The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-07
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chandise, New Orleans; J. VI. G. Parker,
Postmaster, New Orleans; JAS. w. Ward,
Postmaster, Corpus Christi; Benz. Conley,
Postmaster, Atlanta, Ga, vice Gov. Bard.
The First National Bank pays ten per cent
to creditors on the 14th inst.
The only dangerous fiye-dolar notes {coun-
terfeit) are the Traders, FIRST, Tnird and
Merchants National Banks, all of Chicago,
aud exceedingly we'll done. No more notes
of these denominations will be issued to
these banks.
It has been decided that Gen Sickles re-
tainS his place on the retired list
The Court Of Claims has decided the case
of Sophia B. Moore, a minor, VS.. the United
SAFES, the treasury agen. having leased or
rented the lands and houses OF her late father,
in North Carolina as abandoned property dur
the civil war. The court says the right OF
action given by the act OF March 18th, 1868,
applies to rents collected and paid into the
public treasury, under the provision of the
act of July. 1862, by the treasury agents APP
pointed by virtue of the first section CT
the rmer act, and the claimant is, therefore,
entitled to recover for ren;s, but the right OF
action given by the act Of March II, 1865,
does not apply to the proceeds Of property.
which was captured on land by the military
and naval forces of tho United States, re-
moved into a loyal State by said forces and
l;belled in district court before the passage
of the act OF July II. 1862, aud which was sold
and the proceeds thereof paid into the public
treasury refore the passage OF the act.
Tie Supreme Court will hear the famous
Elgee cotton case this week.
House Ct al. VS.. Mullen ct al, from The
Middle District OF Alabama. Reversed ORR
eiral State W. Chiles; decided Chiles may,
under an act Of Congress, ba compelled to
u, 1hAlf ryfr
YVES made directing that his deposition DC
taken.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The full details OF
the mail route Irregularities are as follows:
The stamp used by the Post Office Depart
ment when bids for mails are opened contains
| the initials of tbs frs: and second Postmaster
General. As each bid is opened the stamp is
put opon it, to show the bid is primo .f,tcie In
possession Of the department. When the
bids are opened and thus stamped, they are
passed to clerks detailed for the purpose OF
classifying, Endorsing and making record OF
| them.
Kittle, who has large contracts for Texas,
Obtained through a clerk, named Channel.
and messenger, Rothrock, 10th employed
| in the Post Office Department., e fac si,ale OF
| the genuine stamp, and from that had a coun-
terfeit made by an eDgrayer IN this city.
Channel obtained for is services in this BUSH
ness $500, and Rothrock $50. Kittlo next
obtained through a clerk, named Colt, TO-
gether with Channel, memorandum OF the
lowest bids on number OF routes in Texas.
which were opened at the last regular meet
ing about {. month ago.
He then made up fraudulent bids at less
figure, with the impress OF the fraudulent
stamp and employed Channel to slip them
among the bona tide bids. In this way the
fraud was complete. Kittls formed II part
Inership with j. j. Hines, lately appointed
United States Marshal for Alabama, the terms
Of which were that each should pay an equal
shere of all necessary expenses OF getlIua
these bids in by corruptiug the clerks.
kittle fraudulently bid in the name oil
Patrick Laughlin, resident OF MICHIGAN,
and Hines-principally in the name OF VIM
G. Iddirgs. There have thus far been found
seven fraudulent bids in the name OF Laugh
lin, two in the name of Hines, and from
twenty five to thirty in the name of Iddings
with Hines as surety. After the above facts
had been discovered, Kittle made a full con
fession on condition he should not be prose
cuted.
1t further appears that many genuine bids
were distracted from the rooms Of the De
partment by means of false key, which Kit
tie himself procured. They were taken t.
his room from time to time by the clerk
Channel, for inspection. The frau lulent bid
of Hines and Iddings were made up on
Sunday in Illness room, and the. frauduien
stamp put upon them in the presence o
Hines, Kittle and Channel. Hines denie
. being present, but by collision with tn
clerks in the DEPARTING mt they were admitted
While the bids for Arkansas were being
. opened, Hines approached Rothrock, the
messenger, claiming he had bid on car
i, tain route in that State which he said Wa
missing, and he privately offered Ro:hrocl
fifty dollars to slip bid into those lettings II
lieu of the pretended lost one Hines, on thu
investigation, admitted in Eothrocks pres
: ence that he did ask him to slip the bid in
but denied Offering him money.
Rothrock Says that in January or February
last Hines asked him to watch the mails, a
they came into the Department, and abstrac
from them an important circular from Ger
tain parties in California, aud in considera
ton of that service off red to increase hi
monthly compensation from seventy dollar
to one hundred do.l4rs, and continue the in
crease fr9m month to month. Before TIL
Texas bids were opened, Kit,le arranged Wit
clerk named Floyd. who had charge Of tn
Texas desk, for information to commit tn
frauds aud for the services to be thus rendere
, pay him two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
one thousand of which Was afterwards re
turned
, On ascer:aining that Floyd would not hav
charge Of tho Texas bids, the departme:II
having as a precautionary N easnre temperate
changed the clerks at all the desks conneete
t with the lettings for the various States,
t clerk in the Sixth Auditors oflica, name
= Vanfeet. WAS also us5d by Kittle in reachiu
: the clerk Colt, and Was paid sundry SUMS
amounting to S1lO The clerks above allude
to were not Immediately discharged, becaus
D their discharge would have prevented tn
s obtaining of information to reach o:ht
!. parties, but they will be dismissed to-morro
: and are also subject to criminal prosecution
t S ,ch fraudulent contracts as have beel
b awarded will Of course be annulled. Thes
e were to go into effect on the first Of next Jul
and to continue four years. The main d.
9 coveres were made week since. the Pos
: master General wanted to make them publ
Q a. the time, but was dissraded from doing $
Z By Assistant Postmaster General fyner, Chic
Special Agent Woodwar and Special Agel
Petherbridge, who have since developed a
e the facts and obtained the confession Of a