New-York tribune., 1874-11-19
THE LAST OF THE JAYNE FRAUDS.

| THE LAST OF THE JAYNE FRAUDS.
| SUITS PENDING AGAINST NEw-YoRK MERCHANTS FOR
ALLEGED TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS OF THE REvE-
| NUE. LAWS.
| At the time the exposures OF the frauds Oh
the Special Treasury Agents compelled the resignation
of G. Jayne and others more nearly connected WIN
the Treasury Department and forced the abolition by
Congress of the moety system, number OF suits wero
pending against merchants in this city, These were In
nearly every instance cases In which merchants had
committed technical in invoicing their goods or
false evidence had been obtained against them by the
| corruption Of their clerks. They were cases IN winch
merchants had refused absolutely to compromise with
the nformer Jayne whose methods by threats and mis-
representations were fully exposed in TIE TRIBUNE.
though since the days OF Mr. Jaynes unrestraned
oppression of importers the laws have been greatly
modified and the outrageous system he pursued mas
been exposed the then pending suits have been con-
tnued by the United States Disrict-AtOrney George
Bliss jr with the discarded special agent as party to
them and furnishing the sole evidence against I'M
porters In almost every pending suit the evidence IS
largely manufactured by the bribery Of clerks or is PROOF
only OF technical which any and every importer
not intimately conversant with the revenue laws Is
liable at any moment to commit
CASE OF PHILIP DATER & co.
One OF the the calendar is that of Philip Daer
& Co. This was an old sugarhOuse, established over half
q century ago In July 1S their books and papers were
seized by Mr. Jayne 1t charged that the house had
defrauded the Government of about 81 in des on
voices consisted boxes entered in March, 1862 and
imported by the schooner Samos and valued at s55sO
The other invoice of about like value ana the Two
imported at times not long apart lt Is alleged IN
the complaint that one OF the members OF the rm pad
a brbe OF 500 to get these sugars passed at lower
grade than that to which they properly belonged aud
that he also paid Drlbe OF $40 70 secure d
fraudulent allowance Of 15 per cent for damages sus
tanned during the The accused member OF the
firm denies nnqualiliedly that he ever onered snon
endeavoed for long time TO prevail on the irm to pay
round sum IN & put en Io w bt out
the matter in the courts. The declaration was not
has been ready for considerable time to meet
The SUIT brought for s5Oo the total value Of the two
In which the alleged underyauaton occurred,
causing loss to the Government OF only sl''Oo'
HENRY sEGGERMANS SUIT.
case set down for trial this term Is that OF Henry
seggerman. importer at No 1l3 Pearst. The claim is
that the Government lost si,G1 in duties by underweigh-
Ing in twelve OF chceory imported by MI Seq
german in 6s and co. eleven Of them from Magdeberg
and one from Bremen which were valued In all at $4,000
i'm gold The books seized BY Mr. jayne IN 1911
and he claimed to have found vtrS ddWasing evidence
mise s0" The charge made on the afidavts of Daniel
George. who wegher at that time i: that there
fraudulent underweighlue Of these invoices Mr;
George afterward went to Louisiana, where lie held
@sde is for the total value OF invoices $4,000 although
only g. Gal in duties Is asserted 10 nave Deeh os Inc
first steps toward suit were taken three years ago anu
for Mr. Seggerman states that the Govcrnment
authorities shown disposition TO press II,
while the defendant has been determined never TO COM
promise and has been ready for trial.
CASE OF wYLIE, KNEyALs co.
In the case OF Wye, Knevas & Co.. formerly importers
at No. 81 Wast, no loss OF duty to the Government Is
claimed charge is OF differentiation on severalinvo
ces sugars amounting to nearly In value which
were entered 1863 Mr. Jayne claims to have evidence
that bribery used TO get these sugars passed a
lower standard than the correct one but II IS III
behalf of firm that Mr. Jaynes evidence Is based on
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letters which stolen from the trm ana that these
letters can be explained satisfactorily THESE sugars
were bought by the Dutch standard. which Is higher IN
Cuba than this country, and the firms agent III CuDa
AZ two or three higher than the estimate OF the
appraiser in New York afterward proved 10 De- ana IL
claimed ON the part the defense that II there was any
IL the appraisers fauit, ana that
particle of trustworthy evidence exists 70 SNOW w
that there was any bribery. In large lnVoice Oh
sugars there is always little difference IN the quality
of different boxes some going below h the r aea
mixed them together and passed them at an average
PLATT 4 BOYD CASE.
The suit against Messrs. Plat & Boyd importers Of
glass az Nos 10 and 81 Murrays was set down In the
calendar for this term, but has been put over TO the
February term the defendants are determined to
have the fullest preparation and testimony will be
taken I'm Europe. The suit is for s5O0O the aggregate
value of many invoices OF glass imported by the hrm IN
e nro has been efrauded out of large amount
OF duties through couson with Custom-house oihcers
is alleged that the dimensions OF several sheets OF
plae-gass IN each OF many invoices were incorfeosy
stated by the fraction OF inch that for instance,
AZ these measured 80 inches and q fraction they
were nvoced as measuring 30 Inches IL ls not ciaeu
that this ae ged incorrect measurement was applied 10
more than few sheets In invoice but the claim Tor
penalties Is the aggregate Of the valuations OF All OF
ihe invoices In which it is charged that the wrong
meas It's given Mr.. Jayne did some OF his
most outrageous acts his treatment OF this nrm
mart OF their books were seized In june 1873, ana i'm
me,iaely after propositions for compromise were adj
dressed TO by persons who were believed to be
i'm Mr Jaynss interest Mr. Jayne himself made threats
10 friyhen firm into settlement, and tho partners
were invited to the u 4. DstrlcAttorney's office to
make arrangements TO that end but they declined
ali propositions OF compromise aud determined to fight
IL out On the 10th of July 1873, the books letters, and
papers OF Plat & Boyd were searched with much
violence, and Mr.. Jayne insisted Oh the removal OF
books and documents not mentioned In the warrant, IN
spite OF the advice OF u g. DlstrctAtorney Bliss and
tho protest OF Patt Boyds counsel He used the most