, 1876-02-23
A MORAL REFORMER.
History Of Holbrook, Clerk Of the
HouAe post.0flco Committee.
What lie Personally Knoms About Fraud
In tho Department,
Hia Embezslomenta While in the Chicago
0dlco.

Hia Embezslementa While in the Chicago
0m,,
oA.set
nn,tno tt,a vacant invs,,,o,t,,,. or r,o,nr,,s
into t,,o sfr.t.. ~ ,ho Postal no,,r,,,ort .roa,
dora l., uolbrook otark In lin Gionsa Co,n,o;,too
nm post. Cfr,cns. Ina f1ourod ,,r,o,r IL h,s
c1n,mo0 10 In .bIo Ia t.at;fv en = ,,ova NJ,
ordinary amount OF skui1duocaIy and b,a man.
suument on TIM mart NJ post.Oftco of11c,o,s ana
han immo,tallzed l,,mso1f bv np.o,tinr In cod
show up a foAr,ul a,nount NJ bad ,york IN mn ~
thn moat trn,r,ant w.. M, 40 ~ H.. n.-,-.,,a,.
U,g Testimony boforo t1,o Comm;,foo .n.eon;, r.,
ox.uIntng poatal afrafra haa att,.cta. attontson
and has excited eomo onrlositv =. to Ito own
antccedouta, II all that IA aat1 abon. him In
true, l,o NAV vel, bo oxcusol for honcatlv l,c,
licyiuc that there has boon moro or lass stealing
In the postO Office and IL, hranchc,
uo1brook vas avorn into t,,o sorv,cn I, rh,c,.
20 On the 2stb OF Apri]. fso1. and for .o,oc Tina
held tho position Of clork Of Tho Eas.crn diatr,-
butlou. In 1902 he yas amounted snnerfntend.
.. ssu u,s n,s..,t''., "A' npp'lnsou oupssiu'eoa'
ent OF sno Dls.onusion and shortly Afterwards
waa promoted to tho chinf olorkship Of the
Office and also mudo Superintendent of the
htonos.Ordor Dena1tn,ent. 1Io held thosa mn
49, IAN -. ~ a.. =. r., soar "'' o-
ecu unhA aooat sho lst OF OCTOBER 1901
IT ia CHANGED AoA1Nsr 11r,t
that, about October, 1906, year before Iie re-
u,oya]. In fell into Ind bahla ia had cn,tr.ct.
od tho acouu,ntanoa and friondat,n NJ. NJ on,nb1ors
,s 49," up w. e"nA'''Aa'
"not hho".t'e n's !ae'i'IloB iof EestAng monn4s
encouraged lin In tho faith that tire AGO muat
win twice In two doals and that a man OF per.
coptton ami oxperlcnce could tv,co mt n : f,vc
liz, 4, Iii ~ I.aA - ~ =
s!usa oal .no t's' suin' ~ 10 sa'u 1nas u
Abont that ttne ilo drank heavily, and that when
under tho influence OF liquor he hsd no control
over himsolf. When In m Inof,rfatad oondition.
In ro,,I5 ,;at ovor,l,,,nr ~, 49, vii - ~
~ '' ''s w o"' pA" ~ WIZ
Gurus.
unt ono thing ts clannou III hss favor, aud that
is, that l,o noves would gamble unless ho was
uulor tho influence OF iiouor. When to yas
oes' s.,.,,. "n "Ha ~, ea'v' uosu'n6
coulo lnduco himto enter gambllng-houBe but,
when be got on ono Of his periodical Bprocs, he
eteerol Btraight for tie tlav-out" and bot 40
v;,d,v t,,as In aoon attrscto1 otont,or ,,d -
a ~ ta s.. s",'.,s ,..sss @ssoAso., u,,," ~" ~
wao nos g1cAs WING uoiofo every gambler IN
Chleago Knew him. aud no waa oonsiderod among
tic fTatornity Al ptgoon who Ought to noult ut
nqt'ng tao year botwoon October, 1896, and
october, lHG7, tue Fapacty Tor liquor knew no
bounds, aud whoneyer Lo was overcome, lo
wo11sd atoer Htraight for gambling house.. OF
courac l'is Ha'ary couldn't stand that sort Of
thihg, and 1t wss Rbont that time that Col. Gil
moro, then tho Postmaster, found out that uol-
olook
HAD BEEN EalnEzzLIfa ThoH TIE roRT-oFf1cE.
Gilmore was at first loath to believe It, and
!no maItof ran On sos somo tlmo longer. Aol-
urook w. "a, ono oi tho most no popn,ar men IN tho
% plnco, an anu no possosaeo that iaeMaoio ena,m of
6n, 6n9,lls LUG pess OF company. sFosl Woeh drunk.
ilefo arc aomo men WhoAo .u,lsagfeeablo qln-
ies arc never manIeSt uhtlt drawn OUT by
~ nMauoI. pus Holoro9k was or anotnot nooia.
Tue moro no asank , ne m moro s1 eompasionaolo he
oecanAg; ana wa1n H. nas ioiaw Glefas tnea 10
aIeuo nun u1s " w @ on1 oaotss no Nousu tnIh III
tuelI uees euotsh W WIN laugh aoa Win t9o
loIeklos, eooa. easy WY inas " 'nnelent n
noMo Aupit' auu wutSA 10 uoselupcu NY tAa aiooHss
no "1u,a tscsus'lY conVlnce thom tuas ne waa
au fseat aua ~ 1hsy won!a st1lvo 10 lido hls
't1t',1s asom aa tno sI powo,s sHe ~ Wose' s.
~ "ns nso's,a nnfss 1Ionoa =. snss e o., tnas ae
Waa aolantor; ~ "aH SUPPOSED thas his worst
iaut vas oE1nAinS, ana n9 one suspected thas
sno nech \. u gnole s 1a r. saeAs Meso aiso cai.ea
up5n es. " cun.tnu'o ~ tmo sen.,snans ploaeu.aS
no.ed nu S3e'ss1y a ~ nma Mas honn 70 20 % "o co
uoe.eu' ann Tn1 supp.seu , ~ oo uonest; -
was senotniS % ,ra tn' , n s1Sascos aaus
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