The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-21

knew what | was about knocked him down. He
up 20 mo ~ ra'k row n%a ,m n was
waiting tor friend but thinking lac might be delayed
walked in the direction OF the HERALD ofiicc when
] was in front OF the nERALD building sharpe came up
to mo again aud knocked him down.
'fhat was very remarkable conduct, was u notyn
iS. reporter asked What did you knock him down
''For offering to shake hands with me. OF course"
Mr.. Grace answered "If he had passed on without
speaking to me don't think would have hit him.
My trouble with sharpe had nothing TO do with tho
recent removals II came out OF icud which began
,ong ago Sharpe Saying Tor the last two
years that be had an old srndee against me and that
grudgc was one OF the causes OF my.removal"
MISS Dgxxys TRUNKS.
''But the old icud. how about that Mr. GraccY" the
.Ob. / was forgetting" Grace said; sthnt was
the affair of Miss Denny's trunks. II happened IN
1879 Miss Denny was passenger on the steamer
Botnna She friend OF Sharpe's and had as
many seven trunks filled with dutiabe goods When
the steamer arrived man named William 7. Lee
brought letter from Sharpe to tho inspectors asking
for all possible ccurtcses for Miss Dcnny.'
''Honest inspectors could not accept this letter az
.'we did not, al any rate We stopped her trunks
ana somehow the District Attorney GOT mold OF The
and would have prosecuted sharpe II the AJtor-
ney General had not intcrtcred''
lis not this dangerous charge to mako, Mr.
GrsccY' the reporter asked.
mot at all '" Grace answered. ~ have made tho
same allegation my letter to the Secretary OF tho
Treasury. and called ms attention to the fact that
records OF this OF attempted smuggling through
tho agency OF the Surveyor are on nie IN tho District
Attorneys Office.
SUSPENDED.
After this pretty story II seemed the reporters time
to talk, and he went back To the promised cxpana
ton OF Gracc's discharge from the Custom House.
''You dismissed from the public
vice under the order for the reduction
OF the forco," the reporter said. 81 understand
that; but It is alleged that your removal
was occasioncd BY charges preferred against
you by De Castro l. Bonner, The sugar importers.
heard tina. they accused you Of frequent iDoxlcation
barrels OF sugar from them; that thor charges werc
supported Theodore Havcmcyer and Elder and other
enid had mn ttlnP .to
upon them; that these charges were investigated by
Surveyor sharpe. and That your dismissal was the
..Thc hest answer 10 all this" Grace sad ais ltcter
which Mr. bonner wrote to General Arthur have
sent copy OF II TO the Secretary ofthc Treasury"
Tho letter is follows
TO rK IosonAnIr THE co..EcTon or r,Is rcmrL
Withdraw the charges made by against Inspector Grace
ing the Your obcdisnt servant J. o. BONNER
''Ths withdrawal would have satisfied any honest or
honorable man." Grace continued. after he had sup
Piled the HERALD with copy OF the letter. "but
Sharpe said II was not strong enough The truth Is
Sharpe Is tho person who wanted mo discharged,
aud he instigated the charges against me- Mr..
Bonner told SO himself, in tho pres
ence OF other persons The trouble with Dc Castro
4 Bonner was about the weighing, and they tried 10
have me ansfertsd 10 another district Sharpe prom
ised 10 do this but two or three days afterward he
wrote them long letter soliciting charges against
and saying that ne HAD something OF private nature
against mo which made II desirable that |
should DC got out OF inc service General
written n similar one to all the business men in the
district he wanted cumulative evidence 10 convict
ne Aiterward, when Mr. bonner desired to with
draw tie charges Sharpe would allow HIM 10 get
near either Mr. Henry General Arthur, and threat
cncd him with displeasurc II he took any further
Steps in The matter. Besides all this, Mr.. Donncr
never knew until after the charges had been
made y
TIE TROUBLE ABOUT THE WEIGHING.
"You spoke OF trouble about the Weighing" the
porter said "what the nature OF the difficulty
IN that rcSardy"
ali r.s This ON tho I 81 Of February was sr,l.red
to lake charge Of the Sugar District No. ID This
Brooklyn and includes the sugar reincr:cs
OF Havcmeycr * Elder aud De Castro 4 Bonner
found that tho in which tho sugar weighed
De Castro Donncrs was not only d1croli from any
method oil weighing had never seen, but was In
open violation OF the rules regulations of tho de.
partment Instead OF the scales supplied by the gov
refinery WIS used. This scale the outside Of
Tho refinery level vita the docE while the beam
insde. Tho weight was taken from II ny TWO men,
refinery nnd tho other for tho government.
The PARTIES isicc could not possibly tell whether tho
truck pacsagc wholly On the scale or not For
that the government had 10 rely solely ON tho dock
hands outside who consisted Of oi the
fncry with tie four laborcrs allowed to the wcisher
b, tho Surveyor The captains Of vessels planned
that after making ue allowance for tare their cargocs
were lar short OF what they ought 10 be. Ny position
WIS painful one ad at last demonstrated with tho
wcighcr's foreman, a person named Smith, who IL
new, he has been during the past four years, IN
charge Of the weighing at TINS sugar refinery He SIM
ply told me that he would any scales he pleased,
and aided. with IA valrar cath, that ''t was OF
my busin.ss.' reported the affair 10 Deputy Sur
subsequently, informed that no had seen tho
wciyhcr VINO had satisfied him that here
ban m In throwing aside the government scales and
substituting for tncm tho private platform scale of
Mcgsrs DE Castro bonner, taking weight for The
government
u.,w SUGAR Is WEIGHED TIE REvIXyEiEs.
!rnu YOU give any instances OF wrong either to tho
vessels from the VI this scale ?"
the reporter asked
NJ. Trace 'ook 10" oi paper OUT Vi MS pocke',
Here" ne sad 'are the cases have rcIorted to the
treasury yep r."ens lug nss, y. 'n'1o esses oa'Ia
10 me org ""'ra WITCH Nv. nv'' , ~
March. 1871, accoru'pg W NJ. o'"oc s'a'eis,' WI"
very n'su Sr"ue VI sus" III o"ss, ""isn WV
captain earr'su ny ~s,e"' ." .ssu'"' m''e a..
rare .n'n9 no". ".u ~. no
charged tne Iapta'n pay VIZ ~r's"o' ~.
return 80 'na' ue eoa'u 80" 49,, ns "s,s... ~
.uIs ""s Va ~ Is go, ~. ~" go ,,a,
turnedo-a'ior Allowing ,nc usua, a.eis NOR .nan
thryVo 'ons osN" '"' a1'u' ".,o w e"pa"a
"eciAtcu ne """ ~"u , ,,r,nu ,h' ~ IA 49,
Grace chnIges, w iounuy a'' '""' We ~ ovoA
rouoeo a"a wy @ ~ 49,. cora,,,
Hho'"or 'us'anee v'e , y, 81 "i ~. u s 80 vn'yS