Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-17

tact ed to = step. At the top OF the fight. tirst
door LETT, Pardee's sign again appeared, and on
chairs, stove, coal scattered about, and pile
OF torn up paper, and among IL q portion of the
circulars, were found. There was q small
new type, two or three old cases with old tvpe n
and a quantity Of partial ''pi," which was q
portion OF story which appeared not long
since in the Sunday Capital, according to the
posing stick set for the width Of the circular,
new planer and mallet, new brushes and a new
but small composing stone. In the northwest
corner of the room a trap under the floor had
been constructed, probably for the purpose of
hiding the printing material should occasion
In the minds of the officers there is no longer
any mystery i'm regard to the Rev. j. Hale
Barney: he and r. 5. Pardee are one and the
same person. He Is genteel-looking man of
good address and plausible manners.
PARDEE's ANTEcRDENTs.
fardee is said 70 be the son of a wealthy
banker In Hartford, Conn.,, and otherwise re-
sPeetably connected. He was a colonel in one
OF the Connecticut regiments dnring the wal,
ana since then has acted as clerk to an Indian
agent in Washington territory. Since his
arrival In this city he has given it out that he
at 400 Pennsylvania :avenue soon after his
arrival here, and procured types and other
printing material necessary for the printing of
the work.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
MI. Mexican, who has been released on 50 900
whom no charge is made, states that he has
known Pardee for only q few weeks; that he
knewfno other man in connection with tbis bust
thss b put mr pardee and was led to believe
Gen. Babcock and a personal friend of the
President, and interested in the North Pa
c,hc ,, railroad company, and that the most
been setting type for pamphlet in the
interest OF that road, and to print the circu-
lar and envelopes He states that when
approached by Mr.. Pardee, he told the latter
THAI he was 50 engaged that he had no leisure
time except nights, and that Mr.. Pardee stated
ina, was just what he wanted-some one TO
work at night. Another occupant of the same
house on Pennsylvania avenue had suspicious
that
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WRONG
two weeks ago that he thought parties were en-
gagged there in making counterfeit money! but
no notice was taken OF the report-at least so
far as Is known AT all events, the work went
THE OTTER PARTY ARRESTED
is A Schuyler Sutton, who is believed to he a
have been divided between them. Sutton is
from Ohio, and was captain in one of the
ONO regiments during the war, and was
wounded in the face in one of the battles. Sub
sequently he held clerkship i'm the Census
once. Among his effects the officers have
found large collection of autographs of SEN
atols, members of Congress, and other distin-
guished men in all parts OF the country, which
nom letters found on him, it appears that he
obtained on the pretext OF collecting an album
OF autographs, but which the officers think was
to be used for some fraudulent purpose.
THE DUPED PosTMAsTERs.
The Postmaster General has telegraphed for
several OF the postmasters who were duped by
the circulars to come here as witnesses and II
is rot probable that a hearing will be given
until their arrival.
THE FUNDS STILL COMING IN.
The scheme was evidently in its ineipency
as s.' far as known there have been but abont
30 letters received. Every mail, however,
brin gs in more, and on application at the city
post Office at O'Clock to-day a STAR reporter
was shown six letters which had arrived this
morning, addressed to j. Hale Barney-one
mailed at Paducah, Ky., one at Angelica y
", one at Chilicothe, Mo, one at Lawrence
DurSh, Kansas, and the other two indistinct
as not to be read. Some of the letters which
have been opened by the officers contain SO,
some 50, and
ONE POOR POSTMASTER
states that owing TO pecuniary embarrassments
and his salary being only $500 per annum he
could forward only 50, which was all he had,
would be satisfactory Some are returned with
the simple words ''too thin" and others state
that If the endorsement of the Postmaster Gen
eral was attached to the circular the money
would be forthcoming.
PARDEE's PRECAUTIONS.
1t seems that every precautiOn had been
taken by Pardee that he could think Of, but he
conld not guard against marked money, which
is the strongest evidence against him After
sending out the circulars and envelopes in
order to test whether or not the scheme had been
detected, he sent out decoy letters in the
same kind of envelopes, some of which fell into
the hands OF the officers, and to keep up his
confidence these were all returned to him
through the regular channel by the officers
The trunk and contents are i'm the hands of the
District Attorney, and will be produced at the
hearing. All the money thus far received as
far as known, IL SO, SO of which was recoy-
ered-S12 from Pardee and 81 from Sutton
The COlOred Public schools.
CONDITION OF THE PREPARATORY HIGH