The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-26

W. G. German former CLERK Of the Board of
Finance of Jersey Cftu.
Finance Of Jersey City, n. j., held at JERSEY
City, N. j., on Monday morning, April "a, A. D!S
1898, at $50 O'Clock, the following resolution was
Resolved That the President of this board be
and is hereby requested to call William G.
German the former clerk of this board and
CLERK Of this board ali papers, books, documents.
keys, etc the property or this board now IN us
possession.
demand that the papers, books, documents,
KEYS ETC., the property of this board now In
your possession be turned over to Mr.. Martin
Very truly,
GEORGE r. HITLER,
President of the Board of Finance of Jersey
City.
Mr.. Finck then advanced and presented
the following demand
W. G. German, former Clerk of Board Of
DEAR SIR:-At meeting of the Board of
Finance of Jersey City, N. j., held at Jersey
City, N. j., on Monday. April "a, 1888 at $3.50
O'Clock, was elected Clerk of the Board of
Finance OF Jersey City for the ensuing year.
AS such clerk / now demand that the papers,
books documents, keys etc., the property OF
the Board Of Finance, now in your possession,
MARTIN FINCK,
Clerk of the Board OF Finance.
{ POINT BLANK REFUSAL.
aGentlemen," said Mr.. GerHans in reply
"you will have to excuse me. cannot,
recognize you as the proper Board OF
Finance"
Billy said Mr.. Allen. 81 am sorry to
see you take this stand. Our relations for
four years have Deen pleasant"
"Icannot recognize Mr.. Finck as clerk,
but you gentlemen can have every as
sistance possible from me In getting all
papers and documents you DESIRE"
"Then you refuse to give us possessionf"
said Mr.. Hitler.
Il do" said Mr.. German, ''and / add
that there would nave been no trouble II
instructed me to issue call for meeting.
l wo- 4 have obsyed."
.oner Allen, For Gods sake IT give
US advice at this time. What we .rant TO
know is, will you surrender the off1cer
"No. I will not was the reply.
President Hillier called Mr.. Finck and
directed him to call the roll Mr.. Finck
lid so, and reported Messrs. Fraser and
Detwiller as being absent. Clerk German
was asked to retire by Commissioner
Hitler. but Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Bedell
took sides with him and objected.
The members then held consultation
and Clerk Ffnck retired for q moment.
THE PAPERS SECURED.
Mr. Allen then asked Mr.. German II he
would recognize them as the Board Of
Finance, anu he replied, "yes."
All books and pap Is, the property or
the board. we're th en- demanded. Mr..
German gave Preside Ut Hitler the COM
bination OF the big sp fe, and In a few
minutes claims. payrolls and other doc u
ments were being gone over With rush.
President Hitler sorted out the papers he
desired, bundled them up and placed
them III convenient corner OF the safe.
repaired to the home of President Edel-
stein of the board and informed him Of
what had taken place.
.sDid you give them the combination
OF the safep'' asked Mr.. Edelsteiu.
Yes, sir" replied German.
COMBINATION CHANGED.
The next moment PresidenG Edelsteln
was on his way to the City Hall. where
it is said he changed the combination of
the safe.
Commissioner Allen, when spoken to
this morning about the matter, said:
well, II the comnination has been
changed we will get into the safe when
we want to, just the same. Ii 1t is nee
essary an expert will be emp loyed to
open it. We comprise the only Board Of u
Finance"
WAITING.
The belief that President Edelstein
changed or caused to be changed the
combination of the Board of Finance was
still mystery this morning. Clerk
German was to have been at the office or
the board this morning at nine O'Clock,
puI illness detained him at home. He
was TO have surrendered the keys of the
Office 10 Martin Finck, the new clerk OF
the Bonrd OF Finance. AT noon Mr..
Finck repaired to Mr.. Germans residence
on East Hamilton Place. but the
prevailing impression is that Mr.. German
will not recognize Mr.. Flnck. President
Eaelstein. when spoken to by a reporter
of the rumor that he changed the combi-
nation Of the safe, merely smiled and said
nothing. The safe lswell locked, and it
Is believed by every one that the combs
nation is lost.
Martin Finck, in speaking Of the diff
ficulty in securing possession OF the pa
pers Of the Board of Finance, said: II
am clerk OF the Board OF Finance, no
matter how you look at it. Three menl-
bers Of the old board have chosen me a.
Mr.. Germans Successor. Mr.. Elder
stein and Mr.. Peterson could not
make il any different because
they would be In the minority. Mr.. Ger
man cannot help bnt recognize me as his
successor We are here 10 stay. lf 1t IS
necessary to fight, we can do that, but
even the most prejudiced persons say that
am clerk, and as such am entitled to all Il
the books, papers, Keys and documents.
the property Of the Board of Finance.
Our Board will probably take no further
action until Friday.
None OF the Finance Commissioners
was seen about the City Hall this morn
When you feel all tired out and broken up
"a !, 8 ,,a lly Won need q good tonic. Hoods