New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-07
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except perhaps, reading the papers Win u h'i'
more than ordinary attention.
WHY IT WAS TACKLED FIRST.
How did you come to decide upon the hes'S'
ter's office for investigation firstY
las lawyer saw what was going on arou, .
me. Then tales were brought TO me- we thous" !,
il fruitful field for investigation ana 50 s'a' W
in there. To be sure, that rs not all we nare
been doing. Other and similar Investigations ar
under way. This one happened to be coinp'et ps
fret. We have no other report IA yet unuer con COZ,
struction. but we are daily accumulating EVIL
dence to be embodied In similar reports 49,,
"The newspapers that oppose this investisa,lon !,
have tried to cry down the appropriations ana say
that 1t is waste. Is that 100000 nearly y. eN-
hausted, or have you enough to go on WIN
1--WE have plenty Of money left we saai not
use all that is in our hands now In fact we
have nearly all Of 1t left. even with as mucn as
we have done. That fund VIII not be wasted, ana
think that a large part Of 1t Will not DE
touched" - ,.oo,,.
most noticeable?"
at was Just about the time that Register
Fitzgerald came In. He is now Surrogate Fitz-
gerald but Il during his term that the most
glaring irregularities were discovered IL was as
Just about that time that the change came IL
was then that the method Of paying the employees
was changed. In the past the office had been a
fee one and the Register was compelled 10 pay
the assistants Then the change came ana the
assistants In the office placed upon a sal
airy Here the sudden increase in assistants be-
came noticeable well as the rank inefHclehcy
Of the help employed. -
''rhe case Of Matthew II. Moore. better known
az Rocky Moore might be pointed to as salient
niece Of evidence He is absent n great deal oil
the time and Is seldom at the office more than
an hour or two at a time during the day. lie
is generally known as Rocky Moore. was once
n przenghter. Was formerly a policeman; had
fifteen charges filed against him In fourteen
months and was permitted to resign Was in,
dicted Of robb.ng man of sl,lS5, but managed
70 escape trial Was indicted again In December
last for assault. Re will probably try TO deny
the charges He has denied that he was indicted
7 have taken great care in this case. The assault
mentioned took place October 2 1894. and he
managed to elude the police for a week. He was
indicted however on December 3. | have clip
n.nss from the daily papers Of that date record
ing the fact. 49,
"If he swore to you. during this investigation
that he did not shoot man and was not In
dicted and YOU can prove that he was. is he
not guilty Of perjury and amenable to the law?
THAT is my Interpretation OF 1t. ! think that
tho prosecution would have a good case
"Tt is limited that arrests Will follow this re-
mort: I'm fact. It Is said that you have intimated
as much. Is that correct?
az have never said so, or authorized any one
to mako the statement for me. The report Is
there and upon 1t action will be taken; l do
not pretend 10 say what"
What charge would be the proper one II the
proper authorities should decide to act in the
matter? -,
statute charge"