, 1879-06-11
TIIE CUsT0M-HOUsE.
!. Examination OF the Causes
~ of the Recent Fiasco.
,,.,e.{fcayteds,ess on tho Part Of
ti,e Government Counsel.
s.nnression Of Testimony which Would
''rf Have Clinohed the Fraud.

s,rnrasion Of Testimony which Would
''pf Havo clinohed the Fraud.
rs.' Washington Authorities Largely to
Diane for lho Result.
81. -
, n, gentlemen who lately served the Gov
I ot-thak "a 10 say, tho Department of
a ta'.,s. i, t, haars out officially ut WAshinrtuu
'I ~ n, conduct IT the nlleaed trial VI tho nuw
~ ;3.44,d,tstedn Cusson.House consptratoss arc
,.,.,ng IA for no small amount Of uniavoratfe
% y,rItm for the war In which they presented, or
,.lcl to present, al some may doom 1t, tile case
,a.,r,ted 10 their hands. TIN TRIBUNE has
,'.s1, commented OH the manner In which tho
"',nder,ul so-callcd documentary cv'donce In
~ taso Wab thrown at tho Jury,
..,a W. ,te dcyotcl twelve bad about as
", All tlea-wlien avake--of tho real
Nv ...a., involved as naked Hottcntot has Of the
T.lnnd in tho oriG.nns Hebrew. Whom not
.',n,lIy avako-a.ld tie slcep-iusp!rlng docu-
-.ntt, Rad IN n voice which was as the cotlcen.
,.,ed hun OF dozen rnorlnE-tnach'ncs OF
III tuo,,rcr'a aftcrhoou, excused an occasional
te,ojuntary dropp!ng-or Into tho land Of dreams
LIE ehso "ss t,a,., ,.,.a o1oos ,n5 sto..1,,,
hiae ''oaaa "1 ,not t,,. store far shc hr,',,1n,
'n''''eu 't "sa.ta,ad for anvtb,n, hnt nrnomrnt.
~ ne,e' ...asto. .rrco1 ~ frrr,s,, ~, ho.t
hs tue sm.ss,. II, la fro,,, s,s~s .,o,n. AMI
,tQaen n.' sa ,, a,,,1ro,r H. ~ t,,a
Go,s1pmsns"; that notorlousl7 such stor1a waa
nos ia.nsA - ~ ..os ltt3,,, ~ ~. nrnt.
sasss n4s ~, W ~ s,o,,c s,ro,v nam mr., mn
Eop'u ~ oI'' ,,.a,;aatnr .onr mi ,,,"t -, ~,
hsu'"u. sen s.,us,a,s ..aa ,,,,.a =. r,on,, =. ~
'so'I' ~ ,,,.,, .,,,, ,r,vo,o I,he vo-, M
sfeD t.ss. ' - tho t.,,a Moho,,v .oo.na,, .,
wtY '.'s4. ~ 49, ,h.s,. h,.os,,.. !, .n.. -,
ts'as u 1ue ua s ~ ,.'a %,aa: .s,o~;n+ ,t.t oar,
tmpe. ~ Ip ,'.s h"s" .s,,,an,sro,' s,n,.,.
~ a.on ne..ssnaa, 1o Ha.n,, - !. h,,,,'t,r,,
~e,s ao s'sa,, a"asa,si,H. a,'o on,*, ,, t,ro
noooo5 "as .ssn H. .,.' s =" ill.,. ~ ~
'hsoss "uEu @ ,,nr.,o., "@5 =,
MllJ. "efs w. psss s'o .,'' .sa..., .'.',,. ~
Aae1ess eaau' ~. H. ~ .,,o ..s..aos ".a..
1iohh " Nv y. p ~" -, :, VA. ~.
sus'efs ~ euu.e. y" sas ~ .t ~. ,.a,' us
te3e sueo"'aks' 49," ~ " A., ~ ~ =, .st uss
tao'n ..at ~ "aa w. ,u'.s.
1ost iots'e es' 'o.A" nv. ~ ~ =,
sma.te' " HNs s.a,. taas p~,,.,,... o, ns.t'
iha pa'apouA'ea 'I.'' s'0' .t', r. .'ns" ,,,.s.
iltel nou'p' yoAt ~ ~ ~. o.' .s.s ~ s"', .n.
"b1a sqaalo ~. "n'uose. , h' .,'a."" snumeo ~
No, teousn n'n "'""'a '',aao
100 'mn'.t.s ~, s.u w S'o"s.s,1ps .ss.',ts.
fesnst wv a."o Hee :"..'t'a's :'sa.tus
fipo'1y, w. s..np,o aon'' "osot sao" fs"ns
teoat II on.u 1'tet ns "ue n's:'esea -, Ine
at, tne apes,a' sou'1ses suns'1'ep a p.s s',ei , ~
,eh''oo on e'ue',es' ,'ansnE' ana tsseo, A..a
from all they easu III elos'he tno case Que "ou'd
hit
; ANN suov or vtoon
1H, s" ',ss
'@ inaeeo toaae toHaeos 'ne sivse 90 kss oae
eAlh" provided they couldn't get three or
uorr, but tho effort WAS too late nn.t too spas
uod,c, and Il accomplished nothing except
n hsin ..o,,,t !, n: tvhn1e ,,otr,,' ' The
ns'p ssaa4s u'o' "ao,s
conclusion o1 eVofY oahoso observer OF events
,EaA That tllG heart Of the Government counsel
vtsott IN the work. From what reporter
1stkrd I'm yrsterd.v in thu cotrse of tls trnve1d.
n.ssa ~ ,a', - -. .',a % M thn. .a
hataeartodncsa was real. unless Ao s1all flnd
saua way Of exoluinlug what must appear on
tts ftct to 10 suppression of evidonce OF fall
uts IN nroncr,v ma what WA ntrcai1v IN.
). ,ho p'os a.. ;,eas :. T. raao.a.sa ~ -"
~ u'c n5st p'aee, ~ 10 necessary w w oack 10
Tie ysfS beginning of thlDGs.-the origin OF tho
Inquiry Into the peculiar ways In which the ucw
{ey,ronept gnlidIntt went I'm 'ct,c 1rst thiur
,h,, o,.,.a th. ~. NJ ~, ,a,.,, c,,,...
49,. s eo,''-, ~ eo v" s''o 'eai oo,.'"
aeot oinela1 VINO uoes : Inc osoufslhe Aerc
Tor ths TREASURY Department t0 the fact tllat
matters were not strictly on the square, ,sas the
epmnin,n. hf n man ra,ncl Alexander Nac1.ic
,ionr ,n rs,,,an,, Ia7* ~. ~. h.as.,. .ass,,.J
usax ~ 'aauarS' 100 .nat ~ naons seeelYea
lA pat Tor the month Of December. 1871. ,With
mueh wrath he came around to the Cuatom-
asg9't aSs eteu psia h!fa. nis wrath VIA sons!a,
taoly Increased when the December payroll
, " showed Ia MS iass Ina lie sa%, opposite his
p@e-;tosen days at $5.7o per day, total S29:
-shat pnrpo1led to bu tue signature nt no lcss
person thab Alexander aiaekle hsmsei1. VI one
... aaag he Has posit!Ye,- 10 had never re-
HlEea his December paY,-atl tho onlF co1-
aaa'nn that could he arrived nt, whom his
sa0sl signature Wxs compared With that on the
ss5'ro,t. waa that somebody had forged hts
zane Ta % ae latter and aad pocketed TUG money.
the collector OF Customs at once hcgan to
,Sox into thu matter. Mueller had lit ills otls-
G1' ;h - elerK o. slat time Young uoWer,-son
tpd shot ,Ha nrst ta,, .Ma c..1isceS4 Ill ~,
to .sn5 ~ .ag n's. snhs shs Gq,'ee.eI ~ uh MAs
II dst In t1'c. 1S1nnn1;na tha Eniiectnr
bad csilrd Mr p,riin~,a "t,.s,ti,,' -, IN
maittr. snd. ra,nsrtia- ,Hot - haI ~ ,e+iv niv
,voK. askcn hin, ~ %an ~. st-oin,,, nGa
out. ftaatly, after several iue'rcctuul attclnptr
Ii s.ma to tS "'tn aco xoug ~ o%sr
Nib Mr, Bnfjtny ami. m.forc fnottcrs hail ;rot,,
YyY isr Hmittea VIZ acris D,,i, aa s,aI
hs M ~, ts't - tat '"nehle naana S'nMsu
~ Nv Pa!'!Ult, u1t th4t lie, or BOTTlC 0u9 under