New-York tribune., 1878-12-30
pEDRIcK rNDER ARGESr rex FoEGEET
HE suRErNpTRs HIMSELF To TIE ~HEHfF- MUE
GETTING BoND>UEN.
Rnbcrt \. Pcdrck formerly clerk for Ben

Eard & Hutton Who charged Win d"iru9ns the Coy
crnmcrt OF SlO-.UOO by forging certificates Of
entry, surrendered himself 10 special Treasury Agent
N"yiu AT the Custom House ON saturday. lie
waived examination ana va, admitted - bail
I'm $1,000 The bondsn.cu Thomas Forrn. George
". Robertson aud George b. ndiofI. rcdick -ad to
A,sletaut Di.rctAttO.Lc Les II,rO mat he would have
surrendered himself tTO wcch. aEOE he could have
procured sureti"s.
Bi..lict-A Attorney Woodford asked saturday in
regard to IT.. irut Of tie puhsuod statement that re
had given 20 roduck a paper signed bv himself puar,n-
tcciug 20 him wmIaity from prosecution by the COY
eminent The D-uict-AttoIury answered thW III
accordance vth h.s custom he must hri"Xci,rd from
irving hi, asy cas,- III the ucTzpapcr- lie thought.
however that The arrcs Of Pcdricl spoke for Itself
The rcporI appears to have grown out Of what
different action taken by NJ Woodcrd. the particulars
of which are given on the best authority. He DID no
wish to take any action against Pcdrck it j. under
Stood uu T. wa. learned whether any "l tl. clerk, or
ofher Officials OF the House had been acting in
collision with Pcorcl. when, Therefore, one Of the
Treasury Agents informed The b'sir' N,"ic{ iht re
could pat bin ~ communication Wlin IrGick II me
latter was tho time protected flun arr' he con
tr sent tic Treasury kern: = .ctlrr for rcd
Iick which II Wa tlH!Ihjrrd thai nc
\, Md not lee arrested durn2 crttln -pccinod ioIty
ci%t hours "a "h'h me IH.', VIZ ""7 o., W. Nv, nv ~,
Pcdrick accepted as - Wltnr-7 against Bernhard
lp,nun ~ iom aII, Il, otherwise not. fcdrcN accept
lug thcsc terms went to the BROOKLYN lcsdncc Of Dis
a
evening and frankly told hIn the methods
which he had used IN getting goods on which
the duties had not yct been paid from Ia"
bonded warehouses. II j, understood that n" D =
trrt Attorney bcca vel satisfied that the fiauo,
lrd been COMMITTED by P,drIrE alone mt D." sad 10
hm "Ouu case against Bernhard Hutton b" 80
good that We shall NOT need YOU 81. "lin'-1 hrHr-t
them You have fOrtv-righ hours g. pare. but ~
vii bee usolc- ton !Ou 20 run aNhS. snail have N"H
ares ed no Ipati,r whore Nuu 70" On ~" t"'"Vng
Monday IN" warrant for P"drck- arrest WAS ~alcd aud
The ncpuiy NaT.uIl- began tHclr search for hluh lie
surrcnd.Icd hIin."I hpwcN or, fore ~ found INN
pcrck s'tc. mat H. FIRST Oigct, o 20" Invoices ~
IIrrkird f. Hutton Iuy - l~i dud Nat he kept
| AZ up uu,Il the examination Ot th' warehouse bona
forced hig lght. During the HiLc years lnat Il" was
with BCukaId a Hutton, be admits mat lr iiHIiOprS
! used S25uOOO gwen hiu to pay duirr. WGon hI.
Wa!lst. AUccuiiiuns tOOR favorable iura. hc would
uake inyUICc for the goods iECtcd - the
him months before raised invoices. J'd PAYNE
| the dudes on them, he had thus lad Tack
10 the firm SI3O,OOO Of this 42JOOOp.
no admits writing a." statement pui.a"d several
lie IN constant COiGInuui"i.. - wth hl-
uncle. the John Atkinson, aud vi, tint members uI
his family He dd not Visit bis wife aIttT D., CRIME,
were discovered until December 81 thUu"f h4 hidlnI
| place was within - short distance Of EIs no ne.