The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-17
RUINED BY SPECULATION,
Why Assistant District Attorney HOXie,
Of Brooklyn, Resigned.
A CONFESSION OF GUILT.
Taking Money from the Governments Debtors
and Losing 1t in Wall Street.

Considerable excitement was caused IN Brooklyn
yesterday afternoon by She announcement shat As
sistant United States District Attorney George w.
Aoxie, oil that city, was a deiauter TO the govern
ment aud had resigned his ofnco on that account
the amount Of money Improperly COLLECTED and re-
tanned by Mr. Hoxe could DO asccr ned. but Il
Is believed 10 be large. Tho singular monnsr WHOM
the deiaoltcr conducted himself Of late, well as
the method which he has chosen Of making public the
dcfalcation, has excited much discussion as 10
whether he was altogether rational. .fN
Shortly before the Brooklyn evening papers wont 10
vclopc without making any explanation. On open
Ing the envelopo found 10 contain the following
letter Of resignation:-
EASTERN DlsrxIcr or Nkw YORK.
CLINTON AND MONTAGUE STREETS
A. W. TESxEY. ESQ UNITED 81 AIRS ArroaSEY. EASTERN
IKAs SIN FOR Tsas.n. which una.rs'and hereby
the Eastern District New York. have prepared
'' '' r. uo Ssiy
The publication alluded to read Us iolows:- M
BmooKLYx, y. y. Oct Is. 1879 Y
various cases penns IN the office Of the United states
have yet been settled tho
When received tho said moneys expected honestly TO
use them ~ the ~ n the rseeipss given by
nave IN AL other the office. They
Wall specua.ions which I'M cautiously lod
some these eases have rem for long time with
out action ny me- with the expectation from time
that misht \, DO enaalsd TO proceed With them
ssss a Il r. ann ~ Sa, 30 sss
that ana il so viii sosa,n 70 Thy sums nss ,e
spossiysy Deposited with me x,sn. rs.son.oe time
All snow,sdrs or blame IL ths manasr 9. the
OF them And have given 10 him full list OF the sams
tho and respective amonn,s DO NOT wish to
ssss i''' "' ' - ' anoRaE n w. h lux sna
WITH THE DISTRICT ArroRsEY.
HERALD reporter later IN the afternoon called nj
the office OF District Attorney Tenney at the United
States building, corner OF Clinton and Montague
streets Dir. Teuney cosetcd with Assistant Dis
srict Attorney Herbert Hull, Noah liubelts clerk 10
Inc Rsg,s,r.r, and two other officials. Az in.
tervicw finally accorded me reporter, and in
answer to inquiries to what he had to say on
the subject Of Mr. Hoxte's aefaloation Mr.. Tcnney
said that he was completely taken BY surprise AZ
any outsider who bud known Hox,e could possibly
be. He had had no intimation OF lhe matter unlil
ne returned 10 his Office from Now York, where
no had been trying case. rnen no found Hoxics
letter OF resgnatIon lying on his desk He sedt Tor
NJ HUI ana ! they had . up 70 that time
idea TO the amount OF money Hoxie had taken.
Tnero IL a. present, said the District Attorney, mo
way OF finding out; but the money Is IRON old judg-
nents That the governments has obtained. That Is
near as l could understand from Tho evidence st
hand He has taken the money Ia those cases In
view OF compromising Thorn with the govsrmenI In
such instances he has made record al the
TACT, and has sent no money 10 Washington.
He has consulted me about such cases, as /
gave him Instructions never 10 receive money In this
oilicc, az was not repository for iunds. All
that regularly compromised 60 through mo
the proper form, ana are entered together with
tue corrsspondcnce thereon with the Attorney
General anu the Treasury Department Last week
judgme case was settled as provdsd ny law y.
Washington through this oinoe and IN. agree OF
compromise was approved. forget The name Of the
case, but AS soon me papers back told Mr..
Hoxie " collect the amount due and settle IL Tho
amount was about $4,000. He then tod me iha. he
had collected the money, but had usca Il. He wou ID
settle II, however, he said. told him on Saturday
again 10 settle u and no sad no would.
This Is what no refers to In his letter.
Ny knowledge OF hts trunsactions In thai line
Is limited 10 TINS instance. nave idea 70 tho
amount he collected, have any idea AZ 20 the
names Of The parties from whom he received money.
He took the money from people, promising to settle
Inor case with the govern nj on receipt OF stipu-
lated amount, which, II done, would ycmovo
the Judgment standing against such persons
we're judgment debtors OF tho Ua,sed StAtes Insead
no compromised through the regular channels he
put the money IN his pocket, and tnere the matter
,le case through Inc ordinary chanae. 40 ina, no
not liable TO be hurried, ana nobody oil tho
transaction except himselL - Gffl sta
REcEiPrss 4t
'Dfd ne give receipt 10 the parties from whom ho
received money f'' ~ef.sfe tfEf
II don't know. That be ascertained only whom
the persons who are Interested shall come forward 2"
eli he mas signed The rocsIpts Tor the money as
Assistant Dist Hct Attorney will receipt old good
With Tho government as between the party who paid
itYn
.sThat is query" said Mr.. Tcnney sfor future In
vestigation fhero are, perhaps between 1900 and
1900 OLD Judgment cases on the books OF this Office,
which cases nave accumulated sncc the Organization
Of The Court lie probably read tho history many Of
them, and was familiar with tho judgment record.
HIS action was Akotnat Of trusted clerk who should
obtain number Of old debts that wcro considered
bad and who on his own responsibility should collect
some OF them without tue knowledge OF hrs pioyer
anu pocket tho money without ecordibg the IacL
There IL no way oil telling IRON the books how no
selected tncse cases tor correction"
''Did you evor know that he specuIated In Wall
streetY' 4f ~
'sNo, sir; never drcamt that he spcculated At ALL
He vas abic Intelligent industrious anu dIgept, and
everything In tho oflcc was Kept by him, except In
this particular. with remarkable regularity
'Have yoo taxen any measures looking 10 his ar
rest ~
swell, l have tcieernphsd fully on tho subject 70
tho Attorney General Ier instruction and advios In
the case and IN the viii occupy my time In
investigating It, His q terrible thing. hoxis .
bright career 10 was excellent lawyer aud prose-
curng officer. os W rs Nla' 482t
HIS xESrAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION.
Mrs Rodensbail, the laay at whose house Mr. Hoxie
boards, satd to the writer last evening that no
(Hoxc) had been boarding with thom Tor about four-
teen yesrs. He was tho only poardsr IN tho
house. As had not been ike himself, MIRA.
.,.. s1'a4o as. rhyeeks past He had mad
mana rsmco, vas with t6s 81 jig. sh c'aspns DIS
~ months and with superintendent Pt'sbary sevsS,
ne SAT- All co. and for the year previons Wnen sns
10 specsors controlled entlreiy, $0oe,o4o %.