The sun., 1910-06-26

WhH y "N-aaA NN~tN N4@s@os
..s,,a-tAnT. June 2S.--With the re-
y -. mel Iuiy . taken by the extraor-
.r,D .ral uun ot the supreme Court
-...r.rI fn nv graft cases In Schs-
,.....v ..rutv1hs final disposition og the
.,.,.ry q fhe cases - len In doubt.
...v - tnws ars several motions
.sr..n u' which JuMice Van Kirk
tsfsrrai to 3hat tina The recess
... .r,s.t-y 10 order 10 give time for
..r. .tsnonRpher 90 make tram
-...,.. 2 90, minutes for thsSlse Of attOF-
-.y..r me isfeuOAuts in making their
....r. rp set aside werdiOfs andsf0r new
f-as
D.. history of the graft hunt in this
...s Iafes hack nearly two years.
,,. ....Irn Of the Board % Supervisors
Asnn Z 1905 DR.. EdwardJ Wienoks.
s.-a-vs1r from the FOurth ward. dis
.a-sd ,aAt -compau.ys which Was
..-y .7siderabls and costly survey
-. f.r the county was composed og
,.- me man. a brother a ~. Charles
Van penberGe. the county Wlpsrin-
,.rssr, r construction and repairs. Or.
u..-..- protested against the al1dit and
.lvr..r r. the company's bills. No at
rsrrea nl- paid to his prOtest and he
,,..H sa, no information a. 20 the matter
ua sr' he meeting and consulted with
ne .rrnty attorney. William Dewey
L.-ss
Asn result u this cOnSultafion a citi-
uaA
s.0 lnarward the matter was laid be-
ire state comptroller GlynR. This was
- November. 1908. Comptroller 0lynn
20 .lsy At once. He sent a corps Of ex-
.r.nsrs here and they probed into county
s.-. with such assiduity that by the
.r. 'he following month. which was.
b.. r.a end 4 Mr.. Glynn's term as Comp
rr. .,. . report had been formulated and
,.r, .u the county officials and the ciu-
90, .Immittee.
'.v,s "a interesting report Il showed
,.r ,as supervisors had been guilty oi
pop cd violations of that section Of the
Pra Ids which declares that a public
H..r VINO is authorized % make any
.t.H.r n his Official capacity. or 10 take
,r' making such contract. who vol.
.-.-v becomes Interested individually
. ....r contract. directly or indirectly.
..'v & misdemeanoT
srrution was also directed 10 the un-
warranted and eXtravagant expendi-
t.rs 1f the oounty's funds. ApproXi-
ra..y $500 had been expended in the
y.4 IgS for making repairs to the
s,a.- ,rmory the county almahouse and
ae county jail. all new buildings. and the
comfy clerks Office. an old building.
u- no rev alnlshouse the repairs alone
t.-t ,n ly erage Of 81 .OSO a month during
.f.
d .,rvec'lon with the building Of the
.. IaII 90 lgn5-Os a. amazing bet ot in
.H..t ilu as ~ the business methods Of
r.a ~ I.sryIsors was revealed. When the
u.I Ja,l I-as rave the Supervisor buildIng
.tuuittre soli the stone taken from the
"A builtin ng tor NOO. Then they paid
.-an-ters 81 IO3 20 deliver this stone 20
40 purchaser
1ns,e are hui -samples of the many
-xtravagant expenditures discovered by
ne Glynn examiners. No action Was
lken by any county official, and the
r.port was pige0nholei until last October,
r1el a Grand Jury inquired what hat be-
o. ne of the report The District Attor-
~ 1nally, a the urgent richest of certain
. 'ls grand jurors. procuret the report
'Yn he County Treasurer and Il was
- 20 the Grand Jury some Of the
jurors Isssired 70 have some action taken
40. q view tO having the investigation
r. mel where Il had been dropped when
...atrOller 6lynn went out Of once
.r. sas taken and this was defeated
F' 'here were some men on that Grand
..r ho had no mind 10 let the matter
... -n ghtiy from view. They con-
Ntfn Justice Charles {. Van Kirk.
... .aiiet az the OCtober term Of the
..ra Court in connection with which
... r.art Juy was sitting. Justice Van
.H- n lvi-s them 10 take the matter 20
.. HgIhe4. The Governor was 10
... ...e mat De took Il up al once with
.I.ls- Clark Williams. Who sent
s....a. rurpz of examiners here and the
r..s was taken up where Comptroller
10 men left o..
..n rAamiLers started IN on a graft
.... tz Crn0ketuess Was revealed
..". als .stitutet and wltfesa wers
s.i examined The result Of the
20 these examiners was the ap-
.-...s Oi the extraordinary term ~
-lr sting Justice Van Kirk 10 hOi1 the
..". ai appointing Virgil X. kellogg
h..fsrfHFn a special Deputy Attorney
...r. .l. r1 rrussCute the Eraiters
... .H Grand jury dTaan to serve
rlsH',ln with the extraordinary
'. turned undictments against nine
.aGilntz fiEhteen 0f these have
... l.rr.rsd and what disposition has
loo. iHa uf their cases has been told
t..s a.
... ....r been made publiC, that D..
Ngt it - an open secret that il
Hfueut FOR grand larceny in the
'- ....'H against eN-Sherih Merritt
..H Hammond anticipated in
g .".H. ald fed " - reported that hs
... .. south America. bat his attorney
-... .r H uI,h nearer home than that
a iHis ready % return II wanted
-.. HaJhaNav savs hammond u
"..H ..w
Zoo Iarcs against Hammond would
poo Ne ndispuiabl. One u the
" aiDptad by him ~ said IN have
.r -aIeaze prisoners sent 10 biz
'.I anywhere from Ten 20 NJ y
o.. Iav Dr two after they we're re-
Dol upy them with ticket to
tfu aud tel them 10 stay out
' .. .r.rfv until their term hadpex-
"' Then b. would charge mp their
H...u~i the county ana COLLECT
2. t.I term of aentence In one
.. least tho Sheriff vas caught
ramp who had been com
Tor thirty days was picked
fr- later and brought back
station. The following
sss hated before Inc same
..... NhO had committed him
'ly. h#foTe The Justice
.F. when he saw the fellow
Nw II he was not the same
.td nT~n arrested few days