Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-19
THE DETECTIVE CONTRACTS,
The Treasury Department in Business
with Messrs. John SanbOrn, NAL
colin Campbell and John
Clark.
Where Four Hundred and Twenty.
Seven Thousand Of the Public
Money Went 10, and for What.

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
secretary OF the treasury, to-day, sent 10 The
house OF representatives the follOwlnB COM
munication Ia relation to the Sanbofn con-
tracts with the treasury department:
have the honor 10 igcloSe herewlIh, IN
compliance with the resolution OF the house
OF representatives of the thirteenth instant
copies in full OF all the contracts made under
authority OF the treasury department. in pur-
suance Of the first section of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill, ap-
proved May g. ls72; also all the correspondence
and orders OF the department relative u said
contracts, and schedules showing the entire
amount of money collected under their con-
tracts by Messrs. Malcolm Campbell, John o.
Sanborn and John Clark, respective
", and how said moneys have
been disposed Of No moneys have ever been
collected or paid by the treasury under other
contracts. The papers herewith transmitted
comprise copies OF all contracts, schedules,
receipts, certificates, checks, and other cor
respondence having any bearing on or re-
lating to any steps or action taken by the
treasury department under the provisions Of
the law referred to. In justice TO persons
whose names are Included in the lists ac-
company ing the several contracts of those
who are claimed to be indebted TO the gov
ernment for taxes, or otherwise, and who
hive not been prOceeded against permit me
TO add that no evidence Whatever OF such
Indebtedness has been presented 10 The de-
partment. All that is known TO the depart
ment on the subject is what appears on said
lists, which were necessary to be furnished in
pursuance of the requirement of the hrSt Sec
lion or the act of May s, 1872, namely, that no
of this clause who shall not have fully set
forth, in a written statement under oath, ad-
dressed TO the secretary of the treasury, the
character of the claims out of which he
proposes to recover or assist in recovering
moneys for The United States. The laws by
violation of which the same have been with
held, and the name of the person, firm, or
corporation having thus withheld such
moneys pefore persons furnishing them,
could be employed,
ISignedl WM. a. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
TO Hon. James ID. Blaine.
1t appears from the large mass of dOcu-
ments submitted that the collection on the
account of san borns complaints amount, in
the aggregate, to Si27,t00, Of which there was
paid to SanboTn S2l3,OUO, the balance being
paid into the treasury. The following are the
names of the parties where the amount cell
lected does not exceed S20,O00: j. II.
Gossler, sl0,3iS 81; income tax of Daniel
James, Sll,63I; income tax OF Thos.
H. Devens, Si20S; income tax of J..
Buffalo, New York and Erie railroad company,
Sl2U2; tax on dividends of H. A. Schereffelin, D,
$3.50; legacy and succession OF Martha Dsrlan,
S2293, legacy and succession; Whites bank OF
Buffalo, S226, taxes on State deposits; William
Nelson, SS507, Legacy and succession; +. Fer
stamped; Delaware and Hudson canal COM
pany, S96SS, tax on interest payments: Joel
tax; Morgan Delano, s229I, legacy and success
sion; William H. Wall, S404l, legacy and sue
ces,ion; John E Wood, sl4,688 legacy
and succession; Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern railroad, S}535, tax on
surplus profits: Benjamin D. Phillips, S24I2,
legacy and succession; John j. Phelps, Sli,-
SO legacy and succession; George W. VIII
liams 4 Co., S22i9 unpaid stamp duties; Ce-
daT Rapids and Missouri River railroad, SI3,-
800, tax on interest on bohds; chicago and
Nebraska railroad, l9,i29, tax on interest on
bonds; st. Paul and Sioux City railroad, $3.50,
tax withheld; James Armory, 1854, tax on in
terest on bonds; st. Paul and Sioux
Armory, 1854, legacy and succession; James
Hall 5000, legacy and succession; Buchanan
and Lyall, S2f49, IN Oone-taX; Delaware and
Hudson I anal Company, So 500, tax on divi-
dends, William I-S.fen, s6l93, legacy and sue
ceSSiOn; John y. Ford, S2576, incOme-tax (;
st. Paul ana Pacific railroad, S293, tax on net
earnings; Old Colony and Newport railroad,
s4O240 tax on profits; Delaware, LRckawana
and Western railroad, S96S5, tax on dividends.
seventy-five names, the above being speci-
men OF the grounds on which collect
ions were made, in smaller sums,
tax appears more frequently than
supplemental letters from the secretary of the
treasury TO the commissioner OF internal rev.
enue, notifying the latter, under date Febru-
airy l2 1879 of the additional certificates of de-
posit to the credit OF Sanborn, amounting 10
SSI,llS The principal items in these latter
accounts are: Indianapolis, Peru and Chi
cago railway. company on account of taxes due
on coupons, t6099: William skinner, income
tax, S3563; estate of Benjamin Nathan,
Sheboygan and FOD -du-Lsc railroad company,
taxes on coupons, SlljS; st, Louis, Alton and
erre Haute railroad, county tax and interest
on COupOusy VlOiN5A, IO4CuOs :" "ooaSH anu
Western railroad, tax on interest paid on
bonds, 6,S7S." In a letter, dated October p,
1872, Sanborn gives the names of about one
thousand persons indebted to the United
States for taxes unpaid upon legatees
and successions. Sanford submits an
other list, dated March l9, 1873, of over
six hundred persons doing business in
the United States, but who, 1t is
alleged, have failed to pay internal revenue
taxes. Another list gives a large number of
distilleries said to be owing taxes on the first
of July, 1873
Mr., Sauborn addressed a letter to the secre-
tary of the treasury, inclosing list of the
railroads doing business in the United States
which are indebted to the government for
taxes upon dividends and interest paid upon
bonds which they heretofore held and re-
fused to pay, and respectfully asks
that the list be added to his contract
made with the, secretary OF the treasury under
date OF August l3, 1871, and as amended OctO-
ber 3, IS72 The list contains names of almO- /
extended. John Clark's contract gives The
names of persons owing taxes which he pro-
poses 10 collect. y statement of funds collect
ed by him is given in the accompanying pa
perS, and shows that he received three thou
Sand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars
on account of the estate of James Dundas de-
ceased. statement OF the funds
SI77O from the Philadelphia passenger railroad
company; SSS5 were paid to Campbell; SSS5
paid into the treasury. Among the papers is
a letter from the secretary of the treasury,
dated January 18th, 1874, asking of Nicholas
Elbert, by decision of Assistant Secretary
Sawyer to visit Washington and bring with
him all the papers relating to the investiga-
tion being made by him in the affairs OF the
Erie Railroad.