Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-23
The Interna, Revenue Omee Robbery


EXAMINATION OF TIE PRISONERS, WILLIAMS
AND MOORE, TODAY.
To-day the hearing of r. A. Williams AMI
James n. Moore. on the charge of rObbiny tina
internal revenue department of Sl20lD in
Treasury drafts on the eth Instant took place la
the Criminal Courtroom before L. y. Com MS
sioner j. j. johnson. There was a-larys cr0wl
in attendance. The prisoners were brought
from Jail by the detectives, and both snnaa5st
IN cheerful mood. Mr. ". VI. Evans repre-
sented the government, ami Mr. L. g. Hiue IN.
accused. Mr.. Evans read the law prescribinJ
the neutrality-suspicious. from one ~
three years.
}. lee Adams was first called and .,s.;a..
that he was in the Internal Revenue danart-
ment; that on the morning of the eth inst. he
no nov, mat the lock OF the draft box was Of
taken away: rhe drafts were exhibited ana
ne Identified some positively.I
MI MI Hysns-I" What are they WORTH"
MI; hlhe objected, and after examining one
said that If they had any value the law Il xed it
MI Evans withdrew the question,
Ofoss- examined. - Witness considered the
GRATIS complete papers. A majority of these
uralts had not been laying in the Office more
than three weeks; they came from the Treasure
er's office, and were delivered to attorneys or
sent TO collectors; they were lett in tin box on
a table in room 81, a table used BY the chief of
the section and one or two clerks. Witness
knew that the 1875 drafts, amounting to S1I ,s93
were In the box, as also some he had received
on the morning before the loss was discovered.
T. X. Chapman, chief of stamp division inter
nal revenue office, sworn: Witness had heard
that certain drafts had been stolen, and was
ordered to 90 TO New York on business. went
there, and on Saturday afternoon went TO tbe
Hoffman house, and As he went in saw a GENTLE
man he had known As j. IL. Moore, but stepped
OUT 10 procure an officer, and when he found
one went back; did not find Moore; saw Mr.
Thompson and received from him an introduce
ton TO Mr.. Williams, as attorney of the b. lti-
more and OHIO railroad. Witness stated TO
Williams what he knew OF the robbery; Thomp-
sou asked what had become of Moore and il
vas suggested that he had gone to the water
closet. Nlr. Thompson had some money, a roll
OF bills in his hands;) witness subsequently, pro-
cured a draft which had been cashed, and VII.
llams said be procured it from Moore giving
city. ' " ~
DR.. Adams, recslled:-witness identified tne
draft, referred TO by preceding witness, as be-
ing one Of the 1873 drafts taken. He made
sehedule OF the drafts on the morning OF the
This was draft in favor of Judge Haight
purportlng to be endorsed by him, which wit
ness Said mad been withheld by the Office be-
cause OF Judge HIS death
Imomy Golden, "a detective of New York.
testified that on the evening of the 18th inst,
ii went to the hotel; was Introduced to Will
better make clean breast of il; Will
iiams denied knowing anything of a rob
berry, and being asked what had become
OF Moore, he took out letter turned paIe: wit
ness then went to look for Moore and found
him; Williams, when he got out black satch-
ell sad he believed that there had been some
"a SniShihs SolnS on ana the warrants were
round. de left his partner, Mr.. COrcoran in
charge OF Williams, and went to arrest Moore.
wnom he found at house on Sd street; Moore
said he had power of attorney to dispose of
the warrants, and that Williams had been his
partner all through the transaction: Williams
uenled that he was partner in the transactlo
John CorcordH detective at Hoffman houseI
tae testimony of the preceding
witness as TO the arrest of Williams.
Adtte Beckett, (cOlOred WITNESS Is a sgeep
ia the treasury; on the evening in question saw
Moore IN the hall OF the building; met the other
!Nliilamsl in the hall; saw Moore apply kew
10 the lock, and heard him saw On il. the
messenger has given me the wrong kew saw
MN get over the transOm, the other Williams
assisting him to get up. Moore opened the newt
~oOr and admitted the other (Williams1 she
supposed that they were clerks who had re-
turned for something.
This cioseu the case for the government,
Mr.. Hine, for the defence, SAID that the charge
was g breaking, entering, stealing, and robbng
ne internal Revenue bureau" and this charge
lad not been sustained. they have not shown
bat this was the property of the United States,
ma this information charging, as it does rob-
jlng and stealing from the Internal Revenue
bureau, is not valid.
The Commissioner said that he would require
5000 bail from each party, to answer the
harges against them before the Criminal
jourt, and III default OF the same he committed
he IN to Jail.