The New York herald., 1869-01-29
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LIMITED STATES COMMISSIONERS cotaT.
au.~sd cvstems Fraads-Han . xnuisn Of
DoII.rs Inyolved-The CustoEA Drawback
syuten Explained-The AmdAviss IN she
Before Commissioner Jones.
me United states rs. Wiliam 4 Korys o. r. WI
son 4 L. Lasdaatc ana Others.-1Ae defendanta are
charged with conspiracy to defraud the revenue I'M
ner the following There Is system
hpown in the Custom House of paving certain
amount Of duties upon goods imported and, by q
siek known to the minated. these goods, under
valsed m their importation, are again exported,
nus completely avoiding an detection Of the fraud.
Regardless OF retrencAment committees from
washington and the frequent exposures which con-
sritute Brooklyn par excellence not only the City Of
Churcnes, but o. distilleries and whtskey frauds
ana the continued exposure not only Of frauds on
she former but on the latter, City Of Churches
n determined TO maintain its character for religion
On one hand and deception and fraud ON the other.
whether as Beecher said last Sunday evening, de-
Dravity IL better there exemplifed In his congrega-
Hon than in any other portion Of the United
States or not, we cannot say. His deductions
no far "a the Plymouth people 60, may be
representing the whole population OF Brooklyn and
Williamsburg the reverend do tor Is perfectly right.
we have had the great Blasde case in the Southern
whoknows all about the Brooklyn ring, passing sem
tenCe upon defaulters in the Southern District and
Benedict had nipped all other frauds upon the reve
nue. by the Just and severe sentences which he pro
nounced against all defaulters Benedict, though q
axiom which says .New brooms v sweep o clean. lea I
and remove at one fell swoop the long accumulated
thing. Such beginning has been had judiciaiiy in
the conviction In this city In the case Of Basde and
neVfabe @ q FSeon Bannp 'an and Oaers
we pope to see the guilty condemned and the limo
But that Brooklyn should keep pace and hold it's
sort OF halcyon time om the conviction OF Calicott
resS developments of what Brooklyn can do when % It
determines to contest the palm not only Of religion
8 not always the best safety for mems expos
lions OF the text Mr.. Beecher, quoting Scripture,
says says the kingdom Of Heaven is won BY violence. SO
yrived Of them. are also won by violence. The pat
snt burgaraiarm = very Wen in s way. but every
20 meet at all times and under all circumstances the
risk OF attack Heaven being won by violence it
Se Kept by Violence and this brings Us back 70 the
rood old plan. that he shan take who has the
power, and he shall keep who CAM
THE ALLEGED DELNQUENTs.
As the most interesting way to write play is not
Tad anq sh ae e ee %
the alleged actors In this drama Of rand. They are
men that citizens Of Brooklyn have met on the side
walks every day, jOstled on the ferryboats; young
with one execution, dashing; some OF them with
book as innocent Of crime any you see; men whom
not an ofncer with warrant for their arrest one
81 them has held an ofncial positlon; all nave in
WIllam ]. Korn, the first, arrested on Sunday last
= young man about twenty-five, married
and lives in Warren street BROOKLYN. 0. R. Wilson.
fa q man mt
twenty-five. He is considered one OF the more Inn
porant Of the parties The afldavlt against him Z
were released on bail Of IS While Korn was held
q the Marshal in default OF the same amount.
Ladlaw s the Oldest Of the parties arrested far,
formerly in the Collectors once Of the Third dis
trlct, under A. NJ Wood, who trusted him implicitly.
s ne = short and Hsl,n rather stout man with hair
height thick Act and near-sighted. He wm for
merry color sergeant t. IN the Seventh regiment
On Monday. The arrests we're made BY Deputy Mar
r THE OPPORTUNITY ron THE ALLEGED FRAUD
For six years prior to February, 1858, manufac-
turers OF domestic goods Of all kinds were required
sa se Ds ss ys
Sf the goods TO Gsn as;a naos I
y sfamiliarIy known, the exporter had to get GER
t1cate from the collector OF internal revenue show
been paid and certificate from the proper offcer
OF customs showing that the goods had been ex-
Sc There was I also required Of the the exporter X bond
that ne would not reland the goods In the United
States. With these three certificates showing the
paying OF the tax on the goods manufactured their
exploration and the execution OF the bond not to
return them. the party interested was prepared to
present his claim TO the Treasury Department and
THE OPPORTUNITY nrRovEp.
IL is easy to see that with the collusion Of the
officers entrusted with the execution OF ths statute
the most gigantic frauds could be easily perpetrated
and the event has proved that they actually were.
eIsd was ope cerf n the once M N
tom House broker IN this city. Laidlaw at the time
OF the commission OF the frauds with which he
Superintendent OF Exports, the oficer charged
with giving the certificate that the bond al
two parties as alleged through the connivance OF
other parties whose names are not yet disclosed
procured the fraudulent papers on which the s'draw
bscxsp were paid. A single instance VIII show how
the thing was done In every case:-Papers were duly
prepared purporting to be certificates OF the Col
isc9f S Of Internal Revenue that the e. ta had been
nctured by Charles II. Marshall of the city OF New
YORK; OF tue Custom House oicer that Marshall had
tendent OF Exports that the bond not to reand mad
been given. These three certincates all forged a.
seed a. Were @ ~ 70 the Treasury Department.
these bogus claims. with the names OF the parties
making them and the dates on which they were filed
IN the oice OF the Filth Auditor at washington are
zprI 90 1861, to william II. Frear.......... s5,eis
April To- 1887, to William II. Frear. qlSO
May s. 1867, 10 Martin II. Sanker. 325s
May %. 1861 to Joseph b. Somers.. 2s62
May 3 1861. TO W. III. Hyden. 1859
MAY = 1867, 10 Joseph Il. Somers- 3,257
May 10, 1857. 10 Joseph b. Somers.. ........ 5754
May 21, 1857, to G. 8 G. Hubbard. ........... 2s27
May -, 1857 10 Il. s. Ritter. 3sO5
June H. 1857, TO A. Ludlow. 3,159
June IL, 1867 to c. s. Doughty. 33s4
sune y, lse5, 70 !. :. gozzens. 32go