New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07
,vn1CTED MEN OUT ON BAIL
r BONDS FOR THE THREE EH-PARh
COMMISSIONERS.

,>, xrLuEA AND EX-sUPERINTENDENT
many EACH REQUIRED TO FURNISH
,,,,,,s FOR sloooo-TIiE INDICTED
por1c1, OFFICERS SUSPENDED
FROM DUrY-MR MOSS
STATEMENT
,h+ mon who were indicted by the drand
sc tho Court of oyer and Terminer on friaay
'..n, - Police Headquarters soon aiter d. ILL.,
.ordav some of them in company with ue'ec-
los a,bo had been sent by superintendent hH'"es
r.e the bench warrants. They were not
Tod like prisoners. although they were Ior'hal-
under arrest They all met in the SupeFih'e"u-
n,s office and within half an hour they were On
.,o;r way. in company with the detectives TO the
,,s,rict-A Attorneys office. There the fornah'eS
texamning the suretes were completed Win dS
,,.,Io DELAY as possible Ex-Park Commissioners
C,opsen and Tappen wanted to go bail Tor each
- b,t as Mr. Tappen is member of the bar
.n,s Arrangement could not be allowed MY.
ruouse, was permitted to be surety for MI lap
- and after some delay Mr. Clausens brother
uas called to give bail for him. EX-Comm'SS'oner
s,raus was bailed by his brother.
RAIL FOR THE EX-COMMlSSloNERs
The bail in the case Of each eX-ParK commas
;o,ar was fixed at $1,000. Police Captain hlihlea
ord Thomas ]. Brady were required TO 1urhlSh
$4,000 bail each. Bail TO the amount OF s"ooo was
.,iro1 il, the case of each of the three policemen
Hugh Cassidy Edward f. Mley and John H.
rnrau From, the District-Attorney office the in
acted men and their bondsmen went 70 the cham
bers If Justice Ingraham. in the County Court
House where the Justice signed the bail bonds
Assistant District-Attorney Battle acted for the
neonle in the formalities and the prisoners were
rr.nresented by De LanCey Nicoll, b. r. Elns'elh
and Louis j. Grant. As soon as the indicted men
had given the required bonds they We're allowed "
20 The list Of sureties Is appended:
George C. Clausen. formerly president OF the
Boari Of Park Commissioner, charged WIN G EilS-
SSrgtyfrsst and Avenue A; qualified on residence
oronertv at No % East seventy -Ourth-St NdIueu '
@ibrsbam b Tappen. formerly Park Commission
er charged with miSdemG9nor' SURF cE,yonibst
Snaiei three-story hrownstones h9gse at , no.
STsihan Straus. formerly Park GommisSsioner'
nnsrcSant of Fourteenth-st. and Sxh-ave quaiined
on his residence property al siin.t, @ ,nri
y, and the Boulevard, valued at NoV"n' no Nhoi'-
ga ,gSeo,as tluliIea police captain charged with
,ber' snretv Timothy Donovan. real estate OF
T 253 West Forty-sixth-st.; qualified on fourteen
lots in seventy second-st. east OF Avenue ~ '"'''
at r S% 10 Rrady. formerly superintendent of the
- William j. o'Reilly builder No l2 East Forty
tH9,,,rtb-st qualified on five flats in East Eighty
mssS SGnarssd f tai1 5000 o. S'-
EdWard Miey patrolman, charsed with attemPtei
exiortion; surety. Frank }. Thornton No 10 t.as'
One-huhdred nd-twenty- eghth-si, M restaurant
Keeper qualified on the house a, no. io WtS me-
hundred-and twenty-fourth-Si' valued al Si4o'' "o
mortgage H.. ..o,,,,, o,ar,ed with a,,emnted
ex,oriion: surety. Timothy Donovan; 9IaiHeH on
lot at One hundred-and sixth-st and Eishth-aFe''
IoSn II Thral patroman, charged with at
tempted extorion; surety, Dominick O'Reilly liquor
tbree-s,ory building at No 90 East Nineeenth-st
THE PARK BOARD INDICTMENTS
The indicted men were informed that they
would be required TO plead TO the indictments to-
morrow morning in the Court OF oyer and Termi-
ner Assistant D.strict-AttOrney Lindsay gave
out the following statement relative 10 the indici-
ments found against the three eX-Park Commits
siOners
The Indictment against George c. Clausen;
Abraham b. Tappen and Nathan Straus charged
them with conspiracy 10 expend certain MONEYS
ap SnDent aaa ey the HionDoiar act ~ in
violation Of the provisions OF the Gonsoi,daSn a[
public purposes. and involve the expenditure OF
contract entered into by the proper heau Vi me
department. and 10 be found on sealed pas or
proposals made in compliance with puoIc notice
The act OF 1894 Chapter Il, Laws Of 1s9D author
additional sum. not exceeding Sl,orV@ in iinprov;
ing in it's discretion. public parks, parkWays ana
drives within the jurisdiction OF IN" utIldl 'li'HA'
such expenditure however. to be made only upon
such parks parkways and drives as should be
designated BY the Board OF Estimate ana Appor-
tonment. ,.,-. ,
On February % 1894. the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment appropriated the sum Of SllH,lJ for
the work OF Restricting walks with asphalt In
Central Park from Flfty-ninth-st. to transverse
Road No. 3
The Indictment AYERS that a supply OF materials
for this work thereon became needful ana that the
law required that IL should be furnished by contract
as before mentioned; that the work was one which
was expected to extend over space Of time sum
Gent 10 enable the supply 10 be furnished in the
manner required by law, and that no proper reason
eyis cd al that time why the provisions OF IN" con
sodatOn act should be fully observed. and that
the nature Of the materials required. and the ume
within which the were required 70 be had. dld
not hesitate nor were In any manner JUSTIFIED in
deviatng from the provisions Of low above referred
TO, as the Commissioners well knew.
Tnen il proceeds to al@ge that March ] they
consplred 10 cXpenl moneys in the purchase of the
materials needed for the work without contract
founded on sealed bids proposals. etc, and that
in pursuance of the conspiracy they issued orders
70 the Scilian Asphalt Paving Company, commenc-
ing March for various parts OF the needed supply,
each order calling for expenditure Of amount
Just under 81 go; the orders and the value Of ma
terias called for thereby are averred TO be as fol