The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-20
SEC0R R0BES0N'S PLIGHT.
THE DINING ETIDENCE or MS
JOBBERY COLLECTED.


From me CA,c1go Times.
Robesons security rests upon the CON
stan y Of number q his partners in crime
Wolfe. who tainted In the House Yesterday. H.
known to- have been acquainted with certain
Transactions which would lead to conviction
lie has broken silence. but to what extent tue
committee are reluctant to tell
Ex-Secretary wclles was summoned on satur-
day 20 tell what he knew about Mr. Robson.
He requested n few days time TO look over his
papers and memorandum and prepare himself,
which the committee were willing TO grant and
It IS confidently expected that he will give Robe
son. for whom he entertains no affection, a rak-
Ing that will result very differently from that Of
four years ago. IL will be noticed that Wolfe's
testimony upsets Cattcll's denial OF presence at
the division OF the money, aud sustains Browns
clerk whom the Ring sought to break down
four years since. To sum up. The evidence In
the possession Of the committee shows in ad-
dition to the wrong uolngs already detailed In
the Times columns, that Iiobeson became part
ner in the Joint stock company formed by John
Roach and senator Cattol to run the iron works
At Chester, Pa. aud tried to get half dozen
iton-cIad frtRates appropriated for In order That
they might have $2OOO0OO of work.
That he tried to yet fourteen others appro
printed for, there being no real occasion for any
OF the twenty. In order to create great patron
age to be cOrruptly dispensed by himself.
That an honest and full investigation, instead
Of Il whitewashing one, OF the Secor claim and
was paid three times, the last time In nat viola
ton OF express and mandatory statute that
Robson shared tho $4,000 paid Albert W. Mark
ley for speaking to him about selling arms to
France, and that both cases Will furnish good
grounds for his Impeachment.
That Rubeson received from Senator Cattels
brother, Elijah q. Cattell, eighteen lots OF real
estate in Washington for 81 each. and that Robe
son allowed him to supply. by private contract.
without competition, for considerable time.
every pound of coal and piece Of machinery for
the entire navy. as well AZ every square foot Of
canvas, stick Of timber, brick, and every kind Of
supplies from barrel Of beans TO boat
nSto y sSe Y nay yS5d1 a. wash
That ). r. Brown got a contract about the
same time TO cut 500 0OOworth OF live oak timber
around Cape Horn to Mare Island, and that this
contract was procured for him by Catte from
Hobeson rs conversation for surrcndering the
privilege of supplying the Washington navy yard
That the steamer MahouRa was sold at Robe
sons private order for $4,000. when other
parties stood ready to pay the valuation cash
price. $125,0O0.
That the boilers Of the YantIc, worth $1,000
were sold priva ely and cut up IN the yard for
That Robson gave John Roach 100000 CON
tract for now machinery on the Tennessee. after
her hull had been condemned as unseaworthy.
and when tho Job was not worth half the m oney.
That Pennock Of Philadelphia received a CON
tract for iron plate for two torpedo boats at ts4
q ton. when IL was not worth SlJ0 and thus got
an advance on market price oi $lll.O00
That master machiuistS sometime exact ices
from laOorcrs for giving them work at navy
yards
That painters often charge from two to ten
prices for painting Government vessels.
That RobesOn has employed the navy steam
ers lallapccsa and Gettysburg as pleasure Yachts
and In his private service.
That these Vessels have run up and down the
river disregarding the navigation lava making
themselves terror to SMALLER craft. their ON
GERS defyng the civil authorities when called to
account for their acts, and being sustained by
RobesOn Ia SO dong.
That ). T.. Brown. former Navy Agent az Wash
ingtOn station, was $4,000 short in his accounts
when made member OF the Boa OF Public
Works Of the District of Columbia. and WAS
sfterward allowed to settle by paying about
5000
That a certain Board " Engineers. whose
claim of se0tH1 was rejected before Robson
came into Office on the ground that they had
rendered their services to the Government
gratis. were paid hv Roheson In full.
That the dep Artment has long been In the hab~
II OF irauduently constituting the laws to
defeat their intent
That furniture has heen made In the Washing
ton Navy Yard for Robson and other dep ,rt-
ment officials, at public expense. and that their
houses have been painted IN this way.
That :. L. Brown, contractor and claim agent,
gave Harrison, chief Of the Bureau Of Con-
stTuciioh ana Rep-irs, he huusJ In which the
latter lives.