Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1876, Page 3

THE -CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 14, I1S76~SIXTEEN PAGES. “question;.and among. them Judge- Beckwith, who |- B i ! orts were written, one by the majorlly, bich fon themselres 530 Thg comtoastoms Tnp: cent. Mr.- Bountree, the accommodsting attor- ney, wrote two or thres repocta which It was Boped, Mr. Burdick would sign, bat that. gnte: —That weuld have beenm—possible? A.—Ye wir’ thint wa the only way It could have besn done., | Q. —Do.you think that thls porsonal-property tax conid have been s 5 COLLECTED BY VOX HOLLEN without its being shortly afterwards discovered by “ean,, wonldn't you, be! % A X, eiFy B mecongoniat o PoUkeeper T Ao, - THE ONLY WAY 0 DISCOVER - snything of that kind would be to run through the warrants.. If you found snything that was syarked E?Ermn not checked, of courso then it was looked POLEITICAL. "The Third Ward Club Meets ana ] 2 ng.the tax. For instance, supposg: - VON HOLLEN.. B g o e et TR A . v yamomt i3 eatered on:, tho. face. ,of . .the. Bl as being the amount of morey - paid ‘Thenr'thé blil with thie money {8 passed to the entry: elerk.. The. entry clerk, enters the.description on. the general cash book—the name of the party and Famination of Heafford, the: His Record as-a Ring Member of the wf), npgrind !hlel'.l:vn s ot youhad to furnish: Tressurer's: recelpts for the mone; o = “E"?m’.{:nmed over, didn’t you?: A.—Yes, — You could not maki report oA o not n?n‘?nll;‘. them balance with your —~How sof "A.—We would. deposit. the bal~ ance. # ' Q. —Now, the cash-book wenld ehow, the war- TBnts- would-show, that. certain .sums had bee: 8id? A.—Yes, sir, . ~The cash-book would show that there was & de0clt?: A< —The warrantmay shaw more than has actually been entered on the cash-book. .—Then'how could yon make the balance? A. —We don’t balance.by the warrant." - Q.—Yau don’t refer to the warrant in making up vouF balancet - A—No, sir . —~Don't.take that into. coneideration?. A.— Notatall, As 1 said before, the personal-property warrants have never been footedup, so faras I know, —the amounts.on_each warrant,—sioes . he: went. courss, going to those parties.they would exhibis. e et hear of anything of tbat kind ., —Di¢ 'on ever hear of an; 0] 14 ] bcm;doner.y A.~I have e Q.—Did erheat of It Defore? A.—Durh -] you everhear of ore! —Dm o i 13 yoar 1873, thoy had. & clerk in thers who col: . lected from $1,500 to_$2,000 In that way, . siened Von Hollen's name, and gave parties receipis, which e never turned over. Q.—Who was that? A.—His nsme was Qito. w&u’m‘;.m tnat ar A.—WWell, b ~—~Haw was that arrange . Was. artvated, wnd i WS s0me time before b tod get bal, and T thiok some of his-friends. patd. over Somo $300, or $400, and. then ho got. bail and ipped on —Straw bail? . A.—Of.course: the loss came on on; CAUB0 was du e a8 bookieopér ndwhile 1 was dtvislon glet. —Tlien was not there a large amount.of un- collected taxes of prior years which' were not on slon of the Board he voted to retatn in ofice Comn- & Atiomey Rountrec azd_ George S. Kimberly for arden of the Insane Asglnm and Poor-House, both of whom hnd distinguished themaelves as SEBVILE TOOLS OF PERIOLAT AND THE RING. On Jan. 14, 1875 (page 69, December session, 1874), the “Joint Committee to whom had been reforred the report of the Committce on Supplics reparted that, ot a meeting of ssid Committee, Commlissloner Lonergan moved that the Commit- tea ezonerate the Warden, George S. Kimberly, from all charges preferred against him, when it had been proven by Kimberly's awn: witnesses that he had traded of dry goods for groceries, and it bad also been proven by the books of the Hatron of the Tasune Asylnm tat alacgs portian of the |. goods, which had been paid for by.the county on flls certifled to by Kimbetly-in favor of C: F. Perlolat bad never been received of used bytho ylom. On-Jan. 25, 1875 (page 91, December session, 1674), a minority report was made from the Com- % o - these eollectors, that 18, {n any large amo: a Bookkeeper. OarouaEof o tax and ot s chack matk e pHow otren'was sone balance mde from your | A, Theae items, 08 I stated bofire, oy belbe mark. County Boatd. man preferred to write his ows feport, sndgidnot | SUggests Delegates-==The et Ak spacs Jof, for the Colue DD | fhnt bogoral A.—Every time we.mado 4 report, | ed on the worrant and not ehecked, —if they fonnd coneur with the majority, most of whom were Alde Ind . T Pttt el Dofaric whe reported, % soything of that kind, and they cime te mo abon fficnds of Perlolat and of whom thoy Tecaived rmen Indorsed. - of. W the k_mark ften was. —Genezally onea a or Mr. Dooley, urse they wor t . i An.Accountol.ine. VWay tae. | o Wi e chock muk ¢ A1t 1o o madk, ek 2 thoss on thelr collection-books for outside canier, [ What 8- Little Quiet Investigation Has ' & hcorgmization of the Boara in December, |. i Office Was Run. o] totheamhier. Ko exmmincoit, o vee 11F Ingorar AYes, -l';.e and ol:lél{‘:x'-!;f &‘E‘Efifim T 1t theywere dl:arhdpmv A1t they.| Developed. 33&‘&&“.3%%.‘“‘%?3&?35& {fx’f‘ngmcmber L oy ‘The Republicans of the Thir H - : l;u;i;g vffm.“;’i‘fi'{ .Ql&gflnp. »“{':f{ h::% mot:(:: . with that report. - . ) Pad e Amlhesy E “sition to Commigstoner Burdiek,-who Bad proyed teenth Sustain Hoyne—The o eford’s: Discoveries; nf:| b weug s ges il theamount. of the fate. | o —Hawconld you oy tosse e, | et paig e AAB AL they were-not | prpr, ot arted Every Ring | - 0n Det. 56, 1674, e Boart bas ander consta First Ward Club. Heafford’s Discoveries; gnd-| afihebiy iy he rceiting cloc He maes the ey teee guma” werm not el Ot &Rk when they were copiedon heiehogka [0 04O tently Supported Every eratlon the in :3 talaries for tho ensingyear. | 5 i ool .—Well, wi 4 ~Wh 3 d 2 . Heas i A b3 Collector s ot thershimsel, ~and thenitispaaged. & Dalnnced by, the cash-book: en they were copied o their books, why.of- 3 ure:, the Ring In fxing high salaries. . At the ssme'scs: | THIRD WARD RFPUBLICANS. . What- Dooley Said: to. i Him About Them. ou! Q.~~Who aigns the receipt ! A.—Dooley ususlly: ey nw gned Ao 8 cashier | .. —He signed as Depaty, Signed - Von Hoflen'rgl:m:! A.E—‘yslg\ml' ¥ o Hollen'a name, 41y Daoley.” y —Did any elac ever sign 1) A;—Yes, sir; Ialg{::d‘lgmtmun .h.nm Tecelpte? Q.~In the: same. wayl A —When. Dooley was. lb&nl ffom any cause, { usnaily took his place, =Did anybody else’ besides_yon andDooiey? A.~Yes sir, ' thero, was,—Charigy. Hopper. = 1l old the position of chief clerks and also & broth- %r'-{%-l!u: of*Von Hollen's by the -name- of Julins Weidling, i, @-—Now, was the parsonal pro) -tax,paid.. Jhe same w:g—-in the same mupmxr:!“’A: —Y?e?:! sir‘.‘ + Q. —Passed through- the’hands of the' recelving- clerk inthe same manmer?. A:—Yessic; . ¢ Q.—Signed by:him and passed out to the tax- poyers? A.—Yessir, ° i Q—Now, stateabout. - " DISCUSSING THE, SITUATION. The Third Ward Repablican Clubhald a fakrly~ nttended meeting at No. 960 Wabash avenue. Mr. L W. Buell, In the absence of President Cullerton, was chosen o preside, sad Mr. W. 0. Cole acted as Secretary, The abject of tha meeting was the gelection of deles gnt:: t:mthe County Convention. The matter been referred pecial Committee, which- rted v.w-.-‘:ty-:lx imes, as follows, !romwfloten delegates are to ba chosen: Jawes H. Rees, Benjamin W, Rag mond, Thos. McArthur, H?‘? Sayrs, 8. A Wi Terrence en, Geo. Armour, Jacob Strader, Tsaac Howland, Wm. E. Wheeler, ¥ riaion Sof B o S ¥ . T. X, AN . Ham, Myron L Peaid, Chariea’ X, Oule th, HisLate Challenge Pretty: Thoroughly: Anawered. The Witness Rather. Reflects on S 7 the Cashier's Qualifications. - 0 the Battor-of Tha THibme. B Ca10A60, May:13:—Some days.ago I noticed- in the daily papers a card from.Mr. Thomas. Lonergan, i which he challenged *Joseph e~ dill; Wilbur- F, Storey, or any other citizen to prove against me (him) a corrupt or dishonor- able act before or.since I was elected to tho' office of County Commissioner.” - ¥ ‘The public have nothing. to do with- the pri- “vate acts of Mr. Lonergan, but his offieial acts are of course: subject. to criticlsm, and; a8 the: ‘gountlep- was sa broadly thrown down, it oc- t.m;'Es,-Calle,ctor_Claaned.om‘. the . Safe Before Heé Left. snTndiotment Returned Yesterday by the g Grand Jury, -'nens were no new developments. {n-.the,Von ’ i to offica: 3 rday; beyond-what-aps | | HOW-THE.TAXES. WERE .COLLECTED., Q.~Then bat impl: ted 4 it bl Follen “@etaleation, yesterday, Aol eltath taes STl your balance simply stated what ap- | the books, which these callcators havo when they: 3.t e to: readt the. records of the | Tittee on Public Charities, stating that Andrew | bertson, C. if. Favorite, Elbridze G. Kelth, A, 0 timouny -given below.. No | : ere.all collected- inthe. ared to have boen paid on &a cagh-hook? A.— | cams d. calle 2 nal tax? £ i up L.t by Heggen-(allas C. .- Periolat) had - : . Calki) . 8. Boul '’ ‘n Heafford’s téstimony-gi Bffce. " Tn; rogard ot Poreocal. povery 1ot | Yon s o e e ions tboimomed Jpropetty taxt | Gonty Board, aad below are a few extracts | o maone g per el A S S iyt gutaz, George Q.~And from _the - Treas- gleancd from threo. published volumes of its | Inhiscontract to sapply goods, and recommended receipts were: brought in by tax-payers toshow- {hat they hsd paid the skipping Collector-.their | assessment: on personal. property. ‘There were pfidals who thought ‘the shortage would' not smount to-over 30,000, while others placed. it..| {AGCH &t $100,000, and one or two as high ag $200,000. Nothing.; further’ was develowed™ sbout Von Hollen's lesve-taking beyond-that. already pub- Jished. The belief is general that he is-now in Windsor or . Toronto, Canads, and .there belng o extradition treaty to bring him h.ck, he can- Dot be malested by American authority. Mike: Evans, one of the unfortunate bondsmen,- was.gbout-the office In: the afternoon, and stated that he was on. the: bond for - $15,000 or B, and said so far as he wns, concerned he ould not make aoy eforts ta bring, Von Hollen here. Sphnlize, another of the bondsmen, . was also around, but hed nothing: to- say. abouthis liability.in the premises. g aftera certain lenzth of time there- were certain ‘names of pxrflufilch taxes werc assessed ngainst, ‘the valuation, and the amannt of tax taken off, . on what we called personal prg{;:ny receipt books, for the purpose of collecting ofitsids. Those men who ‘bad ¢f of thosc-books,iof course, werc author- Von Hollen's name to tho personsl )!mgcny receipta—all that were .collected outside ‘ot the office. en they came.in at-night.they made a- retarn—handed | their. books -in,, first made & lst,. what we, call o slate—of the arties who paid,- 'the page' of the 0k snd the smonnt- paid,-and entored it in- alto- gether as their.day’s work, ,with their book. Those €ntries were madc by the entry clerk on the gener- al cash'book, and their books™ checked off,- giving the page and the inumber of the cash-book on- the .stub left 10 the ""‘g’; ook, showin&hu page and number of the cash-book on which the "entry. was bad those amounta bronght forwand n pencil inedely succoeding warmant, 50 that they could be eatered on the bookes i collected. S Q.—When did yoo first have any knowledge or suspicion of " v‘%x:’{'mx.g‘wdn’s BZR;ID‘A DEPAULTER 1 —Well, I had 10 suspiclon at all, of his bef 8 defaniter, only . regard to-thos lteme; a8 T statod before. I snpposcd that he was: nsing’ thosa things temporarity, lu anticipation of s alary, and that- they would all be stralghtencd out, * biad o 1den that ho had appropriated. vy large: amounf b4 - Q.—Dfdyou know snything sbout. his gom- Bling? A= did not; I morelyheard.s rumor of It, perbaps two or_three weeks sgo. That was - thle st I heard of it. I was very llitio. ontside of i oftee. 1 had things to attend to fn {ho ofice, and never heard anything of that character. You were dscharged fromthe o ot ——You were dis irged from the of ‘weren' rar Ao s, sle The reg%n waa adopted. Mr, Aldrich wnnledp his name withdrawn from the ticket in favor of Ald. Spaulding, as ho had enough to dointhe Aldermanic matter. Ha had'experienced & good deal of what gentieman must have undergone. and paid him and the mi- zority of the last Conncil a compliment for thets efforts in bebalf of the le against the enor- }‘“,3,%’,"“"" armayed against them of a corrupt, ma- Mr. Roberts maved that the candidates be ro= quested to GIVE THEIR VIEWS AS TO TOEIR CHOICE YOR GOVERXOR. oo S e 20 S[;;(!ngflelfl. e delegates . who should be sent tor r. Boberts' motion was lost. {n:]li:lvll:“nx E:: then e hflv.;'hifll ?flll{d a8 H T} lour, ames M gl cuxlt;ni:m;a E'd Kl 3 X Tk Myerk J’c!::'&pfilding‘ "‘:‘d e el e Chair then annonne 1i gal& for holding the prlmaflea,&f:on&h{:"} o":ln‘g that' eaid Heggen (or.Periolat) be - xiot paid s bill[* from \he® minorty et 15 chow oy tersr e minority report, to show why the' ahould not have bean alloweds Y **Andrew Heggen had the contract for furnish- mg Cock County with auy and o1l dry-goods re- nired by it for the year ending Dec. 31, 1874 In ocember list just past, on expmining the dry- goodsat” the Poor-House and Insane Asylum—{it was found by a special committes of thip Board, then fnvestigating the affairs of these two Institu- tions)—that the dry-goods received at these institn- tions were of a very fnferior quality for the prices nomed in the contract, and many samples wera {aken by the Committeé—indeed & pieco of cach of ing articles wero taken to compare with similar goods hece—with the view of comparing the prices of the same: end the undersigned, s o member of the Specinl Committee, went to Mesers. Field, Leiter & Co., for the parpose of obtaining the real valne of the varlons kinds of goods being recolved by the conuty frony Andrew Neggen, th contractar for dry.goods, when it w3 demontrat- ed that the varfons srficles representetd by the samplea could be parchased from this firm (Ficld, Lelter & Co.) for 40 per cent, or less, of tho amounts actuslly being paid to the contzactor. For your _recei] urer wonld aliow simply. the recelpts.by the. Treas- urer of ‘the amounts on the cash-book?! A.—Yes, siry'the amonnts repo &Q,-Andr those were always balaaced? A.—Yes, Q.~Thers fa: no .diffarence then between the amonnt stated on the cash-book and the Treasurer's receipts? A.~ThatT canhot say, because so'far as that was.concerned_the; Cashier, Mr. Dooley, mads: Qut what wo call s pencil-report. of-the recdiata of the office. He took particular chargeof that him- sell.. -He tako'hls amounta. from ihe, cash-book. Whether he reported all that was received or not, that is more than I ean'say, becanso 1 was given to understand that X bad nothing to do with-that part of Q:he Dusinessat all. 5 —He - mi ave repor - ceived&é&. -EHe 2 ported lees: thon was re- —. turn over that Iesser am & —And nobody. would discaver that. g through the boaka't A g0, o R Q/—How about parties—iax- payers—giviig inpasment.of thiss Lot Do s enow anythia ayment of these taxes ? Do you kn nhg,nzyltll’m custom? A.—They did-do ikt records. I have not heard {t charged that Mr. Lonergan has acted from corrupt motives (he was arich man before he went into the Board), but it is the general belief that for the.sake of power hehas : LENT HIMSELY TO THE RING, and it makes but lttle difference to the. tax- buzrdened people-of Cook County what motive enrried him fnto the Ring; it is enough to knoiv that a man has acted with the ““County Board Ring” for threeyears and more. " Mr. Lonergan always appeared as the friend and champion of Mr. Architect Egan, who rent- ed an office in his building.on Clark street- During the summer of 1873, the Jail and Crim- inal Court Building was being constructed under the immediate Qirection of the architect, Egan, and the Bullding Committeeof the County Board, composed’ of" the following gentlemen: I. M. . made. %—Jl'hc: had stub receipt books? . A.—Yes, sir; —How often did they go,over- their beats, . a8 Joumay say?” A —Well, they wmight go over per- aps and . get - promises- to pay on-a-certain day. ithe first time, and then go. againon s certaln diy. There,were always blank spaces leftforail those memoranda 3 charge was from Mr. Von Hollen himself.. I waus told by Mr. Hepper and Mr. Dooley both that I . would have to leave, but I told ‘ thom I should not - DOOLEY, on the stabs—when to callect, etc., and when no- .| g fean. = tako any dischargo fcom snybody except from head- | - O o tn tha atteraoon, and | Hee Were left, and everything of that kind. el foanently done.t A—Xoh it es |iaustion. b Hlogen, Cuioma, A . Gallomiy, Geams I | Seasserees ; \ THB ALDERMEN IXDORSED, the cashier, was pres 0D, Q- Tundorstand you o say that thete blavk - | word somolimen'sive.checks dated anoad, some, | - Goe 1Ak a8 the grownd of your dlscharge? A, | Bogue; Thomaa Lonergan, end Jobn Herting. Mr. | MGG, 1 counyy tor Mr. Sumwald offered the following in regard & Stated that Von Hollen assared- him,. when he eeiPu i those book were filled out with the-de~ | fimes o month ahesd . Of conse e, that conld not be |, - Lhe gronnd they stated was that there wasno ap- | Singer dlacovered.that the work was heing prosecu- b5 Field, Laiter | the Aldermen: b ealled his attention to the tickets -placed in the |.6cO ts("nn of the properts. ,md the ;Lnnunz of the tax reported as belng actually recelved. pmpfln\tjnn for m;. onton Sonbidin Tantel ted in an unsatisfactory manner, and as the archi- & Co. sell 0 dmfn‘:' ’ghe 'l'?llrd Ward Club feels s drdrawer :sgainst - his account, that hehad | peirioeor e aoame? A.—Thers la- mo. de- e partics would have their recolpts: forit; [ 8-~ 0 apprapristion for yout A.—Tes, slr, that | ¢oct did not follow ut the directions of the Bulld- or Deriod s ons done iy Aldermen in this eveut £ money.in Greenebaum’s Bank to make Oniythe ramber b fhe sireqt, T omal property; roaldt they? Ay Sty yonld, Ry tfizyalc;‘m to be suspicions of you't A. | ing Committee; it wwas found neceseary to employ & ‘;3 Express the foelings of f{;;r:“ai‘u:?“u“h." “mbu'fl! Beous, ind without assuming to.question his | @It wasi dlled out fu. that. way—the man's | booky. Ao Thn WO nos g0 intp the rennct eup | = Well Tdon't know. T dow'tthink that Mr. Von | competent superintendent, and the Board dirgcted. 7By | BeRm: thessrore, superiorfurther, llowed . the matter to go on | fuine sad the number of the sireett, 4o, air; | it might be enterod omthe cashcbook, but stll . |- Holen bad. 1 rather think Mr. Dooley. thought | the Committo to employ @ superintendent, and. 713" | yfRedolved Thit o vote of thanks ba tendered for further time, when the sume inquiry and | the eomber of the strect tho valuation. and the | would not be reported. Mir. Dooley, -probably, | that Tkmew moro than perbaps was good for.the | report its action to the Board. A majority of the B | e sent i ok sompecn, o2 well 38 ottert soswer would be repeated. He is now: satistied | D257 F the warrar 304 of, conrse 1t wan the dng, | JFauld not kc? thatumonnt back.. As I sald bo- | “o o) wore aprorgards taken back sgain tem- | Committee (Singer, Gallowsy, and Bogue), agreed 24 | ponfally for the sights of thy T i tht thero was a ghortage of $80,000 fn Yon Hol- | $Fiiae collector. t mark everrthicg pald o g | fomm harouid ot reportall that dppeated om the | podoyy O ererts yre T hen oy ot 50 spon Mr. 3. aferrls, o man of largo ceperieaca fa o % | enccostlly carricd. out. the isbesof- tha Tane lems sconmt n 157, und explained. the man | Varrant when they came 1n 55 TGhE bk they:had | Sobna oot b7 becausedt'he had s check | PYGRIG SSEI y & iy i e, stab- | Dilding, and who waa Tecommended viry ghly 4o B | e porioniof e o ner {n which he collected checks for personal | collected during the day. v + | it unti] that check matured. ‘bard was appointed bookkeeper n mi lace imme- gy‘ ke ‘and Tolsdos %?:g P et mf‘?y wiio ‘mitts; p 1100 perdoz. 4.50 Mr. - drich. thonght-the. resolution was rathey property .taxes and ‘rendered returns for the | - Q.—Now.aboat. Q—THe would not turn tho-checkc over tothe | JIStCIF aficr the 1et of Aprik; and Twas away » gould not be managel by Archltcot Egun inthe n- |, That Commitee, by sctaal ggures proved con. | PR pie famimonely adopted. | Trcasuter utlicmatumat SA—Noa they undertook, to'balance the special asscasment | tereat of Mike Builey and tho othier Contractors, ey, e m:fi“&g}‘qw’;ofi’"_ e comY | ctiosen be rcquested to- pive thelr sy, on B bt m:}'fi(‘;lm 'AND HEETING ot rought in.a minority report appoluting ona. Gicason (s tamily donticetion of - ME. Loner- g£an) v the position of Superintendent, which ap. pointment was coufirmed by the ring members of the Board, and from this time ont Lonergan, Egan, and Gleason carried on the buflding Wholly fn the Interest of the. contractors. It js needless to add that both.Egan and Gleason ‘are still in the employ of the County, Dec. 18, 1873, in the election of count; same, 55 already given in his testimony. I THESE REAL ESTATE TAXES. + The: Cminptm{ler discherged all the employea | The receipts for real estate " taxes, were they taken but one yesterday, Charles J. White,. license | from stub- books 'also? 'A.—Real- estate taxes clerk; not ssaistant cashier, as has heen stated, |-Wg¢ not coliected outside of the ofice at at: remafning to attend to_spplicants who require | (@ Ther could hive been, Soulday, thoy? A— licerises. ~'The Collector’s office wil thus remaln | (iing was taken oatelas of . the ofice, sud”agt dose:,, s0 far as the collection of taxes is €00~ | marked-paid on the warrant, of course it wes-sold cemed, i the Presidential aud Gubernatorial question. Thas mvfi_og‘ evoked some discusslon, and wsa finally carrie 7 MB. GEORGE ARMOUR e stated that he was not an_orntor. He tonld for' the best men only. He might go for Mr. Hawes for Governor. [Langhter.] As to Proaie dent, he manled. time to consider that question, . ey hadu't got through. fuvestigating candidates In WashiSgton gete oo ung e Q.—Do you know about parties paying. on thi checks by installments? %‘.—-Thg.ofihg! been oc::_ case that I know, of; = Q.—Which was that? A.—Potter Palmer. Q.—Tall the particaiars of that —~Tel e ars of . t case as far asyon' know. A.—In regard to this Potter Palmer che’r.\:, I know that he gave a check on this—I- don't re- ‘member, but I think i0-wus the Cify National Bank,. but Iwon't be certain. At any rate, he gave this Bave ‘beon parchascd for in hls oIty - Aad theso articles referred to did not comprise all the goods purchased in that line; and it 15 believed that tho Percentage on the re articlea—sach as curl- ed hair, women's hose, Balmorzls; thread, buttons, counterpanes, tsble-cloths, etc.—would be even greater than (bat enumeratid abore. ok motion tosdapt the minorly foport wes st a vol yeasto 8 nays, Mr: Lonergan voting. with the Ring. members, o warrante. W had some G50, T think special assessments, and at the time I was dlscharzed. wo wore right In the midst of settling the 1874 business. Of course, when I was. deogoed cverything whero 1t was, and gave Mr. Dooley what Information I thought was necessary for hith to go on and balance up. T nnderstood bt be was 109 my Work, and alterwards 1 was told that Mr. Hubbard wag np- pomted : bookkesper. - He conld not take hold of it T tiat 1o 1. Colloonun, | apAenerLinle, | et silo b st A n ;m intment ) . —When ai eral 8. - e o1 g Fa | THE. Tast Boneral sale onk piacs o e et of . All the old employes in the Collector’a: office did-n w of-Von, st d 2y % ey s og b i Ty, 130 6 | Gyl st e e of theoe penen. e 1 | RECESBIY 8 Gy e Mokl Venke sk’ | Fo el M Bt oot Sepding vl o | | 05 Des, J6 7 et st of oty | ¥on 8 35S0 G 17, Dcombersemion, | . S ne 5 b ekt Bressed astonishment. 2t his enormous losses. | (h¢rehad been sy taxes collectedoutside and not | ™o Xy was the whole amount of 1t A.—Be- | Tajves, complionted condition thet nobody conld | Rounatree - as condidste for Connty Attares, | 1674), ayminorlty e o, e sacominand. | prmone, " Ha wantok to soe the oy on, oa Mr, ‘The investigation {nto the-affairs of -theoffics | Soe1d marked paldon the War- | ypeen 895,000 and 530, 000, I think. il aiythiag sbant them, so. for fho Eake of my. and; George. S Al:xfiz‘?gx:ma;wc:xgo:gg: 9or | Valtz, aud the following reasons wero given why | tigudlons. He was In favor of Ar. Hawes for Gone L, arden. Chard- MIXORITY REPORT —About $35,000 I think Mr. Dorley atated. ernor. oud langhter and s, A.q;Weu. Tdon't remeriber the Tmonnt of conrse. enor. [Ef;_] aghter and applause, aad 1 dldn’t consider that as npact of any business of mine t0 look into. itanyway, because: it was ar- ranged I understood. .—Did you see the cheek? A.~Tdidmot. I nderstood” Mr. Von. Hollen'to_say thatthe ar- rangement was made. with the Mayor, that. Afr. Colvin had made the -arrangement, with - Potter Palmer in mgndlnthl yment of his taxes, and take his check, and hold it for anin- definite period. - g ~Whio was that ! A.—Mr. Von Hollen. ZT5ar 5 Colvin bAdgpade e Srrangesst? - Colvin ¢ the arrangement A.~Yee, sir.. He said it would be all right, that Was the smount of it. Well, he had got' his re: celpt-book for all his taxes, and his check. was de- posited in the office. = Q.—Mr. Paliner had got his recefpt-book? ‘A — Yes, nd they tried to. get. his receipt-book ‘back into the ofice; but it seems one of Lhe. men had given his reccipt-book to one of-thé counf clerks to have his connty tax written: up In it, an he would not give it up, and I know thit there was agite s dury thero sbout geiting the book after this hod fafled, and they afterwards SMr. Voo Hollea and f,fi"‘,,’, Falmer—made some sort of ent wiereby hie was to pa: 0 iustatiments. Ho paid. slong. S1.000, 85,000, and 83,000 st & time, ond, along in—perhaps it wnd December or January it woufd be—it might have been as late 35 Jonuary, snd perhaps Feb- ruary, 1don't remember when, bat it waa_about the #tme thatthat cloth department of Palmers ‘was lbant«gglng into other hands, and there was a rumor that Potter was going under; and Von Hol- len ‘been at the office for.aday or two, and ,the first tlme he came info the ofiice I took him ‘one side and told him whatT had heard gbont Pot~ reputat “went back to' show them the way-ont’ ofthe woods, Twont beck for 8 eouple of, days, and Mr. Dooley, and Mr. Hubhard, and myself too] hold of the special nssessment warrant and bal- anced them up, and roturued them 1o the Comp- er. Q.—So there has beem mo defaication in'the special agapaament December, 1873, the Committte on_Public ties, composed of five members, all Ring members, Mr.' Lonergan, really. the leading member, suddenty found it necessary to find more room forthe County Agent's.office, and succecded in getting a resolution passed antharizing the Committee to rent mew Tooms; notwithstanding the fact that the lease of the rooms: thien occupicd by the County Agent did not expire until the following Alay. The Commit- tee soon'reported "that they had rented: a-store ox | Canal street ot $100 per ‘month. It was.soon after discovered that, though the lease Was made out in another’s name, THE BUILDING BELONGED: TO COMMISSIONER LONERGAX, and he .has since Tented out” the balanceof hia ‘building to.tha county meat contractor: and others, ¥hich could mot be rented for one-half. what the. county and the connly contractors are 2 nu;,fi-. Fontima. Thteoied Tn. commnre the. County Agent's ofiice in hia bullding. ‘When the contracts” for the.annual supples: were made.in December, 1873, we find that Mg Lonergan stood ready to vote for the con- tractors a8 sgpinst other. competitors and. the.in- terests.of the.people of Cook County, s.appears by the following. The bidders: for farmishin bread (sea: pago 56:of. December session, 1873 ‘wero as. followa: ; a'mhgzrla. Sehweinforth Bros. , West Division. # J. F. Kleinhaus, North Division. J. F. Bear, South Division C. L. Waodman, all. 19-20 Commissioner Clough (page 59, samo report) ‘moved that the Contract be awnrded to the lowest Didder;, which motion.was defeated, and- TOR CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO THE HIGHER- will be - commenced as soon as:Comptrolier ATl checked-=vo nld ha 1 Tiayes can find time to attend to it. - The-books oS thacked-<yta frositfdvo Alscofeisdly papers will be _carefully examined,.and an.| * 'Q.—By reason of persons objecting to tha eale? endeavor made to learn .the exact mamner in [ A.—Iatisnded to the sales myself, and I usaally. which Von Hollen acted, and -from™whom he | used to take particalar to have evetything' receis THE O o ton?wons made-to adapt thls mi **A motion was made-to ai s minority re~ ‘port, on which. he vote was ae followa: oY ‘* Yeas—Busse, Clough, Guenther, Holden, B McCairey, B N ays—; an, M o, Rugsell, Johnso: Carroll, Conly, Crawford, Herding. Ly In the letting of contracts for the present. year, the Ring members took good care of their friends at the expense of the tax-payers of the county, as. will ‘be ‘seen by the following extraot from page 137, Decombor session, 1874+ +The ‘minorlty of your Joint Committee, to whom was referred the proposals mfnm:hxng Cook County with broad. for the year ending Dec. 31, 1875, having considered the same, beg leave toireport that the Committee had varions proposis tions before thems that the lowest responafble bid- ‘was from Fred Voltz, who proposed tb furnish afi- tho bread required. by thie Gonaty- Agent for the yoar ending Dec. 31, 1876, at the rate of $2.10 for 100 pounds, being nt the rate of 2 19-100 cents per loaf of 1 potind, Tite Comumitteo visited the viri- ous establishments whose propositions were ¢bn- sidered favorable. They found'the bukery of. Mr. Voltz, ox Milwaukee avenue, msnble of all the bread that might be required for the county's nse, the brend of good guality, and: propor- sized loaves. The. establishment of. Schwelnturth Brothers was also viefted with 8 similar result. The majority of the Committee favored the propo- sition of Schweinfarth Brothers to fornish tie bread required by the County Agent for the year ending Dec. 51, 1875, at the rate of $2,50 per 100 pmm"efi1 beingat the mte of 2% cenla per one- povad foaf of Lread, Tast year the county paid ent's. , or the sum of 3 'he propo- sitfon of Schwefnfurth Brothers, allowing the sdme was ready to gi oy l?ux eation. y. ive an opinipn on any qu They had' séveral’ &Mlur ml::’fl '!h the dent. He was in favor of Roscos Conkling. He waa a truc man and a patriot, and he atood: in New York and was myullfln this State. Ar. Jesse Spalding had not fully made up his mind a8 to who he would sapport for Governor o8 President. He thought delegates should go unine nfimfl to mhg‘ Convention, r. Myers had nothing to 8dd to what the othee speakers had said. L 056 * MR STR did not feel like expressing ‘his views; ‘thongh ba bad gome decided ones on. the Presidentlal guss- tion. He thought Coukling o weak man, The contest Iny equally between two men, but Mr. Blaine stood = “head- taller than soy mam ?r’u the I‘Sfpubflman party. r, grlnow an’ sble and strong and_he would voto for him ' if “mominaied. wanted the man who could talk back to the Rebels in Congress,—and that was Mr. Blaine: first choice was Mr. Blaine and second Mr. Bris- tow. He thonght. that . Cullom. would be tha T@minee for Governor. Mr. Strong was then res quested” to give his views in full at the next mass g of the Club, e meeting then adjourned for one woek. ——— OTHER WARDS. THE. FIRST. ‘The First Ward Republican Clubmet a¢ the cldb room.of -the Sherman Honge last night to take steps tawards the election of delegates to tha 5 3 5014 that wes not maz] d and checked. Ted cliesks anf monert: Tt fainat Nidly ?f;m o cvebnace tay_Diecttan e to & warrant? A.—No, sir, tha the inquiry. will begin before Wednesday. = | , 3200 300 Toe! : property on acceant of there y HEAFFORD. A ' ¥ir, Heafford, the bookkeeper, was examined {‘,,‘,,,”3 besn axsnpaldund act credited T A:=No, yesterday. forenoon before the Comptroller. X g His story 1sas tallows: 1Y e ey e R por Baed Sareead e s e, and. y ave dlsc City Attorney Tuthlll-State: your name. 88, | until the next sale took place? For instance, i be- sesidence, and occupation ! A.—My. name 8 W. | tween this ime and the last sale there had been B, Heaflord, sge-sbout.53 residence 458.West.{ any guch recaipts given outside of :fhe ofice which. Jackzon'street, occupation nothing at present were not credited. on.the books, you woald not yet Q.~What has been your general owng:gm Mr. | haveédiscovered it, snd wonld ot probably have Heaflord? A-—T-waslast occupied as bookkecper | gigcovered it until the time of the-aale in August? 4n'the Gity Collactar’s vfiiu‘b:p tothe st of April. | A _After the sale everything is all setticd up, For Q.~How longhave you.been employed in the uppOse. IOW We o g 1873, City Collector’s office ?°A.—1 think it 15 three years | wa 're “an- account’ to the Comptroller- - lznflm!eezlm % sccording ' t0.- our:: warrant—give him . the ~You came into the office then during Von.| amount sold for instance—tho total amount sold aa Hallen's first term ¢ A.—Tes, sir. appeared from our warrants.. 1 attended. the eale -Had you ever had zny experience-in ofice: | and 1 marked every piece- that was sold in_blue* e that Homet A T hag not” pencil, and when there was judgment .refused ac- Q-~—Or in any such office?. A.—Previous to that | eording to the judgment record I marked that, and Ihad Deen forfive orsix yeats Assessor for Wet T gave bim afao STt for the 1873 faxes wif the icago. full description of all the' property on which ‘judg- L il position did you occupy undorVan | ment was retased, so. this. 8y far a8 the tazos. of en? 1873 were concerned, with the exception of a fow p&;cg: Dat were through errors left out of the ent record, why he ge! 2 G = Now abont fhe taxes of 1674 A.—The taxes ©0f.1674 operated in the same mauner. —The “sale for thataxes of 1874 wos when? A~Angust 1875 Q —Howaboas the taxes on real estate since that time? A —We have. takex since that time, —sinca THE VAULT. Q.—Did you have the compination to the vanlt? A.—Yes, sir: bot not te the safe. - Who elue besides yourselt hud the combina- tion to the-vanlt? A/—Mr.' Heppér, and Charley White, and Dooley. 4 Q.—And Mr. Von Hollen? A.—Thacombination. was changed ot the {ime that the Town Collector went in thers thia Jnat winter, and Mr. Von Hollen didn’t have that. Mr. Dooley and Mr. Von Hollen had-the combination to the safe, but no one elze. Q.—Nobody but Dooley and Von Hollen had the combination to the safe?! A.—No sir, not thatI Enow of, I know there werc soveral times fhat Mr. Dooley was not there, that they would hava to wait for Mr. Von Hollen to get tha safe open-in the mo; 5. Q.—Do-yon know what thers was in the sate? No sir, Tdo not. Q. —Never examined the contents? A.—Xo sir. The contents T considered—I was given' to under- stand I hud nothing at all to da wi VON HOLLEN. Q.—When did you Just see Von Hollen? A.—T saw him abont half-past 4 o'clock on \Wednesday of this weck. -Where was he then? A.—He was in-the ofice. . —Did you notice suything. peculiar abont his e o sir. T willatats though that Y was in the Comptrollers office in tho A.—1 think from April, 1873, the time I went in there, 1 was Division Clerk up to December of that vear. Then; at the time thera was & changs made there, —the e that. O'Hara was elected ‘Treasurer, —~Tom Brenan weat out and left vacan- aestobe filled. Mr. Dooley had been bookkeeper previously, and he was promoted to cashier.and myself to bookkeeper, - = HIS D y UTIES. .Whst were your dutles a8 division clerk? | thesule we have takén, —snd; in fact, we did while Palmer,. and. wmted. to .Xnow. if he b 1 casuall the office, i - bread 5 2 A1y ntice eis. 5o retkive ixice, ‘make ONF | the.sarowed: o pusenirer arlts o e eompiag.| tar Palmer, and. v T Jek T wan waions.| 2ol i shont £+0%Iouk br & e s | I Lonergunnctiog with the sjorty.aguint the | Quenit of bead o bo conenmid (s Earas vas | woming Coanty Comvention. M. L L. Cobura ‘money on that partion on which judgment was re- | for Voo Hollen; and be said o'clock,.and they wero clasing up, and I noticed. [ ‘O OECET by some_members of the Board | $20,000, while that of Fred Volts amounts to the | c2lled the meeting to order. d enter the enta. id yoa, S s the tust you held the tion there 2s division clerk, know anything or ive any intimation that there was any shortage in Von Hallen's accounts? A.~No, slr: - —What were your duties as bookkeeper?. A.— . Well, sir; in fact 1 had really—thé duties were pat | upon me that belonged- really to:three different 4. Q.—Well, what were they?—justatate. A.—They me {be general supervision of the warrants lor the. collection of taxes, to-see:that.that'was checked up every night.. That.reslly belonged.to the chief clerlk. Q—Butyoudidit? A.—Tdidit, and then kept &1 dcconnt of ali the deposits.on - each. day.- Also ebecked up licenses—kept an acconnt of those.. Q.—To whom did those duties pmpcfl'f Delong ! A.=The bookkeeper generally attonded''to- that pun’—d xx-the unm;fimmneg:. We hada license e Q.—Go on and state t! duties: A.— s an > the Test of the duties. yea, that was all right; ha had given a check for the balance dne, and it had been indorsed. by some other parties, so that it was all perfectly straight; ke said he had been at it fora week, waiting and talking with him, and so on, and he had.fipslly uuccedded in gotiing it throngh a day or two before: Q.—That-was abont a waoek 80, {nn sayt—or when wag that? A.—Oh, this was' along in, per- Dips, Junuary; i 8" "Do you know anynnnaelu bout that Potter | Palmer business? A.— 1a Be kept dragging slong,’I think,"in January, and. he paid ofter the. 1st of January some. Inregard to the. warrant of 1874, there wis & didcrepancy of some - $1,300 or 400 between my acconnt and the'.amonnts de: poaited on the 1874 warrant,. and the amount agap-. peared pnldhl{ the warrant itself, and' there was, on the :29th dsy ‘of/April, $11,800 dua-on. this. check of Potter Paimer's, It waa them in Mr. Dooley’s hands,—in his charge: I suppoee. it was in the safe. Of courze that left our accounts :out.of. bul&nu ‘some $1,200 or $1,300. . Mr. Slmeon W. King, at a former meeting a / committes: of* one to wait upon members of the' otherclub and- ask them-to join this club, reported that I had visited many of the members snd- thought that s .consclidstion would be cffected-if another week were ale lowed him for further consultatfon. On motion of Mr. Abner Taylor, the time for the repart Z“ extended until the next meeting of the ub. e Mr. King moved that a committee of thres be lgpolnled select: ten names for delegates to the Cook County: Conyention, to be s tted to the yrflmuy ursday. x;)ar moved to amend aflflug the number of names-at twenty, and that the Com- mlt’:te report at & meeting to- ba held Monday AMr. King accepted the amendment, and Dr. Jorda mupred tasiber 1o men by -tiktng the other Club to name ten of ths delegatea, = lamblig!:h.nmm nro:g on’ t! l; euuuun of cognition, a1 motlon ) - - of 5yeas1s 9 naya, tec to nominate twenty. nmuq’):m wmn:se; MR. LONERGAN VOTING WITH THE EING MEM- { delegntesshall be selected was carried, with ihe BERS. understanding that the Committes shall nscevery On.Jaly 8, 1875, %flg! 397, June seasion, 1875), | effort to secure the co-gperationof the other clube, a majority of the- Bullding: Committee reported | _The Chair appointed-on' the Committes Simeon. recommending the rescinding of the action of the | W. King, Abner Taylor, and Frank B. Tobey. Boardhad on Nov: 18, 1874, which action-was the | Mr. Talor asked to be excused, and Mr. Joho C. clectionof J. J. Egan a8 Architect for the comnty | Dore was appofuted in hisplace.” _ portion® of the Court-Honse. Mr.Lonerzande- [ The Chairmon attended to the location of the Teatéd the-proposition in a vote 27 yeastoB nays, | primary polls on VanBiren strect, and. suggested s theroby continning e sole® architect for the con- | that somothing be dons towards moving the polls’ straction of tho building, which was estimated to | Dearer the centre of the. ward, and to make some- cost some milifons.of doilars, his frfend andtenant, | chanzes in'the Judges, as the Club had but little James.J. Egan. who-by his reported recent testi- | faith'in some of. the pteseat appointeen. mony before’ the Grand Jury, was paying C. F. Mr. Abner Taylor, after- spesking. earnestly rolat thausands of dollars ‘for-the"purpase of .| sgsinst the primar SYstem, moved thats commit- securing his syuuumhlmby boying up & ma- | tee of three, of whiclithe Presdent shall be one, ’ fority of the County Board. e appointed ta dovise. ways and-means to abolish On_July 12, 1875 (page 405, 18745 Recards), | the primary system, The motlon was carriod, snd.. Commissioner Lonergan alded 'the- Ring members | the Chalr sppointed sa tho other two memberd Mr. byhisyote to carry through the- printing steal, | AbnerTaylor and Mr. John C. Dore, which is costingthe county thousands: of doliara' | Mr. Jourdan moved that if tho Committes of snnpslly, to have its (the Board's) proceedings | Three fomnd' that the primary polis conid nos publiched-in psper which no one reads. be moved to 8 moro centml point, and- BUT THE RING MUST HAVE AN ORGAR. the }adgea'could not bo sa arra 23 1o give After the Ring'had forced the Board to commence | 8t least ome” judge to the ° Clad, : work on the Court-House in advanceof.the city be- [ that the Club elect ten delegates and send them di- ing ready, Egan and the contractors fornd that | rect'to the Conventlon, without™ submitting the some change must be made,. 83 8 majority of the |, nimes to the primaries. The motion was' i Suligiog Commmitics (Messzs. Cloagh: Gacniher || M. Ring miored that tho next meeting be beld fa and Burdick) were non-Ring members, so-theideas [ Tnion Hall. Carried. was conceived of adding the Committee on Publi. ., F. A Brokoski introduced: ths Tollowtnge Service to- the Building Commxtlme‘ whlcdh';leln w}f}.“p‘l‘&‘.‘i kst thia Chus' b il i - Schmi eartily {ndorses” the" Common Gounell of this .that AT, Charles White was trying to give hlm the combinstion to. the vanlt—writing it ont for him. He wrote itand it didn't work, and Mr. Hepper -was there with him, watching® him, and he conld not mnke {toperate, and. Afr. Hepper came to ms and says: *'Yon have got tho.cembination to the vault, you know it,don’t you?" Soys I **Yes;sir.” I ihad it'in writingin nryxncket—bonk; 1looked over \the one that Mz, White had given him, and Isaw ithat there was an_error i it, so_I gave .Ar. Von Hollen one thet I had, andhe-tried it with that, and !found it worked allright. Inthe meantime Doole; ihad been absenttwo or threcdays,—a conple o ;days then;—and he said that as long a8 Dooley was. not there, he would “have . to_come dawn .intha .morning to open the vault, 8o I gave him the com- ‘bination right there. b = ‘YQ,.-—XHB had tho combination to. thesafe 7. A.— €8, sir. € ~Did he have a key to the door of. the effica-? A—Yes, that changes had been made in the construction of the Jafl and Criminal Court hnfldindg from the pians ‘und specifcations agreed upon, and in fact commu~ nimmm had been sent into the Board complaining of such changer, and, «a Feb. 16, 1874, on motion (of Mr. Singer, 4 resolutiun . was puseed instructing 'the Committee on Public Byildings to repart to the Board whatever changes. had been made which had ot been reported to The Board. At themext meet- jing ofithe- Board, Mr. Lonergun, ss Chairman 'of the Bullding 'Committee (which position he ‘galned in consideration of \‘azing for Sam Ashton. .for Chairman of the_Board), submitted & commu- [n.(filgfln Irom his man :m!i’ tenaat, Archftect Egan, Wi ‘WaS not’ report ut -a. personal o 3 :Mr, Singer, and which wasa tissue. of. falschoods- ifrom beginning to end, and o proved by Commis- ‘sioners Clough and Bogue, but-under leader- ship of Mr. Lonergan the report wasadopted by the Board, asd the attempt to escertain the ‘changes ;which had been made in the. constraction of the bullding for the bencdt.of Miks Balley et l. was frustrate On page 58; Marchsession, 1874, wo find that Mr. Lonergan,. a8 Chairman of the Building Committce, “ submitted a report’ recommending-that the connty Bide i s fe o, Tem - of $8, 08 ** extra ger . ‘tion with work on the Ji and Criminal Court ADOPTED BY A FULL YOTE OF THE RING. On- poge 06, March session, 1874, Mr. Loner ‘ gan, Chalrman’ of -the Building Comunittes, sub- mitled a report recommending that Mike Bailey and’ Sweney - & Bfo. be paid $3,303.01 for. *tex-. tras" om.the Jail. and Criminal Court buildh which ‘‘oxtras™ had never been ordered by the ‘Board; Tfiz{umor‘;m xz‘led.’fl. Lonargsa and £ er Ring me: i Lh’}::h Ch!wgg ‘Times of Anrl?.z‘ZS. 1874, contained | a detafled stotement as. to. the qualities of goods farnished to the paupers, stating that they had samples of all the articles referred to; and at the . sessfon of.the Board aeid April’ 27, 1874, the pro- c (page 73, March aession, 1674). show that e mlatonsr Bogue Mtrodaced the following: Wiznsas, The Chlmiov Times in its- issue of. . April 55, 1874, contained serious ‘charges against the coatractor, for furnishing supp! on the County Agent’s order; tharefore, Resoloed, Thata special commitiee of three bo appointed {o investigato said sthtemont.- Ponorgan ond. Crawford sent Ahe rosolution to the Committee on Public Charities and Hospital, with instroctions to investignte the. character: and quality of supplies furnished. COMMITTEE NEVER REPORTED, snd Periolat. writh tho permlarion of the Hluz, and. $he connivance of the Wardens whom. be and the sum of $17;520. This being tho case, it would- seem. imperative on the rd to, fi'lve this contract for bread to Fred Voitz, his bid befng 31 cents: per 100" pounds: lower than the Schweinfurth Brothers, and, in ad- dition tq the usual dond to comply strictly with'the .terms of tha contract, Mr. Voltz proposcs to place inthebands of the’ County Board, as & further guarantee of' hfs fafthful performance of the eon- tract to. the ver{‘l]emr.’ va $1,000 Cook Commty interest-bearing ‘bonds; ard: all things being Son- sldered, it does’ appear that to Mr. Fred Voltz ‘belongs the contract, notonly for the resson that his contract will save to the couuty the sum-of $2,480, ‘but for the fortherreason that his bid com- plies with the requircments of * our advertisemmont calling for proposals, etc., to furnish the county with bread for the year ending Dec. 31, 1675, For the above ressone.the unders " minority of" your Joint Committee, would recommend' the ‘awarding of tha contract for the farnishing of bread 0 Caok Connty for the year onding Dec. 10, 1973 't Fred Voltz, upon’ the conditions specified On page 141, same session, we find that a. mo- tion toadopt the minority report was lost by avote fused us, and, of course, during the sale we are entitled 'to .take money tp to.the moment before the-aale. There’ was & good deal of property.on' which the tax was paid just previous Lo the sale, as it gme up from day to day. Q.—Now :the taxes: of ' 1875? A.—We have: nothing to da with the taxes of 1875, % HOW IT HAPPENED. ~—Will you please state how it conld be !nfnnr opinion that this'defalcstion ‘ocenrred? A~ can sce no other way except on the Tmm' party.: The personal-proparty warrants {rom follow- ing down, have never been balanced, betause we ™ were collecting on them all the -time -more’or less, There 18 8 large amount in arrears ‘on -the warranta. of the d{ffcrent years. AfterItook chargs. of the books, in running over some—I think it might be. 1871'8nd: 1872~ personsl-property ‘warranta X no-' ticed some marked paid which were not checked. Q. —Marked pald on what?. A.—Marked - paid on the warrant—the personalproperty warrant. Q.—Not. cheeked on. the -cash-book?. A.—Not' chocked:on thewarrant. The check-mark {8 this.: We usually go through,—take the generalcash- ‘book, take the entries made during the day— Q.2-On the'warrant?. A.—And to check off om| the warrant the smount as appears on the cash- book- ' That is checked in red ink,—s_check-mark made.® There:: is an- ‘‘E™ " ‘made* sntered,—2s found entered on' the cash-book. Ir is 8 check mark against the amonnt, showing that 1t 13 entered-on the cash-book; and-the amount as’ compased -with'the. warrant §8 correct.” 1noticed. there wore some amonnts marked pald In that way, and not checked. I immediately. referred to. the cash-book of thit-date nnd-did not find it in "the - Q. —Whon was this? A,~This was when: I first took charge.of tho-books. It was in Decembery ‘Was that ‘res} estate: or persondl: property? A.—Personsl-property, tax. _of-conrse, was during. Mr. Dooley's, while-he was bookkeeper this had ocenrred. © I immedintely went to him'and told him I found“such and'anch s thing, and:did not-find them in the cash: Well, a THE BEPLY THAT I1.GOT was tha “he knew “all Wboat that; it was none of my:business, s {z.—suu I xf!?z.’me eald, a2 nearas you can. A.—Says he know all about that.” Thatis the Collector's matter. - You need not bothoe' your hesd " about that,” * - Q.—What. did.you rzgly? . A.—T had nothing to say. It was nope of my business anyway. I merely came:acroas it accidentally, ‘and merely wantefi to . knnhv{ ‘why 1t:was nct.checked, 88 it-was of consid- | erable amo: ° Q.—How large an amount? "A.~One of ~them, I Q.—There wasnothing to prevent his coming fn tho office atany time a mrtt'xm 2nd_opexing. the vanltand getting into thesafo t A.—Xo, sir. Do yon know whether thers was nnymnfl;‘y inthe safe atthat time? A. —-Mr. White can.tell yonall sbout that; I only Bave his word for it, I asked him yesterday, Q.~-Whatdid he ey abontit? A.—He said. that Mr. Von Hollen wanted to gjve him the combinn- tionof the safe in' writing, And he -said he would not takie it; he would not. take the responsibility | becanse he did not know what. was in the safe, but ‘he gave the collectionsof that day to Mr. Von Hol- len, and Mr. Von Hollen took them into the vault, and he :Lnypwled he pat them into the safe an lo Q —How-much- wers. they, do you remember? AT liconto colections, T peliére, and o littla on peraonal property, or e'thonght, an Lhfip:lfl! mpn“ boen unlocked from.- that.time to. yesterday morning. 3 ~—How do you know?. A.—Ha esymso. . —White saya so? A.—Yes, sir; he- anys he Iknows, becauke it was not unlocked the day before, —the safe.hadn’t been, Iasked White yesterday it his money was in the safe, and he said” he did not see it Q. —Had he been in to lookin? A.—Isuppose 80, Q.—Where is White now? A.—He' is around here. Heis the license clerk. T nsked. him how- much he put in, and he eaid he didn't recollect now, ‘buthe naid it whs $800<0r $700. What they called the receipt-slip will show how mach it. was,—how- much for licsases, and how much for the rest. - THE INDICTMENT. Tha Grand Jury fiumd.ny,lmd its: attention called to the Von'Hollen matter by the appar- —Go on now 4nd state about THAT CONVEBSATION. THAT: TOOK: PLACE ' YES- TEBRDAY. A:—AsY wospralking up home with Mr. Perrine,. one of the employes of the office, he aaid that they. wero talkinig in there sbout where the deficiency or defaleation ¢onld have come in, and he made s re- Hark that 1t conld not have come in on real: estates, ‘because 1873 was all balanced up, and. 1874, he. said, could not be out very much more than $1,260. or $1,300, becaute thero wasn check—he had heard: Mr. Dooldy tell ‘me that therc was' A check for 11,800 6nd Mr. Dooley called him”on ona: sids. and'told um.- - ~This was yesterday? A.—This was yestez- aaQ’n(;]b?Jnoon pear 4 o'clock. . —In"'the-office? A.—In the office, and told him thot there was no money for that check. N —Dooley told Perrjne 802 A.—Yes, - —Djd he say the check was gone? A.—He Qi say. I‘believe he-said thero wes no money for the check, - He 'didn’t inguire:any furtber,, be- canse he had been snubbed & good many tim when ingoi; bont, ‘matters. that hewastold did not. concern him, The . ssme thing- ed. with myself” in’ regard” to these matters 1 have already related.when I.found. the warrant marked paid and not checked. Mr. Dooley, always soid he knew all about it, - and'T need'not concern myself.abont it. Q.—Do. yon: know- anything abont VonHollen having* DUE BILLS- . there in-the safe. in place of money~—his own.duc bills 1 A.-—Tlmimdn B practice there of ad~ vancing money. “the ‘month'to_all the” em- loyes fnthe ofie. 1Fa max wanted S5 or €10, m Q- =What do you mean by the stubs . -A.—TlHero is nreee!&t im by the City Collector for each li- cense, 'We had a-regular receipt-book, 2nd the re- ceipts were torn off from it the ssme a8 on a check-- book, and the stup left. - There wzaan entry on the stub iof - the - pame: of - the.: persom,. the residence;: 2nd the. amount:- pald'’ for the Heense. = We: bave also: a regular -license cash accountthatallof those .licenses-were en- tered on every dav, and that accountis -balanced ach month-—the ficense account—and a report ren- dered to the Comptrolier, and the. license account Isbalanced every month. ~Q—And compared «with . the. stub?. A.—Yes, Eir. “It;hn Eept an aapount‘;:r gadgpoflllmrd- a_receipts. gisen 0. City Treasurer. The. cashier m& msdeporfil.s. -1 gz t &n ac- gount' of the' deposits every day; and during the - 8eason we.:mada 2 Teport to the Comptroller once a week of the business of the office. When- ever wemade o r:g{n of the busiuess of the ofice that was all ente Q. 10 whom?. A.—Reported -to the That was all entered upon the.cash- 'REPORTS TO THE COMPTROLLER. ° : Q.—How often did you make these reportato the Comptroller?. A.—In the busy season we did.onces el Al Soeds: reporta cantaint A,—Th = 08¢ -reports con ~They showed the recefpta of the office. -From the rent sources? .A. —Aside from thelicense: the license report wae Tmde once & month, 1t was entirely separate,:to show the re- Selpta, —for instance far general real estate oneuch | think, was in e neighborhood of $1,0000r81;200— | he ‘would:go it the - cashier: and. | ance of'the City Comptroller; City Treasurer, ed to take charge of the charitable | forced. Messrs, Lonerzan. _an lflli".'-hnw much. who recolved on. real- catate somowhere along there. ke orS what. they would- 8, tiket,. | and. the fl&fi“"'eyr'fi casler béiflm?fin ‘body. };‘a n‘.‘%%él?%; ‘the comty, contitnstito dettess: | the ® addition. 6t Conly, McCaffrey, Carrol;. | sction of the Comm clty. in<sap= of or >74, or whatever it mighthe; and also, Q —What. do an Yhink they would aggregate? | as b fiond JJor B0 much, money. | The visih was not-unexpested to the y Whe | rotton and worthlcss supplies to the unfortunate and Johnson, and, '8t their first- mee | taining the Mayor-clect agninst tha claims and pre- Of conrse, the property, whataver that might bo,: | A.-Wel, I ¢ould not eay. Mr. VonHollen <used to do the same | Gropneq all elseto hear whatever mi ‘t‘rgnpre- ‘poor,. whilethe county paid fora good quality. * | ing, fn. violallon of all parlimentary nesge | teusions of a Would-be-usurpérto the offide, and, and yhatéver might be ige amount o the ‘special —Well, make an._ ostimate 1f youcsa. - A.—1 | way. They all did-tte"eame thing, and of course | (fOPPPC &) 162 70 st WRBIEYEr TUEH BEBEES [ POOR SV Eie R M Ronrd on Juna 1. 1874 | thay elected Lonergan Chatrman of the Jofnt Com. | {n. relation thereto, - eatdially: moproves of tha! Asaessments received. We had what -they call o | ghould think thatperhaps those that I picked u&sz tho aslaries were all pald “in . there,{and warrants, brief, and-a few: ts lster: o true bill was | the Ring.members voted to proceed with the build- | miittee; thersby dnpmln;f Commisafoner. Clough, | course pursned by the Aldermen-elect from this-* oo report in bisnk—a pencll zeport. M. | that time might bave been or $5,000. | of course; on :the urer. turned over - to. the , BE0-8 oW moments itdes: & 7 fng of the Court-House, and recomrmended thattie | &manwhoenjoyed the fallest confidonce of ol hon- | ward. hb’ook‘ up d‘l}lxe nei’lpu u‘fl < }mm ::e Well, nm:udn lfm!n‘g m;:;l mora: h::dh, hfm B{"} mr.mnx deposited. in -the Tressury.by the | found, drawn, -nd,gr;rfied to, 8. follows: cobpensation to be allowed: the "‘g"‘“ or estmen. The. é,“:,‘,,"’g"““"‘;?;‘""”“”“""‘:.“‘:‘; gv;, 55,.,1,.10,: f“&‘h?a‘“ ‘ csah] —the different kinds,—that 18, .from the ards -f anation - a o cashier the same a3 money. rATE or TuLavors, 4“4 per cent upon the ccatof the | of the new- -Ho! ‘which waa.awarde . Dyer was then ) for 8 speecl e b b salaries were pald’ thero in’ the offce? Gonnty of Cook, [ | tectsshouldbe: 4 p i T Harms 1 850, when McXes) . | ot thie” conotuslon_ of ha emmarithr e g afterwi 1 afterwards found somo more, aud I asked gas Bzl i Son offered to do the same work for §72,0765. The | journed nutil Tuesday night. 2 . . ‘matenals, finish complete.™ Of the May term. ot the Criminal Court of Cook | Dilding, work, e general cash. - T alwayx entered those on the gen- X £l cash-book, and gave him the balsnce “to bo | bimif be hod those. He said: “*No.” He raid: | 4.~ Yes, sir. er 'Clough - (fage 29, June session, ited to agres with the report. 44 You had bettetsee the Collectgrand get & llst:” | ~Q.—Tho watrants were furned over-to the Treas- | County in-said county and State, fn the year of our | 7224 0ccd to amend by making the compenss. | contract was awarded by 3 vote of 8 yeas to 6 nays,. } THE TEXTR. . Q.—Did you have anything to do with the : Q. —Theso last: onea-that yow bave mentioned,: | urer .48 s0- mach money?. A.—Yes, gir; warrsnts | Lord one thousand efght hundred and seventy-six.- tlon® 23" per cent, instend of 4 'per cent, whith | MR, LONERGAN-VOTING WITH THE RING MEM- | A'meeting of the Republlcan Club of the ‘Tenth. hfi th on the Treasury the same asall the salary warrants, The. Grand Jurors chosen, select amendment was lost, Mr. Lonergan. and. the Ring BERS. Ward was. held- at’ No. 181 Lake: street: ey been -collected before you came-in ad booldieeper?: A.—-Tes, sir. He sald T bad better getd liedof those'and takecare of them—those that I-found in the first placo—~to prevent an; further being smd about it or done sbout it fnany G OF THE RECEIPTS - for general taxes on the'cash-book?-A.—No, sir,— occasionally, whena party..came: in - to: pay ‘How was that done? Just go'on nuflt!hll,‘ But time nor epace- will not allow a greater | last en'nlnf, C. T. Brown fa . elsboration. The. foregoing extracts have+been | The objectof the meeting wasto recommend names fixvm to prove that Mr. Lonergan has not acted | for delegates to the Couaty’ Convention, to be* onorably, bat rather. dishonorably, and sgainst | voted for st the ptimary a week hence. the Intoregt of the people of Cook Comnty. If one | _On motion, the foliowing were appointad v come wil lected,. and.sworn in. for the County of Cook, in the State of Illincls, in the name and by the anthority of the people of. the State of Illinols, upon their oaths. preaent. that George Von Hollen, late of the County of Cook, on the10th-day of May, in the year ofour Lord one mbers voting against it. %nb:ug; %3 9874 (sce, pages 108 amd 100, June session), Commissioner Bogue- presented 3. tabu- Iated statement to the Board showing & list of elghty srticles furnished to the Insane Asylum and Instead of the employes of the office zotng to the Comptroller” and pgcmng thele- warrants. on' this ‘Treasurer, . the : warrants. were: all returned to Von Hollen, snd. the. salaries. were il pofd in there, and all these ~due-bills for-instance, how taxes wero. collecteq.and w way. - 1t'beemed to be a private - matter hetween evidence ufi:}a was in the e;im. - Af—w::l aman | Dooley and Von Hollen. There scemed.tobe an | of course wero taken Into account, sud the balance, | thonsand: eight hundred -ndrnven!y.-!lxi ins8id | poor House and Coanty Hospital by Periolat, giv- take the tronble to look through the records of | mittee to select namesas-del »: G. E. White, fomeaupto pay his.taxes, and he givess p- | nnderstanding between them-sbont that matter, | if any, remaining due waa pald tothe-employe by | County of Cook, in the State of Tllinois "af oresnid,” ing the prices paid and the contract price, in which | the County Board, he will find that in. ninaty-nine | C. E. Matson, I. H. Martin, John Goigesell, and lrmLEaRoperiy e v piacs, Theamonat | endt vas pposcd i o outsideof it malteral | wacaipler Hebupean scomnopatinat | o | s then and o Chliogo, 3nd il sa el publa | (e rice chareed cxeceagd the coplonc price £0m | cass out of very Buncred My Lonergan has | & MecRensle! | L oxrrind the de~ 7, but, for. my o o) —Mr. metin T 0 of 3 Tor 9 . CENT. g , ¥ motiol 3 i 5 il 12 mede- ot for bl S dltks. Fhonta “call g atiention 10 | wors due-bilts there of Von Halice to. (he amonnt | emcrr e e acracago, nd thaty 83 such inen e ecaat b | T oL RIS Yows, Isveshoaron. | Oniotis ofd T s “m‘;fl A young printer.named David Bell, was arrested THE Wedhestay evering by Olcer Gobb a8 the basiarey | Tho Republican: Cinb.of thee Thirteenth Ward: of Messrs. Bamil Rowe & Co., who charged heldn“‘v meeting last evening in Benz'a Hally . him with. attempting to obtain money from them | No. 78+ West Lake street. Wiillacy Williams, onaforged chieck. Since el a the officer | Presldent, occupied-the chair. Abous: 180 mome plcasgh‘!‘ln select committee of five, to consist of non-members of the Public Charities and_Hospital Committees,” bat the Ring members objected to having thelr acts fnvestigated by the honest mem- ‘bers of the Board,. and so-refarrod the subject mat- ter to the Hospital and Public Buildings Commit- Scription filted ont, the clerk takes the mone: 1 Received in full general reaj estato taxes ltfl'{fi the City of Chk;%né;t; the year 1874, " for in- and there unlawfnlly and feloniously embezzle frandulently convert to his.own use & large sum of current money, to-wit: the sum of ‘one hundred tousand'doliars, belonging to_aad the property of the eaid City of Chicago, the said City of Chicago of ), 10 $50,000, A.—I don't kmow. - . Qs uld that have been possible? A.—I should think not., "G —Why not?* A.—T'should not, have supposed that be would have allowed it. I certainly. should ity I -put:Von-Hollen's - {nitinls - apainst those ‘faeel t.gnt 1 found—ay -“Rwdvadv?ii{,“ and, ag f!aid before when 1 found some other taxes mark: paid'in that way on the warrant; he-sald. : You had tter g;:l list from Ven Hollen of- all that hehad lowing described property. ™ + Q-=-Did you have it separate for personal pro; 80 he gave me a lies and I gave® not if I bad been cashier. being.then and there a municipal corporation, con- d 08ed ‘bers were present. Erral Tk extept when panies | B0 100 THE LT S Wouldu't It bave been impossible:to bave | trry to tht sistaie and agalnst the pesce and dig- | {1050 it ewo- excoptions, of the very | Of orgeey wELch bis She srscrainy mars o | Do Ry Ghatrman of scommittes sppoint- e toMr. Dooley," i 5 a‘:{‘":”;i”‘é‘&fb’ifi'?“fié’é"% ‘e::é: l;n;fl ib't;«:nfhg nity of. lhu,hn:; x’.’f?’xlf ":;.-;Lrh; ssme. 9: f&infl:, ;. ted the. - | by the Eaomes n conjunction with some persona | <4 for fl:;nnnrgm. Teporied the ‘following names: erterober sbont-how mmch thera o =0 . The indictment % ved_““mw c"u"‘ at | Tho Committee commenced. Biil] atarge. ¢ plan has been Lo ascertain with | 8s candidates for delegates to the &L AR ‘TAX-B0O! $od then, 1f they have perzonal incinded in the same receipt. Iodky gt o, you meas, by partien:pavingtnxs ~ ~ the: Ive. N Wit lt-rwe(pu in them; Lhynt is, of thelr ownn.n s luting one John M., Rountres s the: person; to Pondnce tho iovestisa Interetof the Ring and o shield the gullty parties, Z Rauntreawdn 0 f mm&nr. mgi:g&;;d and condidate of Hesing. 7 TR e oD v, and, Instoad of patting: pisi ot ot et AN F 8t?. A.— ?‘Q‘.fllcan’ ynu"mme‘wimn "fiy approximate dmount?:*A~—0Oh, I merely gave him thenames: - Q:—How large a numberof :nsmes werethey, do on think? A.—There might.have been parhapas course. he:case why he:conld mot Rava rcported ll it waa rceived sccording 1o Las - book. D hose duty was it to compare ths cash-book with the accounts trned over to. the Treasuter? X whom certaln houses have business con- | 0B, to bé voted for st the-pri nections, and then: to make 8 request,. | W. Bingham. James Frake, pLud:Z,-.ev}vnmA. Bradley, J. W, Clark, Miller, L. B, Mardook: Glll the roport was accep! once; and the jury retired for the transaction of other.business, % MR: JAMES M. MARSHALL, who wasmentioned in the statement of Cashier —That Mr. Dooley took “on - himself ‘always as s v :Q:~They come there and get it receipted - A.~ | 3 dozen.: Doclig s b, Eptves: manner 8o far 2a known at present are’ . B, Fisk. BIXTERRTI W, Bet their bills filled wp right on the boaks;. | & Vhien was this?: “A.—This wasin—you see | long as he wos cashier. . - 00ley a8 being back in his taxes, and that Voo miforward. questions, put such questions as | & Co., and Mr. Gaubert, of the Gardnes Honse. | Ahandfal- Serats A ; Htaking » separate Bill, 8o thal ey can Bave i | took charBaor. the books in-Decomber, %, 404 | . Qi—Then with s Enowledgs snd his consent | Hollen Tad" been carrying his ciieck; yesterday | straightforverd. questions, put emch o An aipticaion 106 D130 wen mrade > Hammibon: b oo JorTats: athered in the: back. o e e oh e fae proy e 8 money.lo: mfl?gfz Von Hollen nsver b £0 o }'fi;‘%fif ‘The check wis dated “Jan: 81, 1875, and was cer- tified. It-is for $702.44, and was paid Feb. 5, e Irom year 1o year. % Q. ~State what the-character of those receipts w28, and t#:gnflnl description of them:: Go on l.n:n-n er abont the. mammes of -paying:the Ao oy Te Tereied (o 1o e 0. ‘money 15 received by " thy: s Elerks bl name is attached 10 the bill e, recoiving. elerk. He also makes 8 memorandumn on the face 2"the Bt of the SmUKS of WoneY taken- from the RIS OPINIONS WERE ALL 1N THE INTEREST OF final rmisslonés. Busllck,. for the . Comi joner. . for B crtioing. Juat where Roustice'and fia Ponsorts stood, demanded his opinton. in'writ. ing onseveral poibta,and whichwas given, ever n'the interest of_the Ring,but'an oplaion- which at that time was derided By every.respectable and tutelligent layyes in the.city who luvestigated. the | C room of -the zaloon Cowin the name of William E. Hale, but, | night and held a ot 'ilneetlng‘ Arno Voas pre- ell, led). The Fesignatlon' of “the- President of 'tha who presented the note, claims that he was_innos | Club—Francia E. Ho! Jr.—was read and.ac- cent of the swindle,.ond thathie had been charged | cepted, ‘A’ few remarks wers mado on the 1ack of” todelfver it by a' man named ‘J. W. Wallack, for |- interest:a) 1 by tha officars aud membérs of: the: whom he had- dove similar services before.. “The' | Club, and by the voters genarally in -the cagne Of. blanks -used wero thoso of the Canadisn: Bank of | Demd , and ‘steps were' proposed by whi™ W | Commerce, The prisoner has been held-10 the wuhu&zm obtain‘a largeastondnnte st tisg e ‘ Celmtosl Courtin & sumof §1,606, ~ ing in the same toom Tharsday avaRiag. Q. 1ght have been done? “A—Yes, sir. u Efiigbn‘nflgbtalnnm —Yes, gir;: —But not otherwise? A—Nobody else knew anything abont it in the office: - B syu havestateds heneedaot. have tarned fiu‘;‘ .&mhmwu pot on the cash-book? | ooy ‘having . q i "g" the . Clearing: "Q.—Might have kept the due-bills-of ‘Von Hollen | House Feb. 4, thus showl at Voo Hollen in place.of cash, and not reported it aa collgcted? | Stole thix" money, thon, bears- the: City As—<Yes; sir; he might have done soi -~ | Treasurer’s stamp on the'backs. ring; ar 1874, w.?veni%‘;i%?efi&uufi:up- time - in thie yeart —\Vell, alon, e spring. - %Q.yal’m':: ug l.l!:;vsuatynovs! - A.—I suppose Mr, Dooley han it . —Well, ‘after yon became ‘bookkeeper; - were e Bich eairior on. (b0 booKaT: Ao} Aot remember Wh:u“fe&‘h‘;,es 1; Cn':glhmg:un the- 1874 AITaL OF Dot O i : 'WQr-Yonmmm' huve~Enown “of 131t thers had