Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-30

Hehaefsoh tcstlhed that he was a special agai
y 0. he sfSM Ohics pepsftment, and thai i
&Salhg e. wilmington. under Instructions ffol
he Department presuinptiyelys to look up
III iost registry but actually to examiie fhe a,
I, counts o. ms 1vst Office be had made d tho
+ oirh examination of The several accounts o
= DOCKS, when he fonnd the total amount &
J. money short S2,O35.05 ~. s7 :
g sa'nh IL. Thomas being sworn testiGed tia
ne was clerk in the post office and recoznize
Capt. Dougherty as his superior N Quite
were TO look after the work of tbe o1Ice. an
especially to attend TO the putting w AID OIL
Tipung ofrthe mails; sold stamps son1etimes
vus tnis WORK was principally parfrr1ned b.
nj. panoiill; any Of the clerks sold stamps
SapL. Lousherty had charge of the safs, bu
II wthess Knew how to unlock It in absence o
Mr. Dougherty, Mr.. Cambria acted as none,
(. order clerk; Mr. Dougheriy ought To have ba;
charge or the stamps sent from WashinptoI
! but did not exercise II; Mr. Cambria eo,liJn
unieck the sate j., Capt. Douglierty was custo
dian of.the sate and Mr.. Pyle,before him !: Mr.
Dousher;y succeeded Mr.. Pyle, and SUPPOSED
~ the succession Mr.. d. assumed Mr.. p. y du
,es' Knew the stamp account was short; heare
mr.. Dougherty say 1t was short, and il was /
TACT known To him each night.
on MS cross-examinatioi, Mr.. Thomas testi
iieu tiat lie thought Mr.. Lewis had a KEY, bu,
no uiuh Know how to unlock the safe the
yonio,hation had not been changed since Mr.
rye lett never found the safe open early ID
.,e morning, but have found II unlocked; s,ls.
per',le "eta entertained as TO who created the
ueheiehcy III the stamp account and thew rest.
ca upon Ayers. the cplured letter carrier: kneu
suul M Lewis took money from the stanp
account but lie always applied for il some.
Tunes Mr.. Lewis sent his wife for money: meyer
knew Mr. Lewis to lake money withou, leaving
cieck' nave taken money out Of the sacred
n a"' ~ money order box, for Mrs Lewis,but
ONCE; there were from 3 200 to 4. 900 sia,nned
envelopes Iafl lsin3 about the office. which had
never Deeh locked up in whole history of office:
stamps were regarded as cash, and If stolen
were supposed TO have been sold the letter
carriers sold stamps and had access to the mon.
" ooN ior stamps the accounts of the Office
IL. I a',",s"e wheh MIR. Duugheriy went into
IL uoil know that any former deficiency was
inaue up; the daily deficiency had been running
,"r more tiiah year. and were known to nil
II, 'he once except the postmaster; have known
mr. Dolighteny TO hide money 10 preyent n
being taken, but no. with Suspicion that IL was
s.oieh ny any particular person never knew
money 10 be taken without leav iug a tag for Il:
NJ, 'nusnefty never made up the stanp ac-
count, but Ii was always done by Mr., Gambr II.
mr.. fynmade up The quarterly accounts. even
a'''r ne ma" len the office ; Mr.. Dougherty
never ana IL, although IL was his duty to dn n
witness paid letter carriers from stamn account.
Wheh ar Dousherty was away others issned
Tue money orders and paid out on alyices: vii.
AZ. S' ,'u gwen air. Lewis money in absence of
Sir Du'ighery at the end of months whan
making up accounts, the money frnn, ia, ."I,
Vi stamps was not 10 h. found, and tie vases
p'i" "outu not account for ii /; have hearJ Mr.
o',h"'"i say thele was an amount ufmonev IA
niahs up anu have beard Mr.. Dougberty di-
rect nm TO tako II from the money order ,In-
i p'." , menorandnms were left for amounts
n nd
sani , al'u Us tue hoEey was replaced the
same were Withdrawn this was ma, Ihn ,,s.
before Alr. Dougherty came lto the ofire. Mr.
LEWIS was not cognizA ant of the deficiencies, and
Wheh witness asked Mr.. Doughery WHY IN, Hi,
NV iu!"lI 10 The postmaster he ALWAYS replied
tiiat IL was no Use, that his account was nynr.
u'awn,ahi he made no exertion to make /, pn.n
t . Witness Ter. Identified the writing upo,, n
- ,n.su III tiie mercy order box for $lv837
WITHDRAWN as that of Mr.. Doiix herty's: witness
sometimes deposited money with The Assstan,
w. .. treasurer - PhiladeipIlia, sbul ALWAYS
received It from Capt Dougilefty who,,, y,s ii \
ways regarded a. responsible for lie ,nor.v AMI
Knew no pLuerantlority above or beyond linn
lMr. long neity's BIND 10 Mr.. hew is " IA he,
put'ih eVidehce) witness never gave boud.'NIr |
~ n'Nrr male nit his quarterly rrporis, but |
! ne d','y always fell upon the clief clerk al.
though the accounts were mali, nn, IA
rye AFTER he had left the Office, be knew poth.
inS anont Them IN detaii bat male tl,eu, ~,
.foh i''' general s'1treinepis, without iun,i, ;,,
mo 'h"ii accuracy the reports wer.. ali vr,,i
''" rs correct by the heads OF ilie different de-
fictitious receipts being ,,i,n ,n
make the balances, and receipts wer,. h.Ii e.,
money which had never been paid; witness Ind
helped on one OCCASION 10 make ,,p the saI,.
account in this manner. ..I. '"''
. Horace y. Gambr being sworn ,lrposeI nc
'oIlows IS clerk III Charge ofthe general deliy-
FRY window and sell siamrs chief ahnvn nil
OILERS make up the stamp aeenfrit twice n
week, ott sometimes oitcner the stamrs, an,
obtained from Mr.. Thomas, for which witness
,li'rseu hitIiseu anu made return TO Mr.. Dough-
'ry; always count the stamps and make an an
ny upon slip of paper kept for the purpose in
ne stamp box report TO Mr.. Dougherty he
siisc tod so TO do he being tho chief execntiee
'iiicer IN the office the deficiencies were n,,ror
ed 10 Capt. Dougherty as often as The accounts
we're MADE up from Nov. 1872 To the present
'inc lhere Is deficiency of over 500; witness
before Mr.. Dougherty belare this time tba so'
COUNTS were not short to the kno Wedge of wit
iess the POSTMASTER always got monsy by A
aS could mt account for the deliciencv but
VIZ, 'nusherty always told witness to charge il
o 'ie i,"sl-nlasier but he neser did il witness
generally carried the money deposits To Pbils-
'e'phia, anu ON Sept. ., deposited $780, obtain
NJ this money from Mr.. Doueberty. AMI re,nrn.
;! the receipts TO him.
CrosS-eXanned the deficiency has been 90
nS on over year; and although reported II
'i'l continued; witness had to hide The si.mn
money when he wanted to use it for anv mar
lci'iar purpose, not to prevent its being stolen
,ut 10 prevent the employees from asking for
WI, Lewis mover helped to make up any de-
ic'enccs Mr.. Lewis received money from Wit
lesa before il was returned IN Mr. nnnnha,,n.
'pon one occasion while on his way from bank
witness gave Mr.. Lewis S25 from the monev la
lad obtained on draft for $3.50 never knew
ir. LOWS To get money himself without max.
hg me sauna known to some o..e once i'm nb-
ehcc OF witness Mr.. Lewis took money from
nc stamp account, but so informed Mr. Pyle,
ma when witness returned lie obtained state.
nent of the account from Mr., T..
Mr. Thomas was recalled and testified that
"a one occasion lie gave Mr.. Lewis $40 from
no stamp account and put into the box the
customary tag therefor. that he mt The
'oN anu tag in the safe himself before leav-
w ~ hisit' ana when ha opened the safe
WHICH , nau ,ot been loeked) tine next morn-
h%'ile iotind That another entry of SO had been
hade upon the tag during the night. there
"N', lllu been place for keeping the stamped
ENVELOPES since witness hal been in the office
al or 10 years; since Mr. Douaherty had
:, e'n IN the Ollie the clerks had been taking
u " own salaries, but when MIR. Pyle was
mere he always pali them himself.
MIR. Higgins here rested the examination orl
Witnesses, and Mr.. Harrington, of The cn,nsei
.. Tue "e'ince, proceeded to address the Com
Missioner. lie eon'cnlel that not one breath n
esllmony hal been adduced by any witness
:, connect Mr.. Dougherty with The crime
iegcd-tlat there was not even a suspicion. {
;, alone II Fact, upon which he could be held, I
he charge was one OF stealing, and il must be |
nown Una, Mr.; Dougherty did the stealing. A
enciilcy liad been proven but the prosecution ,
al utterly tailed TO faslen that deficiency mon
ie accused or TO prove that he had created il, /
ir. Harrington, therefore, moved that MIR.
'oueherty be discharged altogether aud that he |
g not held To answer this charge. ON The