The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-23
THE FUGITIVE COLLECTOR.
FURTHER PARTICULARs CONCERN
ING HIS DEFALCATION.

ftaht to tGuadn-Tbe Amount 0f the ID :
faicntion stiii UnLnown-Bailey's Bor-
| rowed Money.
No further evidence Of the extent OF Mr.. Bal.
ley's defaicotions was obtained yesterday from an
| examination OF his accounts. The full amount of
the frauds laid to his charge cannot be nseertsned
In less than fortnight. In order TO learn the ex.
tent OF the deficiencies will be necessary TO send
ofhcers to the large number OF merchants in the
Thrty-second District who have received no credit
for the sums they msy have paid on the books In
every case In which taxes were received by the
clerks or by Mr.. Bailey, receipts wero given, and
these receipts will exempt the holders from further
trouble and form links In the chain OF evidence
against the fugitive. The taxpayers, however, who
have lost their receipts and have not received credit
for their Payments on the books of the eI-Coecor,
will probably be obliged to
PAT A SECOND TINE.
The search for the fugitive was continued all day
yesterday. Col Whitley aud score OF Officers are
still In active pursuit ofthe missing ofrcia, and II
was whispered in the afternoon that they had found
. clue to bis whereabouts, but Of course the deoc.
tves kept the in order to develop their plans
for bis capture. The most intimate friends OF Bal
ley, nc wever, repeat with significant emphasis that
| he is beyond the borders OF the United States /;
some assert positively that he IL In Canada. There
are others who equally confident that he sailed
for Europe, but there few who venture 10 assert
that he Ia in this city. The residences Of his conf.
| Dental friend. hero have been closely watched,
| but without result as yet Notwithstanding the
| large extent OF Mr.. Baiey's defalcations, be 10
| thought to have
TAKEN BUr LITTLE MONTY WITH HIN.
II has leaked out that he borrowed small sums of
money nom his personal friends for several DAYS
before lie len the city. His creditors are many
| lie had few opportunities to take very large
amounts from bis once since the nrst week in
March, as after that time the receipts were not 90
| heavy, and the sccounts were closed daily, the
| money being deposited in the Bank OF Commerce to
the credit OF the Government His expenses are
known TO have been very heavy. lie lived in higa
style and
PAID LITTLE ARMY or ISToRsLRs
who continually harassed him for money. They
we're employ ed by him 10 aid him In his morley raids
and In the prosecution of tie cases which he had in
stituted against various merchants Some time ago
the large outlay Of money made by Bliley was a sub.
eet OF general comment among number OF onicills
who knew OF the fact, and they expressed surprise
at the immense monetary resources. he appeared TO
have al his command. His expenses were then es.
tmated at about 5000 a month, while his salary
was only $500 for that period.
BAILEr's SEIZURES TO BIZ RELEASED.
Mr. Pierrepont, the District Attorney, has taken
N
Bailey. He has recommended, II Is said, 10 the an
thories at Washington discon tnuance Of the suiIs
S" coos Tracy and osser Mr.
informeds Sun reporter yesterday that lie consid.
these establishments, and hence his action The
decision OF Judge Pierrepont was made after a mi.
mute examination OF the evidence In each case
waERE sonH or ruk MONEY! WENT.
A gentleman who has been an employee OF Mr.
Bailey since he hs. been in oce. and whose verlci
ty IL unmpeachable. told Sun reporter yesterd.v
TIE following little story which may throw some
light upon the rapid disappearance Of the Govern.
ment funds, and may perhaps save some OF them:
:, JOSHUA =. Bailey has a brother-insw named
Hines, who has served the Government and his
brothor-in-law throughout the latters Admlnistra.
tion. About two years ago Hines boarded in Ash.
his fellow boarders and his fellow employee. us poor
As church mouse. Abou! ysS, ago he went to Eu.
England awhiie he returned and continued Tor some
time 20 make mysterious appearances In the Colcc.
tors oniee, followed by long iaappear.nces he ~
-umed more Independent air than he was wont TO
in oden times and always seemed TO have plenty Of
money This aroused the curiosity OF his fellow.
employees, who asked him rcleatedly what he was
doing. He invariably answered that he was doing
some outside detective business, and. belag of a
bolstiu Opposition he often showed valuable trim.
kets and large sums OF money. limiting at the same
time tbut he was receiving a great many presents
Finally, be disappeared atosciher and The mystery
Of bis whereabouts remained unsoiyet 10 his fcIIoy
employees until few days ago when one of them
came across him In Cohoes Falls, in this State vnere
h. owns and is running lar1e cotton ctory en-.
povins between two hundred and three hundred
hands.
THB CASE OF Mr.. CUMMINGS
In isG5 Mr.. j. 81. Cummings came on to N.v.
York from the West, where he bad been doing very
extensive business and established tile lrm Of
Messrs. Cummings Co, at SO ana 60 Broad street
honest ly, with profit TO the partners and unmoIest
ed BY the sharks OF the revenue, when two Of Bal
ley's onicers, Conoty and Vale, came one even.
lng to the once OF the establishments and demanded
tne me keys OF ihe SAFE and private drawers OF Mr.
Cummln =, Who was in the nice At the time telling
seizure by order of Collector Bailey. He hunded
them the keys and told them he courted an eIani
nation Into all their affairs lie further offered ever,
assistance and facility in hi. power in discovering
any fraud on the revenue In the dealings Of the |
orice, and taking away tie keys would moi allow
any OF the proprietors into H. they also took away
since. A 'A
oi course this loss OF their books involved aIo.s
%onih % nann, mp ~nle9 H they can never estimate.
me guilt or innocence OF the firm At the oIpirn.
tioh OF nat time Mr. Cummings went to Washing. |
and Harlan, who deputed Major Apell and another |
omelaI 20 go and make an examination OF tho Com.
paly's books. These two gentlemen came on 70 |
this city, and, in company with three men from |
Bailey's once and two from Collector SHOOK
went through = thorough examination Of ali tbe |
books aud papers Of the 6rm which resulted in ths
nndlna OF not particle OF evidence ssainst the |
But, even alter this, Bailey stili kept possessiou of
ms premises, MT. Cummings went to him frequent.
TO know what he was going to do, and why he |
had been proved groundIess, but was Invariably
answered with shake Of the head. a wave OF n.
hand, and " III see about Il by and by"
AGAIN, In tue course Of another month Mr. Cum.
mings went to Washington 10 see Commissioner
hollos, VINO, thls time, promised that the case
should nave Immediate attention. Again two oncials
were sent from washington, and, with three men
rom baheys once and three from Shook's the re- |
cords 81 the Company's dealings were strictly eI
amned aud scrutihiked agan, with Just the same re-
SUIT as before The onfcials from Washington de. |
cared that the transactions OF the rm were honest
IN every way, and that the order Of seizure should
be instantly Withdrawn. Mr.. Cummings again called
upon bailey, and that worthy public Onicer promised
10 give up the books and abandon his charge agnjnst
the hrnl but he had no notion OF doing so lust tuen
Another month went past and sul the nc. |
cu-ation hung over the heads OF Mcs,rs Gum. |
mlngs u co., blasting their credit and character |
ana destroying their future prospects in business
once mole the itdefltigable principal OF the Com. |
pany went TO Washington, and, bringing every in. |
nnrnce he could command to bear upon COMMITS. |
siontr Rollins succeeded in getting commission OF
inquiry which would decisvcly declare on the mat. |
ter, Deputy Commissioner Harlan Col Burr Por. |
yer, one man from Bailey's ofico, and one from
SHOCKS, examined the books Of the hOHse for the
third time, and found ovcrythin lair and square
The case was then Withdrawn.
Three days before the third aud last cS- |
animation OF tho books, accounts. &c, stran. |
ger whom Mr.. Cummings did not know np. |
Irohchtd lin while he was standing side his |
cohilschtcd establishments and asked him if there |