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YOUNGSTOWN, N. J.. July lZ-The city tax
books, vouchers and . bundle Of pcrtonal notos
woro stolen from the safe OF City Collector J.
CLARK Oliver last night. The City Collector and
ex.Freeholder Thomas Mnlley aftorward had n
personal encounter in the Speedwcn avenue
saloon Of A. w. Thoilcr. Tho Finance Commit
tee of the Board Of Aldermen has been trying
for two weeks 10 obtain the Collectors books for
tho purpose of examining and auditing tho
same.
In 1894 the ~citizons OF Morristown township
and Of Morristown voted for Collector and AS
SCISSOR. who served both places. J. Clark Oliver
and Collins Weir, both Republicans, were elected
for thrce.ycar terms. The next year tho Nor
ristown Improvement Association asked tho
General Assembly to divorce tho town from the
township and permit the tow TO elect Its own
officials.
The bill provided that the Board Of Aldermen
should elect q Clerk and Assessor for the city.
This board was Democratic. The Assembly was
Republican. The association was informed that
II the Democratic Aldermen would agree to re-
tain tho Republican officials for their terms the
bill would DO passed. The agreement was made
and tho bill became a law. but there was q
Joker in It, It provided that the Board OF Alder
ing II, May. 1895. elected Oliver Collector and
ment. Oliver and Weir both declared they had
three, years 70 serve.
explained that hard times made him lenient.
According to law he must certify 10 tho Alder
payer %ra on f He n ! sas 9 as%o , Fl every Th soiss oSSra Urged sssi
him TO settle up and report as the Board of Ed
The sum Of sls.oooIis. raised In. Morristown
BY special tax for the public schools. The col
demanded of the collector the remainder OF
tho school fund, $l,524, IT was not forth
ffH%a,hs Counsel rh'n for s sRs Board sGhn Of E Ia vESs,
6ronEh sm suit p aF naiinst G [xl1s e p Olives rS SO o
A. w. Thoiler, and Edmund H.. Halsey. The
June % the bondsmon settled with the Dosrd Of
EDUCATION. and the suit was dropped;
july 2, the executrix OF Z. D. Halsey. who died
isGtor divers bond. The board, now RepuSli:
tor's books. audit sSRn them, advertise eftiS L SH aent
The aep"S Solis;et aaa 4 Sf'm nese..sry ne" The SSna co 5EGe,
tors eondsmen were growing FESTIVE. ana
SlfesF.s Bond THAT vat. to a!' s4c sS5% d haa a sISir Sc,
1895. and held the bondsmen "for term OF
office" The committee were unable to secure
tho collectors books. and they threatened to
apply for q mandamus compelling hun to give
SI1oSLOI oiNST uh9 U m6u . IuEnlhnluB bL0TO
IN the Bsbbitt building. Joseph Yawger, his
clerk. says he placed the books in the safe at 8
o'clock. The door. standing open, had its lock
set so he could not fasten It.. He locked the
store door and went home. Patrolman Dolan
found the store door unlocked at midnight; 40
exported that fact at headquarters. When Clerk
fawger opened the store this morning the books
were missing. COLLECTOR Oliver, when no
There 10 something queer about Patrolman
Dolan's action in this matter. Why didn't he
report to me last night The police always do
SO when n store ia found omen W- Thefler
and Charles H. Green, two OF my bondsmen.
wero here with me last night. After q
TO Charley Green. told him to take them
ing. While we were talking Frank Schureman
came In and came back to my desk: We were
having q private talk, and l asked him to leave.
He stood with his back TO the safe. In view
Of the fact that my clerk found the safe un-
locked and was unable to close the door, l want
You to note this circumstance; don't say that
any one present last night took these books. but
they may know something about them. in
tended to let Green have them to keep them out
otthe hands o: the Finance Committee. They'll
never get them"