrty-sN hours. Judge Ia
| graham took Mr.. McCnrdy's affidavit and said he
would real II AZ he went uptown 10 his home, and
| Mr.. Met Urdy might call in an hour for his
| answer. In an hour Mr.. McCurdy was there and
The answer was stay. McCurdy got the news
| to llinoklcy Immediately and Hiuciilcy tclephoned
| it u Emans, but Emans had already sent on the
! correct returns IN obedience to Judge Cullcns
| order Even that fact however, did moi balk
| the consprat0rs. Hinckley hurried OF 10 Pough
| lIcepsie, and NJ O'Clock in the morning Emans
was reused from his bed and sent TO Albany
| TO recover the correct returns. How he
| obtained them has gone into history. and dirty
| history II Is Governor Hills little office boy
| took from the Governors morning mail the copy
addressed to the Executive Chamber Governor
Hills otlicc-boy often gives away the Governors
mail II is quite the ordinary thing for him
whenever stranger comes In and says he wants
C letter on the the GOysrnSTs tabs TO say
knows that that is how ofice-boys win praise and
himself handed back his copy-a public document
| which he had as much right TO give to Emans as
| be would have had to give it to the Shah Of
Persia. The Controller says he never saw his
I copy The Deputy Controller says he never saw
it, but, the Controllers onceboy declares that
| Isaac II. Maynard now Judge Of the Court Of
Appeals, came into the CONTROLLERS Office that
| morning before any one in authority had arrived
and took the letter out of the Controllers mail
and carried II of with him. Judge Maynard has
made no explanation Of this proceeding II none is
| forthcoming, il is fair 10 suppose that
gentlemen who wairt other peoples property
Judges and uries for going and taking il. will find
in the new member of the Court of Appeals man