The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-14
The Alaska Purchase Money.

The air is full of rumors about the disposition
made byBarOn Stoeckl Of the purchase money for
Alaska, which was appropriated by Congress in
July last. An examination of the Treasury
Department records develops the fact that the
warrant of seven million two hundred thousand
dollars was drawn in favor OF Baron Stoeckl, who
gave it to G. W. Riggs the banker of this city.
Mr.. Riggs went to Secretary McCuloch with it
and had it made payable IN Washington. He
then asked for the loan OF 100000 in legal
tenders, as he had some payments to make out
of it at once, and could not or did not want to
wait until he could send the gold to New York
and sell it.
Mr.. McCulloch at first refused to have any
thing to do with such an arrangement but as
Mr.. Riggs was urgent he got General Spinner TO
consent, and the legal-tenders were loaned on
the gold, and were subsequently returned and
the GOLD all released The first check given by
the Treasury was dated August l, and was made
payable to the order OF CIV Riggs for ST. 900, 900
in coin. 1t was indorsed by Mr.. Riggs to S. S.
& G. Ward, of New York, and by them indorsed
of Commerce of New York, by the sub-Trea-
sury, on August A, three days after it
was given. Upon August 1 next a check
vas was given ah,e for $4,000 II COIN and
paid to W. A. jenkins, in New York, on August4 4.
The next one was upon August 3, for S25,0O0 in
coin, and was paid through the same source. The
next ole was given upon the same date but late
int he afternoon for S35, 600 in coin and passed
to Van Dyck's Sub-Treasury through the same
channels as the two previous ones No call was
tlen mace upon General spinner lCr any more
until Septembe 9,when a coin check for 500, 900
was issued, and was indorsed to Riggs d Co.,
and reCepted for by 81 Purnett;n and the last
was for the balance, $40, 600 in coin, upon Sep
tember l6, and passed through the same source
as the previous one.
No one connected with Congress or with any
OF the New York newspapers, who are alleged
to have received these checks, ever indorsed
them, for they have been collected at the Trea.
sury Department Any one can see these checks
by calling on General Spinner. There is no
possibility of Mr.. Spinner being in any way
cognizant of the use this money was applied to,
nor has he authority to say in what amounts or
when money shall be drawn from the Treasury
by those having right to draw it.
A statement has been made to several mem
bers of Congress and others by a young man
here, who halls from Georgia, that he has
obtained through access he had last summer to
some OF the papers OF Robert j. Walker, list
OF how this money was disbursed, bat some
allowance will have to be made, for his figures
are rather wild. Mr.. Walker admits that he
received a very large fee for his professional
services in the case while it was in the House,
but says he knows nothing of what others
received. He says he was employed by Baron
StoeckD at the request OF Mr.. Seward. He is very
much annoyed al the notOriety he has acquired
in this matter, and says he will charge the
attacks upon him for his part in the case to
many Of those members and others who failed
to get slice. An investigation will probably
show that the most of this money was stolen by
"mlddle men, or lobbyists, and never re lched
the press or Congressman 10 whom it is alleged
to have been paid Washington Correspondence
Of the Inquirer,