Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-09-20
A Remarkable Confession,

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Inc Evans robbery causes tho Rad
ical bones TO rattle abont Harrisburg.
Even the old hareu, .scarem Of The Tsie.
aroph one of ,bo s,a,o ors ~ -. ae III,
s,m, ..,.,. -, e. y ~ ''"''
o"'u '"o'" 'uo" party maze an
open confession on the 3lst ult. This
confession, we will state, was not
brought about from the fact that the
editor in ones,ion nrofcrrs ,rru,, 90
l. ~,
"i' ~ o's ''oa'so ~ 'a'os oreeicy,
ana therefore ihe taxpayers are likely
to have the truth related to them
But to the confession 'N s"aal iol
9tThe a embczz !, Z ,nno.ut or r,o ,., u tl 1 !
NOT been fnlly discussed IN Mi ifs al. a
tails vet. There are some phases in
il which being elaborated viii scri
ously inculpatc officials in fWosbing.
ton not now seriously tbouobt of r.
will be remembered that Evans was
appointed March 23. 1867 and that
almost Immediately thereafter. a large
"seltlement" was made. and that tbls
transaction, falling within the official
term of Evans, is made tho basis of NJ
claim on the State. This "scttlemcnt''
involves sum of 81, ,9s6 227. and tho
sum of sl9S 622. is CHARGED to The
State as tho percentage for lis colleo
ton. .Hcl' lih ,uai.at ~
awe have elaborately shown here.
tofore that none of this snm wos col.
lccted by Evans. except n warrant for
S7S, 900, in round numbers And on
this showing we have held him nm os
an embczzler of the moneys Of the
State, and something worse than an
emtezzler. Beyond n very small circle
now engaged in preparing the defense
of the culprit--wbo sho1ld be earn.
estly endeayorinp TO convict him and
thus yindicate themselves f.om we'll
grounded suspicion of comnlicitv In
his fraud-none now doubt tho cor.
ectness of our conclusions or Tho
rovi,v Of o,r cho,res y w
"Bnt n fnr,ber nroh;,c w;u show
Thai Fvons has ono or moro cnnfsjor
a,es in Tho IT 8 Treasor, NJ Wosh
incton A nIa;n s,atcmnD, oe eoas
viii nrove ,bis cIoarIv and f,ur w
NAV Iet ma exan;ne on ahs,,h.s;,
tho Tinted S,otes T,eosnsr aIlo,sod
those snsnerdod slo;ms ~ g..
officials ma Sa;Ied 10 collect ~ ,Son, ,s s,n
n specific reason Thcv were not in
form And tbcv vere no,ifed tbat
until thew wore mt into tbe rcooirc3
form ihev could NOT no mid And
vot ,wo Gnd tbot Mi tho, ho,o hoon
mid were mid ,,1Low beine meda
ont In tbe fbrm prescribcd 90 rigor,
ouslv It would secm ,hot ne obisc
lion 10 their novment in jsGa and M.
10 1857 was n volid one We are
forced to assume this to nrotoct the
United States Treasury oflicials from
the charge of ignorancc wbimsloality.
or uniairness ASSUMING therefore
the honesty of these functionaries il
becomes a question chow were claims,
declared suspended for informality
from their reception in Washington
until the appointment of George o.
Evans, suddenly thereafter found to
be all right, and promptly paid p
The nut is an ugly one to crack And
it gets ugier the more you try to
crack H.
sour readers will be astonishcd-
aud the inculpated Treasury official
u
no, M ~ ~, aoaona,. 90 H. e,a,o
aga,ns, ,ho TT,;,od s,o,es ,sas Nd
ont in ,be form reon;rcd And ,Lis
ostonisbment viii be Increased on
learning that they were all mid on
nrecisoiy he farm ond ON thc verv
ayidcncs IN u,b;ch ,hoy bod bccn sns
oendcJ ana rcfnsed ~ yment for 6ye
rears Thav be;ng aIlI na;I IN ! cor