, 1881-12-18

e&plalu Tie apparent disagreement UeLwcc1l
him and Secretary KiEkwood is to the inl-
portance of these discoveries, referred to in
these dispatches some. days ago. Secretary
KIrkwood had intinlated IN ali interview
that the discoveries appeared to point to q
conspiracy In the bureau, and had said that
he had urged upon Commissioner Dudley
the vigorous prosecution Of: the matter. Lie
had refused to give any details, referring the
inquirer to Alr. Dudley, stating tEat he feared
the ends Of justice would be defeated by
premature publication Of the information IN
his possession. Dudley, when approached
on the subject made light of it. and said
+ ALL THERE WAS IN TIE CASE
was that he had arrested 4 man named Su!ll-
van for using all official envelope Of the BIZ
rcau OH noll-uiiicial business. This Sullivan,
he said, had been All unsuccessful applicant
for Il position of clerk III the. bureau, and
had III SOME manner secured possession OF
sonle of the official envelopes which lie had
used to cover correspondence soliciting busl-
ness as a claim agent, he stating in his letters
that, by virtue OF his position as a clerk in
the bureau, he could easily pass such claims.
Mr. Dudley, however, states totlay that
when Sullivan was first arrested ]le claimed
to be i'll tile possession of facts to prove 4
conspiracy to secure the passage Of fraudl-
lent claims existing among the clerks in the
bureau, but that lie dudley las since dis
covered that Sullivan had no such facts in
his possession; that he had secured a pen-
sion himself by fraudulent representations.
HIS TREASON
for not making this public before now was,
lie says, because he did not wish to tarnish
the reputation Of the men under him On the
word Of Sullivan. Lie kept the Secretary
fully Informed, however, as to tile facts. and
it was after he had put linn in possession Ut
the confession and statements lllade to him
by Sullivan that Mr.. Kirkwood lad made
the statement rs to conspiracy and about
urging Dudley to Il vigorous prosecution Of
it. With respect to Sullivan, Dudley says
lie had Il lot Of papers and a book in his Dos
session in which he represented were the
data to prove the conspiracy, but, on eSami-
nation, he had discovered there was nothing
in them. Sullivan, he says, has since then
dumped his BAIL" and is now !: fugitive
from justice. Mr.. Dudley deprecates the
publication of statements as to frauds prae-
ticed by clerks in the bureau.
lie SEEMS TO THINK
nothing Of the kind exists in the Office. but
that outside OF it there is large field for i1l-
vestigation. lie and Secretary Kirkwood
said yesterday that there was large per-
ccntage of the cases adjudicated by the bu-
reat that were fraudulent. The only remedy
they could suggest, however, was for Coli
gress to appropriate Il SUN Of money suf-
ticient to give them means to Investigate sus-
piclous cases and prosecute fraudulent ones.
Secretary kirkwood said: " 1t will not do
{. particle Of good for Congress to attempt
repeal Of the Arrearagcs Of Pensions bill, or
to begin tinkerins at it. The only thing they
can do is to appropriate money to give the
Commissioner OF Pensions large enough
force TO act Oil all the cases of claims with
out delay, and att1ie same time put the means
at his disposal to Investigate fraudulent
caSeS.n