The sun., 1870-03-24
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR
BfILET sAID TO TO BE Nv ,tp.
EN- ROUTE FOR MONTByi,


How Bailey Treated New York M.,c..
Attempt on n Cincinnati Firm so,,o
vice aud n Piihy Au-wer-totd.u ~,
| for Baiicy's Geuius-Thc Full Am,r.,u
| His Dcfnic tions not 70 h. Ascrrtntrss
The examination Of Mr.. Baileys b.ots
continued yesterday. The clerks cnra,cl &, a..
work have found that the various sums r,ca-,,sae
"uncoilcc,ed" reach 100000 already. I,is ,...N
| sble to tell how much Of this money r,s b,,n. -
| stracted by the fugitive, and It cannot bc -.
until the merchants whose names arpear no toh,..l
to tile Government are personally visited In o,l,.
10 see iftbey have been given receipts r,is -o,...
Only to defalcations in the Thirty.sec1nd p,.,.,
| The investigation covers only brief period !,
Bailcy's Official career The examination OF ,Ao
books, however, will not disclose the frl aror,,
| Of the fraud, for, as shown by tho s,a.cmo,, a,
| Bailcy's Deputy, Mr.. Chids. larlc share Of An
funds stolen By the ox.Cpllector was ney sp,o,.d
upon any account The Assessors llst rarli,b 40
check upon such peculatons. A Collector ha. an
excellent opportunity Of rauding the GYv,r7mm,
and swindllng merchants by
THE COLLECTION OF uNAssrssED rrvurirs
The tax collected is duly accounted fur and Tn
penalties pockcteI by the oGicia-thcre b,ipr 40
assessment OF those penalties other than those NADIA
by a Collector. Bailey was not slow to take ady,,.
tare Of this golden opportunity. His raid, were no,
confined to liquor dealers-for he openei tcw aed,
Of blackmal almost every month. In addition 10
his famous tobacco cases, he levied tribute On hoo,
and shoe dealers clothiers green groccors aud cn.
ers, and compelled u EN- 70 pay him whatever suns
be desired. In one case It is charged he
DLAcKNAILEp FuRRrER
named l.. Zechel, who was engaged in business n
the Fourth District, to the tune Of si.561 Zechs.
It appears, owed sl0OO a. taxes. Deputy Koon Ia
standing infOrtnor and confidential AGENT Of Ihisr
called upon the unfortunate merchant ana Informed
him that he had committed rarrart violation I
the Internal Revenue law. lie extortcd check for
$500 from Him. lie told Zecliel to make ii payab,,
20 "bcarcr" and TO that indefinite pcrsonago n W,
raid. Koop subsequently called upon zcclit. and
received $1,000. which was duly Paid to the Treas.
ury. lie callei twice again on behalf Of h.s as,s,
and extorted two more checks, one for 800 atd
another Tor $500, which passed to Bailoys private
account, and bears his unofficial endorsement. A
Sun reTortcr these chocks yestcrlay and reeoe.
nized:the Enforcement as being In Mr. Blley's hand.
writing. Another illustration OF how Collector Bal.
ley could have defrauded the Government without.
possibility OF detecting the exact amount IA shown
by the case of Phillips, the fugitive deputy Of tho
Fifth District WHO took checks payable to bis own
order or bearer, instead OF 10 tie Collector 6t
stamps to be printed unfoll packages Of tobacco
by the authorized printers, and arpropri tel these
checks to his own instead Of to that OF the Coz,
ernmoht. To detect such frali in Halcy's dh-
triet would require examination In detail EOt
only Of tie accounts of the Office. hut those VI each
of the printers OF the tobacco stamps Mr. psege,l
who mad charge Of the stamp account is perfectly
hlameless In the matter; but what Mr. Bailey 10 bis
private ofhcc, may have done in this Nae, as 10
scrbed ty Clilds, cannot be conjecIured.
BAILEY's ATTEaPTs on a CIScISNAr FiaA.
1t has leaked out that Bailey's blackmailIng ope
tons extended as far as Cincinnati. i short tims
ago, he seized, on It's arrival here, large quantity
spirits cousisned to this city by Cincinnati arnL
\ few days liter the firm received letter IRON
Bailey himself Recommending them TO employ Ger.
the firm more significant than polite Hui
model Of laconic writing;
To Joshua p RaileV. Coirsct0r, Ne1n Tort.
SIR: Go to I'll: we won't he blackmalcdr
Tie sequel j. equally racy. Three months elapsed,
and the goods remnined under seizure Tho Arm
employed a lawyer 10 90 to Washington there 10
look after the He found that 1t had never heeh
reported, and procured from ex-Comms-ione Rol.
iins an order for nm immciiItc report ron Bailey
and explanation OF tie seizure: hut BAILEY
made o reply. Tho lawyer procured another order
from Mr.. Rollins and came TO New Yost l.mseL
Bailey told him the case was very aggra re'e one,
ied ch9nged lis tone aud released tnv po.ds neoa.
dironally,
TIE sr,Rcu FOR TIE FUGITIVE
was continued yesterday, but with M remit Two
reports nre IN circulation, one that hc iY' nasssd
thruuIh Philadelphia, ana the otiOr that Do. bod been
seen In Albany o. y0ite 'or Montreal Co Whitley
is confident that he can huh him. TIE G rr how.
ever, has such q larre amount OF other hu-iruss 10
"icnd TO- IN making raids upon notouIr counter
,isrs, that he cmnot give his whole til, 10 uO
Buivy disappearance.