Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-05-17
The New York Post Office Defalcation.
IN Y. Tribune Washington Correspondence

When Postmaster Holt reached here. two weeks
ago. he had his attention directed to the Affairs of
Postmaster Fowler. and ordered an investigation
OWN to Mr.. Fowler's absence ut Charleston, il
was found impossible to obtain the recessary state
ments. and it was only BY the m )st perempory re.
QUESTION that they were procured after his return
and then but partially and at intervals. For some
reason other yet to be explained, no satisfactory
statements ofther accounts could be procured from
the Office of DR.. Tate, 9th Auditor OF the Treasury
where they adjusted, until Friday last, and fin
ally upon the personal and absolute demand of the
+. vi. General, it was found then that Mr.. Fowler
was in arrears over Sl5o,0O0 How far this de-
falcation may be traced back, is not vet known
positively, because the Information is still impcr
feet, and the Department is disinciined to com
municate what it knows. The law cmphatically
requires the 9th Auditor to report to the p. NJ
General whenever a Post Master defaults in the
payment, OF his balances On closing his account.
no report was made in this case. and Mr.. Fowler
has been allowed to go along for many months as
1t his Office correctly conducted.
LATER.-Further Investigations to night show
Mr.. Fowler's defalcation to be $4,000. The
TACT Off serious arrangement in his account must
have been known To some responsible person in the
Auditors Office long ago, and the niquity will now
be detected there.
Some of Mr.. Fowcr's friends rendered the def
cts ascertained up to Saturday; but Mr.. Holt said
il was too late, and would lie compromising the
felony. 1t is confdentially stated that fund was
raised to get him ont of the country, and he is
gene. He admitted having used part ofthe money,
but charged suboroinates with the main loss while
conceding his ownresponsibity for the whole.
This extraordinary development will form a
source OF immediate inquiry in Congress. When
Mr.. Holt detected this defs,lccton to his own sat
isfaction Friday, be submitted the matter to the
President, and required Mr. Fowlrr's immediate
removal.
New YoRK, May Is.
Judge Hillyer. Solicitor to the Treasury Depart
ment, is in town with the United States Dstric,
Attorney Roosevelt, preparing the necessary pa
lpcrs to recover the deficiency from the b0ndsmen
and the estate of Mr.. Fowler. How much the
latter will yield, is not known tits said, however
and generally believed, that great portion of il
was spent in 1856 to carry the State of Pennsyl-
vana for Buchanan He was then and has been
since liberll to fault in political contributions
1t was under his patronage and in his rooms that
the celebrated New York Hotel meeting was held
at which an immense fund was raised, Just previous
to the Presidential election, and Mr. Fowler was
amongst the most liberal. He was but a few years
ago reputed to be worth $780, 900, all of which, il
stated, If Mr.. Fowler had made the matter known
to his personal friends, they would have raised the
amount for him in few days. One nan would
have given him $4,000.
Various rumors were afloat last night that Mr.
Fowler had committed suicide, but as far as W.T.
are able to learn, they were without foundation
His personal friends think it is about as well tina
he escaped arrest, as had he been taken in custo
dy, he would beyond doubt have committed su
icide.