Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-30

expects to realize great fortune, and has
left the department for that purpose. His
record is clear.
Nature of the Charges against HIM.
Washington Special, Aug. 27.1
Various reasons have been assigned for
the resignation of Chief Clerk Brooks, of
the Indian bureau, but the real reason has
not transpired till now. At the time his
resignation was rendered and accepted it
was given out that Mr.. Brooks intended to
take more lucrative position in some COM
meycial business. It was thought strange
that he should retire from the bureau when
Commissioner Trowbridge was too i'll to be
at the Office and perform the arduous duties
devolving upon the head of that important
branch of the service. This probably fur
nished an occasion for saying that
NOTHING SHORT OF ACTUAL WRONG DOING
had caused Secretary Schurz to request Mr..
Brooks resignation at such time, and then
the theory was advanced that he had been
found SO deeply mixed up with Commission
or Hayt's corruption that his retirement from
his position was peremptorily demanded, to
take effect without delay. 1t is stated that
MIR. Brooks is protege of Mr.. Hayt's, and
on intimate personal relations with him.
This is no doubt true, and Mr.. Brooks may
have been very familiar with many of MIR.
Hayt's shortcomings, but the direct occasion
for his removal was bit of crookedness of
which Mr.. Brooks was found guilty imme-
diately prior to the sudden acceptance of his
resignation. In May last clerk in the land
Office, named Sibbald, was detailed to the In
dian bureau, and sent down to North Caro-
lima to adjust
CERTAIN LAND CLAIM
of the Cherokee Indians, who were many
years ago defrauded of title to their lands.
His instructions, which were confidential,
were handed to him by Chief Clerk Brooks,
who was then acting commissioner of Indian
affairs; but Brooks was careful to take
duplicate copy, which he locked up in his
desk, probably to prevent the fact from be-
coming known that such copy was in ex-
istence. On arriving in North Carolina
Sibbald found to his astonishment that the
notorious Jim Taylor, chief of the Cherokee
ring, and concerned in other crookedness,
was
IN FULL POSSESSION OF THE SECRET INsTRUC-
which had been issued to Sibbald. Taylor
supposed Sibbald was one of the ring, and
impaired information and showed him let
ters which proved the completely of Chief
Clerk Brooks with the Cherokee ring, the
purpose of which was to swindle the Chero-
KEGS. Sibbald returned to Washington in
June, and made statement of the case to
Secretary Schurz, and was confronted with
Brooks, who denied having written the let
ters in question, as well as completely with
Taylor. Sibbald was directed to- return to
North Carolina and close up his land busi-
ness and to obtain evidence to sustain his
charges against Brooks. He did so, and OBJ
tanned possession of letters which
Brooks denied having written.
The knowledge that Sibbald
had secured the letters coming to Brooks, he
at once resigned his position in the Indian
bureau, to take effect September l, and to
PREVENT s1BBALD's RETURN
with the damaging evidence before that
time, directed him to make an inspection of
Indian schools in North Carolina. Sibbald
was, therefore, by this and other means,
compelled to remain away until Brooks was
out of Office and Commissioner Marble, OF
the patent Office, had been designated to per-
form the duties Of commissioner of Indian
affairs. Mr.. Marble, on learning the circum-
stances under which Sibbald was detained,
directed by Telegraph his immediate return
to Washington, which he did the following
day, and has submitted report, embracing
the above facts, to the commissioner Of In
dian affairs. Strange to say, however, all
this time the heads of the interior depart
ment have persisted that Brooks
LEFT THE SERVICE WITHOUT STAIN.
Mr.. Bell, acting secretary of the interior,
reaffrmed Mr. Brooks innocence of any
thing crooked. The question was asked;
"What about Brooks?''
"What about him?' Mr.. Bell responded
ssThere are rumors that he went out of
Office under cloud" explained the inter-
viewer.
"There is not word of truth in that"
Mr.. Bell said. "Mr. Brooks went out with
as good record as any man in this depart
ment, and We were sorry to have him CO."
Mr.. Marble was next consulted, but re-
fused to say anything, but did not in words
corroborate what his superior said about
Brooks.
THE NOTORIOUS JIM TAYLOR,
who unwillingly gave Brooks away, among
other crooked things is charged with forging
q paper purporting to be signed by officers
of the Cherokee council, authorizing pay
ment to him out of the Cherokee fund of $S
a day for ten months alleged services. The
paper was sent to Washington for collection,
when it was discovered that the original
paper had been changed by antedating. The
paper was sent to the Cherokee chiefs, when
it was discovered that the entire paper had
been forged. This took place under the old
regime, prior to Hayt's administration, dur
ing which it appears Taylor again flourish
ed, and might have continued to flourish but
for the sudden decapitation of his Washing
ton confederat
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