New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-09
DEAD, YET ON PAYROLL
.nother Got Wages of Two, FoS-
dick Tells Mayor.
Z CIVIL SERVICE RySE
csvnor Hot oa Trail Of Men
working for the City on
Others Appointments.

a . 49, 81, -.iltorf efforts 70 ellfn-
.-... ~ --qf; from she various
..- ~ -, e.,v government again
-. ...s.,-sa~. when the Comriis-
100 ~ Accounts reported t"o cases
... --sr under aesrned names were
..-.,.f-- e,.- .hc cI;v. These are believed
.,-,. .ro fororaLrc-s of turther ois-
,..s...,e .s she lsin1.
,-,.. s...,..,e IS this. one man applies Tor
..,,.o under one - the hranShes OF 'he
..,. ,.,,-c~rr-cnt. Tasses the necessary l"u-
...s-,- Ci,.u Service examination. aho III
I. ..o.,-sr q time a notice Is n.alied MN
80. f- has Got the desired Job. During
,..,-,..-i,e. ,.-ne the applicant may
,.-,.o died or got more Dreierabie eihl'"E
r,s. docs not matter i'm the slight
,et Cor fhc notice ~ appointments j 'Oii
.,- =, another who wants TIE place lie
49,, nome % the rightful man ana
eocs % work. -
- ,,--7t.l orurrissiouer Of Accounts,
-. ~ yesterday that Martin O'Brien ar
.-..1 ,,- the rlace 81 laborer in tie De
......... o, Highways. re passed the eN-
-...-..+f-- was nut on the civil Service list
-..r ....o---rnrr, notified that he had secured
.s.. -rar. when this notification reached
,...., f. was employed by the Savannah
et,.-,shir company. and did not want 20
e.,.a -r that ioh lie testified that Charles
M -rllFr. Tammany leader ~ the IN
Assembly, District. asked him for has '1Fh
s..-,.f.a notice and that he gave IL 10 him.
--s e,ro-e that he never held place Of any
...-F IN the city's employ. although ms
name appears as an cmpioye o. me bureau
of Highways.
ar ,ulxin said las; night: 1t is an out
-rr..rs 10 20 say that ] ever asked - i'ileh
~ ary one else for a civil Service nouce.
: rart know him and never saw him. IL
T. -g4s not that ] was Gammany leaoer
... q statement would never have been
made cannot understand il - all.
mont down 20 see Mr. FosdiCk this after
noon and he asked me about il. ] eN-
rfairad to him. and he seemed pertecuN
..tfsaaa With my explanation. Why any
..-. who goes out and holds up a man ana
cess caught could say. Why, tuIkln lola
mo ~ hold him up can't preNen'
o.Rrien from saying anything he likes but
when be says I asked him for notice II
g. nothing but lie.
,-grnr,issioner Fosdicll said that William
Poole. OF No. l62 West 18th street. was al
,..ee.7- working under O'Brien's name, and
that all attempts 20 subpoena Poole mao
r.-,,ed frui-Iess. he having reported sick
hours after an llIi4Al- -. vas AA-e'N-N 49,
nm. A Tribune reporter tried % see Poole
last night Mrs Poole said her husband
was out and not likely 20 be liz soon. He
'sr,t giving any information 20 reporters.
she added.
Mr. Fosdick further reported: 1T APP
-,esrs rhat while william Poole was work
frg under O'Brien's name In the bridge de-
rs-.mrrt. one Edward J. Lawless was
working under Poole's name poole having
previously applied for and later received
notice - work in the Dock Department..
Further. T.avless was until February 8,
1910 on the payroll ~ the Dock Depart
r0ent as q laborer IN his own name. u is
eruareut that Lawless drew pay for two
MCMILLAN Poole. whose name he as
s1med and himself. Lawless has disap-
peared
The other case discovered was that OF
owen DUFFY. Duffy died IN Bellevue Hos
rital before notice Of his appointment as
lahorer in the Dock Department reached
nm. yet his name appeared on the payroll
after his death. Richard Lanigan, his
t-other-in-laV. testified under oath. Mi
T1sdick saws. that he received the notice
sent 70 Dufy. and. assuming Duny's name
reported for work.
Mr. Fosdick intends sending a copy 81
the testimony taken before him 10 the Dis
trirt Attorney.