The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-02

to T.. @. CATTELL, and to Paymaster Rus
SELL, stationed at Philnd slphia; and that
when the investigating committee sum-
moned CATTELL to bring his books, he took
alarm and falsifed the original entries, so
as to mslead the committee. Now for the
proofs:
,,"Q-Areyoua member OF the Arm OF NoBLIr, BROWN,
"Q-.Are. YOU member Of the nrm of d. q j. Non
."9-Are you member OF the Arm of NoBtIr & CO..
% You also conduct some business under your
own name OF DILL NosLir, Jr; do you not Al a..
received rom as Snyy since n s
through -FOUR varou. nrnsp AL should Judge IN the
comnlped names during that time have received from
0.-No larger amount than that1 Al think not.
HIVE you been interested Directly or indirectly,
eeessd BY Your r or yO1Tss or any Other pcsson
iiars recollection o. ever receiving ANYTHING in the
.pcD 'ey .s rs -SG h. re
myself paid commissions Cor Two contracts.
y TO whom did you nav such commissions A.
HsIIs ;sS S,S H
which fei SATISFIED he nnuenced In coming TO the city
20. Did YOU 60 70 Mr. clTTxEL, Or d,d Mr cArrrLL
NJ was il the oans he ia to
place" We '''A'' VI '''''"' "'''''' ''N
ment to divide the spoils. One procured
the contracts and the other filled them.
The bureaus at Washington obeyed CAT
TELLS orders as IL he were Secretary of
the Navy, because they knew Of his rela-
tons with robson, and believed they
were partners in all the jobs. The pay
masters at the Philadelphia yard soon dis
covered this fact, and adapted themselves
to the situation. But let NoBLIr tell his
own story:
"o-Do you know the purchasing paymsster. Mr..
RvssEtL, az tnis place. Ayes, SIR.
Al have losncd Mr. RUSSELL money occasionally
es 10, yo a4d oos s s PssS aS
1875 You loaned him the sum OF foCoP Al aid.
March 1870 pc on your
sSET ,Snt IN re Ssd IA Tass . mao % S
Their That there Is an srdsufs q ne same bo9L Under
sum q ss 90 'gassaicA q, csTTnLIS CO. dzo..
Was ACT epea 70 Prcai and loss ~ GOO 10 NJ RussT1I Il
sncS MY e s9s So e be SnS . fs
sncT 9Sweyer knew e; Get ga. !, S.s an
Turning 70 your ,edecr Al date appareatiy con
o viz n 20 aSS
Hgs sn"g ow 90 you sI ana trs On iI ans ssa
wiz nnd hat those two amounts under contingent
Sssr ersssd ThSv %srs Sp her. pSS and
account. and did not know how TO III them where
theT could he put erccrt g. dle them Oht from Msre.
They were taken from that account aud put over In
20 Those erssures were made when2 A.-Those
erssures were made when discovered The entry the
20. BR,n d,d you discover thatp AL cannot tell
YOU cannot say how iong IL has been. for rsaip 30
80 Has 1t been within this past yearp AT was
HAS not been within the last 81. esht weeks
An hds been ictihn ne lust dx o. eight ceeis II IA,
say within period OF several weeks that discovered
"o.-for what purpose did YOU happen to be looking
sad SSS here sS Ss
Su.iaess Win he MY Bsp ps .apsee SV9
H notify p S Rgsss aos ., ,h. matter
rs TO the esn &c Of TOO f nosa M
| hrssxLL that the account Was standing open"
In ordinary times this testimony would
be considered astounding. The President
| of the Corn Exchange Bank and the head
| Of four commercial firms trading under hi.
name, swears that he deliberately altered
entries which had been standing on hi:
books for more than year and half
| after they had been regularly balanced
and for a purpose. He did not seem t.
realize that he had done any wrong or vio-
lated any usage OF commercial life. A
common swindler who would make such
admissions, with the proofs standing to Is
tablish them, would be criminally pursued
wherever justice is administered honestly.
But bank President may do tn csc
things in Philadelphia, with the object OF
conceallng the corruption in which 1t
VIGOROUSLY engaged, aud yet DO held up
rs smart fellow, who only tried TO throw
dust in the eyes Of the committee by com.
hitting forgeries! For NoBLIT not only
erased the entries originally made, but ht
fabricated new entries on the books. MOI
was this his only performance, as viii bs
seen by further confessions extorted by 9
close examination, as follows:
| "Q-I notice In your books further that IN .evera
instances at least expense account charged with sew
eral items dcli, cred To Mr. RUSSELL DO you know
know OF any expense account with Mr.. RrsssII i
epsoy ~ ny" no s1ps"e @oeoni ,ST "a Of Ge az
orS As ns a,epun, i9r m,tchandse Win your yari
sdlo T." wv WV '''' ''''
These jobbers took good care TO keep IL
the good graces of the females of the OH
ciai households. They were always send
ing them valuable presents. Here are a
few instances out OF multitude:
IT, sSsfs he ts a Of e y So9s dat
presents. Have you any recollection Of that trsnsac
lion Al have a recollection OF this kind In refer
enCc to Mr.. CArTKLL; that IT, OF agreeing TO give some
thing toward making bridal present 10 Mrs RoBE
"Q.-Do you know Of any fees. comm ssons, gifts, o
rewards Of any nature DESCRIPTION being paid Dy
one dealing with the Navy Department 10 any OIL
agent, or employee thereof2 / 10 not know
| "Q.-Do you know OF any such gift, present, or re
ward being made by such PARTIES 10 a member OF IN
flnllF Of any one connected with the department
any wsyp A.-No, SIR; tnat IL, outside Of myself d
not. l gave Mrs. NAThoUGH wife Of the paynasterl
present am uniting IN value TO about tlb8 had bOugh
atet OF Jewelry for nv wife took II home, anc, un
fortunately for me, she had set About WHICH AS ne
husband. he knew nothing, OF course l had this OF
nhnd, ana the thought struck me that would IL
Mrs NAThouGH ~ a present. did not think Their
was anything wrong In IL ESPECIALLY she the pay
masters wheI II was purely present TO her Of Sc
| OF Jewery.
Try Sir. HARRIS nd you tnoto Mn, WAT
hoUGH? A.-No, ar Ineper hare met Mrs WATAoU0H
St II occurred to him to give her the OF jewery
| without ever having seen her
% Do you know Mr.. RussrLL's famiyP A.
have met hie wife.
"Q-Is Mr. RUSSELL man OF wealth? Al DO no
Know anything at all about his circumstances.
| "Q.-You say you have made some presents TO hi
CHILDREN. Dad YOU MAKE them frequentiyi A.-The
have Deen out at my house two tlmes tsy IA
perhaps, FROM Saturday until Monday. have inviie
them there"
With the example OF the President II
receiving presents and the bareface,
Venalty OF the Secretary of the NAVY