The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-25
The CUSTOM HOUSE COTNITTIE.
The Leet "COusins" Face to Face
Which is the Liar2


Administration-Leet q Co.'s Com
pact with A. 7. Stewart About
Charges-0ne More Mis-
statement Set Right.
The Custom House Committee met again yester-
day merntng at the Fifth Avenue HOTEL The first
witness was Mr.. Benjamin II. Hutton, who, having
been sworn, said:-
reside In this city and have been importer since 1925
the s US. ss
present IN the Custom house tina. consider serious
one-thra OF what they there
y .so ge'
Ss cdS Sr o fnS wn
the bill: Of Stocking owing believe to the oppo.
saGsS s ns% ps sr Mr. Mr.
Do nS nn the per the business wsre
Stocking charge oen..ss
c We s
;sntias fer sio 30 cSiscor
result and when called a6oa. again told maj hs
isssy isssl,y these si.rss. Sseau:s the
ass sy
Sssss sos
The general order syss%p II very bad ,y.ssm the
\. own general the be tho
Ss !. the ss that n osas dome
United each it, own genera. result q
ss
w Won nSSu uSs a 9%
p an to ~ %
general business. valuable A. <: oondSdssa by them
nv very Wv valuable nnn priSese; =, ,.
ceiPts 70 third not namely A. have heard Of IT,
person who onghto Know and Who thus ae.
counted for the high charges; referring Lee
stocsings predecessors not at liberty to
them their absence from my Office caused me
considerable loss and checked my business for consider
DO You think this power invested in the Collector
charge founded Of course the for the
the law ~
charges of fraud very notifying honest
when was thus charged was hs frs. mad been
ne Jealous fear OF some competitor In business at present
of they obtain large percentage forfeiture
haa Of ss
from my personal knowedeei this natter merchants
s oe hs ae % as Ii
O. What Leet Co. say to these excessive chargess
refused bring down their reasonable rate the
fully into pt al s q p'' .nD examined care
service A. 70 tell you TRUTH look upon it as dis.
grace to me these men frequently trump
the slightest grounds for acon thnK, However, they are
r N Moore sworn-For twenty Six years have been in
Phelps Dodge Co. having the supervision Of
II. Of enough To- ye away conn
eIse IRON the vas speaking recently to
begun The order psOpi. in shss city the
Wond that me Be topped there as ws as
rSS Mr. in @ s1 he he
%s Of the %o rs ma no 1e s
and soo6 Would lei eyery ns Of seamers
have tneir general warehouse think the result
Of The HEAT s0S of the de-
House. Especially Of deficiency Of ana
the badness OF the once accommodation %n, Co. A.
in z. twelve meeting q cCess
that we were indeed connected he subsequently sent
ana S the took S% s S but such s
ind 81 h a% col sssn
order business called upon him. at the request Of brother
A esa
Sm ;a@ .nd no 3. %
not that Colonel Lee had told me that k was
shanks Thought Colonel Let had made very
four months ago did have a conversation with Colonel
any, and be iha. they they
was no reference made to the profits
The witness wa. then es.mtned to the grounds upon
Colonel Leet through Senator Howe. then requested to
Senator BsyaTd the ground tina. both Colonel
Colonel Les recaea saw the witness who has jus. left
the stand. him before to knowledge
Of any Snyns called upon %e apply
pha iD 1851 there IL 1854 never called gentle
s% =. "e"e4 .s Sod aS
pedigree in 1854 was in Phadspha business; was
'nS John psSroS clerk with A. Stewart
" essns ssi Mr. s
and the charge reduced to 81 .5 while the
ssree%ens q which there Is Bill that
Il q assss
since been charged; this was IN December $50
c
the was pSGo OF ss s Of s
that Of the bondsmen was man Of straw and that the
sse mot
with sSSq, .Ds sDs they were Swiss
How do you know that the watches arrived IN ne mp,
the steamer and went 10 the Greenwich public store
but g be received and were taken 70
away there heolowing morning by the carnan and
O. And you found the irresponsible man, and
thai The district Of the kindly A. Tho
dsr,ct carmen were Train Hoffman they had once in
south street. but that that closed Train
n man of substapce, and Hoffman repudated the matter
have sued Murphy for the he accepted the worth
esa bond and have got TO hold some responsible
o. where did you the A. Al the Custom House,
but they would IL for time referred
me- 10 The Collector; waited In the of
Collector which was full Of peope asked when my turn
would come told that would have wait, thess
men were politicians finally Mr. Murphy, by clerk, gave
me permission the bond, but there another d fl
Guilty taking copy; At last however, persuaded
them to let me take one.
serious A. Yea air; told every In the Custom
House about It,
william Buchanan, sworn-Do business AT 81 Broad
street, import spinning machines and have had business
with the general order stores Of Leet and Stocking part Of
Of u and 40 ss., eil of charges.
landed Saturday juno 10, from the England they
put from the hod Of the ship direct into the general order
without being taken TO the dock nj all went tho
order stores The day for them having the b
Of adng invoices had entries ali ready with the
exception Of having my gold ready got my gold about