The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-11
THE INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUDS.


THE INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUDS.
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Afiidavit or Robert Fietcher-Card from
Deputy Collector Acknowledgement Among
OEicinls-SIorc Trouble Ahead.
The afhdaviis and statement published exclusively IN
Yesterdays RAID have caused NO small excitement
IN this city and Brooklyn. among both citizens and
reyenue officials and called forth the following card
from Mr. Allen, deputy collector who arrested and
appeared yesterday before Commissioner Newton, With
his suretiea r. W. Kabhesch and Edgar AcMulen
who entered into bonds OF for his appearance
whom called on 70 answer the charge now pending
against him.
may be pardoaed for earnestly protesting against the
partial reports which have appeared In print respecting
this office. The charges made are malicious, and any
impartial investigation will show be unfounded.
Whatever OF responsibility attaches to the collector
myself IN the abstraction Of whskey upon alleged raoda-
istraton Of this office. will bs cheerfuy met But
what shall be said OF United States district attor
ney who has known Of this transaction for months
refusing TO prosecute the bonds, which will fully u
demnfy the government, and only now makes this
pretended expose and these unwarantable arrests TO
cover nternal revenue frauds whIcn have been per.
petated by officials not attached to this Office but who
follow their trade under tho sheering wing OF the law
officer OF this district When Mr. Calllcott returns from
Washington and limo OF policy both offensive and de-
fensive determined upop public will be furnished
tuo otucI sue VI cVuIoSerSy nespoCtiuIiys
Deputy Collector Third district New York.
Brooklyn, Sept 10. 1867.
Toe adavits Of Mess. Tracy. district attorney, and
his assistant mainly founded on the sworn state
ments Of inspector Cocheu and Robert Fletcher, who
sold portion OF the whiskey in bond ~ agent for Mr.
Wilson, to A. Cunningham.
INSPECTOR cocBEus AFFIDAVIT
to the effect that he inspected the premises Of Wilson'S
disleyy, Flushing avenue and found the spirits in
question had been removed and that there such
number as No Ola Fulton street, tho number mentioned
in the bond Of removal As the residence Of H. Hand
the alleged principal named in the bond and that the
principal and suretes were myths and nowhere to be
found.
AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT YIRrcHKR.
Eastern District Of Nec York, Kings County, S. Rob
ert Fletcher OF said county, being duly sworn deposes
Of
situated Flushing avenue, Brookyn that said dstii
lcry stopped operations January l. 1887 since which
that day said Wilson had on hand about So 900 Gal!
Ions Of spirits in two bonded warehouses class Al IN
of said bonded warehouses the spirits in bar
res in the other they were kept In large
tanks; that in one OF said bonded warehouses
me had about oo OF ,o barrels OF s sSr
have been sold by deponent to different parties in bond
for forty cents gallon except Ave barrels that were
sold for SO 40 per gallon, deponens removing the Same
from bond and paying the taxes thereon; that the bal
Of the GIT barrels have all been removed from said
isctor Of the Third district Of New York 500 Of said
barrels were sold to one G. Edwards, 200 barrels TO
4Tonel nvs % :a 1Sa that
OF said barrels removed before 7. c. Caliicott,
present collector, came into Office, and All snce that
tho spirits sold to Cunningham wero sold and deliv-
cred as follows-20O on the 10th day Of May last,
and 211 the oath day OF May last that the spirits sold
to Enneht were removed on or about the 23d day Of
April 1867 and seized by order Of the district
attorney the same day, and, deponont Is informed
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seized given by W. c. Robinson storekeeper OF said
bonded warehouses; and that medstey after said sez
ure said Robinson removed storekeeper by T. G.
Cacott collector OF the Third district and Angus
tus Dayton appointed IN his stead and continued
to act said storekeeper down TO tho time when all OF
said spirits had been removed that the first 200 barrels
OF said spirits sold to A. Cunningham removed under
permits are directed to tho storekeepo and are re-.
tanned by him his authority for the removal OF said
spirits And deponeut further says that the last two
hundred and eleven were removed on permit signed
by said Cslicott that dsponent saw SAID permit In the
usual form, signed by said Calcot but did not read
the game, and also order directing said Dayton to
perntend tho removal OF said spirits from said
house lighter in tho East river tho OF which
dsponont does not now remember; that Cunningham
present during said removal and at the inspec ion
OF said Spirits that the Same we're inspected by Que
said Gum. nYbam was present during said inspection
and took the amount OF said spirits from said Bacus In
away from said warehouse In carriage and after
returned with said permit and order, aud delivered
tho same to Mr. Dayton. And deponent further says
return with said permit In order to the
moval OF said Spirits and that said removal
menced Immediately after his return; that about
hundred barrels removed the oath OF Nay, and
the balance the 25th, and that deponent heard OF
the seizure OF twenly-ono barrels, part OF the one
hundred and eleven removed the 25h, and
OF their subsequent release by the District Attorney
And deponen further says that one Louis Fancher was
engaged with sad Cunningham in tue removal OF said
spirits; that the same was removed on carts, and that
said Dayton superintended tho removal OF said spirits
purchased by Cunningham; that on the 18th inst depo-
nen made UP his account OF whiskey sold and removed
from said bonded warehouse and delivered the same
to the assessor and to the collector OF the district
whereby the sales Of said Spirits together with the
Of tho parties TO whom sold were correctly given
that on sending said report sad Callcot, said CALI
colt ON examining The same said be had no in his
Office OF the last oil sold Cunningham; that Donen
said to said Caicot That Is strange as some Of was
seized on 25h and stood half day ia tbs street
before the District Attorneys olco until Cunningham
came from New YORK; at about three o'clock p. -.
Office with tho Assistant District Attorney. to learn If
the whskey all right, and tho after
Of . the whisSey" To thi, said callicoi. made no
reply. And deponent further says that he knows the
handwriting Of said Cailcot. aud Is familiar with MS
SIGNATURE and he knows that permit brought by said
Cunningham and delivered to sad Dayton the Gath
day Of May last tho signature OF said Cscoit aud
said permit plainly endorsed, "Permit for the
moval Of 211 barresn And dsponent further says that
one J. Reed interested with r. q. Enrigh in the
200 barrels removed by him and paid deponent SAID
sprts And deponent further sAys that the 2jh day
OF May and after tho twenty one barrels Of spirits had
been seized Cornelius stays Deputy Collector Of me
warehouse of said wilson; that said sagy assigned
no reason for said seizure, except that he did
n through orders from General Hlyer aud deponent
further saws thai he never and always unable
TO learn the OF said seizure and that cause
whatever existed for said sczurc aud dcponcDt further
says that inquired the Office Of collector Of the
Third district ascertain the OF said sozlre and
could never learn anything except that deponent
keeping spInts In tanks instead OF in barrels that
dsponent had permission so to keep hia spirits from the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenues that the Same
entirely lawful and said permit 20 keep said spirits
on Clio in the collectors ONCE that day OF hand
ing In said report deponoDt applied for the return
OF said spirits aud was informed by said cal.
hco,l In tue presencs OF stagg that he could no,
release the same until he heard from HilIyer; that
within hour after this, deponent received message
from said stagg that he would release the spirits IL
District Attorney would discontinue drop the whole
matter about the removal OF eald spirits; that no
mot going 10 furnish club TO knock his own brains
out" ROBERT FLETCHER
sworn 20 before me this 2ist June, 1901