, 1881-09-01
He Has Stolen Half a m,,u.
and Fled from the coun.
try.
His Family Is Left with s,o.
Allowed to It by the '''0
Statute.
lilo Was Accompanied by III, vt,
tress-Thcir indecent Sat.
llrnatfa.
The Called Bonda-How to Cat f,,,h =.
Clipped Silver OoIus, W.

Special Dtspatth 10 n. chtea7o c.t,r1.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Aug. ;l.-TL" ,,o
gato scalIdal Is daily growing worse. wv" 3;I"'
lo was released OIL $4,000 ball, l,o vef, te, tn
New York. a'Ed Inns not since l,ecn heo,d l"t ~
Efforts 'lnyo beon sisa.le 10 discover lila wha.a -"
noohts wit'snllt slieCcss, ald his bontls,na'.
becoming apprclIenstvc, have CAUSED li. NJ.
sostnt propurty to bo levied upon, Tha n's, psa'
cr1''nent had alreasly seized his ranl ano.. "us'
by which Ills boildslneM llal tboueh, ~,
They would be secured, hut thoy 1,o,l f,,ios
tu tlke Tho NECESSARY legal stcps to rive tho,.
Il ftEr cla!nl. SDntu S70,000 a.kli}onnI n,nra
l'riation of public funds by l[owgatc la,
lccn discovered within a day or two mottne
tllo total amount not fur fro,n '''N'0s
HALF 4 MILLION DutLA,.s
When tIle nilleers visited tia housa ia
make tlio lovy, they discovered that thc varv ~
cUs,ty furniture with which ho had iI,tr,l .ha
establishment ut his mistress hul hen, 70.
tnnvc1 nlli, 1t IL silieo learned, WIS soid mi
tic proceeds t!E1zun by llowsntc. In ths
p'nco of this magnificent furniture wa.
tue comparatively pn0r furniture Which hal
bccn moved from tho house In which hIs
own family 'flad resided. III scarrh.
lng tho PROMISES fur yaluapje,
lurGc nIlio,llt Of Indecent pictures ~
lluwgato md Ills 1ate mistress were fnnuJ
1t IL the opinion ut tho United States officers
tl,at 1iowgate llns tEed t., Caila.lu, and that
his mistress accompanied ilinl, lle II ht.
l'eyca to llavu
TAKEN WITH 1I1M Sea2,o00
Ill cash, whlcl, he realizcd by the sa1e Of NIL
lis avnlluhle persunul effects, alul Tic cunyrr.
si0n OF s0lne securities which t,o ha.! In
bunk. !io lis left his wife ll,tl fu,nlIy tlps,t
tntc, without anything In tic world hut tie
$500 Ut furniture aild personal PROPERTY
which Is mntl0 exempt from SEIZURE
by tho statute. Tl!e theory of tbt
uiliccrs is tint lIowgnte's p,rposc III golnp
from Detroit tn Washington was to put D
bold fuce upon the inattcr, In the expectation
tl,at lio would bH released upon low batl, VI
oil his own rccognlzancc. In view Of the inc,
that l.u llatl
4 GREAT MANY FRIENDS HERE,
and tliat he conllE then convert all of lila
property and cse.lpc. THIS failrd In nearly
utl particulars except tho ollo ot escape,
for something ,M0re tlinn St00,00o las
bseu seized by tho Government on
nccount of tho alleged elnbczzleinenta 4
lln was required to give s4l,0o0 bonls,
| as,u the bondsmen nre good for 1t, anil was
| unable to secure for himself rs stated but
the sllin Of ST., 600, !nstead Ut the something
like S.UO, ,0O0 which It was evident he u.
pccted to be ablo to raise.
| ONE OF TIE WONDERFUL THINGS
about tho exposure is that II WIS possible tol
| 1Iowgate to have appropriated such IN
amount Of money without detection But hs
managed to have special Legislation fur tha
sigIlnl seryIcc, md his accounts were not
audited In the general way. lie was iifll-
self practically auditor and d[sburstng agent,
AMI Congress WIS 50 lax with regard to the
fund that Ao accomplished Ills purpose With
out Interference.
OTHER SFsWs OF TIE DAY.
| u tho Ittsttrn Assoctatsd prttA
WASHINGTON, D. e., Aug. 3l.-paytnaster-
Geuural Georgu +. Cutter liAs been placed on
tho retired list. There ore n1n0ng tho officers
of tho nay corps eligible large number OF
| applicants for the position. No appointments
cab bo ltlutle, however, init! the President Il
able to net. II, tic interim Secretary Hunt
will discharge tho duties OF paymaster-GEl-
cral Of tho Navy.
Tha Controller of Currency today author"
ixcd tlle First National Bunk OF GTeensbuF8.
l'u., to commence business with capital u
100000. ..
Up to tho close OF business today tllere had
been received at tho Treasury Department!
$5,Uk,,7 751 Of coupon per cent hollus al!l
sloG:7O Registered @ pe, ,.' e',o ,o,tl n1I c"il,
for redemption under tho lu'! alIu lo'sn s"'.,
respectively. 1t Is ordered That persons
desir[ug to have Nnckhges restAlIl't,l mus
nsf riri Il nppIie1' wiI liz ~ eks,s aro stnte Ap
ulicstlo,, T IN Mi III cases Wiil 6e Required to By
1csuitapa!!seu M " Gst.4ci ,tt ~ ,inasmv"j
w HnthMpi ,ln ,,nt.s rs,1uulI,el durfng Au.
S,"'rt,,tl mt ytstr:
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