New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-11

MsrrcS NJ a,l to,d mm Thought our hooks had been
proved mo- lr: hc amid VERY wri; IL YOU - 10 the
District NtOIuoNS ,lcc AM Pcs Ills 500, 3d say nom,
inc about it, loa viii ge' ract your books; refused
10 do that. because We cNpmrtd tne thlng ana Jaw
There nothing dlc Gao Government at al; "I''f
Whiting some lime We got IN our book. back.
q. low did you get them hack a; THrongh the Niar-
sAaS olce; we made several Icin9il ON I, ,'n '
the books through our lawyers and taay they were Ie
turned to MS
Q Dil you over nav ANYTHING at I'll for this mstteri
Only the carriage; they made us pay the carriage On
O. WIS envy threat made c-ninst Won in cons 4ucnce
o. Or of ann ccnseo1cnccs tai would occur to you in
The way OF dnaec 10 your business Che closing " your
@ At any timci 4. Mno time.
G. % Won know whether there we're 20 your p"r'n'ff
q. You declined to pay the charge Of $500 \. Yes.
Q. And the books were returned to Won't \. Yo7, Sr
e. And tlc matter 50 stands at thi> time "A 1cs, >F'
VJUsIr!ApIE DETENTION OF BOOKS.
@ What Wa, the Inconvenience to your business If
anyi \. There was a good deal of Inconvenience, he
several OF the books that they seized ana carried
of in i'm office ana had to "a TO the Gus
tombousc 20 refer 10 them several times they were in
Mr. JAYNE oice part OF them hack ~ the end
OF the month, and the remainder at the END OF I'VE
months.
for Ton detention of your books I \. None could
na, , r. rconircd very crr,oy examination of the
O. now I.r- Would il have aiken q competent person
g. ascertain 'rom those books M that related to this par
@ Aud Icy keep; Your books ana papers five months
@ F@p.a'n how It was That such Information could
have b.'u o''o'H"d W ore hour from your books! \:
Ecc4u-t I.~ ..tuancv occurred cert in rCtUlnS of
We rlcr ' t">e wore AN together in One book; AMI
IL would u.' nave t.Scn very long to compare those
" '-AtS with tJc weights Cf The Gust Onl-nUu,c.
@ How Ion. had You known Mr.. JAYNE when he
ch"rs 81 Won WIN GRIMM in, ~ A. never 81" MN
~. q th' 't' ll Iur and took Vur book
senator P.tt-Dd the warrant tA't Won. ~rc2k Of
uc> uNo Tho books aui pap'rot 90 D." srI. \. Ulk
il mcrr 81 the books and papers relating toceri.in
Q. ID. you aIiiv fora rotnrn Of your boossl \. \
9. Z, poa. al you arp'y =. T., Ne clarlly -,
Tho ud-r VINO ,>aoi No warrant oI the return of your
O. DID Son make any mGuilI at the office Of the Dis
trc'tt et CO.. 10 Tie iud-' for the purpose OF sctnG
the clar-cs m4d, s,iIsi you in the aida'ti A. No.
q Va, ,,,l have seen The aGiIayit at any time that
you made application! y don, know whether codd /
O. You made no effort. either Yourself your attor-
O. wse @ O.. trv q tea Tn, same wear rs the entry Of
WOOL g. n. ~t; IL was Torrent year.
q. DID .l. uHoh. tAct were zrd contain any account
Of The c... Of ttt \. jon, know whether they did
or moi: M information OF ne TEA importation -;
froll the tg,tyYI..Ous" entry r~el
NEGLIGENT OFFICIAL
E. Senator Uowc-Q Did yon understand from any
one tIat .c Custo-house Wcishcr got his knowledge
Of tlc weights from your cmr'oycsl n Aitcrward
Tie Custom oliee has WeiZ.er TO weigh The wool
dutraid mcrchardiseas soon as it comes out OF the
vessel. If e. Is going 70 be shipped away Then orr own
informed n that after ne hal weighed the wool ne sent
NC'gH'r 10 Wtl[u IT, li WIS TO
be shipped away; tie Cu>tom-houSe W.iChcr prom
led to como. nut did not, and he was sent for
sen; away il lad 10 he shipped 10 the coun "; our
wechcr told as that acrvard the house Weishcr
hm the weights. because he had NOT made NJ hi> books
and be could not tcl what ne weights were; hut ne
Va i5 he t,,on ,,,a tie Cnsou bousc We, Ter The
weights s ncar he could. MT tod him at tho nctnat
,uT, |eI c 3 IN WIS aftcrwardI Corrected: this was
tp JuVEt hY WgIglpT IN presence,
because had him 20 with me- but Mr. Jayne would not
c. Tacte was difference between the estimated weight
and the actual veislti \. Yes, Siri me estmated
tllt upon which had paid duty hic WAS the invoice
weight that nude a refund to Us, as We had paid more
senator Pratt-Dd you make application to the C9l,
lc,tor tli> remd} ~ Eycn1eT the correction was
10 Us by the Collector. Of $50; il the Collector who
drew our attention TO II first.
WHAT IHE SPECIAL AGENT DEMANDED.
senator Howc-Q When You speak of the Collector de-
handing $4,000. and subsequently reducing his demand
10 $500 You not mean that ne spoke of $4,000 as being
the value Of the cargo which was in danger OF loleE
urcl \. Yes, that was it.
O. Ana when ne spoke of tho 500 did he not speak ' il
rs the additional sum that would be due to the Govern
n 81 For d ip!ps on the carcol \. Yes, sir.
q Tlcl il wa. rot reduction of the claim from the
ono sum o. ihc oihcI A. dld noi pLc' g il4l r,I
a 2y1; WAS fine amount stated to he due, and Cor
a q " MIA, said at the la.tl A. $50
q Anything more said about the. $4,000 at the last
o. Was intimaied 10 YOU AZ the fr,t interview that
s vonlG discharge yOm obi cation, TO the Governments
sen tor Iowe-Do you want TO 90 on the'record a;
saying thar at time Mr. Jayne or ANYBODY t,'e 'ot
S- $500, ,,,ralv a., What Won mean by due :" the
amount that would I've forfeited IN case successful pro
crediugs were brought against the ve,selt ..
O. You do not mean to say that he claimed sl5oOO Wa
dne The Government A. Difference Of duties No, SIR
OF course not the whole duties would not come to That
Senator Casecrly-Though 1t was not clam as you
have stated of that much due the Government was IL
NOT dcclaratipn TO YOU OF a very large aby' under
certain contingencies A. Yes, Sir ana we cohsidereu
O. PTecisriy And at a subsequent time he came down
70 ssOpas the that would settle INA, MAJ ne
We told him that would only pay It upon ms freeing
from the accuatSn OF fa4j in,T G P9minson
s,g inc claim was unjust, and We refused TO pay coht
toward H. To- ~ ,o,,,, q. .I,o in,Duta.
,iIH Of fraud r,manedf \. Not cent. a.,
90 Hot REGARDED that rs OF more consequence than
money A. Yes, Sir.
HEAVY FORFEITURE THREATENED.
Senator Howc-I do not think you quite do yourself
,ustice although am satisfied you mean to- because
tink Won do not quite understand some of the questions
will therefore ask whether you mean to be understood
a. saving that Mr. Jayne at any time reduced the Gov
orr,nen claim from $4,000 to $sOOi A. mean simply
t. that he told me If fraud was proved against 10 '
We would forfeit the amount OF $1,000, ,., , 1vo,
a That You would forfeit the cargo OF gOOIs A. VIZ
,,i6 a. oOr am only saving what he stated; at an
~ tnc lie told rs if we would pay $500 IN the District
Attorney ONCE would get our Dooks anu ' e I'D
would Dc settled; then asAed ni az irauG and
that. would be freed from l~P"'''''" "a ' $780,
be dGneu 20 u of dutv which You had paid the IN
voice weights exceeded the amount Vi "u'' va WV ~
% Trp5n the ground that you had paid duties IN 700
Cnssto,1' mouse that SoOOl A. Exactly: ,..
O. Now, the claim MAGE 49, g, and that his $500