The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-07
GRATUITIEs TO OFFICERS.
william Hunt, OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company, testified as follows

CHASE. HARTLEY COLEMAN.
,u, GRATU,Tiss TO oFvICEns.
Company, testified as follows
# s no e. ra:
70 81 e
% he %saS: o. , U e the
he wire mmediAey after their arrival our cartmsn made
he S'psf i S;% once
~s Ss " s %
the foryegh. hours had expired only
for es
the labor and onssith the storage which charged
Sn:Iy you pay the United State. xss., for
Ssr csrssc"ss re.Srns We So COPIES
To Senator PRATT have no knowledge Of the difference
in the charges except from payments made; we have
q And Is not this private warehouse business overdone
and losing oasins..i 4. So undersisnd:
INsPKCToBs' WAY or WORKING.
nss $ sss
sncoarass them 70 ssocs that other
paid in the manner for the matter has been
s P Ss the
reply Bayard witness stated tina, his firm
had sailing vessels as well steamers conngued to them
q Do you know ANYTHING Of raticns showed % nspee
sna hes
o. You have had lines running to different por,sdoes
the gra,uy system prevail on all the lines of stesme' A.
IL does
Sq ss
Senator two Inspector; assigned
board the third inspector could be entirely dispensed
with; Is only recently, since September the third APP
s1s:
Cod Sen cns inspector as sen a. yonr esr
efficiently perform all the du'ie' If SO nclined9 A. IN
q. VIVA. do you pay the dock clerk2 A. -Four dollars
Senator BAyARp-Hss your dock clerk that the
right gets the right goods and does not that
vigilance and aertness than the Of inspector A.
their charge and control until csTtman gives recep
That very hard question to answer there have been
Senator BAYAnp-when the inspector marks goods Tor
1 The dSsE clerk n ssona e, "a them
spector9 A. Undoubtedly.
THE RATCLIPF DIAMOND CASE.
Abraham q. Beatty, formerly vi the Custom House
detective force, was examined by Senator Casscry
at great LENGTH
3 Of of s1n e The
0ses IN caIf . a. A.. ssGa @
called inspector Of Cusio%. who head secret
we're about ten thousand different
shem we're found broker:
Colonel Whitley paid on the money paid on the stones and
s Ssm
d ssps. SsS'' wa. %aas Of believe s unascdsa
and sss .ssf .sase
e Per: FP1sS .a ocs csas he
... %sr. Sy s 'ss. me IN &.
Dc sS S Sse 70, S"o Or % sometimes hs
cigars been e taken 70 the ONCE and marked
10 II: ana Ssv.
DS coSn. wR:,. S. P'a;s parties s..
q s.s e ss s.. q:
ss ss AND
n 'ss: Il: sss ns
eu. Miller made great compa ming that
WHERE THE CASKS OF wuIskEY WENT.
os
cIGARs SENT TO wxsHIKGToN
Large Of the ss,ed cigar. were sent washington
s.n9.lS q, ~; ana other: s. i6sr share coons Whitley
ally TOO. so%em:
cigars are seized under the internal
whitley gave him check to call on station il kaSsrrard
saos sSS'sst sa
the trunk and altogether hours Job the Colonel
him e the vent s.n AND '1s ~
three WORKING p s and Ss eaa
out Of his own pocket which the government eoua not re-
paper: came OUT with :ory q terrible ssh. and how
g. from baggage master time after the bank rave
rep @ House.
mucted large quantity Of smgged cigars was found at
his private residence; OF Whey's stan told the man
his store liable, which untrue, and the man
became TO raise the he was Free
and ocer Of the bureau another and he IN
dertook settle the settled FOR $500 - Tor the
cgars they went ike the restused up In Colonel WheyS
Office.
To Senator PRATr-Coonei Whitley 10 still an o1cer; he
10 also Customs Inspector he used TO arrest people
out authority Of law The witness further stated cs
ing eighteen months he In Colonel WhIcys o,nce
he eeised and brouaht PROBABLY one nundred
thousand cigars taking the seizures OF the others n'o
count nearly half million cigars were brougn. there
during the Time, and at least wothrds OF mem were
in The ONCE the reports were made 70 81 Ss aiSars