The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-01
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Alleged Fraudulent Withdrawal Of Letter
from The Post OHice-A Serious Case.

Before Comm ssoner Shields.
The United States rs. william Hdrney.--The de-
PENDANT, Irish youth OF about eighteen years, was
charged with having obtained a letter from the
custody OF the post Office authorities through false
and fraudulent representations. qhe circumstances
Of the case are rather novel considering uarney's
youth and the TACT that he was not particularly
hard up Tor the needfu. II appeared that defendant
who IL native OF the county OF Waterford,
Ireland, emgrated here some six months ago. On
the steamer he became acquainted win another
youth OF aoout his own age, named William Thomp-
son, and between them there an intimacy that
led TO the most confidential relations on the part OF
the latter, and TO the commission Of the act which
was very near conslgning young Harvey to State
prison for number Of years. Harvey learned al
about his fellow voyagers family, and ter being in
The .slty q little time and having lost sight
e. Thompson bright idea struck HIM. He
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him that his son was very III and was I'M
der medical treatment In that Institution, and asking
Tor remit ance OF money forthwith, defendant stat
ing That he was head surgeon and directing The let
ter 10 be addressed 70 Wiinam Thompson, New York
Post once. Thompson senior was not so green as
his countrymen are supposed 10 be- and, instead OF
enclosing and directing the funds as suggested
he wrote 10 the head surgeon of Bellevue
mnnicated with Post onicce detective Gayer.
This Official wrote decoy letter, addressed 10
william thompson, and advertised it,. The bait
and received II, but was the next moment pOunced
upon by Gayler. On the examination Mr. Paris,
peared for the defendant and on the close OF the
case for The prosecution cOntended That no offence
against The statute had been committed, inasnuch
az he letter Obtained by the delen LIANT actually
n letter intended Cor him and Tor nobody else.
The Comm ssloner saw the point. ami he had no
alternative but 10 dismiss the complaint and dis
charge the prisoner
Ex-CciIector Bailey's DefalcutiOns-Suits
Against his Bondsmen.
BY instructions from the Comptroller OF the
Treasury, sent through Solicitor Banled 10 District
Attorney Pcrrepont, the latter has Instituted suits
in the United States Circuit Court against ex-Colec
Tor Baey's securities TO recover $6J3 95I the amount
OF DEFICIENCIES Wien an examination Of Baieys
accounts has SHOWN 10 exist
Two bonds were given Tor Collector Bailey, the first
on May o. 1865 for 100000 the sureties being Messr
George Opdyke Thomas y. Durant, Augustus SchelL
Eliot G. Goodwin and Charles 7. kirkland. and the
second August II, 1860, with the same suretes
except That Mr.. George Douglas was substituted Tor
Mr. Schell.
sureiies, by the terms OF the respective bonds are
jointly and seyeraiy bound il IL more than probable
that II VIII he judciaily decided that edcn surety IL
Responsible TO tue government IN the fun amount for
which The bond on which he is surety Is gwen.
The Alleged Robbery Ut the United states
sub Treasury.
Before Commissioner Osborn.
On the nth OF June 500 in ten dollar Treasury
notes lgreenbacksi were stolen from the United
States Treasury at Washington They were mum
bered consecuuvey from 8 $50 001 10 3,50V00), In.
elusive Seven thousand nine hundred dollars in
these notes were traced by Colonel Whitley TO the
Stuyvesant Bank, corner OF broadway and Aston
place, where they had been deposItcl By
Charles 5. Marion. The bank refused to give up the
money until legal steps were taken 10y tile United
States aui hortes when, III obedience 10 writ the
money was produced before Commissioner Osborn,
before whom Marion was also taken and held in
1000 bail for examination.
The case being called for hearing George T.
Stewart, the bookkeeper Of the bank, testified that
the money was deposited TO pay thee notes. The
further examination was tEcn adjourned. Counsel
for Marion asserted that he cOnld aDundantly show
that his client was an innocent holder OF the money
in question.