The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-21
FIRST EDITION
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR
His DefalcatiOns Over 100000.
Our Coal Trade Statistics.
HerOiSm of u Child.
Etc, ETC., Etc, Etc, Etc.
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR.


The s.S 3; gPySs,%s Of
The mysterious disappearance of Collector
Bailey was the chief topic of conversation in
the city yesterday. An army of detectives spent
both Saturday and Sunday in vain effort to
strike the trail of the fugitive. 1t was generally
thought that the Collector had left New York
with but very little money Some of his friends
said that they believed he had committed sui
eide. His heart-broken wife still remains at his
residence very i'll.
THE LAST TIME
the Collector was seen in public was on Tues
day afternoon, during the progress of the Fuller
ton trial before Judge Woodruff. At the close
of the trial, Bailey told friend that he was
satisfied that Fullerton would be acquitted He
seemed nervous and agitated, and at the close of
the conversation walked off very rapidly.
rumor spread on Saturday that Bailey had
left memorandum which had been found. In
it he is said to
CONFESS HIS GUILT.
He acknowledges himself defaulter, but
says that he had no intention of really defraud-
ing the Government. He intended to make up
the amount of what he had distracted at some
future time. 1t was also very needessly said
that the Collectors bondsmen were beginning
to feel anxious about his disappearance. On
hearing this said one OF the special agents of
the Treasury, thought of the Dutchman who
trudged through q furious storm with the snow
up to his knees already, and murmured all the
time, 'Eh, Hans it's pekinning to snow!" His
bondsmen are Messrs. George Opdyke, H. E.
Dawes, Henry Clews, George Douglass and the
representatives of the estate of Henry j. Ray
mond
ARREST OF BAILEY's CHIEF DEPUTY.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Childs, Bailey's
Chief Deputy, was arrested in the Office at
Cedar street. by Colonel Whittlesey, of the
Secret Service Department, on the charge of
being implicated in Baileys defalcations.
Childs is well known as one of Baileys right
hand men. He says that Baileys frauds may be
traced back for nearly twenty years. From
hat do hos sol xUa
balance of about $4,000 against Bailey when he
was transferred from the Fourth District and to
assume the balance against him now to be
800, 600 would be to make small estimate.
But Mr.. Q. s. Banfeld, of the Treasury, is per-
sonally making thorough investigation and
from information already received it is expected
that the total defalcation will amount to between
$3.50, 600 and $500, 600.
THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF BAILEYs FLIGHT.
The immediate cause of the sudden flight of
Bailey was personifed in Solicitor Banfeld, who
was sent on from Washington to investigate the
affairs in Mr.. Bailey's department. Solicitor
Banfield is a man who is not deceived by garb
of high respectability and deep piety. He had
seen what some other gentleman in the Govern
ment employ, VINO stood hq1a equally IN nigh % ana
Solicitor Ban1eld knew that false figures and
wrong accounts will Offset seemingly very fine
character, and make it kick the beam too.
He grated very harshly against Mr.. Bailey
there was no soft spot to be found in him. Com
missioner Delano had arrived here before him,
on the same errand, but had returned with a
report that all was right. Solicitor Smith, of
Solicitor Banfield. Mr.. Smith was rather more
hesitating than Mr.. Bonheld. He had very
high opinion of Mr.. Bailey until plain black and
white showed him the truth.
$60, ,0sO WORTH OF WHISKY.
A number of cases have been found by the
in, estgators which are interesting. While in
the Fourth District, in January, 1867, he gave
Mr.. Frank Edwards permission to transport 800
barrels of whisky to the First District of Cali
fornia. The whisky was to go to the bonded
warehouse of McCandray 81 Coisane, one of the
largest shipping houses in San Francisco. The
firm and the bonded warehouse were found to
be mere inventions, the liquor was never sent to
California the bondsmen were unsubstantiai
beings who had no existence on this globe, and
Mr.. Frank Edwards betook himself to unknown
800, 900 FOR MR.. BAILEY.
While in the Fourth district, in January, 1867,
Mr.. Bailey seized the reetifying establishment
of Tn. B Kerr, Nos. 1873 and 140 West Seven
teenth. street. This establishment was not in
Baiey's district, but that made no difference to
him. After holding the place for twenty days,
he released his hold upon it. The following re-
ceipt will tell the story
[oFFICIAL
No.61 CHAMBERS STREE, OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF
INTERNAL REVENUE, FOURTH DISTRICT STATE OF
NEW YORK, January 2s, 1s6s-Received from Thomas
connected with the seizure of premises in West
Seventeenth street, subject to the approval OF the
Hon. Commissioner OF internal revenue.
JOSHUA BAILEY, Collector
Bailey was satisfied with the $40, 600, but Kerr
sought to recover his money after number of
months. Bailey then commenced to suit to re-
cover legal forfeiture of the money, but was
beaten in the courts. Kerr only recovered some
900 after all
HOW JOSEPH JONES co. WERE FLEECED.
The third charge against Mr.. Bailey is that he
received $32, 900 to settle the case of Jones 81
Co., wholesale liquor merchant in Whitehall
street, and that only $7500 of the amount was
accounted for to the Government. The esta-
blishment of this firm was seized about two
years ago by Mr.. Bailey. No statement has been
made about the disposition of the amount re-
tanned from the Treasury Department.
DEFICIENCY OF $43,0 900 IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
The next charge against Collector Bailey is
that there was deficiency in his accounts in
the Fourth district of $4,000. When Mr. Hugh
McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury, his
attention, it is said, was called to this fact and
he made private investigation of the affairs of
the late Collector and withheld or rather did
not give the evidence to the public. This
trouble, however, was suffered to rest till Mr..
Bailey became Collector of the Thirty-second
= district, when IL was again revived. 1t is
ayerred that Mr.. Bailey intended to make up
the deficiency while In the Thirty-second dis
trict.
The above, with other charges, appears to
have removed any confidence which Mr.. Ban
field may have previously reposed in Mr.. Bailey
and he acted accordingly. He transmitted the
the result was Bailey's removal and flight
M .lwx fnWr nut nf MAY