Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-06
YARYAN.
Significance Of the Discharge of Yaryan,
the Intellectual Revenue Detect.
iYe-Republicans Afraid.

o Significance Of the Discharge of Yaryan
: the Intellectual Revenue Detect.
: iTe-Republieans Afraid.
/ Official Correspondence Certifying t.
3 Yaryan's Integrity-His Hearty
Endorsement by BrIstOw-
3 Etc., Etc.
New York Herald
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The Yaryan
! affair causes commotion here, and is
undoubtedly unpleasant to the Republic
} cans. Several Republican senators have
been discussing privately the advisable.
ity of asking the President, for the sake
OF the party, to dismiss General Bab-
cock from the public employment he
holds. There is feeling that it is desi-
rable to UNLOAD" to use a phrase of
General Grants, and now comes this re-
moval of Yaryan, showing that there is
an inclination at the White House
rather to load up. 1t was said some
weeks ago that the President, In conver.
sation with q friend, had said that
during the remainder OF his term he
hoped to be allowed to please himself.
Ii he goes on an attempt will be made
by the party leaders to distinctly sepa-
rate themselves and the party from his
acts, as necessary means of self-pre-
servatioD. On Saturday morning the
White House organ contained several
charges Of corruption and malfeasance
In office against Ysryan. One was that
he had kept son of Commissioner Doug
las on the pay-rolls while that young
man was absent from duty. But it turns
out that nine days only after Mr.. Var
yam wss appoin ed he asked and OBJ.
tanned the dismissal Of young Douglas on
the grounds stated in the following let.
ter:
| "TREAsURY Dept, OFFICE INT. REV.,l
| WAsHINGTON, May %, 1875. I
"Hon. D. D. Pratt, Commissioner OF internal
| Revenue:
I" 1 have the honor to request that you
| will cancel the commission of Revenue
| Agent George L. Douglas, to take effect
on the thirty-tirst instant. The duties
| to which he is now assigned are of
character more properly belonging to
| the supervisors office, and as he has had
no experience in other branches Of the
service, he would be vslueless as reve-
nue. agent, for some time at least. Very
respectfully, h. t. YARYAN,
"Chief of Revenue Agents"
THE CORRESPONDENCE
Another charge is that Yaryan offered
for bribe to concsal the evidence Of the
wnisky frauds in st. Louis, as stated in
the testimony of Moore, published in
Saturdays Herald. The following Of
fetal correspondence shows the entire
falsity OF this charge:
"OFFICE TREASURY DEPARTMENr,)
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1876. !
"SIR-It having been represented to |
the President that J Jesse Woodward, an |
attorney In st. Louis. stated to c. s. |
Bell, lately an agent Of the postoffice de- |
partment, that during the latter pant of |
the year 1872 Mr.. Yaryan, of this bu. !
reau, and one B. P. BTasher, then rev. |
enue agent, held conference with dis.
tillers and rectifiers, in the Office of said |
Woodward, and proposed to suppress a |
certain report for twenty-five thousand |
dollars, and that subsequently another |
meeting was held, at which Braeher was
in attendance, and received ten thou
sRnd dollars for this service, L desire that |
you will issue summons for Mr.. Wood |
ward, and PROFOUND the following ques- |
tions under oath:
"Wss meeting ever held in your Of |
fee at which Mr.. Yaryan was present, |
and q proposition made to distiIlers to |
suppress report for the considefationiof |
twenty-five thousand dollars, or any |
other sum?
"Was Mr.. Yaryan ever in your office? |
and if 80, give the date.
estate whether you ever had any ac-
quafntsnce with Mr.. Taryan prior to
the year 1875?
''Have you any personal knowledge |
Of any other dishonest act committed
by Mr.. Ysryan?
"Did you ever have a conversation
with Mr.. G. s. Bell, and did you state
that Mr.. Yaryan had in your presence
made dishonest propositions to distill-
ers:
"Should the answers to these ques-
tons be Of such a nature as to implicate
Mr.. Yaryan, you will please Cross ques-
ton Mr.. Woodward in such q manner
as to draw out all the facts in relation
thereto. I have to request that you will
give this matter your immediate atten-
ton upon receipt. Respectfully,
sd. ID. PRATT Commissioner,
'FERDINAND MEYEY, Sup'r, st. Louis Mo-"
"U. 3. INT. REV. SUPERVISORS OFFICE
DIST. MISSOURI, KANSAS, ARKANSAS, NEW |
MEXICO, INDIAN TERRITORY AND TEXAS, |
ST. LOUIS, May "a, 1876. |
"Hon. D. D. Pratt, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Washington, d. c.:
"SIR-I have the honor to hand you
herewith affidavit by jesse B. Wood
ward, st. Louis, in answer to questions
contained In your favor OF eighteenth
ultimo, "a. II. H." "'G. w. B."
bIy M 70 |
these questions containing such an EN-.
phatic denial to the charges said to have
been made by Mr.. G. 8. Bell against
Mr.. II. 7. Yaryan, l did not deem it ne
cessary to cross examine him. Very re-
spectfully, FERD MEYER,
'Supervisor.'
THE AFFIDAVIT.
Jesse B. Woodward, aged thirty-four
years, attorney.at-lsw, st. Louis, Mis-
souri, having been sworn according to
law, deposes and says as follows in reply
to the questions herein embodied:
Question-Was meeting ever held
in your Office at which Mr. Yaryan was
present, and proposition made to dis.
tillers to suppress report for the c0nsid-
Grafton Of twenty-five thousand dollars,
or any other sum? Ans Wer-NO, sir;
never.
Q-WaS Mr.. Yaryan ever IN your
office? and, if so, give the date. A.-Mr
Yaryan has frequently been in my office
during the period that General Hawley
and others were in st. Louis-that il,
between the first Of May and the thir-
tieth Of June, 1876; by the word fire.
quently 1 mean two or three times.
Q.-State whether you ever had any
acquaintance with Mr.. Yaryan prior to
the year 1875. Al mad not.
Q-Have you any personal knowl-
edge - any other dishonest act COM
mftted by Mr.. Yaryan? Al have
never known Of Mr.. Yarysn's commit
ting any dishonest act; on the contrary,
my observation and experience Of Mr.. |
Yaryan resulted in the conviction that
he was very sealous and faithful off,
Ger.
Odd you ever have conversation
with Mr.. G. g. Bell, and did you state
that Mr.. Yaryan had, in your presence,
made dishonest propositions to distill-
ers. A.-Some time last fall the dis
trict attorney of Western Mississippi,
Mr.. Dedrich, employed me to recover a
debt here, and gave 70 c. 8. Bell let
ter of introduction to me, stating that {
b sll was in the postal detective service