Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
Yesterday Aftsrnoon's Report.
NEW YORK POsr OFFICE DEFALCA-
TION.


NEw YoRK May 10.
Washington correspondence says When
Post Master General Holt reached here, two
weeks ago, he had his attention directed TO
the accounts of Post Master Fowler, and or
dered an investigation. Owing 10 Mr. Fowler's
absence at Charleston il was found impossi-
BILE to obtain the necessary statements, and It
was only BY the most peremptory acquisitions
that they were procured after his return, ana
then but partially, and at intervals For
some reason or other, yet to be explained, no
satisfactory statement Of these accounts 60 Soule
be procured from the Office Of DR.. Tate, sixth
Auditor of the Treasury, where they are ad-
iusted until Friday last and finally, upon the
nersonal and absolute demand Of the Post
Msstar ceneral Il was found then that Mr..
Fowler was IN arrears over $50, 900 dollars =
How Ear this deflcation msy be traced back
Is mot vet known positively, because the in
formation & still imperfect, and the Depart
ment & disinclined to communicate what it
knows
The law emphatically requires the Sixth
Auditor 70 report to the Post Master General
Tbenever Post Master defaults in payment
of his balance on closing his account. No
report Of any kind was made in that case, and
Nj. Fowler has been allowed to 60 along for
many months as If his Office was correctly
conducted. This extraordinary development
will form a source Of immediate inquiry in
Cnngress. When Mr. Holt detected this de-
hloation on Friday, he submitted the matter
to the President, and required Mr.. Fowlers
Immediate removal.
LATER.
rl,rtbau f,vnsfieratfoyac fn-nirrhf chopv Mr.
Fowler's defalcation to be $lT5,6 The
hct Of a serious arrangement in his accounts
must have been known to some responsible
person in the Auditors Office long ago, and
the inquiry viii now be directed there.
Some of Mr.. Fowler's friends rendered the
deficit ascertsined up to Saturday, but Mr..
Holt said It was too late, and would be COM
pounding the felony.
It is confidently STATED that fund was
raised to get him out Of the country, and he
has gone. He admitted having used part Of
the money, but charged subordinstes with
the main loss, while conceding his own re-
sponsibility for the whole.
Judge Hillyer, Solicitor for the Treasury
Department is in town with the U. s. Dis
trict Attorney Roosevelt preparing the heces-
sary papers to recover the deficiency from the
b0ndsmen and the estate of Mr.. Fowler
How much the latter will yield is not known.
It is said, however, and generally believed,
that great portion of it was spent in 1856
to carry the State of Pennsylvania for Bu-
chanan. He was then, and has been since,
liberal to a fault in the political contributions.
II was under his patronage and in his name
that the celebrated New York Hotel meeting
was held, at which an immense fund was
raised just previous to the Presidential cleo
ton, and Mr.. Fowler was among thelmost
liberal He was but few years ago reported
to be worth $3.50, 900; all of which, it is sta
ted, that if Mr.. Fowler had made the matter
known to his personal friends, they would
have raised the amount for him in a few days.
One man would have given $50,
Various rumors were afoat last night that
Mr. Fowler had committed suicide, but as far
IS we are able to learn, they are without
bundation. His personal friends think it is
about as well that he has escaped arrest, as,
he'd be been taken into custody, he would
beyond doubt have committed suicide.