New-York tribune., 1910-07-22
SANE SECURITY FOR
BAIL BONDS 7S TIMES
Commissioner FosdiCk UneartnS
Alleged Irregularities in
Brooklyn Courts.
REPORT TO MAYOR G4YN0R
Suggests Copy Be Sent to Dis
srict Attorney for Such
Action as May Be
Necessary.

Investigations made by Raymond Fos-
dick. Commissioner Of Accounts. have
disclosed the fact that out Of 42s bail
bonds made out in the 4th District Mag
istrates' Court. at No. 1s6 Bedford ave
nue.. Brooklyn. from May 1. 1909. 20 May
II. 1910. 102 were furnished by Daniel
Carroll According 10 the report Of
Commissioner FosdiCk made 10 Mayor
Gaynor yesterday. property al No. l35
North Sd street Brooklyn assessed at
s. -2oG. With q 81 800 mortgage). was the
security given in seventy-eighI OF the
bonds, and during the period under in
vestigation continuously was security
Tor bonds totaIling from SO, 600 to 500
900
MAGISTRATE Higginbotham accepted Mr..
Carroll as SECURITY on fifty different oc-
oasions. and in forty cases the North
Sd street property was used Magistrate
O-ReiIly accepted 81 of the 102 bonds
furnished by Mr.. Carroll. To quote the
report:
The frequency Of Carro1Is appearance as
houdsran before Magistrate Higglnbothan
n the course OF the thirteen months period
and again The same property as surety:
would seem al least 10 have warranted
some inquiry by the magistrate INTO the
existing bail bond encurnSrance against me
r-or,errv L may be assumed IN the light
Of the facts submitted that such inquiry
was not made By him
NaElSrrate OReilIy, VINO accepted this
same property (No- I35 North Sd street, in
1wenty-1ye cases during the period under 9s
review For example. IN the I'VE Gays pc
tween September = and September =. 1909,
he accepted this property as bail bond N
nine different cases
The other cases in which Carroll ap-
peared as bondsman are scattered among
five other magistrates. who do not fig
ure in the records in this way a sufH
Gent number Of times 10 cause special
comment.
IN addition 10 No. 135 North Sd street
M. Carroll owns property at No. 20 Old
Wood point Road. used as bond security
fourteen times. and at No. 2l3 Jack2on
street pledged seven times. Il Is stated
that the bail bond was accepted on
these parcels also for many times the
value Of M CAROLS equity in them
In The majority Of cases the re-
port says. "Mr. Carroll properly stated.
il The instrument flied. the mortgage Of
record against the various parcels Of
property given as security. In seven
cases. however. he made affidavit that
the property was unencumbered, not
vvirhstanding the mortgages Of record
Commissioner Fosdick suggests that
q copy Of his report be sent TO the Dis
rrict Attorney Of Kings County for such
action as may be necessary. He also
suggests that the Mayor recommend to
The CITY magistrates tIat they require
All bonSsnen 10 make affidavit Of the
existing bail bond encUmbrances against
the properties offered as security. He
expresses the belief that such a rule
would he q strong factor IN the eIimina-
&1ion Of The so-caIled professional bonds
zen
The Commissioner report gives some
interesting figures 10 show how heavily
The North Sd street property was loaded
during the period covered by the in
vesLEation- II says:
Bearing n mind that the assessed vaIua-
non q The property Al No 1S5 North 50
street lS A5-ZtH- and that during the period
under consideration i was encln1 bered ty
mortgage OF Sl-539, the figures in the fol
lowing UahUlaIlOl showing the minimum
and r-azImun bail bond encurn brance
sEsIrSt Il al this court from month 10
column headed '-TnLnfuuTn-' repreSent the
least sum carried by the property as q
bail bond encUmbrance in the course Of
the month Those IN the ma Xinlur1' col
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