Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-28

| was '"ma '''iHl whether he had any agency II
producing the letter or aot, for IL would A.
the other.
On the Let March, Lieutenant Ram. nh a.
gam appeared, with Mr.. NorG.an. VIM n,od,.
| ed the officers receipt buck hnlonginy IN Mf.
Iimberlake, which had been missing lie ala.
produced a roll Of crfiain men who had beeu
discharged at PUr Mahon, on the 3Is March
1928. We proceeded 10 take hi, ndditionA.
statement marked az While this busines
was still progressing, Lieutenant Randolph re-
peated his demand Tor access 10 MI Tmbef
'"ke books aud papers. and on belng told thai
after finishing Mr.. Nonon's examination. ".
would determine thu poinc he became much
excited, shafgrd the Secnad COMPTROLLER anu
! myself with attending wfonglully To cb,tge
| him WITH Iimbrilakf's money, threatened ue
with MS tr'ends IN the Senate and sand thar hs
had SUI important papers IN his possession.
whfeb would affect snmebody / inquired
whether they @otn.Alr. rmbrrlake's pspers.
and important la explaining his accounts. lie
siid lhey were. then demanded their delige.
! ~ 10 mf. he then said they I'D moi nfli CT The
public account but his private 4. ansaetioDs.
ani refused TO driver them. He Iii the rou,u
anh Afterwards wrote the note marked Oh
Havi completed the examination OF MI.
Nofmnn, W. determined 10 give him access 10
MT. Undertakes books aad papers, 10 make
OUT an a1cns,i current. Of which we hppIisrd
L'enienhni Randolph. see (6) The neat day
We received ltom linn u nptc, pIotesiDg ngainat
| the COURSE prescribed, 90 He aiso wfote 10
you, requesting You TO direct me 10 give him
unredfdinod access 10 those book. aud pn.
pers You dlsclaimej all control over III.
papers Of my oiiice, aud there tho matter en-
dcd.
Il Is not usual or proper TO give a man onrs
strained a uia ~ Nu III,
alter they have been made The basis OF Official
acts or decisions much less was II deemed
proper 10 give nnicsttained access 10 Mr.. I i'm.
berlakes papers, all dated before his dta h, ~
enable his successor 10 explain what had be-
come Of the money and effects received by him
after that event. II nothing but fairness was
intended, the presence and inspection of one Oh
my cltrks could do No Injury. But II was ems
- iiom Mr.. Undertakes accounts amounting
10 sumo hundred thousands Of dollars, 10 pro-
ducn any balance ~hiGh ~as desi, able. II one
set OF items would no, do, another could b. ,a-
ken, the only evidence .ol their payment by
Lieut. Randolph, being bis own aud his clerk
declarations, az contradiction VI The papers
themsclyes.
Perhaps rigid duty required, that. when
asesuanIed that Lieutenant liaudoph had re-
ceived about ! 100 dollars OF public money
leIi by Mr.. llmUerlake should have charged
u 10 him nj once, and required him to account
for II by regular vouchers. | was ceflninit
under no Obligation 10 whit until could nyps.
'igaio, over halt the world. Tho truth of hrs
explanations II WIS obviously his duty 10
charge hImseli win all the MONEY received
aud II he pad away my lhiuR on Mr.. Timber
hikes account, 10 take receipts with irue date.
setting io,ih the facts. Having failed 10 do 50,
on iIld' aod net On the Government ought t.
rost The trouble aud responsibility oi icpaiItnt
the neglect. Yet, unwilling 10 charge hun win
the money, until PEI ctly assured thai he bad
not Opposed of II ior the bench of Mir FIN.
berlnke, have sought information rom all
quarters where the,a was IA hope 81 Obtaining
A.
On inspecting the officers receipt book, pro-
dnced by Mr. Norman, appeared that tue ~
ulnuls entered under date Of 3lst March, 1923.
exceeded 1900 dollars. OF rheao entries, nbout
twenty hnyeVbeen noiOTiously rrased, altered a.
reduced ia amount, alter the accounts hsB been
added up, and The addition WIS after Nj. m-
befhke's death. These alterations hIe IN the
hand writing Of Mr.. Norman, who would give
no explanation Of them their elect was 10 de
pfisr Mr. Iimbcrake Of credits which he would
otherwise have received 10 the exact amount
of The reductions the aggregate is about 40
dollars.
Thinking HAT some Of the officers might re-
y,
tered under that dale, hom Lieutenant Ran
dolph. or had kept private accounts which
would show, addressed letters 10 them, asking
Information. Copies are hGn"xed, marked %
80 t0) To these have received the VARIOUS mn.
swers, marked (lO) Ia 40 have also address
spd duplicate letters III Mr. Ladicp Naval
Sorekeeper al ror Mahon, (2o) to which thee
has not been lime lor on answer.
Ia the letter from Lieutenant Sbei Is, mark.
ed ll61 - this paragraph 10 The best ofmy
recollection, MI. Inubrflake kept two recent
books, one winch lac h. ~ always NJ hand, AMI
"a which small amounts were generally catered
! he other WAS used ON occaaiUns OF general
settlements when all these small sum, were
added together aud reecpied Tor IN IL as ona
snln. aud when the receipts IN the former book
vefe accordingly cancelled. 1 think II qune
probable that he sun ,ou mentioned 10 your
letter, Que Hundred aud seventy four dollars
and four cents, elnb,aces, IA tbs way, various
small sums winch may have beon pad 10 me ut
different lines, part by Mr. linberIaIsr, and
part possibly by MIR. Randolph, on o. previous
10 3lsl March. 1873.
On shainining the loasr papers al NJ. Tim.
herlate, the 6rst hook nlluded % by LIrnicnaut
Shields being mere memorandum Gaok. wing
found. Upwards Of 90 dollars were found
charged on 10 Lieutenant Suicide. In Nj.
, Tmbcrinkcs Uwn hand writing, which were
included IN The entry on the larger receipt book
under dafr Of 3 ld Of March. Upward, 1910
dollars WERE Ia the same manner. charged 10
Commodore Patterson, loo dollars 90 Assistant
Surgeon Mosrly 10 90 cents 10 Lieutenant Dn-
laaey ~ dollars 10 Midshlpman MarshalIi 100
dollars TO Acting Master Pope IL dollars 10
/ Bieulenaut Yaleiie 10 dollars 10 Lieutenant
Randolph himself aud considerable sums la
many oiner olice's. Al these sums are brought
upon the officers receipt book mIsr date OF
/ 3lst March This Is conclusive, thai all the
sums npun thai hook under that date were not
pad allrr Nj Imberlake's death rs claimed
hy Lieutenant Randolph, aud stated by Mr.
/ Norman. Indeed, OF 1903 ID, charged 10 Com
modore Patterson On that day, his private ac-
count shows thai 672 13. were paid by MI.
! Iimberlakr himself previous 10 his death. The
balaore, % collars vas paid ~ Lieutenant
llnud.,I,,h nn 1he 1 IA Anril TINS sum Is char