Show OFFICIAL WHO WILL BE PROBED herman A metz city controller of greater new york was one of the best known knolyn young men in the financial world of gotham ev edep ei be bd fore he was waa elected to his present position perhaps the most important office of its sort known jn in america ills his administration of the office has been considered far above suspicion and he be has gone to greater lengths than la is usual in an elective position to save the metropolis from any wrongful raids upon its treasury even when the suspicious demands were engineered and approved by his fellow officials it to is therefore a matter of much surprise to learn that controller metz himself is to be investigated OR vesti gated the state civil service commission has decided to take cognizance of tho the charges chares nied against the controllers department by the reform association of new york it is alleged by the reformers that metz has run his department as a political machine in open defiance of th the e civil service regulations that lie be has made appointments and dictated dismissals among ills his subordinates from purely political reasons and that he should be dismissed from ills his office the controller meets the charges with a flat and comprehensive denial metz born of poor parents and compelled to depend entirely upon his own efforts and acumen Is at 41 accounted one of the wealthiest young men in brooklyn where he be lives ho he has made his hia money in the manufacture of chem cats and dye stuffs and lie he la Is known as a liberal cantril to all char muses 16 |