, 1874-03-25
lilo Is CHARGED with Unnecessarily De-
tanning Books and Papers.
Conspiracy to Dcfraud Also Alleged
Against Him.
Sanborn's Deien"e Be ore tie Ways and
Means COMMITTEE.

JAYNE'5 TROUBLES.

JAYNE'5 TROUBLES.
sptciat DlsDa.eA to The Chieans TRIBUNE.
NEW YonK, March 24.-rhe first Of plentiful
crop Of promising civil and criminal quits againht
spocial Agent D. g. Jayne has been Instituted,
by aorvice OF tho complaint In the natno OF
Mcssra. p!att & lloyd, Of Nos. ~ and 81 Murray
street, for the sum Of $4,000 damages for tics"
pass, In the seizure Of their looks aud papers ot1
July 1G, 1871, OIL such frivolous pro.ensas thatt
in order to obtnin warrant,, Jayne was
compelled to nmploy au irreaponsible, person to
Bwoar to the truth Of the af1dayita. Tho solzure
VIVA nude under circumstances OF groat
VIOLENCE AND THREATS
on tho pnrt Of Jayne tint ito wonld hnvc BOOKS
not nasned In tue "arrant' II .o ho haa i1,,+t9 to
Statos.. Theso bonka and papers m maye
mover heen returned to platt l. Boyd, They
haye refused to compromise, although
Threatened by District Attorney Bliss with Ill
sro Of course no grounds but repeatedly i1'sig:ed
on going to trinl before jury. Ghis Jayne does
not intend to do under the circumstances, and
hence the delay III returning tue nooks. ~
,Oa saturday Inst. Stanley, y own, md CLARKE,
attorneys for llosrrs. platt & BJyd, and several
other merchants with
COURAGE ENOUGH TO Fight JAYNE,
movod III tho Unitca Stales Distrio: Court, be-"
fure Judge Dlatchford for tho rotutn Of tho
books aud papers Ut their fonts, and Julvo
tile right OF Bliss mud Jayne to do'an them
longer. They wcro gwen nusil to.uay to answcr
this demand, and on Monday Jayne, Bliss. and
George Priest, Jayno's confidential clerk, weto
closeicd most Of the day preparing an
answer to the motion made on Satur-
day. Tie preparation Of this at'B"or
Ina apparently gwen Ereat trouble, ~ Jayhc. gu
hts return to tic Hture!lou+o whero LIE rea1dos
when in New York, exp asset his annoyance OF
tie devilish way ili which platt j. Doyd we're be-
having. .,
Tile cnse does not progress to a settleinont az
raridly ~ IL would If l!ntt l. Duyd llal con-
| tin,,eli to retuin JaYneB lawyer. who made Aia
appearance and offered his services five nlluusea
| after their bookH were seize1 III July lust.
TWO OTHER Butts
wi be begun aganst Jayne in fow DAYS. One
will bo to recover the lufuruers nloiorY in tue
Woodruff and Robinson case, which Javno re-
coivol while in Washington. Tile rcal iuforn1crE
in tho case was nlau named Hayes, who asEiSn
cd lis claim in trust to Ills tawyoTH, Doolittlo
| Davis. aud Lyon, wno refused to coEEont to 1T
traupfor to Jayle. The sum involved in tho Eu'
! III $l2, 100. Jayne Ia also charged In this con-
| plaint with conspiracy with Hayes aud otnera t
| defraud.
| SUIT Is ALSO THREATENED
by Mossrs. lsuius Storey T. Go. aSa1,st Jayn. tt
| rccuyer the 0,0U0 winch disappeared whom til
| hrm sottled tho caso with tho lovornrnont b.
! the payment Of 800, GOO, Of which olly $50, ,o0
| WAS reported by Jayne to tho Treasury at Wasli
| ton tile Hun at Which tie compromise waB Of
| eccted. hr, Storey hns 8aEd he will Bpend an
otho, 800, QUO but what lie will have the 320.0
! OF which both he and the Government Wori
| robbed.