The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-22

The CASE OF COT OLMsTEAD-HIs DEPIciT
ABorT ti7, O00-TuE A psCoSDiNG MAN HEARD
FRoM-ENAMIyhTioS OF HIS ACcouNTa.-Th
sudden disappc arance Of Colonel T.. B Dlm-
stead, discussing agent and superintendent OF
tho General Post OHlce, of which we have
already given statement to our readers, be.
consequently, the sensation and excitement
was, n anything, more general than 1t was
on the previous day.
The news was received by many with aston.
ishment, as they believed the subject of the
case highly honorable and correct gentleman
In every respect. Such news was least cx-
pectcd from such quarter, and hence the
Su TI With Mr. 0I6stcad o'' ""' "''' -"
Nearly all day of yesterday, gentlemen en-
gagged In the General Post Office department
were busy In examining the books, papers,
and vouchers In the office room Of Col. Olm-
stead, and after they had hastily gone through
these, they reported TO their superior officers
that Mr.. Olmstend owed At the United States
Treasury, about 100000 for which he had put
in no vouchers. out OF this had been paid the
clerks, lRbOrcrs, watchmcn, SC, of the Post
Once Department for the months of July,
aud August. This deducted from the slCO, 600,
would make the account stand on the 3Oth Of
June, about ~ 900 behind, AS ia shown by the
vouchers thus far found In the oillce OF Mr..
Dlmstcad.
In the memoranda, which Mr.. Olmstead
m ade out last Friday, and which was found on
his desk, vouchers enough have been enume-
rated to bring the deficiency down to about
sEUOUt Out many OIL tneBC vouchers, as Yet,
| cannot be found, They may, however, be
| found hereafter, and all of Mr.. Olmstend's
| acquaintances hope such may be the case
| surely. The safe in the room was opened,
| and about 40 were found deposited there. II
| was presumed by those acquainted with the
| facts, that there would appear large number
| of creditors, but such was not the case. II
has, however, been asccrtained that Colonel
| OlmBtead has made way with $4,000, private
| funds deposited with him by employees of the
| General Post Office Department, and these,
feeling that 1t Is severe enough to be losers oil
| their earnings, are not at all anxious to be
pAraded before the public on that account.
| Major A. q. Richards reports that his dctec.
tiyesup to Yesterday morning hMd succeeded
| went northward and spent Saturday after
| noon and evening in the woods near Pearce'I
mill, which lies about mile north of Colum
bian College. At about o'clock he venture,
to the house connected with the mill nance
| above, where he asked for something to eat
but ~ the females there did not admire hi
| appearance they refused to supply him. liz
then passed on TO the next residence, and there
repeated his rcqucst for food. An old cOlOrCC
| woman gave him something to cat, and ate
he had eaten he hoped God would bless her
town, saying that he desired to get on tn,
| turnpike leading to Rockville. This 10 the
last heard of Col. Dlmstcad, but 1t was re
ported that he was in the same vicinity OF
sunday night.
lIraGnagan, the Waterman who gave Mr.
Olmste1d the coat and hat, states that whCr
| VT. NlluhlCHu HUOht VI hlllHb HlUlaNll' w
pushed him back into his room, and dcsreC
him to reflect before committing so rash an,
i'm proper an act, aud OlmstCad soon thCrcAI
ter replied that he would not take his life
and he then departed, cnjoining strict secrrc!
ON BrRnnagHu.
At about IL o'clock on Friday night, Bran
nagan heard noise in the Post Office build
ing, where he was on watch duty, and he pro
cured his revolver and approached the plac
from whence the sound came, and was Rbou
to shoot Mt II man he saw, when Col. Olmst ca
cried out: "Brannagan, 1t Is |. Don't tell til
other man | am here" Branmsgan repliCt
IL was just about to pull the trigger. You di
| not come in the main door, Olmstead passc
on TO his room, and soon aftcrwNrd went on
of the building.
1t Is due this unfortunate gentleman TO stat
| that the officers, on u CuTsory examination
his books, lind them kept in good style, an
apparently correct rs far as they 20. tn
amount of the bond of Col. Olmstcad, while
Is He'd at the Treasury Department is $1,000
The Government will mako up the dcticiCnc
as near as may be from the property ownc
, | by Mr.. OlmstcId.