New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-20

tn0 IL ,rbicb are said TO have been
,o4rotod ON the Indians IN Daho'a' lhe
80. o,,oi,st the Indian agents are OF
.l lions nature. Bishop Haven preacheu
Ney Motropolitan Church on the Chs
az n,ossocre. and declared that this country
= under- Governed. Mr.. Hewitt spoke III be
half of his Army Bill in the House. Na,W-
dov and General McCoOk opposed the bill.
A FORMIDABLE INDIAN RING.
~ AGENT VINO COJLLY SELLS HERDS OF CATTLE
AND POCKETS THE PROCEEDs-iN INSPECIoH
WHO DID NOT INsPECT-TELEGRAPH WIRES AND
MAILS TAMPERED WITH.
ley TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSEl
U,eu,xG1oN. NAV I9-The Commissioner OF III
aon Affairs thinks he has discovered formidable
Indiop Ringin Dakota. About month ago captain
Dougberty was detailed by the War Department. Ill
,omnlionce with a request from the Indian bureau
% mako an examination OF the Dakota agencies.
He has been acting under the Immediate d'ree'loh
- ccneraI ! w. Hammond, and from the reports
,rhicb both these men have forwarded to Washing
.on +bo Indian Bureau thinks IT has obtained very
oonnle,e details of the rings operations.
Tha Grst that the local officers of the Indian
D, in Dakota knew Of this investigation was
a~,nogrance of Captain DOugherty at the Crow
80 Iconcv about four weeks ago. On LIS ar
.-.oIIo ;,formed Dr. II. +. Livingston that lie was
rrctod IN take possession of the Government
nortr az that post DR.. Livingston refused TO
snrrender yhereupon DOugherty took possession
NV force Dr. Livingston had the doors OF the Gov
eminent safe locked after the agency had
been seized by the military authorities, and refused
N reveal the combination, under the plea that the
safe contained some of his private papers. After
communication with the Department at Washing
ton. Captain Dougherty informed Agent Livingston
that If the papers were indeed private, the Govern
ment had DO wish to NEEDLE with them. but that the
contents of the safe were presumably Government
property At the date of the latest reports the safe
had not been opened.
Since the seizure of the Crow Creek ana Cther
agencies by Captain DOugherty the inventory
books kept by DR.. Livingston have been
examined and compared with the actual amount of
stock on hand. The result is reported to be very
damaging to LivingstOns administration. More
than $4,000 worth of property was found
which was not accounted for on the books
1t is reported at the Indian Bureau that.
notwithstanding that the books of the agency
reported this property to have been dis
tributed it was actually in the possession Of DR..
Livingston and the suspicion was that he was in
tending TO appropriate ii to his own use 1t is as
serted that has been his practice to receive drovc
Of CATTLE make out false vouchers OF their dstrbu-
ton among the Indians, and then drive the cattle
through the country sell them and pocket the pro-
ceeds. Ia the same manner thousands of dollars
worth of merchandise is also reported to have been
Incorporated.
The details of the evidence which the Indian Bu-
reau has sustaining these accusations is for the
present withbed but il is asserted that these rreg
Mar practices have not been confined to the Crow
i'll, la-gn 4
all the Dakota Agencies. When the YanktOn
Agency was seized by the military authorities Ma
jor Clarkson, the Inspector, came to Washington,
announcing his intention of ascertaning the accusa-
tlons against him. Upon appearing at the
Department and demanding an explanation OF the
seizure of his Office and his removal, lie
was shown a certificate of inspection of large
amount of -four signed by himself. This certificate
was accompanied with proof that Major ClarksOn
had never inspected the flour, but that he had lent
his brand to the contractors, who had themselves
branded the -four barrels with the Inspectors mark,
and that Major CarksOn had then certified that the
transaction correct The officers OF the Bureau
for reasons of public policy did not show Major
Clarkson all the evidence they had against him,
nor did he desire to hear see anything further.
He quietly left Washington and returned to the
West 1t ia reported from Dakota that after his re-
turn TO the YanktOn Agency he settled up his affairs
as rapidly as possible aud then removed to Schuy
ler Nebraska, his former home.
The Indian Bureau reports that the operations Of
the ring extend even to tampering with the mail
and tapping the telegraph wires.
One Hudson trader at the Crow Creek Agency,
who has been keeping hotel and is alleged to have
been furnishing his table with supplies bought by
the Government and designed for issue to the In
dams, has been prosecuted on an accusation of
trading without license. and his property has been
cOnfscated for the benefit of the Government.
Evidence is said to have been obtained that he
a partner of DR.. Livingston in many Of the
irregular transactions in which the latter is
alleged TO have been engaged. Early during
The proceedings against HUDSON telegram
was sent from Washington to General Hammond,
giving directions in regard 10 the matter. When
the messenger boy started out TO denver bis tele-
gram he was met by HudsOn's fathCT-lu-law, who
said, g am General Hammond and took the tele-
gram, opened and read il. Another telegram sent
to Captain DOugherty directing him TO force open
the safe III DIR. LvngstOns Office II 1t was Govern
mental property, OF to retain IT i'll his own
custody if private property has not yet
reached its destination, and the Western Union
Company is unable to get any trace of what became
of it, letter was received last week from Captain
DOugherty in which he SAYS that he has reason to
believe that the ling has access to the mails and
that his own letters show signs OF having been tam
pered with.
General Hammond has been in Washington re-
Gently for the purpose of confeTriny with the officers
ofthe Department about these matters. He has since
returned to Dakota TO pursue the investigation,
and, II possible TO bring the guilty persons to JUS
tice.
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