New-York tribune., 1880-06-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,u.pcED WITH STEALING STAMPS.

CHARGED WITH STEALING STAMPS.
A WARRANT IssuED FOR THE ARREST OF 6.
BOONE, Ex-DEPUrY COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL
REVENUE FOR FAILING TO RETURN $1o.oO
IN TOBACCO STAMPS.
The conduct of ex- Deputy Collector Boone, OF the
First Internal Rev District Brooklyn) in fail
ING properly to account to the Department at wash
ington for the partially. used books of tobacco
present Collector was appointed, is varl0usly Re-
parded by his friends in brooklyn. Even those VINO
most firmly convinced OF ms lnnocsnce Ponns so,
assured Tax Collector Tanner on Friday nlght tnaS
he had returned to the Department. all the stamps
stat that he still had them and would return RI,
thel oiI Monday or Tuesday. When visited py
spec Agent Hale on Monday ne Hs saIa saW SS' the %
remaining S0,45S 60, and counted tnen. hnvso tSo
he sent Mr.. Boone declared went thr09gn .di VIC
Brooklyn Post Office INQUIRIES tbing no 1s had been
sent to the Treasury Department at Washingeo1f nf
answering to the description of the package Oh
books MIR. Boone claimed to have sent ,,..o,,ro
Special Agent Hale. of the Internal Revenue
Office was nc work upon the case YESTERDAY, , UIS
said that matters Were in such shape .aS consntst,on
with United States District-Attornev Tenncy sew sew,
sral times About $3.50 p M ne wenI vent ,Ot OelUrf ot
warrant for the arrest of Mr. Boone for em9ezzl-
ing $l0OOS in revenue stamps: The warrant Was saS
placed in the hands of Deputy Marshal bggaIS itr t
superintendent Campbell and general alarm poas was
sent to all tho police precincts to arrest NT; boone
on sight Mr.. Hale and United States DistrlGt-
Attorney Tenney visited Mr.. BOOne,s house, NO
Pos Fourteeutl.st., Brooklyn, yesterday me rning,
TO see him. but he was not in, ana tney "TL.oo ~ u
some time for him, but he did not appear DC. 10 q
TRJpuNE reporter later in the day MRS. boone
stated that her husband had gone out Jnst aiCer
breakfast, and she did not know When NC ""uiu
retnrn. Mr.. Boone has five small children
The penalty prescribed by law for emDezzleuhthho th
by an officer Of the Revenue Department., inc
failure to return books to tho Department. coIng 1
under this head is IMPRISONMENT for not less tnlll
three months. nor more than ten years. with nnc !,
Amounting to the embezzlcment. MI; Doone
bondsmen are ex-Sherif Daggett and Henry NJ
Birkett, each of whom justified in $4,000: ne
course can only be had to them by the sureues OF
The late James Freeland, under whom MI. BOOZE bol
was deputy. The Government will hold rcsponslU,,e
Mr. Freeland's bondsmen, among whom are II; ~ ni.
Claflin s. " White, and LOrin Palmer ana they
are secured by Mr.. Boone1s suretes lt is re-
pOrted in Washington on trustworthy authority
that Commissioner Raum determined 10 remove
Boone on three different occasions, Dut was Pre- pt,
vented from doing so by the lnterposltion OF tlt
Deputy Collectors bondsmen and other lnIiuenilMa M
citizens of Brooklyn, who had the nos1 inpAci'
confidence in his capacity and integrity.
The opinion prevalent last nighG !naS NJ M I'
Booze had fed from the city, His house In Fourr, E
tecnth.st. was under the surveillance OF tht
police. AS TRIBUNE reporter appr0ached u at .
fate hour last night figurepresuinaDly tnat OF an
0fficer-was seen lurking in shadow near py
AIrs. Boone still said her husband was not at nome.
Sbe did not know whether he was III the city OF moi
or whether he would be at home soon.