The evening world., 1909-02-10
SNOW CONTRACTOR
UNDER ARREST ON
CHARGE Of GRAFT
Mclean, Employer of Jacobs,
Is Charged by Latter With
Part in Fraud.
CITY MEN IMPLICATED.
Dump ForeInen and Dummy
Figure in Alleged Juggling
of Tickets.

The most important arrest made thus
far In the snow removal fraud cases
was that Of Leonard Mac Bean, Of the
firm Of DAILY & MscBean, No. 10 East
Forty-second street, this afternoon
MacBean's counsel. Abraham Levy,
learning that a warrant had been
sworn for his arrest, surrendered him
to the District-Attorney. and he was
held by Magistrate Krotel, In Centre
Street Court, In $4,000 bail for exam
ination on Feb. 49, Bail was fur.
nished
The warrant was issued upon infot-
nation filed by Lieut., Peter F. Beery,
based upon affidavits signed by David
Jacobs, formerly district superin-
tendent for DAILY & MacBean, and Fan
ME f., Maddox. a stenographer In the
District.Attorney Office,
Attempted Larceny Alleged.
MacBean is charged with attempted
grand larceny in that, on Jan. 2 Toast, he
received from Jacobs certain snow re-
moval tickets. with intent to defraud
the city OF more than 5000 by the pre-
tense that the firm OF DAILY & MacBean
had removed more than 5000 cubic yards
OF snow. which had not been removed.
Jacobs, the man who turned UP the
snow removal fraud conspiracy. made .
long affidavit, accusing MacBean The
substance OF the charge 10 that DAILY 4
MacBean, by system OF fraudulent
snow removal checks and with the con-
nivance of currupt loading and dump
ing foremen OF the Street Cleaning De-
partment, conspired to make the city
pay for removal of snow which was not
taken off the streets.
Jacobs swore that he entered the EN-.
ploy OF DAILY & MacBean on Dec. Is,
1905, and had long talks with MacBean
about snow removal. It was Jacobss
duty to supply the wagons used in haul
ing snow 10 the dumps with signs and
letters and figures. identifying each
wagon and specifying Its capacity. This
was to aid the city In checking every
lead Of snow taken from the streets
to dumps.
Wagons Charged, Never Used.
But, Jacobs said, he ratified In his
office the serial letters and numbers Of
lvu carts which were not sent out to
gather snow. These numbers he copied
in notebook. At the beginning Of the
first storm he went to certain loading
foremen and gave them these fraudulent
tickets.
The rules provide that the tickets
showing each load OF snow hauled must
be punched by the foreman in charge
at the place OF landing, and also by the
foreman at the dump. Jacobs said that
these foremen got together, punched the
tickets and made them appear to repre-
sent loads of snow actually loaded and
dumped.
In the evening, Jacobs said. he would
buy from the foremen the tickets he had
handed them in the morning, at the rate
of 81 cents for each cubic yard Of snow
represented by the tickets. Then he
would, in turn sell these fraudulent
tickets to MacBean for an advance, and
MacBeans plan was to finally sell them
to the city, on the basis OF i3 cents a
cubic yard
One Dummy In Deal.
Had the plan worked out. Jacobs
swore, the toremen would have got %
cents a cubic yard to be divided be-
tween them, Jacobs would have got 10
cents per cubic yard for handling the
swndle and Daily & Mclean would have
got 10 cents cubic yard, The city
would have paid 43 cents a cubic yard
for the removal OF snow that was never
lifted from the pavements.
Jacobs swore in his affidavit that on
Jan. 20 he turned over to MacBean lsi
aggregate OF more than 5000 cubic
yards of snow removed. MacBean gave
him receipt which showed that he had
received the tickets from one Holender
"a fictitious person, Jacobs was to have
been paid and the foremen were to have
been settled with. he swore, as soon as
MacBea got pay from the city for the
fraudulent tickets.
The affidavit OF Miss Maddox states
that on Feb. MacBean, in her pres
ence. stated that he had signed receipts
been turned over 10 him by one Hol.
lender. This affidavit confirms that o!
Jacobs concerning the transaction IN the
name OF the fictitious HUllender