The sun., 1893-01-09
BR00KLYN'S BIG SCANDAL
CIRCULATING ON THE INDICTMENT
OF THE OBFICI1Ls,

Gen. Catiin Says tt IL IN Outrase-Hov Oh,
Celebration Was Projected and C.rr,ea
o"t-speeirncns OF the Bill. for sundrIe..
There were no new developments yesterday
10 Brooklyn In the Columbus celebration
scandal which has temporarily placed twenty-
one Supervisors. three Aldermen. three other
city officials. the City and County Auditor. and
four contractors under suspicion OF having
diverted n portion OF the $50 600 or so appro-
priated to commemorate tho gl ory OF the dis-
covorer OF America from the purpose intended.
All the accused persons are at large substan- \
tial bail. in the aggregate amounting to nearly
5000. 900. having been furnished for their az.
pearance in court when wanted.
Gen. Isaac s. Catlin. who was formerly Dis.
trict Attorney and for nearly q quarter OF cen.
tury was Secretary Tracys law partner. and
who was Grand Marshal on Columbus day, had
this to say about the matter Yesterday:
"As to these indictments. I think it IS an
outrage. This idea OF indictng the whole clty
OF Brooklyn is simply outrageous. II there -
any fraud. let thcm point out where the fraud
is and punish the persons who are Ruilty. Ilt
these wholesale charges are ridiculous. Wtu .
there be any convictions Well. OF course
there won't be any convictions. and there
weren't intended to be. That's tho ridicullus
part Of It"
1t Is said that Corporation Counsel jerks,
official connection with the Columbus cele.
bration was the subject OF Investigation ~
the Grand Jury. and that he also narrowly
escaped Indictment As far back as in last
April. when a Columbus celebration was flst
discussed. Mayor Boody discouraged tho NJ.
preparation OF a single dollar from the city
treasury for the purpose. taking the ground
that wealthy citizens should contribute tie
necessary funds This did not seem to suit
the Aldermen. and they adopted q resolution
thnt the CORPORATION, Counsel prepare a
bill to be tp presented to tho Legisaqrs
GENT iund e of tie he board s Of N AIler@en tho 1
penses MI jerks faied to act on the ere fe"o.
ssh e snns to ,He e9
order to take such steps as they might deem
tee lncl"ded nd Adersmen Mekee. Maeep ff Heaasy
McGrath. Thomas. Fitzgibbons and Pickering.
the committee took place. and after a couple
q months had elapsed Il vas resolved to ItY.t
dedication Of tho O. Soldiers "a" and i sa"Ts iO NJ, ".
Is SAID that the Mayor would not haye San:
dedication been coincidentul.
Aldermen McKee. Heaney and Waefer acted
sequent arrangements and it was owing to
their. approval Of the alleged fraudulent, Ellis
tutS IhNe DeeH luulCte'i. 90 ltT as Mayor
consulted all along with the CORPORATION Ceun.
es Se END yt The SeY of hoI %
scrutinizing. tho bills. In his defence on Tie
latter point Mayor Boody says that he followed
signing such documents as bore the approval
Of the sworn officers Of the city. who audited
been called to some of the bills, be wouidno
doubt have hestated to sign the warrants.
says: No bill Yt or Claim s shall si' be % a"d@i %S or
paid unless made out in items" The follow.
Ing Ing are some ,,, Of the bills which came Get"re
2 j.; Montague. for sundries." S4$l. and
ffsrns sanapes 19 ass 5S S es hRss
and Frank Ell 4 Lansing. 54i.5V. 10: general
up the sum Of $2.617. $50. and It would not GaYe
wsa ss Monasue t4s sands sn1sa 1sa % i
ng ." LIQUID refreshments" to thirsty Brood
ynites II these bills had not gone through
he Mayors office in the usual way. ,proIn y
Tith n /, hundred or more regular bill.
mbers Of the Aldermanic sub:committre n
N requested @ & &eSpllanatioG,s. l and II this had
lictment. The bills for the erection of the
'rand stands. music. stationery. ushers.
S ALL as alleged an
md although the Supervisors had only $4,000
II the $4,000 to expend. they showed just as
{ is not alleged in the indictments that any
.art Of the Columbus fund found its way
men or Supervisors or City or County Auditors.
ior did the revelations in the Grand dJuryroom
90 90 Of public money was both stolen and
quandered was the Judgment OF almost ever
nan who participated at the grand inquest
rer the Columbus lamboree.
This is an eXnlanntion from Democratic
aral !4,E Of hish standing and rrHruia'iqn ,,
cry loose manner in which such AHA rs are
nanaged; certain sum Of money il nE",l
ave it in charge adopt the theuey that tho
loney has all to be spent ard that iH''r-
ortunity to get as much out e Of i ASP as porS,
he officials are generally reckless in makIns ~
nese expenditures. and almosi, inytra ly u
enditures amounting to, over $50 In refer;
nat the, Joint celebration in Bro0biyr ot
le dedication, OF the arch and thu ami;
orthy Of the city and aroused cons r.na.s
vie vic pride ], | don't don't think T. TIE S,%Fg2, Or
We " n, pqrads ,Hs d;ber the fs,t1ss GrsTorf
ere on fin. scale. and even the Si.2uo IaN-
he'd in refreshments n, tho farmhouse
rdinary. when the amount or wine drums n
emory OF Columbus aud the character Of Tho
'n't believe that, tho Forthcoming trials vii
.sult in proving hat the money WAS artun.y
olen by either tho Aldermen or Supervisors.
don't think. either. that the effort Of tHs
epubllcan politicians to make this matter IN '
sue in the next Mayora!ty election viii .
lccess'ul. Long heforr that time comes
ound the whole scandal will lie cleared m.
I'd the guilt. il any. placed whrrr! !! bvlon.'a.
no Democratic organization Will he abie -
Ike care of itself"
All the indicted men will have TO appear be-
re Judge Moore in the Court Of Scs- iors to. 1
orrow to plead to the ndictmcn,- ,rcuter
,murrers. All OF them have "ngHG"h cuun. |
!. and their defence Is Lciu. carefully iro- L
red. IL
Dozen RobberIes In Ono Might In bridge
port. Il
BgIDGEpogT, Jan :. Albert E"nZ'nnzer. -
eman was on his way llouo il:i5 tnornin:as