New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-27

nb;a. defauIter in the sum OF 1000 while casnie
of the Farmers' National Bank of Richmond, va, In
1896. after being forced to resign this POSITION ne
was appointed to the position of Bank Examiner III
PHILADELPHIA. by his brother, Controller Hulburu;
be res;gned the office of Bank Examiner, snort
time since. ais
CpApIrs CALENDER, ex-Bank Examiner for
No,v yorl orrested Dec 90, 1871, charged with re-
ceivinp bribes from the Ocean Bank OF New-forK
Ctv TO the amount of $4,000; held by U. 5. Com
missioner Osborn in $4,000 bail, Jan. II, 1872 to
await the action of the Grand Jury.
HENRY T. ALLEN, keeper of the Sub-TreasuTy in
New-York; charged with defrauding the Govern
ment by means Of false vouchers; an indefinite
nostpouement of the case was asked by the District
Attorney in January. 1870
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
FRANK MCCRAw a Waterman at the State Depart
ment, charged in September 1871, with stealing III
connection with George II. Chase, PostOf1ice mes
senger gold and silver treaty seals TO the value OIL
800 or $500 he confessed and the seals were recoV
cred in melted condition January, 1872 He PLEADED
guilty to petty larceny by consent, and was hned
$500, and sentenced to three months in jail
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
JOHN LOGAN, United States Marshal LOT tne
Southern District of Illinois, charged, OCTOBER, Io"
with presenting fraudulent accounts; the charge
was preferred by his Deputy who prepared 'lo "o-
counts and knew them to be fraudulent; IL was
thought at the time that no action would DC 'aAon
in the matter. 49,.
WA BRr1,roN. U. S. Marshal for Western District
of Arkansas; defaulter to the amount OF SlEl'o";
evidence ample enough to convict him IN the pos
session of the Government; he was not prosecuted
but simply dismissed; his successor lhooV was It,
Gently relieved and BrittOn reinstated
CUSTOMS.
The amount standing in the books OF the
Office January l, 1872, against ex-Collectors
of Grants Administration was S9S,OOO. 10 TINS
must be added the defalcation of Stannard OF
Burlington. VT, of SS5, 900, and Robb of Savannah
Ga. $4,000 total of full $4,000 In this Office
tbe entertainments arc numerous in number. and
the amounts taken by each individual, except IN
isolated cases. small The reason of this is that Col
ectors are required by law to deposit daily and are
never allowed to keep on hand except in the offices
of the ports where the business is large more than
$4,000.
Gen. RICHARD n BowERMAN Deputy Collector OF
Customs at Baltimore arrested in September lS1O
charge embezzling $4,000 of the public funds, and
presenting fraudulent claim for $500 in gold; IN
dcted in September 1871, and pleaded mot guilty.
NATHANIEL GALE, clerk in the Naval Office Depart
ment of the Boston Custom-house; charged May
1870 with defrauding the Government to the amount
of $1,000, gold.
WIN. A. GRAY, temporary clerk in the Boston Gus
tom-house; arrested June 1870. on charge OF deal
ing in cancelled revenue stamps
RODNEY w. DANIELS, Collector of Customs Mt
Baltimore; accused November 1870, of malfeasance
in Office in using the public funds for his private
business and his office placed in the hands OF u O.
Treasury agent.
WIN. ID. CASE Inspector in the New-York Custom
house; arrested May, 1870, on charge OF consplrng
with John A. Machado and William II. Crum to de-
fraud the revenue by stealing imported goods.
- PALFREY Collector of Customs at Salem,
Mass; charged with defrauding the Government.
Ed. OGDEN. employs in the New-York Custom
house, removed, April, 1870, for receiving certain
sums for comforting favors upon outside persons,
which sums he failed to place in his certified ac-
counts
HUGH NJ MERRIcK, an employee in the New-YOrk
Custom-house removed, April, 1870, for receiving
money for comforting favOrs upon outside persons,
which he failed to place in his certified accounts.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Navy Department also aids in swelling the
amount, Sf76,Ss3 SIS having been taken by the
paymasters, including the defaulting clerk in the
BrOOklyn navy ldIu' lutIc OiiCl '"oN" =" -
crease this sum- but the accounts not settled so
that it is difficult to arrive at the actual amounts
lost.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Paymaster HODGE, sentenced October, 1871, to be
cashered, to forfeit all pay and allowances, and to
be imprisoned at hard labor in the Albany Peniten-
tary for 10 years for embezzling S445,4O6 of public
money. There was considerable discussion in wash
ington at the time the defalcation was detected
Sept 10, 1917 the responsibility, the Treasury
Department claiming that the Pay Department was
at fault while the Paymasters Bureau declared that
the Treasury Department ought to have discovered
the irregularity of Hodges accounts months and
years before the facts were known.