New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

TO mc for examination "a 10 DE liability OF any per
sons that is the extent Of my knc"ieogo III 'nat u"
senator Cosscrlv-what kind Of examination dii
Teport fr,n hC in charge of TIE public
res-irom the Appraisers Degarmcnt-and. ii urGu
Snd d T%w {" & sG Hrcn tie e." suS"c S Was had
@ What is the practical difficulty, whom loss or ah
ScSds leave The dock and the the time tncv have gone
S p@S Who t"fS % @ 3iT 'TS T6ere on
difficulty at the outset I'm determining whether the alb
the dock or not; then the abstraction may
possibly tako place while the goods are IN
the possession Of the caTnan and the be so skill
uy opened that II would not bc detected npOn receiv
ns IN public store that It had been tampered Wilh IN
case called FOR by the invoice. verified by the M
voice which is not done in all cases.
@ In ycw Of your experience. would you not think 1t
was the duty OF the Appraiser 20 when the case was
resented TO ne in thcrei A. 1t is his duty he satisfied
there in the than the invoice calls
for certainly and If ANYTHING was called 10 his atten
tion-auy suspicious crcun noes It would be his duty
70 ascertain Il there was any deficiency Dni II IS
ha> 20 y"I W by invoice everything which goes from the
public stores.
PurERING FROM TIE APPRAISERS STORE.
Senator CassCrly-There openers and packers are
tbcro not as employees Of the Appraiser A. Yes, Sir.
O How much more work is it for the Appraiser to
determine that the case Is too short than to
determine that II is not one too full A. II that deter
minacn was he had by actua count suppose 1t would
he more work, bat Iapprehenc that many classes
OF good regular cases and that if they are of
the .ua and appearance they ar" supposed 10 ne
correct without turtler examination In some instances
whsre thc has been at time apparently tam
poIed WITH broken opcn or the bands cut II Is teh me
practice in the Appraisers Department 10 actually
verhyit .--,..-.-.. --o.o. ...,,.
ac1 by Tic evidence that. where package has hee4
taken f,pp ,hr boat in lad condition. the Government
oi N io.s uIon ii A. Yes; 1 understand they have
been instructed the contrary now, however, ana IN
TIC cond lon OF the goods not what i represcRted
G Can tlcy DO any thing more tnah thatf & a. S0 t a
rrili 1V
Il would ho their advantage to notify the company
when t1cy meet such case.
O. snj,o,c hcy bring such case public store. and
upon oiuc yo G1d portion Of the parcels have been
di4.jv notified by the Appraiser. and if in very bad
con ou then Understand the practice Is That he Is
O. l. ie mercant allowed to be present when hen his
s7"f>4i2 cNin,df A. ne may ne lIeht wIleh ioH are
opened; ln those cases where the 80 has bee shown 20
have occur, OF slipbomd ne ship pays for them; IN
where there robbery of case OF watches
nom tac .k Of carman tho Collector has been sued
end fhe -Ji stil pending that is the most consdera
Hir loss t.I.t hdS happened that aln aware OF.
took pt.p no tho AyVrass 5 store; has there been
Casc yh.'o ne officers have determined that The nier
IN 'g i,, I,,clT, i ' of a. ,.c Where if has been
ictCfi.iIts VINO pcIct IL.
IRTyENTIvG TUEFIs
O. J. your opinion that the business cannot be 50
conducted The public stores that, when goods are
stolen, # determine which one Of the employees stole
item From my personal knowledge of the Of
t1lt que tn hut know this, that Gen. Palmer, while
hc vls Appraiser, and Mr. Daring. since he was Al,
prf,r Law. both been exceedingly anxious to stop all
ar uts Of tlt kind and TO devise some means that
senator Pr.tt-tic any outsiders ever admitted into
the plhiic Store while the process OF examination IS
cong @oper anu pcc%nS5 a. M a ,cTubcn t5
thc necessity C the business requires it, none can pass
ont a., fhui. without pass from some responsible
official; ~ should happen to 20 in There and come ont
with a bundle under my arm. should have to sh0H
senator Ca,s,l,y-Cia owners Of goods always he
present az TIE .N4inna On - goods ny the Pp9.r' or
INlr tl.- 4 D.If AZ II u
lCm on 1p itlOu: they would not be admitted, with
ont appc't e. The Appraiser to tie floor upon winch
@ H1fe !ou ever been employed in that Department!
9. tyn senn personally present and seen th" goods
oI nc' fni rNanined3 A, cont know that have fol
lowed particular package clear through.
TIE KAILE CAsE.
scnato, Hovc-Do you know Nj. Charles Kailel A.
CInk 10.
@ Do You know Of his ever paying any bills for dam
aged lost goods going 10 from the public stores
A. ! think expressed the opinion twice more
that Ee ought ia Justice 70 DO it liable to do IT, and
suppo he dd H. for have heard no more complaints
scnato7 Howe here produced Some bills Of s. womscr
Go. aud Lord rayloI against 'ie. That Of Lord
Worus'r ~ Go. was for $50 These were cases where
kae r,eIted the goods in good order and they came
ne came to The conclusion that Kailc had either been
careless ia rcreptng them, or else his employees had
GogcInLcuti a. think he Is.
Senator Howe here read portion OF Mr. RedmOnds
testimony the witness In relation the seizure Of the
touarrs books and papers, and the witness made the
following explanation: A. Statements had been made to
b} parties Who thought ought to know that sOmo Of
Nj Pa1npG {. voices Of linen goods were undcTYaucd;
f1ri.l- f-Y were; on some Of the invoices in the Cu,
t.a-hoa., in connection with other invoices Of sim
liar GOOD, coming from the manufacturer on the
90. ,id. Who consigned to Mr.. Rcdmond-and wish
I.-.t' ,..n on his personal honesty in tho matter
t 3scl t1t fact that goods rurcu:Scd ny popG III the
t".l. lie same in the invoice as the
=. hf r.r rate man those conf gcd TO Nj Redmond
Thee e,r 'sac9 him were consigned for sale upon
ccmui- .. IN that state Of the deemed further
iuyc,Ge not only proper but my duty and letter
vas VIZ tan requesting Mr. Redmond to allow
the bca.cr-the deputy-sTyeyOrs clerk 1 think
II va., WHO was accustomed to make such
with i:n ,itb - books and correspondence The CLERK
took tc letter and went on with the e&aEnailOn, and
found some tiers from the parties on the other side
bearing pcn tho question of the manner in which they
had iuyoicod their goods. ana as understood
SF1 SR & BE- atd a@ Mr. nIs Rcdmond "FH to 70 Pcrm d Ga
to take thos hooks to Office and NJ Redmond con.
made the explanation 10 him, perhaps not as fully as
have here; the invoices OF Nj Redmond were compared
with Tie statements made By his correspond
ents. ana there wer, some apparent discrepancies
~ to tEaH statements OF what the value Was;
subsequent invest cations and the statement Of Mr.
Redmond son, aud Of Mr Redmond attorney in
pauatCI tended tO satisfy myself ard the Dstr1ctAt
tOTHcy. before whom tie matter finally laid, that
goods upon the cons gnmCn AZ aoTcr rate than they
bad inyoicad upon an actual sale | think the differ
just this: That n selling the goods the party had
The Selection although romnaly they we're an OF the
same description yct there difference actually be
tween t different pieces n the same set, % they call
IT. they wcre linen goods known 1900, 1900 1900 1900
Hrcn dcrC nfing upon the number Of threads 10 the
square inc though nOminaly 1900 linens we're 1000 ln
ems yet who had rie 10 elect from the lot could
nick Gu q number Of pieces actually worth more, and
tbcse were the he sold to the party IN New York
That Tho plausibe explanation.
O. After .ctt Ag tlis explanation did yOu examine the