New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-14
MORE FACTS IN RELATION TO The
GREAT FRAUDS.
Correspondence Of Th. Chie'so Pre-" and Tribune.

Correspondence Of The Che,so Press aud Tribune.
SPRIyGYIELD, Feb. Q, 1850
curous fact in relation tO the stolen checks poesa
off upon the Fund Commissioners office, basjae -
developed. One hundred and eight Of them sreu =.
date and issue, of the denomination OF yi0O esS "
these, nHety we ked Dtth cohsecaf,Je Ssssi
commencing, sdy, with No. 300 and reaching "a
order TO 399. This fact ia deemed important u ~
Committee as showing that the packages N eSs
they made up by the Secretary ofthe CsDaSoes,
when he checked them off on bis register we'd ssyw
disturbed urtil they vert into the Fand -,
sloners hand for redemption. That being esese.S J,
the idea tnat they were ever in circulation ast1
abstraction from toe boxes in which they were eskf 3
by Mckoberts and Keboe 10 Chicago 10 Nay, ~,
rendered highly improbable. giIa 3
II 10 found that there t3 600 of the eaeees
which bear their backs special indorsensuh M
William H. Brown, Cashier, without reiDdsrsees9e
any ether party. These have been paid by tine 49,
but after payment could rot have been put ints os
lation agsin, because without the reindorse0ee ~
were rot negotiable. Toe purchaser of ssch -
was certaiIly very careless Of bis dollars.
The Committee are somewhat embarrassed , ~
action by the absence OF Dir. McRooerts, lsts -
1Iustee, who left home for Washington day -
after this fraud was discovered. No one acoaAe -
Of completely in the affair; bat there lie q gsb%nG
preston Of regret that he is lot here TO add ~ ~
moDy o that OF the other witnesses. He ~
sunmored by telegraph, bat il 10 feared that - =.
patch will not reach BIN, and that bis sceoeDte ~
ferdirg of the boxes TO Springfield his reccIssJ =
their contents ard Of the authority BY whiee - - -
in s1rrendering such en- important part of ID u
will not be heard until after the Com1ittee 49,
Mr.. McRobeIts is universally esteerned his is>sS0
being without impeachment. II he kues wnsO
going on here, be would basten hsek 20 guard So
reputation from hsrm. Gen. Thornton, Gen. ~
Col Archer ard Col. McCleraand, all old CoGniorr
ere, are here, ss are Br. M.Dning, the SesrsHge =
the Board, and Nr. Ray, the State Trustee - =
cfice. Mr.. Mckoberts, Rays predecs.sor,
make the party complete. lhe other Trastes -
Comnoiss Oners are dead. 20.
! wrote 700 yesterday that certain anoants
back interest the funded checks wss paid in . =.
certificates. Further examination OF the bocDs n
Governors Office shows tost these certificates ssw
been funded under the actof 1851, and non1nsS.ss
payitg bonds issned in hen thereof These bosss ~
ell b.en purchased by the Governor, under n
er pOwerDg hum 10 buy STATE Indebtedness ous -.
proceeds Of certain faDds- As they do not osS ~
est until Iso0, hey were bought Ia at ~ eeie-y
for each : 90 bond. The amount 90 poyeasS -
$9i ,2n -, for which ex-Gov. hatteson receive -
god Ii wss hoped that toe payment OF tees -
could be stopped, but, to use slsrg expreseo', ~
are "psst redempronP This makes the san -
already paid On this Transaction. $ll5,6lJ ". -
in addition 10 $i07 600 in limos per cents, v
respectable fortune, even IN t0ese dsys.