New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27


CHARGES AGAINST THE FOR
MER CITY OFFICIALS.
Theodore p. Willis gave Tribune repo''e az ."
teres;ing talk yesterday afternoon D" .'o 80, :,
of his Indictment by the Grand jury MI VIM
not worrying In the slightest over 'he Outcome
Tho proceedings feeling absolutely Comment "e
s,. ,h,t o,erv one Of the charges hanging over
his head will be disproved He does not ulue''"he
10 deny that there was wrongdoing In MS pep"'V-
nm, I'm, he declares that he had not the hrs' IN
timation of dishonesty among MS
until he had been out Of office two weeks
Mr.. Willis mentions the names OF none u '"S
1i..,.s h,,, leaves IN the mind OF the person ne
talks with the impression that Robert '" fo'I 's
49, do,,tv &c the man toward whom his snsplclo"
e directed He says that 1t pains MIN "eep'
think that the reputation OF any man ,,,. rn IVA
trusted and who shared the responslOi''' " .
a rosnage,oent OF the Office is under CLOUD pu'
intinoates that II any man has fnaue
himself by being dishonest 1t Is MS own 1dN,.
..I ,i5 mot know the first thing about an! Hltiii"
.,or NJ dishonesty in my Office. SAID MI '''''
Yesterday. until Robert NJ. Whiting the $500.
Of the Department. called me up on "'o .o,,.
about the middle Of January and too nc W L.
N the Office and see hin "e''t " x,,, GA
.diateIv and saw for the first time these o''s a''1
a,,or ,anars that led to the investigation was
,orfa,tl,, sincere when asked for iul '''NeaIe
.,on y, rho affairs and l still hope thd' - '''''
was wrong done the guilty man VIII oe ~ 49,,
%, havA never been dishonest IN any or my oN
moss dealings either in or out OF puOiio ~ 49,. CIV
or, certain that no great change came over i"o ~,
- .,o ,bicb turned me into criminal NY
tr,ends will hear me out think. when say ma
have never been known as dlshohest n'"''' 49,
would hardly be like a. sane man 10 oesi" 90 49,.
NJ dishonesty while he was a candidate io' al 80
i've office as was when this alleged olsIo"e1.!
ao,ng on think l can be pardoned FOR eia'h'is
that am at least sane. 49, l., tho
,roa roon,hs preceding the last election the peiou
q. most or all OF this dishonesty that Is e'A So
was a candidate for nomination anu ' ~ 49,
election and | also gave much uihe u po''
The sake of the party Possibly may De ce"'u'
for this but that is not the cha'se "e''' ,oo.
nv absence from the office 1t was my deputy pia'e
80 a,ter5 70 the DEPARTMENTS affairs. ana mao
tno1yn O, no reason why l could not saieiy trust
the work 10 him.. 49,.
Friends of Mr.. Wills who are convinced '.ia'
there were Illegal and fraudulent transactions IN MS
office while he was Commissioner say tldI 'ne! o
ueve that the simple charge OF Conspiracy mace
AGAINST the former Commissioner proves tnat ne Is
not the man they expect to convict but tnat MS
being the head OF the Department made IT ineVitaoe
that he should be indicted with the others
The eight former city officials and William T.
Philips indicted on Friday by the Grand Jury ior
completely in fraudulent transactions In the City
works DEPARTMENT received notices yesterday to ap-
pear before Judge Asphalt in the County Court at 10
o clock on "Wednesday morning TO plead 10 the IN
dicments. Ex-Aldtrman William Leaycrat ana
Frederick Milne who had not presented BONDS on
Friday. did SO yesterday. Mr.. Leaycrafts bonds
men are ex-Shellf William J. Buttling and ex-Reg-
ister Granville ". Harman Mr.. Mines bondsmen
are William McTammany and p. j. Montague
The exact charges made against most OF the IN
dicted became known yesterday. Mr.. Wills
and Police Commissioner Philips are accused OF
having corruptly c)nspired between themselves and
go-between from the Commissioner to con-
the payment of certain sums OF money Acc3Idns
TO the accusations. Commissioner Philips would ar
brilliant price and then share with the Commits
s.oner a large part Of The amount which. accord
himself. Mr.. Willis Is accused Of thus unlawfully
awarding a contract to Daniel F .o DCGdyi The IN
tract for repairing Ken,-a"e between Broadway
and North Sixth SIS and then resembling the con-
tract and swaTdn T # to Thomas Mo4ahan at
ing one contract to Doody on the understanding
that he (WilHs) was receive 10 per cent of the
that m July 1897 poody rectived 5000 contract
70 repave New; York-ayej although the Department
FIX alderman Joseph r. Clark Is indicted for re-
resolution Forwarding for payment a claim which
he received from Isaac Harris for the sum of
bHe pood s for voGg for "a foT
warding the payment Of three bills for the removal
sioner Rober, W Fielding is conniving at the audit
Ing and allowance Of fraudulent claims against the
charges that on December "a 1891 he fraudulently
allowed a claim by William H. Hayward for g., |
81 H. for filing in earth Neptune-ave at 81 80
yard. although no such work had been done The |
second and third indictments for similar al !
legged offences. The charges against oscar Knapp |
and Frederick Milne involve similar accusations |
William H. Golf is accused of receiving 800 from |
Doody June Is 1897, for having. Superintend-
ent Of Sewers. certified TO claim by Thomas |
Frazier for $3.50 and A. Lawrence Jensen Is ac- !
cused of receiving 5000 for certifying as warrant
clerk In the Controllers Office. that there sui-
c!ent money in the treasury appca bic 10 the pur-
pose for the payment of claims against the city |