Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15

by the law officers OF THIS Admins
,ration, and in the three cases Of act
ual embezzlement, those of Deputy
( Collectors Bowerman and Wilson, at
Baltimore, and Wellman at Savan-
nah, the two former are in the peni-
Tertiary, and the latter is under in
dictment for trial.
The United States Treasury Office,
since 1850. has handled the enormous
sum of Fifty-iive Thousand Millions
Of dollars. and the total amount OF
defalcations in the Office has been
Fiftv-five Thousand dollars, or less
than one dollar in million. No
such record can be found elsewhere
in all history. Every one of the
clerks guilty in the Treasury Office
was appointed by General Grants
predecessors.
In the Interior Department there
have been thirteen defalcations-nine
in the pensions, three in the Land
Office, and one by disbursing clerk.
Nine of the thirteen defaulters were
appointed by Johnson, and they lost.
the largest share Of the money.
In the Post Office Department, l05
have been sued for failure to adjust
their accounts. The following table
shows thcirrecord:
No. Of amount
appointed jy cases. 7nro(rsd.
johnson. .........85 S17,0lf Il
Grant. ........-....'''''Av i,'-1 II
Since the 9Th OF March, 1869, the
department, upon investigation, has
discovered sixteen defalcations in
the money order account, varying in
amount from S2G.96 to Sil5,G0G, and
covering, all told, the sum Of $780,
G33.G3. The two largest cases were
those Of J. w. Norton, Superintend-
ent Money Order Account, New
York City, (3ll5,000), and 4. G.
Simms, Postmaster at Atlanta, Ga,
ts22, G9G.37). These defaultcr5 were
appointed as follows:
No. Of amount
appointed Jy cases. d''rolced.
Lincoln. .............. l $4,000 90
Johnson. ..............l2 81, ~ %
Grant. 1876 81
The following record Of how Pres
ident Grants Administrations deals
with defaulters is one that answers
whole host Of ISLANDERS against the
President:
"Marcy, naval paymaster, default
or, at Mare Island, California; cash
tered.
Lockwood, Giraud and Parker,
naval paymasters, defrauded on dis
tant stations; cashiered.
81. Ledyard Hodge, defaulter in
paymaster Generals Office; in the
Albany penitentiary for ten years.
81. T. Bailey, defaulting internal
Revenue Collector, New York; fled
the country to avoid arrest.
"Bowerman and Wilson, default
ing Deputy Collectors of customs
at Baltimore; convicted and in prison.
~. w. Norton, defaulting Money
Order Superintendent, New York;
under arrest for trial.
"Geo. 3. Wellman, defaulting
Deputy Collector of customsat Savan-
nah; under indictment.
"Internal Revenue Collector Gould
and Supervisor Kizyzanouski, con-
spiracy to embezzle, Georgia; indict-
ed; former fled the country, latter
held for trial.
"Wm. Wiggin, defaulting Freed
mans Bureau agent; convicted and
sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment.
"F. A. Mccartney, defaulting post,
office discussing clerk, died in in
sane asylum before he could be
tried.
sc. T.. Edwins, embezzling Treas
ury clerk; convicted and inprison.
''F. A. Marden, embezzling Treas
ury clerk; convicted and in prison.
"Seth Johnson, embczzling Treas
ury clerk; under indictment and will
certainly be convicted.
rs. b. Kendig, defanlting disburs-
ing clerk, interior Department; con-
victed and in prison.
"The responsibility of the appoint.
ment of only four of the above seven.
teen cases rests upon this Admins
tration; but it has inflicted punish,
ment on all that have been tried,
while two have fled the country"
| In fact, under President Grant, the