The daily gazette., 1881-06-15
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION
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Treasury Departments 10 first rate plsc<
where fiTst-rate detective can show r
abilities there Is no longer any doubt,
The investigation which has rot aalond
time been going on there has c6ma ~
halt, because Mr.. Pitney, the custodian,
refuses 70 testify ON atbs ground that he
must shield others now or heretofore In
positions above him. This excuse opens
. wide field tor c0ijeeisrey whilelit may
do innocent pers6nn great injustice. This
petty ofiicar, II possible, should bs made
TO testify and tell the whole truth, Tbe
higher the posts heid;by these he would
shield, all the more important s7is 1t the
truth should come out, 9tA4 al
From the start this investig Atitn has
oeen unsatisfactory, becadse Of the ap-
parent disposition 10 shield some one. If
he were Brady, Dorsey or Stalwart
for hurting whoinif there might be a
special object. there are those wicked
enough TO +insinnate there " 00id be no
holding back that detsctives would be-
fore now have been % the track. Ger
tainiy there Is room for sach CONJECTURE.
Surface indications undoubtedly are pro-
missing In the Treasury mvestigation SO
far IS 1t has gone, and the reason
assigned by Pitnsy for refusing TO testify
under oath Is the most promising Of any.
This investigation rs III marked contrast
with that in the Pot OfIice Department.
aud, under the circumstances, one Il
excusable for assigning for this fact an
extraordinary reason inIother Words,
because the boot is on the other leg. III
this suggestiohdoes any one injustice, ali
the greater the reason why the whole
truth should come,0ut. Some persons
conclude that ID is lIr. Sherman the az,
Secretary, Mr.. Pltney,is trying to shield.
Others think itmay be only Mr.. Upton,
or some other s,,hOrdiaataaln any event,
the mere refusal TO testify Is good
ground of isuspicionaasS 20 the witness
himself; and when ne tiaces.s f1is refusal
on the ground that he may impiicatd su-
periors IN the department, q wide range
Of suspicion Is the, necessary ,conse-
quence. fitf. u lf,Ifsh4ttsid ut54t
Considering how successful a Mr..
James and Mr.. Mac Veagh have been
in exposing the Star frauds, people at
once inquire why II does mot Secretary
Window employ detectives to work
the lead struck i'm his department:
and considering that half a million of 1
dollars have gone somewhere, and |
that to the naked eye no inconsiderable
part has been squandefed or stolen,
the occasion is ample for a detectives |
services. But when 1t is considered |
what other and vastly greater oppor-
tunities there were for making money
by individuals in connection with the
public service in that department, the /
reasons for the rigid idyestigation ana
the employment of the best detective
talents rite, in every mans mind. Let
no guilty man go unpunished should |
be Secretary Wlndom's rule of action
He stands well before the country
Any failure now might seriously d.
tract from his public reputation.
This is the period Of Investigation.
Secretary Window should be careful
not to create suspicion by being reluc-
tant to do what is necessary to expose
fraud and punish the guilty. ,,'.'s
Furthermore, why should Mr.. Gar
field be less prompt to order q thor.
1ugh inquiry into 1.-The affairs of the
Treasury, Experimentation he was to
begin the siege of the Star conspira-
,ors9 He had been just five days in
office when he employed the best de-
,ective talent available to expose the
operations OF the Star conspiraters.
That delinqu eneies exist in the Trea-
Jury Department is as well understood
low as it was that they existed in the
Post Office when. CART ,ld set the de-
ectives at work. And why does h he
tand aloof from the Treasury Depart.
nent If not because of the fear-the
certainty, perhaps-of duplicating
ome high character, and he not d
'talwart? a5fk ,euaf