The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-19
FIRST EDITIO N
A Missing Collector Of Customs.
A Detective in His Office.
The NitrO-Glycerine Explosion.
Aggravated Assault and Battery
Etc, Etc, ETC., Etc, Etc.
The NitrO-Glycerine
Aggravated Assault 9
AN ABsCONDING COLLECTOR.

A"c ssoWernmens betectiv. ~ Ills 0mce.
The N. Y. Sun of this morning has the follow
ing startling intelligence
Collector Bailey, whose recent moiety raids
upon the merchants of the Thirty-second district
have been the talk of the town, has absconded.
The fact was first made public yesterday after
noon by rumor, which was subsequently con-
firmed by inquiries at his office and elsewhere.
His flight was the subject of general comment.
He had made good his escape when Colonel
Whiteley, the Government detective, took pos
session of his Office yesterday, preparatory to
making an examination of his accounts. When
IL is known that the receipts of this office occa-
sioualy amount to from $50, 900 to 500 600 in
single day, the sudden action of the Colonel,
which was taken under the direction of the
Solicitor of the Treasury, will be sufficiently ex
planned.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATION BY SOLICITOR BAN
FIELD.
dav or two ago, Solicitor Banfeld, of the
Treasury Department, and Mr.. Smith, of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, came on to this city
from Washington to investigate Mr.. Bailey's
recent seizures of books and property. They
had several secret sessions, and it Is said that
they heard some charges against the Collector
which were based on documentary evidence.
While they were engaged in this task Mr.. Bailey
was absorbed in the Fullerton trial, remaining
daily by the side of Judge Pierrepont for the
purpose of suggesting questions to be pro-
pounded to the witnesses against the Judge.
The nature of the charges made against Mr..
Bailey has not yet been disclosed; but bank
checks with his Endorsement for various
amounts of money, which are said not to have
been accounted for to the Treasury Department,
have been used as evidence against him. He Is
believed to have expended large amount of
MONEY TO CONVICT JUDGE FULLERTON,
and the discharge of the Judge operated un-
favorably on his spirits and his future prospects.
About q month ago Commissioner Delano was
sent on to this city to inquire into lBailey's ac-
tion in sezing property down town, but the col
lector persuaded the Commissioner that he was
right. Mr. Delano has an interest in the moieties
which Collector Bailey anticipated in his seiz-
ures, and as he declined to see any OF the own
ers of the goods who desired to make disclo-
sures to him, Mr.. Banield was next despatched
by Mr. Boutwell, to make rigid investigation,
and the result is-Bailey's flight.
BAILEY's FAREWELL TO VAIL. ,
Our reporter had an interview with Mr.. Vail
last night, at his house on Eighteenth street.
HAS Mr. Bailey really hed?" he asked.
Mr.. Vail-Yes, sir; he is gone.
Reporter-When did he go?
Mr.. Vail can't say. l received letter
from him on Wednesday night and 1t said that
he was about TO disappear forever from this
city He bade me good bye in it.
Reporter-Is it not probable that he may come
back? m
Mr.. vail-No, sir; know he will not.
Reporter-What do you think was the cause
of the flight?
Mr.. Vail can't say. You see l don't know
much about the affairs of the office.
Reporter-Have any charges been preferred
against him .,
his accounts are correct. / shall be astonished
if they are not shall take charge of the office
tomorrow. - - :,
Reporter-Is it not possible that Mr.. Bailey
can explain his disappearance satisfactorily!
Mr.. Vail (6rmly)-Rest assured upon. 1T, sir,
he'll not come back. They will examine his
books tomorrow, and then 1t will be shown
whether the accounts are correct;
Our reporter next went to Twenty-second
street and Fourth avenue, and found
OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF MIR. BAILEY's HOUSE.
Inquiries, however, elected the fact that Mr..
Bailey was not at home. His wife lay sick up
stars with heart disease, and two children felt
the weight of the calamity which has fallen upon
them. The officers who were placed there by
Colonel Whiteley awaited the return of the Col
lector in vain, their object being to make inqui-
res of him respecting the affairs of his Office.
Mrs. Bailey does not know of his whereabouts.
BAILEY's PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACCOUNTS.
Mr.. Bailey kept his public accounts In the
chants Bank, where he kept his private account,
being interrogated, said that Mr.. Bailey kept
his private account there, and the bank passed
his official checks through the clearing house;
he had known Mr.. Bailey years ago as an asso-
ciate in the Treasury Department, and although
he had just heard this report of his disappear
ance, and various reasons assigned therefor, he
believed him to be an honorable and consclen-
IlOuS man; his private dCCOuuIo uuu uOJ DOOu
drawn down unusually low, nor had anything
occurred to indicate any informality or derange-
ment in his affairs he believed Mr.. Bailey's alb
sence was only temporary and for a Legitimate
reason.
NOT SEEN FOR TWO DAYS.
The Sun reporter then went to the Deputy
Collector in the office below. Mr.. Bailey's
deputy stated that his chief had disappeared.
He had not seen HIM for two days, did not know
where he had gone, and was very naturally
greatly concerned and anxious about his alb
sence. That his accounts were disordered or
inaccurate, that he was in any way de-
faulter, the deputy denied Everybody was al
his post in the office but Mr.. Bailey. The
deputy had seen Mr.. Banfeld, of the Treasury
Department. on Thursday, Mr.. Smith, of the
same department, on Friday, together with Mr.
Pierrepont, District Attorney. From these
gentlemen he learned that there were no pro
ceedings in Washington or here which should
cause him any uneasness, or lead to his absent
ing himself from his post.
BAILEY's BoNDsMEN.
Should any defalcations be found in Mr.
Bailey's Office the Government is amply secured
as his bondsmen are geHtemen of large wealth
and responsibility. They are the Hon. Georg
Opdyke, Henry Clews, George Douglas, Henr
n. Davis, and others. Judge Pierrepont is &C
operating with Solicitor Banheld In makin
Examinations of Mr.. Bailey's books.
THE NITRO -GLYUERsEE EXPLOSION