The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-25

-. ...ttt = tuAtrIp ~ oT4tf OF >ecre-
tsry Robson, was able 10 make a least
$4,000 by the manipulation Of Government
funds. Thousands u dollars. the total not
being ascertainable without : much longer
investigation, were found 70 have been OBJ
tanned from the Treasury - interest on reg
l-iered bonds by forging powers OF attorney
Tor their collection, the forgen in many
cases having confederAies in the Treasury.
Besides this, Treasury employees, who had
means OF knowing 70 whom this interest was
due, had confederafes outside, who went 70
the owners and told them-the existence OF
the claim being forgotten or In some way
overlooked or unknown-thaf they knew
there WAS money due them. and could pro-
cure Il. but must have half for their ser-
Ices. George shark Jenkins Wa she man
most largely engaged In these exforri0ns.
The report shows that
THIEVES WE'RE PROTECTED AND SHIELDED
by Treasurer wymsn and other high on
cials, and that the foreign loan operations Of
the Government have been conducted By
men tJohn r. Bigelow and Charles II. CO.
nznt) who successfully did their best 10
shield confessed forger and swindler, who,
with the aid Of Treasury csnfederafes. stole
the money that belonged 10 " idows ,Iunstics,
orphans and foreigners. The forged sigma
lures were unlike the true ones. and the
forger's confederate (Interesf Teller Jonesl
.
violating thus the rules OF the office. All
these officials but one are yet In ONCE. and
one has been made financial clerk Of the
Coast survey, while Wyman and hi. bonds
men have beed freed from responsibility.
The sole punishment melted out was that 70
Supervising Special Agent Moore. the one
man who persistently tried 70 expose the
wrong. and who was reduced 70 subor-
dinate post.
By arrangement Of the Secretary or the
Treasury the small town Of
ISLAND POND, VT.
on the Grand Trunk Railway. was made :
port II entry for Canadian goods. The penal
bonds required. amounting 70 millions Of
dollars At a time, al had 10 be executed BY
two persons who were worth but = few
thousand dollars, which made the bonds
worthless, and showed that the stcppage a.
Island Pond gave no security against SNUG
Cling. The first effect Of the order was 10
enlarge the c1mpen~ alton of the Collector Of
Cus'om At Island Pond 10 $4,000 or $4,000
a year, three or four times that OF the COL
lector OF New York: but the second result
Was 20 destroy the IN frdssifn trade. 20 drive
II out Of the States back down to the ST.
Lawrence River. 10 ruin the owners Of =
hundred bonded warehouses II Portland,
20 break up the ste amship lines from that
port. and 10 inflict heavy los on the owners
81 the Grand Trunk Railway To this OUT
rsgeou- piece OF tyranny i due much Of the
bard times that have lstely prevailed in
northern New England. II l. said that this
exploit was engineered BY Judge Poland in
exchange for his support Of Secretary Bris-
tow ~ the Cincinnati nominating conyen-
tion. where Poland violated his constituents
instructions by such support. Secretary
Etmunds. however. wrote = letter 70 the
Glover Committee claiming for him<elf the
credit Of arranging the Island Pond achieve
a .mlt - - q -
he did II 10 benefit the Collector, who was in
some way related 10 him.
AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT
there was deficiency Of Ss25 90 in the Melt
er and Refner's Office In io56; . great dis
crepzncy between the Trez-urer's and Coin
er's accounts In ls66, and large losses in 1870
The report shows many errors, II not worse,
ia the New York Assay once and the Phila-
delphia Mint In the Assay once in 1853 q
least one LOT Of boxes ssid 70 contain bullion
were deposited and borrowed on and taken
away on return Of the loan without any in
specfion or lest Lindermsn employ ed more
than . score Of penons 10 visiting mints and
asssy Offices. attending annual settlements.
aud assisting him In doing -. for which he
spent in four years over 900. He paid
his son, ~ years old. and not in the public
service, <1,757 for lees than six months
service. The law dces not allow travelling
eAFrnsts " 1nt que wv w DueetDs ~ ~
Oc,- I, 1877. he received s. 3o-charged 10
.kis account
The report gives I'm detail the process BY
which Linderman Assisted In buling Bonan-
"A stock enabling the ofieers toseIi n0ugh q
realize about SIS, 10. 40, and the fall caus-
ed che buyers 10 lose about slo0. 10000,
which the irsf seller pcckefed BY Under
mans aid. Th's spread misfortune and dis
tress throughout the Pacific coast Linder-
man also helped the Nevada Bank Of San
Francisco, letting IL know Of the stoppAzs
OF the coinage Of trade dollars in time 10
mske . handsome profit.
Ia 1862 Cor gress provided for Treasury
Special Agents collecting
CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY Al
THE SOUTH,
and for turning into the Treasury the pro-
ceeds OF such property, 20 be returned %
the oWners on proof before the Court Of
Claims Of ownership and freedom from CON-
plicity with the rebellion. Under this sc1
1900 bales Of cotton we're collected and
sold. the proceeds being. a. nearly - could
be ascerfzined, S355Oy,N)0. OF this $780,
~ were eaten up In 'expenses,r leaving
over 81. 10000. OF this =. IS 900 have been
returned 20 owners under the judgment Of
the Court OF Claims. 81 .ea3 90 BY the Secre-
fsry al the Treasury. SO. lO0 under special
acts Of Congress and ~lSs.oOv under the act
OF May Is. Is-2-in all Sil ,s4s.oc0- This
should leave on hand over $1,000. 90, but
the report of the Secretary OF the Treasury
shows but about <9.UO0,00 on hand What
has become Of the other SIX and half mill
Iions the committee could not learn
Prom Aug. -, lsts5. 70 May 5, Iss3, the
Treasury paid % attorneys, agents and In
formers more than 81 100000 from the money
which belonged 10 owners OF cotton The
report parriculArizes many fraudulent cot
ton transactions. and says: The supreme
tsIred cotton are trust fund IN the hands
OF the Treasury for the bens nit Of the own
ere: bur this trust IL shxmefuly abused.
Millions Of this trust fund were deposited
Nv Secretary Mccullough in jay Cookies
First National Bank OF Washington, which
enjoyed The use snd profit thereof, while the
Assistant Secretary % the Treasury, caused
= full list Of the valid cotton claims 70 be
made out and furnished TO him, and soon