The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
CITY WAS NOT BUECOED,
But THE Ex-rRExsURER OF nooK-
AWAY THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN.

n. O.. Tnfe- nm nothnvf,en Arnnt- h,s th~
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To Thomas A. Corning, who was Treasurer OF
Rookaway Beach village before IL became part
Of tho big city, there came yesterday afternoon
. suspicion that he had boen buncood out Of
@8.725.12 Of tho city's money. Early In tho
afternoon Comptroller Colcr was unable to con.
csal misgivings that Mr.. Cornine's suspicion
wac correct. There was q lot OF telephoning
done from the Comptroller's ONCE In the Stew.
art building and q lot Of buggy riding done in
tho far corner OF the borough of Queens before
the matter resolved itself into q practical Illus
tration of the difficulties that came up In tho
course of welding the parts Of the city together.
At a little after 10 O'Clock q man walked into
Mr.. Corning's real estate and insurance Off on
the Boulevard. near Hammel's Station. He was
accompanied by H. A. Failing, the former town
clerk Of the village.
~ am from the Comptrollers Office" said the
man, who was o stranger to Mr.. Corning. "Tho
Comptroller wants to clear up these village 40
counts. Here is my authorization.
He presented q document purportlng to DO a
demand on the Treasurer of tho former village
Of Far Rookaway for all funds of the village
then in his possession. Mr.. Corning scrutinized
the paper with great caro-: I. was a sufficiently
atelv want tsroneS :" hi, 'n noo a,' amd annonncas
that the funds in his possession wore se.oas.4s
credited to the village road fund and slss.es
s ssssissa at to ts the T general Roat fund; n He made lad. t out . two
account md ,rrn.d tha,n Va, 20 ~" $3.50
described in detail the transaction which it was
ooiptod for was loft blank. He aied in tho
blanks and signed the receipt. He then asked
the signatures ilsa,ata, = Then he eV went a S"a,''' 70 ''''''
Failing MI: Corning .oratini.od the receipt.
Failing" said ll hs, "whss is your friends
n name 1n It looks like Do Soto as near as I can
Hes no friend of mlne." said Failing. 1T
Mr., Corning nearly foil from his chair.
you don't know himi Good Lordi"
He wheeled on Mr.. Failing in terror. "Youi
out mts si1 st tsoussna odd aSu a ,Ss %' to s " m nspe ,o ana s,d pay
III though. you knew your business. !. said Mr..
asked me to come over to see you with him"
dollsrs and twelve cents" Mr.. Corning vhlstled
dolefully. That's lots Of money, Failing. Just
suppose he wasn't all right" o., .,,.u,.,
5s sH e i a,s ps s$ IVY VIII liz Fl Eft ~ ssis til. s s.. ,
es tate dealer 4 %0h, well, ! guess It's all right.
more on' tho. t%S . eoasids sSs fi she an s nS%s Ha m the more nss
e e e ne Rost Once and lay fhsir .rouSiss
D DS'sss Sa a. 1 aasi Rses G1s q q F HSs Sa fSr l tie anissa,
and T. 2 person Of :Rprcysd su.hority n afrsirs
Nj S5 MIl e S Ss,sa ! 81 Sss :ss j q sIs s.i ssfs %sss !. w.,
'e sse," said MI, Corning, T.
si 81 H. $. SsIi,.ss; ,.as 'S' ~ '''' 'A' ''"''''"'
,. IsWf n. a he fb :a asvs "is,s easy sS;. , Yog,ss sob been
mAow DO you know We haver' asked Mr..
lose .T yasa 1.% sSis NJ i M. milan ss ss2sta @sIfisy, I Iss ss
to DO 10 70 catch the thief"
W. tssinn. :.,S %H Hs yoI notif as the, pGIiser
l AZ moi going q until ] NOV ~ I've Been dene.S
On, well. you've been done all right" was
the PS SsH bsysS calm r re3o godsG to cal, m n.
Comptroller's ONCE on the telephone and find
out"
with shaking knees he and MI. Failing listened
to Mr.: Milan's end OF the conversations. This 10
what they heard.
tho "CGS nn1pn,roIt otiee'. Wan Hsllo' Is this IE
won't BIO busy whom he heare what I've got to
tell him; Who are yonf Oh, Deputy
C Com sIoa Dsly; ., All = right hSo ..ia WIZ.
name was De Sote, came over here and collected
~, 600 from the village Treasurer Of Rockaway
Beach village. Said you sent him: . " Yes.
De SSteI s.,s NJ Nc Fn sn ! man nan a NJ you sag r.
one breath.
"Whats thatT' continued Mr.. Milan to Mr..
DAILY. Nobody authorized, 70 collect except
M,eIighe at Far FEcRawaS M No: this wasn't NC.
whether you gave II to hin in cash or . check.r'
I'm noJackass,' said Mr.. Corning. "A check,
OF course
Check" Mr.. Milan said TO MT. Daly. Far
Rockaway Bank Wasn't II. Tom u Yes, Far
Rockaway Bank. . - That's What / told
them. Yes. Ill SEQ to that Yes, right
HE says" he continued, turning to the two
wretched ex.officiais, DAILY. the Deputy Comp
~troller. he says there's no such man as Do Soto;
that nobody was sent over here to collect any
money and that We want to stop that check,
guicki I'll tell you the rest of what he said