National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-14

through the influence of his brother -in-lsw, Sc
cured place as guard at Sing Sing, but was sub
seouently discharged. since which time he had
lived on the charity Of friends. He said he had
come voluntarily to Washington, adding, " would
rather live in jail In Washington than to live in
Sing Sing" and that the statement given above
was entirely voluntary. Mr.. Jere Wilson here took
up the examination.
Mr. Jere wilson, would like to know whether
these certificates were packed in boxes or tied up
il bundles?
Mr.. Farnham-They were just tied up in bun
dle-tied up in an ordinary bundle-and thrown on
the floor. L just took my fingers and took out so
many and pulled them out for curiosity; did not
know that they were worth a cent. If there are
any more missing do not know anything about
them. Eleven thousand dollars is about the
amount took 1t seems to me that 1t was 81 600
or something like that.
Mr.. Wison-How many clerks were there be-
hind that counter, under which they were placed
Mr.. Farnham-Four, Mr.. Mills, myself, Mr. Ford,
and Mr.. Selkey.
Mr. wflson-Were there people frequently going
in and out of there behind the counter?
Mr.. Farnham-Not frequently. Only some ia.
vorite friends &c, were allowed behind the coun-
ter. There was no difficulty in carrying away a
million of them.
Mr.. Wilson-In reference to the cancellation.
Was there any difficulty in removing the csncela-
ton?
Mr.. Farnham-Not at ALL
Mr.. Wilson-What was the manner In which
these bonds or certificates had been cancelled?
Mr.. Farnham-If you had some of those date
stamps could show you. We would slip the bond
right under and stampthem that way. Sometimes
the ink would get faded and I could hardly see
that they were stamped at all.
Mr.. Wilson-Did you have any trouble in remoy-
ing the cancellation? -----.
Mr.. Farnham-Very little.
Mr.. Wilson-Do you remember what the num-
bers of the certificates were?
MI. Farmland have not the remotest idea in
the world.
Mr. wilson-An that you know about it is in ref
erence to the amount?
Mr.. Fsrnham-Yes, sir; and the persons to whom
they were passed.
Mr.. Wilson-You had no record of the numbers ?
Mr.. Panhandle sir.
Mr.. Wilson-Did you indorse your name on the
back?
Mr. Farnham-No, sir; cut off the coupons and
pasted them on the face of the bonds. The reason
why did that was that 1 had some long envel-
opes-qufte as long as you can get guess-and
cut off the coupons in order to get the bonds in
without folding them up
Mr. Wilson-That was done for the purpose of
adjusting them to the size of the envelope?
Mr.. Farnham-Yes, sir; simply for convenience.
At this point the interview closed, and Mr.. Farm
ham was returned to Police Headqua rters.
BEYOND REACH OF THE LAW.
La ter Mr.. Riddle had an interview with United
States District Attorney Corkhill in regard to the
matter, and it was found that Farnham was be-
yond the reach Of the law; that five years at least
had passed since the crime was committed, and
that the statute of limitations would be bar
against prosecution, should it be attempted While
the abstraction of the securities occurred long be-
fore the present Commissioners went into. Office,
and, consequently, they were not responsible for
It, still they have made earnest and, it proves,
successful efforts to trace the bonds and find the
guilty party who stole and then disposed of them
afterward. How the loss will be divided up is not
yet known. For all that have been redeemed, of
course the District becomes loser to that amount
while those still out and held by private parties
will prove worthless paper and dead loss