The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-08
| THE CUSTOM HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Secret Service whitley
On the Stand.
Interesting Disclosures from tho Depths Of Legal
Corruption-A Murderer Employed as an
Informer-some Missing Diamonds
and Their History-More About
Carriage and Carmen.
The Custom House Committee met again yester.
day morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

permit stamped "warehoase" alter portion OF Tie goods
genera order allowed to remove the rest from the
manning packages must ali Be brought to the door Of the
senator BAYARD, Suppose merchant imports hundred
and q a. as he
to the general order he take them swayY A. Not they
,...,..,s.. THE IsspEoroas WINDOW, ,.,.. 49,, -.
has tickets for them the inspector
q Then although the merchant reaches the dock within
the first tvenyfour hours with duty paid permit In hls
the merchant csnncs touch Ssm out they would be rs
caTteS to s the general order store A. Yes SIR -
take them has follow them the general A.
@ il the inspector, Of his will, not allow
n be ow them on naosec s. 70 the g
Be TO the meantime % the Custom House and get h
O. II the inspector allows him to take them from the
dock after they marked for general order viii they be
books; II The inspector power in
COLONEL WHITLEY wANTs TO BE ExAMINED
Fs% e. the
In as he
and his assstants be examined. ".''' A'>'
was used that letter. no one else had written In re-
4. Darling, Appraiser, gave testimony the man.
%ss ass ~ s
being 70 quality tea or The humber
In reply to senator Cassey, Mr. Darling the public
s us & % have been
med after arriving at the stores; there is 800 oO rent
6OTs they are the
and number q oo%sr nat at from ~ IS day. have
q fraud assia.; The in New Xsrt xs
operation. extend al through the United States in ISL
Customs; take for the Office; object IN
sooas until In.psstor spprissd Of T: Mr. J: .:
a'' BY %s a na
Quantity ana h
misscd and the matter had to be incurred nto was as
Sseharred ra ce sD shs osaee said
no nan the %a oSn o
have III feeling against hun although has gwen his
recommsnda.on two cigar makers told That they mad
Sssn IN sFsrS od es
him, have to this On January 1871 was informed
Mr. Justice that coming England he had
diamonds AMI that he wanted an agent Introduced myself
diamond merchant from Chicago, and. alter
Grand jury: Radcias however had pawSed some Of the
q the Of Justice Radcliffe then released h
paying dues never gave any cigars that were seized
Beatty was lie only ssh9ne, man e ny
that seized correct all
s1srses have been settled tho payment certain
Sss es w the o OF the s s e
cep perhaps IN the Commissioners onlce bail bond in
to pare: trial who are out on s. for two years. %
css. OF s%aanS Tor
Suffolk county Long Island and was convicted Of assault:
aid die from the elect. Of the blow in the Of
Miner the prisoner released through rank PERJURY
Evening Session.
halfnaat seven n, CLOCK NJ. tina o. m natioNr
OF Colonel Whitley was resumed by Senator
Casserly:-
on W. he 81 In
n ~ B. ssG , an. @ have
charge of murder against him; consider MIN
sys mo @ man LIKE n a but s%
he d his duty faithfully so far as had any knowledge at
O. What do you call Matchmaking in the OF this
Al WITH S for h U WAS
Mr.. beatty admitted TO me that he had stolen wine
to-day. A. Yes, sir.
.sfJ There about ninety bottles; carried Them
to rsS% he q the The w@s we're %py
S xboai RadciG': dlamond.-dd you take them out Of
think did my recollection r. that there were about aft{
at one time kept brokers shop In Boston aud received
FOR we 2" Was s9ss %
things more than they were worth
a have mo-
Sp n oSd in The Ss e
know of Of cigars having opened
~ siss s s s sGn s'ts;
0TssT sas mss settle for
pa You have your license sa r.; n
was aeS Ss % u me % % Of
Kept an oyster saloon il cambriass sold oysters IL KAN
sas kept grocery remained sns there about year and
also Kept eating sssIs part Of that time
U AZ arc
savesp a: dld IN one single instance; -,
2 You s rSy yos 2 a. think did,
how %asy sI we're S.u think
bakers dosenf daughter A. 1 never was engaged
9. 4 mere amateur. were youp
hoSoraSfe ,hsu an ociai one A. Yes :r do Laugh.
was away fr?m ny two days; think DIDN'T eat
tsr The negroes were tckled to death when they
rse :n S Ssm Tia, ne, .SJsS 70
then lawrence then 70 81 Louis, from hsrS
ia1dG "a some money; L.nSnssr!
:sya =: Tss s A a:s;
M sss could g after n
ss one B sSn sn
era Banks to take quantity of liquors from Mobile to New
Orleans, which sod previous 10 my beng IN Boston in
1857 went to Texas and into the pawnbrokes uns
ness after leaving tina, went into the empovment Of the
government employed Kennel whU before had smuggled;
paid Ciautell for information irreaularly;
Do you remember eong bail for whteman on any cru-
ina charge? A. II yOu Will allow expIain-W 10 .
thing which VIII have 70 be sIplaned there was Kind or
crime which called the "bo0dle selling counter
felt money bad him arrested such charge he said
l could not hold him 10 law, and, finally hS
made The bills. Senator Cassery interrupted Tns winess
said would like them the whole story Tor waa
very interesting story. Laughterl He serwsrds ans
swered that be sometimes went ball for counerfeters hS
had ball for wheman never had any dealings will
Mhissmani last had something 10 do With hm-rscevsd
information from himbcfore he went TO state Prison he
might have been an honest man aud an ornament 10 so
ciety
q. Yes, he might have been government deectlve.i
daughter and xppause What 10 tho amount OF money
allowed 10 expend In ONCE chief Of the
secret servicey A. tits $l25,W0 per annum:
wnen one Of Jour men S consuercd ~ yoJ 20 h ho
does he obtain Il? A. ne sometimcs sends the bin 10