The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-04
A SEQUEL TO THE sANBoRN CASE.

SAAAoASVAsAs
Rupture Between United States District
Attorney Tcnney, Of Brooklyn, and
Assistant Attorney Hughes-The Latter
Resigns and Prefers Serious Charges
Against the Former misunderstanding
Correspondence Growing Out of the
Affair.
There ia an open rupture between United States
District Attorney Tcnney, OF Brooklyn, and one OF
the assistant attorneys, Mr.. william ID. Hughes,
which Ii said to have been caused by a mis-
understanding as to the manner OF the
prosecution OF Messrs Sanborn, Hawley and
yanderwerken. Mr.. Hughes did not appear in
the case az al. The deepdants, It VIII be remem-
bered, wefe acquitted, and alter that Mr. Tenney
demanded Mr.. Hughes resignation. for this reason
among others, that the latter had not given MN
any support in the prosecution, but, on the con-
trary, had opposed him all he could The Assistant
Attorney yesterday sent the following letter TO
Mr. Tenney preferring several serious charges
against him =
BnooKIrs, SYsssprn ls7.
Your letter asking for my resguatoT Wan you
tons which il rue.and suppose know them &c
Gent N their nature Tor my dishonorable dismissal from
f Gaming into official sondusl s.pssay .
SidRp s an e Se OF oS Sa css
GERS this Court This you have declined to do am
lie 'Ys'
tq leane MT 9cer OF net
the 10Th day March, s and n orer that
TO- ana that may not be charseabe with the style of
Firtkeceivlng 500 from ono simon Frey, with the IN
@ s ina, was 70 9h &c pad AN q
as paid liz hut ' retained s %
states Attorney Until The Isl day Ct April 1874 when it
Reducing the bail oI john pumont after i
s at the ad request o. ne s surety 9ne se2rge Thomas
his ana who s IN
Thrd-Delaync tine execution Of judgments for large
H a her Mas ri thai would af
vF sfs ssS than & hS 'pa a
rrxx,v Assistant United states Attorney
A copy OF this communication was also for
warded to Attorney General Williams by Mr..
Hughes, together with the following letter OF
resignation -
Hon. GRoRGE II. WILLIAMS Attorney Gcneral:-
hersmth tsnier YOU my resignation as an Assistant
New York. Alter the manner Of the prosecution Of sam
6n ra aw rom and an others a MAS ii s nat
subject yse 20 he racue Of the Bench ana Bar Ny
yo as,0n OF my successor VILLAS B. fnsiJeGSfEa a
Mr. Hughes is a brother-in-law OF the Attorney
ated considerable comment IN Brooklyn:--
THE DISTRICT ArTonNEY's LETTER nH. TO MIR: HUGHES
, BROOKLYN, n. y, April l. 1874. J
DEAR sison assuming the duties Of this Office desia-
a as y5r s
At
young and wholly inexperienced in the practice q
as q, practising attorney, At or near the end
ss of , sy se asked Showing tor that Ga the an
creasins demand Of your family would Justify such an
PEELED from circunstances which doubtless July
Satan ceilings bear your an
but sei.respect and sel-preseryation compel me 70
loyai to the OF this office have
John B. sanborn and his friends have reason to be.
sns aa s sss sss Of @ oee s
and have been Tn q work IN the
proesseS friendship me and have BEEN N
GENITAL relations With me and the proeeaion ., the
all this while plotting for my removal val, and and
have made Your boast that yon would through the news.
not but L Is enough for me to know and 10 feel that IS
together in his oce IN tbs view
10 acc Of me to cc to aS Ss 2s
your allowing certain disery cases which ought
as Sa sI0H
ton SSrry n Tor Hb S1 You s naeo aora
you have thus so unadvsediy assumed. Your rcsgna
disloyalty and ingratitlde me, l-tceilng OH my
WIN '0o S ~ TxNS M a United states Attorney
How SnnbOrn's Agent Usurpcd the Duties
OF a Regular C0lieCtOr-A Green Ennis.
sary.
WASHINGTON. April 3, 1874
| The Committee OF Ways and Means had another
| hearing this morning in the Sanborn contract
| matter and examined under oath james NJ King,
OF lndlanap polls Acting Collector at that point He
testified that Green one Of Sanborn's agents, had
called at his Office last January and introduced
himself as a special agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment, showing letter OF credentials to Mr. Ho-
gate, the Collector (Which letter, however, the
witness had not ready. Mr.. Green stated
or conveyed the idea that he had been
sent by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to
collect back tax on dividends from the Indian
apolls and st. Louis Railroad Company, and he
went to the cOmpany's Office next day and col.
lected the tax. There had been no question of the
LIABILITY OF the company to the tax, and Its Secrc-
tary had called several times at the Collectors
office and had been referred to the Assessor who
had some difficulty In his own mind as to whether
the rate OF taxation should be five per cent or two
and q half per cent The railroad company had
entered upon Its books the tax due to the govern
ment aud had always been ready to pay it and
anxious TO pay 1t.
The witness was specially inquired Of as 10
Green's representations to him. Green positively
denied before the committee that lie had repre-
sented himself rs a special agent OF the Treasury
Department, ana the witness was morally post
tive In asserting that Green had so represented
himself, and he added that as the newspaper de-
spatches OF the day contained exposures OF the
Sanborn contracts, and mentioned Green's name
in connection with them the witness had called
them to Green's attention, and Green denied the
truth OF the Geographic statements denied that
any such contracts had been made and denied he
was the Green alluded TO In the dispatches.
THE MYSTERY OF A SPRING.
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