, 1874-03-02
Half Of the Collections Go to the
Government,
Tho Other Half Divided Between tho
Conspirators.
4 Nest Of Thieves in the Treasury De-
partment.
The Whole Matter Looks Black
for "tllo Party.'


New yonT, March t.-EHorts have been mado
Mt Washington to dolay and suppross tho report
Of tho Secretary Of the Treasury on tho sanborn
contracts but tho Tribune Of this city has &C.
cured g. copy, and to-morrowwill publish flyeorsx
columns, showing tho full history Of what it calls
"tho biggest conspiracy Of tho ago." Tho ofllcial
report does not contain aomo important facts
previously IN possession Of tho Tribune md Of
DiBtrct-Attorney Tenney, Of Brooklyn, tho off,
cor who brings tue charges against sanborn,
Vanderwcrkon, and Hawloy for conspiracy. The
Tribune has compared it's facts with those Of
Tonncy and, with the.addtional testimony fur
nishod by tho report OF Richardson, it is enabled
to complete tho evidence of
THE CONSPIRACY.
This conspiracy involves George 8. Boutwell,,
". z. g. Banilold, William A. Richardson, md
Fred a. Sawyer, Of tho Treasury Department;
Gon. D, 7. Butler. John D. Sauborn, and
George Bliss, Jr., United statoa District Attor-
noy Of this District. II il shown that the whole
9chomo WAS planned years ago; TINT special
Inv was smugglcd through Congress to cover
the awindlo; and TINT, to carry it out, tho wholo
force Of Supervisors and Collectors Of Internal
Ncvonuo and tho Unitod States Courts' macllin-
ory have been used by Stubborn anl his confod-
crates.
Tho special acr was attached to tho Logsla-
two Executive. and Judicial Appropriation bill OF
May, 1879. 1t waB attached No an amendment iu
tho Seuato, being introduced by Senator Saw
yor. and hurried through the House by
Du.!or, although FarnBwor.h. Of Il
linois, denounced 1t aa corrupt
| measure contemplating great frauds Oh tho rove
nuo. It authorized the employment Of three
persons to assist tho rovenuo olloia!s In discov-
snnborn % m lain c1sr,, md no1co1m camnhcli
| were employod' but tsanoorn soon got d monopoly
OF the businoaa
r., sAsnons IA. ',''z WAS puE1rn's -: NAN. =, !.
lnsIeaa o. essn'eg , e, tno foyonuo @ oleefa TO
"'Seo'e4 '"~'" a'o' en""o1a eoon o'e"n "e'''E
Tue revenue olllcer6 70 asslHe hlm aha thls was
SnG snwFna unSF M 0reSf S s1 nI%TS r IN a biz
in the country at sanborns disposal, waH writton
by Boutwell,, and signed by him in person, but
docs not appear in tic report. Ho does not up
Contract, which cavo sanborn so per cent OF I'll
| hs collections but Acting Secretary Richardson
signed for him.
nourwEh1's SHANE. >
upon boutwell, to induce him to 4gn this letter
must hnye boon something TERRIBLE for 1t clearly
connects him with tho foul conspiracy. Not
| ouly tho rovenuo olicors but the United States
Courts woro loaned to Sanford to aid Aim in
making collections. Ho used tic revenue boohs
to discover whit taxos we're duo. liz used tho
courts to compel obgtiuato delinouauts to aottIo
IN. Tho roportcontains two lottors from Solicitor
| Dantield to District Attorney Bliss, Of Now York,
inc them to briug suit against any PERSON san-
born named as dolin1neut, aud to notify
ali Collectors not to collect tic taxun
| Of noreons named In Sauborn's con-
tracts. THUS it will DO soon that sauboYn
could inqpcct the books Of anv Assessor and
nick out tic largoet claims arainst persons or
ccorporations; nroycnt the Collector Iu that dis
tr,ct from taking tho money, oxen It tnc tax
gopevor ysr A'tsa INV one pD' offered to rs nay