The New York herald., 1867-01-04
UNITED s1A1fs rpMmlssloxfa,s ruuaI.
Alleged Extensive Frauds in the Tobacco
mt fHfsa 1a ms. Trade.


An f4fsr 1a n. Trade.
Before Commissioner Osborn .r..
The further hearing Of the charge preferred against
Alexander Ross Co., or Fulton street. tobacconiss OF
having rendered to the Collector OF Internal Revenue
false and fraudulent returns OF the amount Of their
manufactures and sales resumed yesterday. Mr.
Bell appeared for the government, and Mr.. Charles
Donohue aud Mr., Pelton for the defendants nt
In the course Of the examination counsel for the gov
eminent produced number Of papers, which he pro-
posed 10 show were orders for goods to large amont
from different pares and that of those orders we're
entered In tho sales book OF the defendanis aA vr
Charles s. Browne and examined by Mr. Bell
was assistant bookkeeper for Ross Co; Iuent 70
shcm In April, 1896; remained with them t the bust
ceased my writing does not appear in the bin book;
DO not recolect having before; nay have ssen
Co the handwriting in this book locks IKE that ofMr
Yates and is In reference think, 70 bis private bus
ness, am not entirely familiar with ~, Yates' hand
writing; have him write four or i've times, IL may
have been oftener could not cay, am not positive
may have seen him write dozen tmea q Don't you
stated that believe Isl the sales book shows the daily
sales Of Ross there were other sales not recorded
q Does The sslosbook show ali the credit sslesS A
Yes all the sales Of A. Ross Co q Is most Of that
salesbook in your handwrtngS a Yes, guess II ia
es ss 6ss is ssassa 6 y NJ Ss
keeper who preceded me- (an0ther return producedI;
same as on the other the witness denned two returns
- being in his own handwriting he made them UP from
y; batch y q papers PEI these appear
orders in my handwriting; cannot now be partlcu
ar about them t is SO long ago they may have moth
6sn the papers represent the weight and the cross
The shipping clerks mark; at least presume %; the
bss would be made out from those papers and the sales
entered in the saIesbook from the bills; made
cut Of those papers, but Icannot say that gave
them to the shipping clerk g Are there any marks on
shippedf A. None that can recolect now. y Are
there any marks on those memoranda which would in.
cate 70 you bookkeeper of that establishment that
those goods had been shipped or delivereds
Objected to, and Mr.. Donohoe followed up the obiec-
sion by asking-Is there any mark on those papers
which you personally know to be the mark Of ship
ping clerk A. No sir.
M Donohoe-If that paper was not handed to you by
The shipping clerk some member OF the hrm, you
would not enter ALI receive any information from
NJ Wituess-No, sir. s
Mr.. Bell--hr. Browne, have these memoranda that
have been shown you been entered in the books Of A.
Ross / Co. whness-rhy may os they may not
Commissioner-os what use is that paper, as q busi
transaction, you clerk n the establishments
Wtness-lt may be duplicate Of an ordor copied from
. letter; never paid any attention the marks and
would not enter the goods unless told by the shipping
clerk that they shipped, II the paper was handed
. me as y nov sands without %ord Geng ssc,
member OF the firm said or wrote ON the back OF the
paper that the goods were shipped q DO you know
how you 10 make out these memoranda-they are
In your handwritingS A. do not recolect, sir. =.
Would you have made those memoranda out unless by
direction OF some Of the firm by direction OF the
various people whose names appear on those memo.
Sandaf tobjected tol A. II would be impossible for
say; presume l would have made out such
snemoranda from fstter by directions from one Of
The hrm. Q. We're they made out in the ordinary
course OF businessY ? Ruled out 4He#i
Mr. Bell offered the memoranda in evidence. Mr.
Donohne objected. Ns Nnst.a EgNsw rrutst.t >
The Comm issoucr allowed the papers TO be put in.
Another bundle Of papers here handed TO the wit
ness He sad they appeared be the ~ the 9TH
era and Of them he remarked, were in his hand.
writing there nothing in these papers to show that
had charged than the books; these papers were
kept file in the store II they belonged 10 the firm;
some OF the paers have holes IN them but witness
say they were ever on the file.
tins stage OF the proceedings the further hearing
vas adjourned I'LL Saturday.