New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-10
THE ALBANY SCANDAL.
SUIT WHICH REvIvEs THE STATE
HOUSE AFFAIR.
MARY r. CASEY CHARGES THAT EAsTON's MAN
TURNER DREW s347 Is FOR HER WAGES AND
GAVE HER ONLY siOi AND SHE
DEMANDS THE BALANCE
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fBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE.I
Albany, July 0.-Everything seems to Indicate
that the scandal In relation to the State De-
partment OF Public Buildings will not down.
Notwithstanding that the Senate practically ran
away from an investigation OF II. Seeking 10
evade responsibility. the Senator's thrust 1t upon
the Governor and his fellow Trustees OF Pubic
Buildings. Lieutenant Governor woodruff ana
Speaker O'Grady. The latest developments
have TO do particularly with Turner. the bosom
friend Of Easton, when the latter was In the
height OF his extravaganza with the state
funds.
On Tuesday night when Timothy L. WOOD
ruff Lieutenant Governor. was telling Tribune
reporter that nothing criminal or wrong had
been found in Easton's department. marshal
OF the City Court was serving the following
paper on Turner, Easton's sub-janitor OF the
State House
City Court OF Albany. Mary f, Casey, plantin'
against William c. Turner, defendant
Plaintiff complaining OF defendaht aheses U" IL"
First-That the defendant at all the times herein
mentioned was an agent and 1duciary Representa-
tive Of the State Of New-York. known as the Super;
nendeat of the state House Al6any No. n aho TO
hire and accustomed TO hire employees 10 work h IN
and about said State House and TO 90 WORK there-
In and thereabout subject to his direction ana con-
Second-That on or about October 1. 1885, the de-
fendant as such agent and superintendent. en-
ployed this plaintiff to do work and perform SER
vices in and about said State House in cleaning
and taking care of said State House. and In other
work therein and hercupon as she shouio % os ba qt
was directed and expected to do by MIN, ana thdt
plaintiff began to perform such work and services
on said October L. 1895. and continued 10 so w' in
and upon said state House in cleaning and taxing
Of the same and otherwise. az direSte am
1896 until and including the first day OF May 1872 g.
Third-That as plaintiff is also Informed and pc
eves said defendant drew and received from ron ssld sh
Of Wy
services. work and labor OF paintl1 III "a anu IA for
said State House rendered as aforestated ana 1T
and as and for her wages therefor and upon p.t tne
promise q deendsn def to- Pay % '9f Of for WHEN
sam the said defendant fraudulenly and without 'f
gave recent fhersfor in the name of plaintiff
Fourth-That defendant fraudnlently conceaiihs
az S 3 fnr her wages for her services rendered and
on her account and as and being as aforesaid ana
reeepi for saa sum Of M 8 in plaintiffs name
has paid to this paintf G. omt or 'he has fraudmen
y retained and converted to his own use without
pnis ,b s af @ 81 m 'ShSe %hch he has
and neglected and still neg'ecs and refuses 10 pay
to plaintiff. ~ sa ,,,d,mont against
defendant for said sum Of s2i3 25. with interest
II will be remembered by those who have fol-
lowed the course Of this Public Buildings scan
da that In connection with It's exposure VI
gross extravaganza and mismanagement' Inc
Tribune published in April last an an'oa'n ny
Caroline OIvette formerly domestic IN tne
enrloy Of Turner in which she swore tna' sne
had been hired by Turner as serVah. III t I,is
nrivate family at S15 month, ana that sue
never received more than that sum WhiIe s,Ie
was empIoyed there, except during Two hou.hS
: 1896 when on account OF the Illness sd od a
member OF Turner'S family, she received H-V,
month Miss Olivette alleged further tnat s''e
could read and write. and that sne hau @ 49,
signed a payroll Of the state. ana % naa 49, ,,er
given Turner authority to sign payroii on on ner
account: that she had never heard tnat ilel M
had been drawing money from the state III net
name on his payroll and that wnen askeu WIZ
he had done so, he had said IL was iuIstahe
and would not occur again; that any money
which said Turner received in her name was
never given to her, and that her name IL s'sheu
to a payroll. was q forgery. -
At that time a Tribune reporter, VINO exam
ired the pavrols In the State Controllers once
sound thai between April | and September 80.
1905 the name of Caroline Onvette was on tne
rolls as a cleaner. According TO THESE payrois,
there was drawn In Miss Olivettes name from
the state over Turner's signature for what pur-
porteG to be six months work the sum OF @-ol 3D.
or AT the rate of about S44 a month.
Turner got a salary Of 500 month: tie had
not been ianitor long when his wife. NJ. F. Tur-
ner was put the roll at salary OF Soo a
month as a cleaner. Later his sister IL a.
Turner who Is said to live in Highland Falls
and TO have come to Albany merely as VIZ
itor. was also put on the payroll as cleaner
at so n month. on this same payroil was Mar
garet Bannon. for 500 month, also az ciednei
She Is a Young girl who. from what can De
learned was brought to Albany from Highland
Falls by Turner nurse for his children.
Shortly after the publication Of the Olivette
affidavit II was given OUT mat turner nau peeh
SUSPENDED by Superintendent Eastor. pending an
Investigation Turner's name has not been on
the payroll since that time, unless 1t was put on
recently.