Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-11-22


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IMPORTANT AEREsTs-C0nSpirdey 70 DstrdHd
She GOrerrHsRt-A startling case OF fraud mas
partment, and yesterday the guilty parties
We're brought before Justice clayton, VINO, IN
default Of bail, ordered them 10 De committed
TO Jail to await trial at the next term of the
Criminal Court. few days ago, W m. Rabe,
a claim agent. called a. the Office of Messrs
LOewenthaI SurbuTg & Co, with certain pa
pers in cases OF deceased and discharged SOL
dters, and offered them fifty per cent. If they
would undertake the collection. So liberal an
offer led MeSsrS. LOewenthal & Co. to suspect
that the papers were of doubtful character
and they therefore stated the facts to Hon. ].
NJ. Brodhead, Second Comptroller, who ad-
Nlsed them 20 get possession of the papers,
which they accordingly did, by making an ad-
vance of SlG0. As soon as these papers were
examined IN the Department, il was evident
that they had been distracted therefrom I'M
lawfully, and an Investigation was immedi-
ateIy made to discover the guilty parties.
Prom certain endorsements, Hon. f b.
french, Second Auditor, became satisfied that
one OF his clerks had been guilty of the felony,
and ne was not long III tracngi il to Barthold
Dresser, who had been employed in his Office
for only about two months W. p Wood,
chief of the secret service division of the So
IcitOr's office, was directed by the Solicitor,
Tor duty, and only a short time elapsed before
Dresser and Rabe were arrested, and from
their private papers and letters directed TO
them through the post office their accomplice
Harmon GOsSman. of Philadelphia, was iden-
titled. Detective Wood reached PHILADELPHIA
on the 18th instant, and though he had been
misled by statements of Rabo- he succeeded in
getting on the tack of Gossman, and finally
arrested him on the 2Uth.
Inc parties were arraiEned before Justice
SlaytOn.y yesterday afternoon, and each OF them
presented 10 Hon. T.. Il. French written confess
slOns of their guilt hoping thereby TO obtain n
degree OF ClemenCy. From the evidence il
appears that II was Drcesen's original intention
10 furnish Rabe with information that would
enable him TO secure cases for collection. but
EeinR register clerk, and having access to 80.
N CLAIMS in the Second Auditors Office, he
soon found that he could abstract papers which,
being completed by fOTgeries, would be paid al
the Office of the Paymaster General without
further investigation. Nothing was now want
ing but fOrger. and Hartman GOssnan was
engaged TO do the work at SIS q case. ONLY
SlOJ had been advanced TO him, but q letter was
taken nom the post office in which be demanded
more money. This GoSsman was 4 tanner: but
ne mas Travelled extensively in Germany, Cali
1ornia, and the States and seems TO be emphat-
lCally an adyPuturer.
Dreesen, who cOnfesses himself TO be the most
guilty of the three. was formerly member of
The Goth New \ crk regiment, and has n young
and beautiful wife in this city, " no cannot be
persuaded of his guilt.
Hon. T.. Il. French testified that had the
abstraction OF the papers not been discovered
for few months. a million OF dollars might
have been thus fraudulently collected from the
Government
Justice Clayton fixed their bail ut sI5.OOO for
Irvesen. Siu.GtO for Rabe, and $4,000 for
GOssman, in default of which they We're COM
mitted.