New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-01
O-Mr Havemeyer says that You oTered TO sell
the information Al never saw MI HaNeiheytI'
NEVER RROIGHT A SINGLE SUIT.

NEVER BROUGHT \ SINGLE SUIT.
Q.-You we're called by that paper 'huckster OF
decisions" and You never sued 1t for libel? A
No. can take care Of myself / have i year more
/ think
Q-And you never sued The Times for calling
You grand-larceny thief when you were Controller
'' o"And you have lain under that accusation all
this time? Al can defend myself "hen the ume
o~But it was true that you did commit grand
larceny? A. with heaO-It was false ..,.o ,,r
your own use and appropriate 70 yourself the
money of the Controllers Office Mr.. COT asked
After moments thought the witness leaned !or-
Now, Mr. Goff. since you have taken up this
10 no. no. SAID Mr COT Il want you to
swer my questions and not to p into ons Gxpa a.
Buffalo you were a defaulter.'
THE CHARGE OF DEFALCATION.
81 was not" exclaimed the witness, angrly.
gripping the arms Of his char
Lieutenant G Jvernor Sheehan and Mr.. Grant whs-
pered together with much suppressed excitement
Why. you put it in writing, Mr. Sheehan,' said
Il did not I merely wrote to the Mayor of Buff
falo asking him to make Examination and fnd
out If anything was charseabe to my once dui rh
Mayor made an examination and SAID that about
~ Tber had 1t to be made ,, SEQ - pr ro,
You mean your bondsmen collected 1t among
NO. gave my note 10 pay II and paid the note.
My bondsmen Endorsed the note .,...
paper. Mr.. Sheehan thought it was
GRANT TRIES TO STEM THE TIDE
Just as Mr. Gon was beginning continue the ex-
animation on the subject Of the paper Mr.. Grant
jumped up.
"Mr Gon ard Mr. Chairman" ne said ION behalf
of the Lieutenant Governor and the witness ash
that this line of testimony be excluded RON me
record. ii happened outside the city. II a. all ana
has nothing TO DO with police affairs -, ....,,,,
began and senator O'Connor. who was presiding.
sad that the testimony was pertinent ana aitci ar
Goff got through. the witness would have the iu!ieS'
opportunity to defend h!mLch Grant, he continued
that you cannot be accepted as the witness coun-
sci. and must ask YOU not 10 interrupt the pro-
Mr. Con then read This paper: go, Do
Coupon account b9na.9 0@nn aaa 'ConiToIe, on
total So zoe &C. Trus. fund $3.50 a. account Of
o~Now Mir Commissioning. VIVA, does this item
fund in the bank amounted $3.50 "a and it had
become mixed up win ine co o pS hoos -
PART OF THE SACRED TRUST FUND GONE.
o-The trust fund consisted Of pubic money?
Alt belonged TO outsiders
o-It was in the hands of the Controller as trus-
tee those peop,e? Ayes.
Q.-It called tax tithes wasn't 1t? A-hes
O-And when the Controllers term Of office ex-
pred he was in duty bound to transmit t. his sue
cessor all trust funds in his possession an
OF appears that when your term Of office eX-
plred You failed to hand over to your successor this
,roller of Buffalo? A.-No. didn't -. ...,..,as
Mr. Cen took up pap.r and are, rd,d 5he witness
=" Tim" said Nh Gof reading; who was Tim
Tnf beg EsPl. sga. me- sad 5r Gon Tim have
nciosed herein duplicate receipts for you 10 SIGN
to 0~ VIII ff'' "@ Who D" was VII ~ M
MY brother" replied Sheehan
KEEP IT OUT OF SIGHT"
"'He will not know what it r. for" continued
Mr. Golf Keep yours where It Will not be seen
You'd better keep the coupon account al together
and deposit :he trust money in another bank
Nov. what motive had YOU in wanting to keep
this statement secret quered the counsel
II had no reason. turned over the trust fund 10
ny o-How could he deposit the sun if he didn',
fund was mixed up in the coupon &c cunt.
The wines SAD her H. w S8d n shST2AG he S6n
IN the following fan, and had Acknowledged ms
o~What was your salary? Al think it was
s2,5OO-it may have been 5000 ,-. go. -.
trust money for any purpose outside Of the trust
fund? A.-No.
HIS ACCOUNTS ALL MIXED. HE SAYS.
Q-Then how was this silso used? At was
mixed up with the coupon account, as l told you
Q-How did you mix up the TWO accounts? a
If there is one amount Of $1,000 in account
and $4,000 in another there would be $4,000 in bank
altogether and in some way they aoi mixed
could separate the coupon and 'rust fnnd accounts
when you left office to "a cent? Any books viii
Q-your own statement shows that al tho time
public cen money Of buffalo? 4 ut oesnt Show any
thing of the sort.
amount Of tie coupon account? H-Thc coupon
account and additional money may heye had.
cSded in THE the sSs2s coupon account? \-The Two
accounts were mixed up say.
THAT 500 PAYMENT.
Q.-Why did you give 500 account? A.-So he
could start a bank account for the purpose of pay
ing off any sums that might come in against the
trust fund.
Odd you owe your successor or the city 500?
.Q;.Why didn't you turn over more? Al gave
Q.-What became Of the rest of the $3.50? Att
was all mixed up with the coupon account
There was then long discussion over figures
Finally the witness admitted that the round sum
due to the city $500 He said he returned
the trust fund lie denied that he had used any Of
the money for his After the witness had
sa'f Bno @ from John
Sheehan the of $500. be applied in payment
naoH r" M na y g sy le1a G ESS eN
Mr. Egan he witness iS admtIed was MS bonds
as his own. 1t was as follows:
USE IT FOR THE DEFICIT
Buffalo. December s. 1873.
Dear Sir: You are hereby authorized and
Sve5,sd t. use and pay out The money Pad to you
which was in my accounts the time l turned over
the office OF Controller to you.
JOHN c. SHEEHAN'
Timothy J. Mahoney. who had been brought in
few minutes before was then put on the stand. He
identified the duplicate statements and the note to
Tim. and said that the last had been delivered to
him by William +. Sheehan. now Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor. With the papers were checks for $s2.2D9 60
and for 500 in addition The latter part OF
the trust fund He supposed ne expected
sign the duplicates but did not do He
for John C. sheehan and had talk with him on the
subject
NO WONDER 1T MAKES HIM NERVOUS.
The Commissioner looked extremely nervous dur
ing the examination of this witness