Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-27
Exp,ssasa IN sss Casssa ;sasass.
D8xAuIf n T11 AcoounTo or COLLECTOR
N0InN or ADoUT 06000.

4 D81AuLf n 1Hn AcoouH1s or cofxxcTon
NoLxN OF ABOUT oe000.
II became known. On Tuesday Last, that
. dsAcisocy has bssn discovered In the ~
eoants Of d.. Nolsn, Oollsetes Of ousbons
for this District The facts arc not In
shsps to b. fully stated, - the special
Agent Of The Treasury, Major Morris, who
hes been investigating the matter, declines,
Of course, to give them 70 the public, until
hs has made bis report to the Department,
Or until they MAY BE- otherwise dieclossd.
Tho state OF the case. however, may b
presented thus: In 1879, the ship John
SidNey. and the barque Nedsoay we're
wreosed ~ the BreAkwater. A large part
Of the cargo vas brandy, which was partly
saved by wreckers and partly drifted ashore.
II wAs sold at suction, and the duties 90 II,
amounting to about %. 600 In currency, went
Into Collector Nolen's hands to be paid over
70 the Government. 1t In now said that II
was never accounted for. Recently. On sttor-
ney In Washington, representing the
wreokers who saved tho liquor, called the
attention OF the Treasury Department to
the matter, and Major Morris has been in
vestigating It. with the result already stat
cd.
Already, other gentlemen arc being
named for the succession to DR.. Nolen, the
imprs' sion being that such situation Of
anatrs exlAts, 10 will be sure to produce Q
vacancy. Lewis Thompson 10 urged for the
place by many business men, and Henry II.
Pickels, it is stated, IL also candidate.
There 10 great regret expressed that DR..
Noien should be NO apparently involved.
II II said that both his subordinate in the
ONCE Will probably appear to have received
portion OF the funds retained by the Col
leotor.
srATsn1NTs ON BEHALT OF Dr. NoLKN-rHR
1b,OOO. AMPLY NOT PAID ovRa THE
| ooLLEoroR's suE1rIKs.
The announcement made In Tuesdays
COMMERCIAL concerning the Custom House
default naturally caused much comment In
all circleA Mr.. IsaAc J. Jenkins denied
that any OF the money had been paid him,
and d. Nolen published, Wednesday, the
following card:
ColIxoroA's OFFICE. April 25, 1875.
KDiToR HxaALD.
| Lsar SIR "A charge ~ made by implica-
ton against my subord,natss in Office. In Il,
article OF the fourth edition of the CoMMxa-
crAL Of to day. I will state that all the
money III the Ease Was collected by me In
person, and that neither Of them had any.
thing Whatever to do In the case, or ever
bad any OF tho funds In their hands, and
neither OF them are 1t all responsible for
the delay IN paying 1t over TO the govern
msnt. WM. D. NoLEN,
Collector.
ln an interview by . representative Of
the COMMERCIAL with Dr. Nolen, aud his
subordinstes, Yesterday, Frank Nolen
stated that he wAs preparing series Of ex-
Lscts from correspondence which took
place between the office here aud the Treas
ury Department, At the time the vessels
were wrecked and the brandy seized, and
thereafter, the design being TO show that
the Department knew Of the transaction.
and ought not to have been ignorant that
tho money was due to the Government. He
said there had not been any conoealment
Of the fact that this sum was in arrears,
aud that the fault was simply failure to
pay 1t. He also expressed the opinion that
the complaint against the Collector was al
together political move, and that except
for opposition Of that sort there would have
been no fuss about (which We UNDER
stand to mean that II the Collector should
dssire to borrow 5000 from the Gov.
srnment funds which may be in lis hands.
it Ia . piece Of political mslienity Ia
any one to interfere with his permanent 70.
tention OF the smount. Nolen tFrank) slro
SAID that the money was now being raised
aud would be paid over. He purposes to
give ms abstract OF correspondence to the
newspapers, probably to-day.
As this transaction originated In the Fall
OF 1872, but was not closed up for some
time, 1t may become All interesting ques
ton which Of the sursties Of Collector No
lon will be held responsible. IL he does not
himself pay over the money. He was re.
appointed in tue Spring Of 1873, aud new
bond prepared. On both the old and the
now one DR.. Isaac Jump, Of Dover,is sur
ETY., but the other b0ndsmen are not the
same. The question may be at what exact
time the money became due and payable "a
the Government-whethe before or after
the execution Of the new bond
Mr.. II. +. Pickles, who was named in yes.
terday's COMMERCIAL ~ acAldidate for the
prospective vacancy. decided not to make
application for tho place, and withdrew lii
petition from circulation, 1t is quite certain
that LOWS Thompson will be promptly ap
pointed Collector Nolen's successor.