New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-06
CUST0M-HoUSE FRAUDS.
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"a very g gag NY con. nieJ he would 80 and get
.,5cT IA t'c Marshal and "a take them. ,,.., -.
Il uy tho time to take the \; No; sir.
bid apply for the l." - alier ,neN VII t 49,
.orc q r"'urn'dt + got s"ne 81 TUE uoShs
. d,f,I ut times, and We Etc.,. access 10 them III MI
9 Wa u re any forndatlc II all for This accusation
brought ~ .ust You IN This case! A. None whatever,
q. Va tlore ANYTHING in me Nholr business " La
eGu toui have explained h1d an "plori nm heth
,<ven t,rrc ia, seizure OF y"a' papers A. think
9 Tie vas no such opportunity given youi a. No.
r>uuoNY or u. g. EASTMAN.
ila.y,, G. Eastman said he wished ia have
ne ..eu,glallcr read ;hc testimony given by MI
Gso,S yesterday in relation 10 the mcmoers Of the As
s,,oliy from Duchess Comfy. he WAS one Of the
,re,ar,rs referred to. After 1t had been read
NJ I..tuuu said : not influenced by
any r'ton IN my vote pHd IL" c"'t I at cen
k,tct'iu Lad requested me to vote for Sihih lor
q ID O. do no, Gen. Kctchum make sucha request
9 uid he ,re.E 70 you on the subicctl A. We bad
stvti.. talks on the subject . ,iq
{ WHOM cid You have these conversations VIII n1r ~
A J saw him frequently in his own county previous ~
{ You mean OF course in regard 70 the election 81
II tit Speaker A. Well "" TAXED "i 'i'"' Su'y''''
SUSTAINING THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
u d he ask advise suggest to you TO vote for MI
SMITH A. Well that is rather difficult question Tor
me 10 answer. because had so many diterent con-
versations the subiect it was my impress
90 sustain the Administration IL the Admn iSt
zion was in this contest, hut there was houlIigg
said by Gen Ketchum that the C 10 "T Toe
fo smith, any other man IN the interest OF tne Aun
@. What did ne say TO you about the Speaker A.
don't know as could give any OF the eohNeisduoh VIC
9. Dill Gen. Ketchum tell you what his own wishes
O. 6id Won know what they werei A. Well suppose
anew OF him As did Of other members In our county
several appointments IN the Custom-house heret a
q. How loug mad you known thatf A. For years :;
since he nas been a member Of Congress.
q. Under this particular admnistIaton-Mr Murphy's
O. 10 YOU know how many he had A. No, Sir.
q DO understand you 10 say that frOm tins CONVEX
slJiOB with Gen. Kctchuin You were not able TO see
what his desires were IN regard 10 the Speaker A.
there were several persons prominent for the
office of Speaker and very Little said in regard to Mr.
that Mr. Smith would be accepted the Administration
candidate when Gen. KechnIn and myself had this
q. When he turned out to be the administration can;
dictate did you understand whether the General would
he Tor him not i. Well, my Impression was that he
O. Did he talk to you on that sublecti A. No. not par
ucuary my impression Is that during our last CONVEX
sson when ne decided TO 90 TO Albany II wac ms belei
be understood that there was an Administration cand
Q. Have you had any conversation on this subject in
Albany with any body in regard TO Gen. Ketchum and
had conversations Nth several in regard to the subject
and presume may have stated how our candidates
Q. was any thing said in any of those conversations in
regard TO Gen. kctchun OF the Duchess County APP
continents IN the CustOD-hOusef A. There might have
but nothing in regard TO Gen. Ketchum.
CUsTON-HoUsE AGENTS AT ALBANY.
Q. Several CustOmhouse officials at Albany, M
deTstandi A Well so understood; men that knew
10 belong to the CuStOm-house were there.
Q. Who were they9 a. Mr.. Cornell and Mr.. Latin,
the Surveyor and Naval officer.
@ Anybody els = There several others;
cannot repeat then names.
Q. You knew nat hey were doing therei A. 1 did
@ Did you 81 pose they were there Just to take the
RiIf A. No, did not presumed they were there IN Tie
Q. Did You not fnow it perfectly weni A. Well
@ Was not the Collectors deputy elected officer Of
O. The Custom House officials, then, were supporting
Mr.. smith : A. presume they
O Don't you know they weref A. WY yes, 1 am rerg
O And You and your colleague the conclusion
10 support Mr. Smith the Administration candidate,
and DO was also supported by the CustOm-hOuse int-
GDcei A. No, don't think that is correct.
q You had several conversations the subject OF the
election OF Speaker and the organization OF the House
III otbrrs NJ Albany Wit ,eTsops at which the
matter talked over, and the Dutchess County APP
The result the whole that you and your colleague
supported Mr. Smith, who was also supported by the
senator Palmer; did not see Gen. Ketchum at Albany
FRAUDS IN THE CUsToM-HOUsB.
O. Have you any friends in the Custom housed A.
have acquaintance in the employ of the Government.
q How many Of those appointments did you ask for
~ solicit IL any way A. don't remember presume
tl,t Hec arc men there IN WhOn hare taken interest
O. How nanyt A. Not more than two or three; what
ever there are were made through Gen. Ketchum.
istou-bou.e would he disturbed in case, you did
support MI Smith Tor Speaker a No such threat was
O. DO you think II you had voted for AvOrd it would
have helped your friends in the CustOmhousef A. /
tuppOse it would have made no difference.
g. How many Of the employees Of the Government con-
neeed with the CustOm-hOuse were there in Albany
during the contest for speaker a. cannot sayj
o HOW many should you thinkl A. 1 don't call to
mind now, hut six or eight that knew
q. How many men do you know IN the CustOm-housef
A. / suppose know perhaps twenty-five
q. Then onehird o. all You knew were mp there4 A.
Wei, don't know that all these men were IN the Gus
tOm-hOuse, but they had appointments through the
TESTIMONY OF CHARLTON C. LEWIS.
Charlton c. Lewis, Managing Editor OF The ECenng
Post swon-Q Please state any information or knOwl-
edge you relating to any improper conduct the
psrt officials connected With the NewYOrk Custom
house, or anything that has occurred Of fraudulent
character III the General Order business any other
iITegularity collecting the customs A. With regard
20 The General order business have knowledge what
ever except from general rumor which could not speci
~ way. scarcely refer except the articles in
pnbc Journals ia regard 10 misconduct of the officials
Of The CustOm-bOuse i have knowledge that that
would nc evidence in court OF law OF any
such conduct occurred under the administration
of Gen. Grant, but there three branches in the
Custom house which have information sufficient to
justify moral certainty that here Is gross general and
hobitaaI corruption, at this me and has been through
fhis Administration, but that is testimony that
would be received in court of law.
FRAUDS IN CORNEILs DEPARTMENT.
The first department is the Surveyors he has under
him very large number inspectors of personal lug
care II passengers aud have Lad information from
great many sources that these inspectors in the habit
Of eIactng and receiving bribes from passengers for