The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-16
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WASHINGTON.

" AON ENU OANe
WASHINGTON, April 15-Gen. A. Beckwith
has been assigned to duty as Chief Commits
Sary-
The funeral of Judge Atocha who died in
New Orleans, took place this morning from
the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in
this city. His remains were buried in Mount
Olive Cemetery.
| The President and party left this morning,
and will return on Wednesday.
Conley's bond has been forwarded for him
to fill up. Gov. Bard claims that the people
Of Atlanta prefer him. Both the President
and Postmaster General say that if the people
OF Atlanta prefer Bard, they can have him.
WASHINGTON, April 15.--Judge A. B.
Sloanaker appointed Auditor of the board
of the Mississippi, left for New Orleans to-
night.
j. D. McAdoo has been appointed Post
master at Jefferson, Texas.
Major A. E. Bates, recently appointed pay
master, has been ordered to duty in the De-
partment of Texas
WASHINGTON, April 15-United States Com
missioner Ingerson this afternoon delivered
his decision in the case of Van Week, charged
with completely in the mail contract frauds,
saying the testimony shows that VIM. d. Kit.
tl0 COIIupLy RNancu ultIseII Vi Iuo ScEVICcS
of Colt, and shows that Klttle was introduced
to Colt by Van Week, the defendant, and that
Van Week was present at subsequent inter-
views when money was paid By kittle to Colt,
but does not show that the money was pro-
cured to be promised, offered and given to
Colt by this defendant, Van Week.
1t is clear that the corrupt compact was en-
tered into and negotiated by the witnesses
themselves, Colt and Kittle, and if complained
against each must clearly have been held
upon the testimony Of the other. am not,
however, willing to SO exercise the Office as to
hold for the action of the Grand Jury a
party who appears to have been in no way
privy to its procurement. The parties them
selves understood each were intelligent, and
zach knew what the other wanted, as the
fruits Of their interview show.
The odium and suspicion incident to a
charge Of crime augmented by holding to q
higher tribunal. ought not from the exercise
to attach to this defendant, presumably Of
good repute heretofore. The defendant is
discharged.
The Commissioner then resumed the ex-
animation of the charges against Kinds:
the four hundred dollars from Kittle, apart
from giving him surreptiitously information,
which money he considered as q Loan.
He had never received O cent from Kinds
nor the offer of any money from him. The
next witness was Charles Rothrock, q mes
senger in the Post-Office Contract Bureau
He said while sitting at his desk several
months ago, jerome J. Kinds, whom he
knew, approached him, saying: ~ want you
to come to my house tonight" On telling
Kinds he had no money to ride in the street
cars, Kinds gave him fifty cents for that pur-
pose.
!. Reaching the house, Kinds took him mp
stairs and there told him that he wanted him
to watch the mails and bring to him certain
circulars from the Pacific coast signed by
Altman, Hartledge & Eidredge. and addressed
to the Second Postmaster General. Kinds
said to Rothrock: You have hid SO much
trouble from loss Of children and your own
bad h a!th that you can scarcely make both
lends meet; but bring the circulars to me- aud
} l will give you thirty dollars every month,
which, in addition to your salary, will net
you $1,000 year"
Witness thought Kinds said he would FRO
cure Senator Spencer's influence to have him
promoted to a better place in the department.
The witness said in response to Kinds pro-
posal: II can't do it. He then left the
house and returned home. He thought the
interview between them YVES previous to the
mail lettings.
Subsequently, Kinds came to him in the
hall of the Post Office Department and said
to him he had bid with q check on it and il
he could put the bid into the mail-lettirg he
would give him fifty dollars. The witness
also refused to do that.
On the cross-examination the witness said
he thought he had asked Kinds for little
writing to do to help him along. He was q
pretty fir penman, and could do tolerably
well at copying, if he sat down deliberately
at his desk and took palms, for disease had
made him nervous.
Kinds gave him gallon of whisky after he
had given him the fifty cents for car fare.
Witness took this whisky with cod liver oil
for his disease. He did not take the whisky
to the department, because the Postmaster
General had issued an order that liquor should
, not be drank in the department. Witness,
after his memory had been refreshed by
Hinds's counsel, thought Kinds gave him q
bottle of whisky the night he called at hi
house three years ago.
Kinds gave him bottle of whisky, but did
not give him gallon of apple brandy. as hi
promised 10 do. Witness had repeatedly
sought promotion. As to Senator Spencer
| that gentleman would merely bow to him as
he came into the post-otfice department. II.
was q very pompous kind of a man, although
he might be a very fine gentleman. The ex
lamination Was adjourned until tomorrow
afternoon.
In all these four cases against Kinds
charged with severaily attempting to corrup
Colt, Rothcock, Channel and Floyd, the two
last, like the two first mentioned, will b.
used as witnesses against Kinds.
FOKEIGN NEWS.
LONDON. April 15.-The owners of He
Majestys Opera House have epjoined MOODY
: and SanEau from uSinn tho hni ldirn