Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-02
TIE LAST AND CAPITAL CAUSE OF THE pEFiLCa
TIUN GF SWATf"DUT, ASs;lCNED BY THE Use COW

TIE LAST AND CAPITAL CAUSE OF THE pEFALCa.
TlUN or SWATf"DtT, ASSIGNED BY THE ISE CON-
WIT EE.
After settling abe matter with Mr. Swartwout and
dismissng him The ground Of "iryc:pansLaHy We
have sren thai lac coramee haze Procerded ~ max,
every body responsible for ms crime bat those VIM
were his immediate sceompIices Those hey have made
Witnesses Philips, Swartwouls cashier, who knew
of the pecua,IUns, which continued from 1880 u.s.
Shulrzr the Auditor rlwou,, who admits on OATH
that he knew et lhe collector dea;callon 1888 WHEN
called before the Select Committee explain his ac-
counts when undergoing scrutiny Oh his denomination,
aud who failed - tell The TRUTH and make 1t known To
tho committee, the score Jas he sweas) that he
Swarwunts officer, and not the Gnvrrnmr nj S. and
therefore bourd not In br,ray his mns,er Lyon deputy
collector under SwarlwoUi. no The pay of many
Of The merchants TO play lno their hands and who drew
ont public money his checks IN the name Of The coec
tur-a these accessories 81 the SwaItwoui pecuIaiion-
drives from their places, and, by their conduct
since, admitting their own consciousness o. the wrong
these men. who were Tie rscia checks put round
SwarwUut BY the law withhold his hand from the pub
lie MONEY beray their trusts, and connivr at his frauds
depFr daons and yet one Of them find their col
fusion dow among The SSH causes assigned by the
cumni,iee for me driacnrn No: the all
brought to Washington. The appointment by General
Jackson u irresponsible man, Cheated by + deral
recommendation culpahle disregard of law" The ma
val "ic.T-dltn in the First A.dor-di';o in the late
CunprrnH ditto in the pr, sent Comptroller and then
the tslassion Of the banks repositories according
law. make mp The first rs NJ he deiniCaon II
mol pretended mat The officers IN question caused
the dslacatnn by nsiignting in any they
i, By filling detect it after committed; and The
committee show that these Officers had means OF
nskng the detection but from The face Of Swatwouts
accounts rendered by himself and they say, express
w. that they all fair until 1897 They deny that
IN, StcarnOat Jeenms dstn'Jtr at any h,ss prior
1857 positively that "a the items charged upon
Mr. Swatwou de!acaons, dated anterior 10 1887,
found by the committee been entered in the pro-
per quarters OF Mr. Swar,wov,'s subordinate accounts
at the Custom house, to which they aPpertanrd and
carried from theE o! the proper time 10 his quarterly
account rendered a! tho Treasury Department." and
they finally thus lay down their position based upon
the testimony of Mr. Underworld: MIR Under wood
,say the majority Of the commtee) the confdr nsI
agent of The Treasury Department with equal care and
propriey throughout bis testimony, discrminaes be-
tween the accounts Of Mr. Swarwout rendered prior
ard those rendered subsequent. the #
the year 1897 TIE FRAUDULENT CONCEAL
MENT IS SoT IN HIM MADE TO ATTACH TO Any RE
TURNS PRIOR 70 1897 BUT To THE ABSTRACT BONDS
TAKEN AsD PAID IL 1897
and upon this the committee lay down osfundsmenl-
al in regard 10 the dealcaiinn, that
The deiacaons Of Mr. Swartwout in 1881 and the
first quarter OF 1888 principally, however, IN The two
first quarters OF 1887 consisted OF The proceeds OF bonds
falling due within that period, and collected by him
ar ali ,hoe. bonds how ever, he had regularly CHARGED
Liar IN hs occnuns returned 10 The Treasury Eepstl
mon, portion n heoggrsg0ts balance
J fo him 10 The GOr.Jnmsnt, arhcn he collected them
t,d af Dayiup MenmOant into tie IJeasuru and thus
s charge for binds in his accounts rendered 10
~. D,pa,tmeni By charge against Me Gorernment of
L osh so paid into the Treasury he retained and used
The cash. i.arirg his indebtedness for bonds in its original
amount
Although the report is absolutely FALSE in stating that