, 1876-06-17
The Hccona1 caso h ono u apctin1 cruelty and
har,talr, and ,lcvn1n},s ,lcg:ru Of

The scconi1 ca'o y ono .f apceiel cruelty and
herd''''r, and .lcvnlorsn ,!cErcu Of
rhEMtfAL CONSPIRACY .
wonaf n h9, e ran, ss gng aa -, nostns
nants II thu Wicked scheme. Nttss Add Z. sweet,
Tho orphan daughter Of Urn, h. j. Sweet, Ia Tho
sstim, aud la'nes II. Tinker, thcn. Commissioner
81 o G,Gf ,"sI 'sn.s ' ueneral u Mnnss9ta
Mr. ntnta.u!n II. Cnmpl'cl., now Mnrsfnl uf the
Northern District Of tllnu!., appcats to have
been n,ade patty to one rort6n nj Tho ptau,
l1ut Without any eoclnalve evidence tlat Iii was
c0gnt2ant Of the character ard extent Of
Tith fhAuD fNTENnnn
q ho tcryettatctl. In tho carly part Of the yenr
1874, David BIakcly was Pension Agent nt Cht
cnEo, having aucceedctl Gen Sweet, he wn. also
tint etty. II il n esidenco tint froin iosscs m
caused by tho groat fire In thht city Ia WAS te@-
Ieretc'{ involved and IN facs prat .lcally inso1-
vent. I!o hatl procured from MF. BenIatnln II.
States Circuit Court, A Loan OF their credit hy
al tndotaemeht on hts noto for ek,UOO, dis.
counted In tho National Bank Of Ililnois IT, CHI.
caEo. This note ho was unable meet, and 1t was
tcrcst; .1lo appears TO have mado lip lis mind
to withtlraw from Chicago and seek new fields
at Ct. Paul. Tho only thing which ho appears
at that tinlo to havo held Which ho considered
M1ss Sweet then acted n the internal revenue
o1!co In Chicago, wished to obtain bis place, and
appears to havo had tho support Of many Of
tie citizens on hor own account and TINT Of
1iRR DEAD FATHER.
Gen. Sweet Ind died poor man and khe was
naturally anxious to do something for het
family. Tho difficulty appears to hava been to
create the vacancy, Is NJ. Blnkoly's time did
Mt expire tIll Aprl, 1876. shc was familiar
for hor father. II Maroh, 1s74, Diakoly proposed
TO her to croato tho vacancy by restgnfng and to
give al tie Influence l1o could muster to secure
her thc, appointment, on condition TINT she
would devote all tho earnings Of tue Office,
nbovo necessary expenses, ard
4 8MALt. BALAnr
for hor during tlle first year to tho payment Of
the one sn,ong tile other dohts, wl.tcl. hc closc
to consider dobt Of honor; Why ho should
his other creditors. This proposition, lo
bsnds this young girl to consider as
% exceeding personal favor to her,
nteraietg tiat Sic should d'y; not eommaaicats Rs
with or consult her friends on the subject. Miss
Sweet accepts tho proposition, with Its accom-
panylng obligation ot accrecy, and evidently
considered tl.ls man Dlakcly rs her bcncfactof,
agreed to pay bcnja,n!n II. Campbell within tho
year g. 100 out Of tho earnings OF the Office and
to pay The c1pcnsce Of the office, and also to
pay Blakely q, 600 for books, and furniture, pa
days Of payment arrived, slr. Campbell called at
Miss sweet'a office, after she Was appolnted, and
nscEtvHD TIE AMOUNTS
agrood to BE- pald, and lts receipts are IN cvl-
On tic 1st of octobef ISL e and NJ D. g. i, S, Gala,
bell received bis installments Of Dakclys debt
to him and Bradley according to contruct until
the 1Wh Of April, 1915, when Miss Sweet claimed
TINT her eontfaet was fulfilled, which vas at
admitted as lna1. Meanwhile another
DARKER FEATURE
IN this disrepntable transaction took place. On
the rendition Of Blakcly's ilnal accounts an Item
was dlsal1owc1 by the proper accounting officer,
and be was ordered forthwith to mako II good
by paying over the a1no.int to Miss Sweet, his
successor. Again this bnd man tries Ills powcrs
Of this young lady, who WIS still 1ndcr tito
m!stakcn conviction that she was under grcat
obligations to him. 1Io represents to her that
ho cannot raise the money at tho time, but will
him, and safely do eot aud thus by
.pRAIKRs AND rRoMlsEs
ovcrspersuadea her to give him receipt, rs 4
public officer, for motcy which lie owed tho
doycrnnent without actual receipts OF the sum
pretended to DO paid, and thus shoulders both
tho crime and consequences Of the default from
him ovorupoy her. She yielded rery unw3scly
70 his opportunities and gave him receipt for
S40,oo0, III round numbcrs, whern sho hal only
received from him S30, ,o00 In round numbers
Elated by his present SUCCESS Blakely depnrts
for Minnesota, mid thon comes the usunl sick
ening sloom OF 4 succcstu1 scountirel, shutttuR
bis cars to the pteoua appeals Of party WHOM
he has botrayed and cheated. Lutter after letter,
te1egrnm atfor telogram, Followed lin to iii
various haunts. MIss Sweet Is left nlunc to her
own counBeis tor this aAulc
opIous PLBD9k or 8uCrlnCY.
has been demanded aud giynu. 1t Il, however,
largely to her credit that no attempt was upiu
w her to conceal, by Nil urt Of bookkeeping, tho
fact, which was always apparent ou her books,