National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-03-30
THE N. Y. SUN ANSWERED.
AGAINST PROMINENT OPRTCJhBs IN
THE TREASURY DEPARTM ENT.

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Sy,rdno I,,s,os, 70 Tho I.@aICis,man,s.
The New YORK S,,, of Yesterday m ,de the
following grave charge affecting the honor
and integrity of an ofIlciaI occupyIor a posi-
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Department'
on November 2 isTe Harry NJ. Williams OF
ssss,ant Iorqed por or Of attorney arom MSrths
| A. wallace dated October rs. isIe which author.
iled him in general terms to act as her attorney
n collecting moneys due her from the United
1nos anu nro ,,p,, ,ot wv W .ns
loan of consols Of ISL from, July i, ISL To Jsnu.
airy 1, 1879, inclusive, being ten miscellaneous OF
kSo each, making 5000 gold, was paid 70 williams.
Th,s pnr,rs .s s,sssa I'm En1 a Mo
D. ISM Tbc number Of the toreed novcs az ~.
tofney on which the payment was made viii DO
found on abstract in hlos as No 81, but tho power
81 s,tSiney hseli VIII NOT oe iouhd among the
an ion"a,v on isy1 ~ tho Assis,sns Trs,aprsp
A represepta alive of TuE REpusttcAs visit
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ana eaiIeu ms ATTENTION 10 'ne article IN ques-
ton. He stated that be had not seen 1t be-
fore. He peruscd II carefully and then the
question was asked II he had any answer that
ha sos,..,, ~ n.Lo II. has,,.,oJ s.s o,..
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momen's anu tnen ssiu tnae nc uiu not KNOW
whether he should make q statement or not
the Department, The seriousness of the &C.
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pfee,eo WIN tne importance oi reiu"hs tne
slanjer ere II was spread broadcast. He
thereupon sat down and wrote the following
statement oil the circumstances connected
with the transaction
In the first place these disclosures cmanate
from an clerk named Douglass, who form.
crly worked on the books from which the
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posted on the entries. Douglass Is the same
Individual who was arrested month ago for
furnishing the names oil government creditors
entitled TO receive unpaid interest to claim
scents, and accepting brides from them.
The true facts Of the case arc briefly the
following
On the 9th OF January last the Solicitor of
the treasury notihed the Treasurer's otfice
tha Information had been received from Now
York that payment OF two items OF unclaimed
interest had been made upon TWO powers OF
attorney which were said to be irregular, II
not fraudulent. Inc powers In question had
been sent to the First Auditors Onice with
, the !ressurer's quarterly account. they
to,,s Office beforc anv act,n, vas tskcn On
J them there for the purpose of verifying the
signatures by comparison with the genuine
signatures on file In tho Department.
: found that the signatures were not genuine,
measures were Immediately instituted to re-.
cover the moIey maid ont. The marty to whom
the money had been dis6ursed BY coin check
r on the Assistant Treasurer at New York, hap
pcned to be s,ill In the building. He was no.
tilted Of the irregulsrty, aud within two hours
from the time the money was paid out II was
refunded In coin, and the full amou ut obi aimed
upon the fraudulent powers was again in the
: Treasury.
The money being nail back. the two items
Of course were erased from the account on
|, file In the Auditors Office, (wbere the dishon-
!, eat Douglass had access, ! and the two powers
Of al torney have since remained in the posses.
sion Of the Treasurer, subject to the action OF
Solicitor and the kttorncy General.
In addition to tho recent riyen nv the
, party. rbieh uas erased fyop, de account in
the Auditors Office. tho Treasurer still has
= the recent upon tho coin check for tho full
: amount Maid on the fraudulent mowers of at
torney. while THE coin returned has been dc.
positeJ with the cash in the Treasury. subject
n 10 PAYMENT TO the proper parties upon their
anp,icaiion in person or bv attornev' Such
| is the inyariable practice whenever money Il
refunded for spy reason on MOWERS Of at.
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THE caAh"ks AGAINST Thh SOLICITOR.
In the same article OF the New York Sun
several severe structures are made on the SO
n licitor's report, which is therein characterized
q whitewashipg concern. At brief interview
n with Solicitor Talbot last evening that gentle
!. man made the following explanatory state
. ment:
l. In the nrst place, not more than one third
q ofthe report has ever been published, and the
a greatest part Of what has appeared In the
q newspapers consists OF garbled paragraphs
" 1t opens with statement of the manner IL
: which unclaimed interest that has never beer
n called for remains In the vaults of thu
,r Treasury. Efforts have been made BY
2. officials from time to time to give notice Il
nf creditors, so that these sums might be OBJ
n. tanned by the proper persons entitled to re
ceiye them. But advantages were taken o
this publicity by interruptions parties TO per
peirate fraud, and the process had to be dis
continued. Clerks obtained these lists frou
time to time and disposed OF them on the out
IL eide. All the facts that the Sun pretends I,
e, give are detailed In full In the report.
IL The Williams and Jenkins cases, the sellinI
Of list OF claims to claim agents by forme
nc clerk In the Office, the transactions OF Doug
lats OF late day with Jenkins. OF New York
at are fully described; aud the carclessness o
the clerk in the Treasures Office, his nam
he given and the violations of the rules Of tn
office by him.
he Mr.. Harry NJ. Williams acts are not OK
tenuated or apologized for, but he is fairly LEI
at under the imputation OF criminal knowledge
though be may be ably to justify his action