St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-16
ST. oSohnsburp Galrdonian.
The Case of A. j. Crane, Late Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue.

Thclc are certain facts connected will
the second appointment of Mr. Crane
rs Collector of Internal Revenue. at ;
period when he was known to he 4
public dcfaultcr. and in the proceeding,
which have followed the announcement
of his dctalcation, which demand cx.
planation.
We understand that Mr. Crane WA,
both appointed and rc-appointcd on the
recommendation of Senator Edmunds
During IL portion of his first term. Ed
ward y. .lcwett WAS his deputy. Senator
EdmundS was one of Mr.. Cranes Srrctie.
on his official bond. Sometime before
the expiration of Mr.. Cranes first term,
.Iewrtt resigned. and after remaining
some months III Burlington. openly re-
moved t" Chicago. where he engaged in
business. and has ever since resided.
In the winter I'll spring of IS13. upon
the Encouragement of the Internal
Revenue system. Mr. Crane WIS re
appointed upon the Recommendation of
Senator EdmundS to an enlarged Dis
/ tIict. He procured new >urcti,>. Mr..
| Edmund> no' being one of them.
la the autumn of IS73. MI. .Irwctt
came i" Burlington ON business. putting
up Al the hotel kept 10y Mr.. Crane,
where Mr.. Edmund> and his family
were boarding. The fact Of Mr.. Cranes
dctllcatiom WIS at that time known To
many persons. Mr.. Edmund> included.
Mr.. .IrWrlt openly left Bullimg ON for
lineage. II" lntlInati"m ha\ iu9 then been
made that hr VAS responsible. for the
drtalcnriom.
AttrI VIZ. .Jcwttt had left. it became
publicly known that Mr. Crane had
been Il dcilultcI to he amount of more.
than fifteen th"ll>.ind dollars. for more.
than tW" Ncar> before his rc-app"iut-
mrut. and that he had been Irp,atrdIl
called upon /" make the drtIlcatinii
good. Then tnI the iil>t time ne chaI q.
WAS made that .IcWctt WAS the guilt,
person and ii WAS Openly claimed hN
Nh Crane aud his friends that Crane
had been appointed in order /" give
him time and opportunity /" make up
iIi> dctalc;Itiom.
" ~""n ~ MI. Jrvctt heard "t the.
charge. hr publicly stated his pIIp">c
l." Ictnlr t" Vermont and meet it. Im-
stead of giving him time +" 1t" 80. The.
friends of VII. Crane procured Il warrant
and sent the /. :. Marshal To Chirayn
I" arrest .IcWctt. The. Marshal found
HIM ready t" >taIr for Vermont he
came back ana found the friends ut MI
Crane u>im" every effort t" mike the
public hcIlrN" him guilty. He Was com
PEELED t" give heavy bail with resident
>uctic> of und"uhtrd responsibility.
Although the rcc"Id> made Il com
plrt" case against Crane II" proceedings
whatever We're taken against hlm until
the next tenn OF the court when the
Grand jury indicted him. .IcWctt WIS
ais" III .lctcd. compelled To renew hi>
bonds and the east, Wa> pressed against
hmm most Vigorously. In the case OF
Crane, NONRESIDENT bail WIS accepted.
and the statement that one of his conn
SCI was "ut of town >uliirrd t" put his
";t>'' over /" the following term.
Since then tw" terms have passed
and II" effort whatever has been made
I" bring Crane to triIl. The simple
production of the official records at
W a>llIn@t"n. II i said. would make the
case against him complete: his tlial
would nimg ont all the facts concerning"
his appointment and drtalcali"n. and
show VIII" Is the party really guilty.
| hr Impression l. very strong that he
will never he brought To- trial
Senator EdmundS must he held re
>pnn>iblc for Cranes original and re-
appointments viii he explain how it
happens that Il d,i'lultrr. for whom he
WAS bail. whose dctiIlcation was well
known at the Treasury. WAS lr-appoiut-
ed and allowed to enter upon AN en-
lar"rd >PlIrr" Of duty. and To procure
other persons VIII" were not aware of
his dri;Ilrati"n to become his official
>urrrir> Will lac also explain why
Mr.. Crane i not brought +" trial. and
why the cast. i pressed against II Young
man in II distant state, destitute of
means, and the EXPENSES of whose de
Tense have to bc borne by friends who
believe him imnocc"t Will he also
explain whether it is true that Mr..
Crane was rc-appolntrd in order to give
HIM tim" or opportunity t" make up his
old dei;Ilcation