The sun., 1894-03-25
JOHN Y. M'KANES ACCOUNTS.
A srlTENErr FROM ms BLIND SON
UNFOLDING MS HONESTY.

oeerrs n. MsEans Premises 10 Produce
Vouchers tor All Money spd Bonds Re
eslvsd-s.y- Grsvessna owes heKnne.
George N McKane. the blind son Of the Inn
prisoned Gravesend chief issued the following
statement last night In regard to bis fathers
accounts with the town:
BHEEPsHEAD BAY N Y, March "a
Numerous erroneous and m iseading articles
have been published relating to my fathers
nRspsis accounts with the t9T7 Of Grsyesena Ss
rendered to the officials who are entitled to re-
ceiye them. l may be pardoned for briehy re-
matters with which my father was connected
oficially. and which have been freely dls-
SSS te tae or Upportnsy 20 fact:
uPOn i Which p tG 6ase ther statements TtSo.,r. o,
allowed GS law. 100 81 pS Il. Tcssvsd ior
S14, 500 aud from hack licenses. &c. $500.
making a total OF 81 800 The balance due
He received from the. Commissioner OF In:
electric light plspt, Ioney Island roiic: Head;
Hall and other pub publicimproyements.S ic $50 4S9.
less commissions deducted by John l.. Voor-
hees said Commissioner of Investment, for
counsel and Commissioners fees. $12.57445.
leaving net S23S.9l 1 90.
for which Il was spprorristed.. and proper
hands Of the town auditors on Tuesday next.
Relating to the matter OF bonds Issued for
street I'm roveme nts. and about which so many
contradictory statements have appeared, the
received procesds from the sale OF Sl270OO
worth Of street improvement bonds. and dis
SS,'ss Part those
been duly receipted for. and the vouchers
with the unexpended balance will be turned
OF Si4SU0O street Improvement bonds was
sold to banking firm In New York city, and |.
which is now past due aud ready to Ue paid
over to the same Official.
reIs Ssso seweT @ tS ShSn den
Affected the sale OF all securities ut that time.
tory figure. The contractors having the work
in charge agreed to accent tn en- In lieu OF cash.
and the proper receipts and vouchers therefor
will be delivered 1T the proper time to my
lie received from the Tax Collector 3d.
Excise Commissioners SU.5l0. These amounts
collectively were to he applied to the payment
and the vouchers connected herewith will
also 5e in the hands Of the town auditors on
During the year 1892. when extreme precau-
tionary measures were necessary to prevent q
threatened epidemic Of cholera. the Board OF
ers. This he did. and his EXPENDITURES under
amount which he has received for this pur-
pose. report to the Board Of Health in this
connection will be duly rendered hereafter.
My father as q matter OF fact disbursed
large sums OF money from his private re-
sources Tor public purposes. particularly in
past the amount allowed for police was totally
inadequate Frequently nifty to sixty thousand
people visited Coney Island in one day. More
officers were actually needed to care for this
large throng OF people than the appropriation
would provide for. and the men were paid
from my fathers own pocket he trusting some
day to DO REIN hursed. This matter is not taken
up IN his police report. and ut any rate is q
subject for after consideration. feel satis-
fed that eventually the fact will Ls lemon
etrated that there is a consi,'e cradle balance
due John Y. Mckane from the town OF Graves
end Yours respectfully.
GEORGE n. MCKINE.
IL has been estimated that John y. McKane
has to account to the town for about STUO. 900
in money and bonds. George Mckane's state
ment covers about this amount. II he is able
to produce the vouchers aud rece pts he says
he has he will probably be able TO clear his
father from all sus picion Of emhezzlament