New-York tribune., 1908-02-07
FORTUNE GOES BEGGING
HELD UNCLAIMED BY CITY
Employees Forgot to Dro7c $500, 900
in Last Fezc Years.

r,.,.xor.r u.tz IN the housecieanng that he is
giving his department, was surprised Ses'e
day to discover that tho City Chamberlain Is hoo-
ing about sa5oooo In unclaimed accounts against
which warrants have been drawn. and that aoout
sso ON of this amount account OF salaries un
claimed by thousands of former city empoyes VINO
apparently have forgotten all about the balances
due.
Among the cash balances remaining unclaimed Is
one of sSse 70. credited to Robert E. DeLacey,
member Of the Doodle Board of Aldermen In 1881
and another $3.50 80 in favor of the same man
Neither DeLacey nor any of his heirs ever ciaiieu
the money.
Another account. for. $500, is in favor of Repre-
sentative Henry NJ Goldfogle for services as JUS
't.ce of the civil court in May. 1898 Mr. Goldfogie
saws that he is not entitled to this balance as he
was drawing a salary as Congressman at inc
time.
The Controller believes that all these accounts.
u-bere thew have been due for than six
years are barred by the statute OF limitations and
he has asked the Corporation Counsel for an opin-
ion which, II favorable to the Controllers con-
tention will enable Mr.. Metz TO clean up the
city's books Of these many hundreds of items and
annlv the money at once to the general fund for
the reduction of taxation. Any Of these claims VIII
be paid however, II presented before an adverse
opinion is rendered by the Corporation Counsel.
Thousands of dollars which have for years re-
,,sined unclaimed belong election inspectors and
DOLL clerks John B. Phillips, OF the Fire Depart
ment in April 1887 was a remarkably absent mind
ed man or something befe him. He teleg-
rapher in the department and left full months
pay undrawn. Equally queer is the case OF Michael
Cregan clerk in the sth District Municipal Court.
who never drew $3.50 due him for services in Au-
gust, 1887.
William J. T1erney. connected with the Health
Department. have S1S due him for services In
July 1885, il he will call at the Controllers Of
flee and make himself known. Against twenty
year-od account is written In red ink: Hold
money and notify Inspector Williams. Wanted for
murder
Another derelict account Is that of Peter Calan.
who leased to the city horse and cart for snow
removal January 1891 The city is holding s122 so
for Peter. but in red ink against the entry is writ
ten: "Stop-See Deputy Commissioner William
Dalton" Four annual gifts of s35 each to the
adult blind in 1891 never claimed
Diederich Knabe a wealthy saloonkeeper IN Cen
street. clerk in the I'd District Civil Court
in 1891. He made money fast that he forgot all
about his May salary. He can have slO0 by call
ing on the Controller. There is still due Henry
Winthrop Gray, time Fire Commissioner.
s6 for services In January and s4 IS for part OF
February.
The records show that william S. Devery and
Charles f Murphy, while IN the employ OF the
city all that coming to them
Philip Ripley worked in Bellevue in January, 1896.
He forgot about the g him until October
3. 1904. when he dropped in, proved his identity
and got his money. Arthur NJ Lee. teacher In
Public School %, drew his salary for July
1893, amounting to $16s.