The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28
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The following despatch from COMMISSIONER
Very respectfully, yours,
A tLEASANrON, Comm ssiDn,

the United states well "a from taxation iD any
form, by or uDder any state, municipal, or ioca
Very respectfully, yours,
A tLEAsANroN, Commissioner
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. Captain
Thomas Conner was before a United States Com
missioner to-day at noon, charged on tue oath
of Henry Dunlap with having on the 31th day
of OctOber 1869, forged procured to be
forged, certain receipt aud writing tor the
purpose of obtaining and receiving from the
United States u certain sum of money.
The District Attorney stated that the defend
ant had presented claim To the Government
for the subsistence of company of soldiers
which be had raised IN the year 1851 prior 20
their being mustered into the service OF the
| United States. The claims called for two
amounts, one being 1875 75, and the other So
| These amounts were alleged ny Captain. Conner
| to have been paid by him 20 Mr.. James Dalton,
| the proprietor Of grocery and provision store
al the corner of Twenty-ffth aud Pine streets.
The testimony of E. B. Jackson Claim Agent,
! was produced showing that the defendant hal
presented the receipts of Mr.. Dalton above
| alluded to.
James Dalton was called and testified that his
| father and himself are the owners of the grocery
store at Pine and rweutv-tifth streets Witness
denied ever having signed n receipt. and pro-
nounced the signature on the receipt not his
| own. Witness is acquainted with two other par
| ties by the name of James Dalton.
| The defendant was held To bail for further
hearing.
SEIZURES BY UNITED STATES DBrECrGvE
| BROOKS - This morning. United States Revenue
Detective James, j. Brooks, whose field of labor
| covers the eastern portion of Pennsyivania
| arrived in this city from successfni raid among
| the delinquent dstilers. At the foot of Buci,
| Mountain, near Hazeton, he seized the dist
| lery OF Hess q Robbins, catching those WORTHLESS
in fdgrdnte deticto. They had giveu no5ice 10
the Collector that they had suspended, hut this
only implied that they had suspended from
working according to law, being NJ that time in
| lively operation illicitly. They made their
| entries in pencil marks, and upon the appre-
bepded approach of detective rubbed the same
| out, and wrote boldly suspended" They were
caught in this pleasant and profitable operation
and now are in durance vile, and their concern
| uu der the guard of United States officers.
| Detective Brooks seized also the rectifvipg
establishment belonging To- and run by the same
| parties 1t was filled with valuable quantity
| of refined and unrefned spirits At ramaJ IA
| Brooks seized also store containing barrels
| of the whisky that had been manufactured bv
Hess & Robbins. The value of all the property
| taken is about S15 OO0
Has He BEEN FoULLY DEALT WITH ?--Mr.
| Thomas A. Ricards aged thirty five years, ar.
rived in this city, from North East, Md. on
Friday afternoon last, and stopped at his aunt
No s G6erry @ stGeet cbee oa sr IS
on he Bank of the Republic the money when
| drawn to be used by Ricards to set no a store IN
North East. He had the check cashed. aud on
Saturday afternoon informed his relatives shat
| he would take the o'clock train for North
East He then took his departure since which
event neither his folks in North East. nor his
relatives here have beard of him. They appre-
bend that he has been fouly dealt with. His
description is rs follows:-Red hair red nous
tacbe slim built, feet 10 inches in height
ford complexion, wore heavy grew suit o
Kersey, and in walking puts his right foot &C
heavily down as TO Indicate slight lameness.
ANOTHER COURT Room. M.-Yesterday the Com
mittee of Councils on Law, of wbicn Mr. JohL
l.. Shoemaker is chairman, decided To fit up the
| room in the new Court House aud at presen
used by the Public Buildings Commission, fo
the purpose OF jury trials IN order to aid In d =
| posing of the great number of cases now await
ing adjudication. Tie scheme OF putting anothe
story TO the wings of the State House is thu
ignored The commission will use the room
| after court hours.
DRIVEN FROM HoME-Maggie Allen anc
Annie Holland have been eacn held in $500 bal
| by Alderman Dallas on the charge of havin!
| ''driven from home" one Mary Tate SUNDAY
night last, during the hail and snow-storm o
| that evening The parties all reside in "a hols,
| No. 1922 Ouncannon street, aud on the eveninl
| in question the defendants assaulted Mary dr1v
her cut of doors In her bare feet and in thi
plight she was compelled to walk To the station
house.
ANNIVERSARY AND CLOSING EXERCISES OF
| FIRE CoMPANY.--Tbe South Penn Hose Com
| pany, as fitting occasion for closing its ofEca
career as part of the iate Fire Department
celebrated its twenty-ffth anniversary las
evening at the hall of the company An ia
teresting celebration was given, feature o
which was a speech, relating to the past histor,
of the company made BY George T. Deiss, Esq
THE sToRsHIP RELIFF-This morning tn
| United States stOreshlp relief, Commando
G. Fl Perkins, in tow of the United States des
patch boat Calatpa, set eail from the Br0oldyl
Navy Yard for this port She will arrive ~
Thursday and take on the contributions of Phi
ladephians to the French aud German suffer
ers II is said that il will take the Relief forty
five days TO cross the Atlantic.
A PLUNGE INTO CELLAR.-Two youn
girls Amanda aud Caroline Hotz, while stand
ing ON the cellar door looking into the Rindo'
of the store No. posi- Germantown Road, o
Saturday night last we're pre1ipltated iato th
cellar, caused by the door giving way. Amand
was seriously injured, hut the other girl Wa
T not hurt much. They are sisters and wer
taken TO their home, No, 2SO4 North Sixth stree
/ REV. HERRICK JOHNSON, d. d., will lectur
t this evening at the South Street Presbyterla
| Church (Rev. 8 Miller HAgeman's), ON SOut
| oil