The New York herald., 1874-03-12

ness by the nrm after twenty years. service IN
their employ. Thcy heard OF the aiidavlts winch
Jayne read. and asked Porter about them. Porter
sad, Jayne came to this ofiice and asked very
eesomplacentIy, Have you received q letter from
pled in the negative and wanted to know
who Jayne was. Jayne said 'i'll let YOU
badge badge Spo OF once Mr. Dodge "en then eMe EXPLAINED
that certain sums OF money had been pad To EN-
their customary hours to get out their goods so
That the apprasement might be made. especially
In cases where Russia iron had been damaged
Beyond this they had never PAID dollar Tor extra
services by customs officers.
JAYNE CALLS UPoN THE DEITY.
MIR. Jayne resumed, saying ne went into Porter's
Office and waited until be arrived. He told
forter what he came for. He wanted to get the
exact truth. There necessity for unkind-
ness between Porter and himself He never
stated that he had letter from young Dodge ana
the poItraiture mere presented by Mr.. Dodge, ST.
just now, was not true from his own personal
knowledge, so help him, God
Mr. Jayne. IN response to the question by Mr.
Wood, as to the procedure about the seizure or
BOOKS and papers, proceeded to state all the re-
CURED prelimnarles to the seizure. Among other
things he found out the habits OF customs oTicers
and in nine out OF ten he could tell the names
OF the officers who are responsible for neglect OF
could call such officers before him and say, This
importation comes down to yOu." There was
jump between business transactions that showed
there was wrong and men would acknowledge
II II You put the truth squarely TO them. Having
obtained the information ana learned the exact
truth, urther proceedings are taken He would
get his evidence IN the best shape tn en- go TO the
him, and ask letter from him to the United States
Attorney. The Collector would examine the evi-
Henee and aid nm In getting Tin letter from The
ana papers. He never proceeded except on proba-
BILE causes.
Evening Session.
jayne tonight resumed his statement before the
Committee on WAYS and Means He again
inrerrogated by Mr.. Wood, OF the committee. He
seized the goods OF julius Hart for undervalua-
tion. Hart settled Tor S263S and Jayne received
the lniormer's share In reply TO the question,
others IN the report of the Secretary OF
the Treasury, Jayne replied because 1t
against Ms the goods JaVne reerrea TO the the
printed Official volume to show that the case was
nciudea IN the twenty-nlne cases OF corsets.
Jayne, in further response to questions, said he
made report TO the secretary OF the Treasury in
which he mentioned the names of eighty customs
officers who had improperly taken money from
merchants; he nao underscored with red INK the
names OF those IN office. sixty IN all. Mr.; wood
missed? Jayne replied In the negative. Jayne was
abundantly supplied with books ana papers to
answer questions propounded explaining INVOICES,
entries &c. and other matters in that connec.
tion. In response TO one OF the questions placed
vice as special Treasury Agent, about $685. 900.
Or that amount there belonged to him about
$4,000. The remainder was paid to
others, Some got half OF the amount paid, some
all. and Others none. In reply to another question
HIM for trespass, assessing damages at 1000, lor
the the seizure Of books and papers He had put IN
| the District Attorney to appear Tor him.
STEALING PAPERS,
| Mr.. Beck asked jayne ''Dd you know or believe
that certain papers of Phelps, Dodge 4 Co. brought
! 10 you by the lnormer ana his attorney. were
stolen or taken surreptrlously from that firm Did
you contract to pay to the intOrmer tw otnirds or
! the amount paid to you with knowledge of such
lact and did the Secretary Of the Treasury know
that two-thirds were to go to those parties ~
Mr.. Jayne replied that at the time the papers
were brought to MIN by the attorney OF the IN
| former he did not ask the attorney the source
i from which he obtained them. and the attorney
| did not tell him; he believed. however, what,
| under the circumstances; under the law the man
bringing the information was entitled to one-fOurth
OF the net proceeds, while he Jayne) was to re-
Ceive only such sum as might be voluntarily
! given HIM. But the agreement was that the case
should be placed in his hands: and he was to pay
| them the money-twO-thirds. He did not remem-
ber that he told the Secretary or the Treasury any
thing about the Distribution OF the money. The
money was PAID into Court and the secretary read
NJ: Beck. of the cOmmlttee-wnat was the name
MIR. Jayne-Charles F. Hervey, who with three or
four attorneys came with the papers.
| Mr.. Beck-What were the names OF the at.
torneyss
Mr.. Jayne-Ethan Allen. Dudley Field son of
David Dudley Field, and Judges Birdseye and Cros-
by the last-named formerly OF Michigan. I gave
the check to Ethan Allen.
Mr.. Beck-Had you any idea how they obtained
the papers,
Mr.. Jayne-I never asked.
Mr.. Beck-DId you not see these papers had been
| torn out or the books?
Mr.. Jayne-I saw they had been torn of; can
| not tell what the lawyers knew; am not admitted
to the private consultations between lawyers and
clients; counsel did not tell where they got the
| papers.
Mr.. Beck-And will you tell this committee you
| had no reason to believe the papers were stolen?
WHAT is EVIDENCE
Jayne-H should tell you what believe 1t
would not be evidence.
Mr. Beck-1hen you believe the papers were
surreptitiousy obtained
Jayne made no reply and Mr.. Beck again pro.
pounded his question.
Mr. Ntblack Of the Committee (smiling)-Do,
Mr.. Jayne, answer tor my sake.
jayne have no doubt the papers were taken
from the books, and l believe surreptitiously
Q4aughter.)
MIR. schultz said before he concluded the argyll
ment for the cOmpianants he snOuld like to hear
from Colonel Bliss, the Attorney Tor the Southern
District OF New York, who was now PIE :ent.
Colonel Bliss said he would be glad OF OppOr-
tunity to say few words, but he would prefer not
going on tonight. He thought he would occupy
not less than TWO hours, and would therefore pre-
Ter pOstpOning his remarks until tomorrow. He
PROBABLY knew more about the seizure OF books
and papers than any one present.
Mr.. Gruob, OF the Philadelphia Board Of Trade,
was among the gentlemen IN the committee room.
The committee adjourned to meet at ten o'clock
tomorrow morning. The hearing may then prob.