New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-02
EVANS AND CRUMBAUGH.
THE COMMISSIONER THREATENED.
HE RECOMMENDS THE SUSPENSION OF THE COL
LECToR-THE CASE STATED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNE.]

tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-COmmissioner Evans
has urgently recommended the suspension from Office Of
Major g. r. Crumbaugh, the Kentucky collector Of Inter
nal Revenue who asps Secretary of the Navy and
who according TO official report submitted to Secretary
Foger by Commissioner Evans fortnight ago. by the
ofoicia penalty envelopes evaded the payment OF post
certain personal and confidential letters written 20
gentlemen begging them to assist him In his ambition.
The official report Of Controller Evans concludes fol-
lows: with this statement Of facts, Mr. Secretary It is
submitted whether the plea of the collector that the
OF the official envelopes In transmitting his private letters
accidental in many instances, Is sustained
There arc rumors that the collector has used such
envelopes In his correspondence with other persons but
there Is much trouble in obtaining any definite infOrma
ton upon the subject. not that IL Ia appr0prl
for to express opinion upon the evidence nOrto
mako any other suggestions upon It. Because Of that
doubt abstain from doing So"
THE COLLECTOR CoMBATIvE.
Collector Crumbaugh Ia the TO yield without
70 his Influence Commissioner Evans attributes
paragraph published I'm The OOurerJournni Of yester
day. This paragraph which Mr.. Evans declares to be
Infamous outrage and alsehood" sets forth that he
obtained the appointment Of his f,thern-aw Mr. Gowen
as postmaster at HOpknsvile, KY; that Gowen's son.
wild youth, was made assistant postmas-
ter; that sometime afterward valuable reg
isiered package disappeared; that post office
Inspector investigated tho matter and became convinced
that yonng Gowen the guilty person. that the In
spcctOr induced by approximations respecting the
relationship OF Gowen Commissioner Evans hush the
up upon the return OF the money; that Revenue
Agent Clark Informed Commissioner Evans Of all
the circumstances; that Collector Cnmbaugh.
who had become comizant OF tho transactions
did the same in letter TO the Commissioner,
in which he said that, sworn officer OF the Govern
mcnt, be felt 10 be his duty 10 communicate 10 tho
proper officials the facts in regard 10 the suppressed rob
berry that he failed 10 do and It worried him great
Il and ten the whole story The proper authorities"
o"r Srnmh3neh 3pp"ars waited until aiIel ms
ycopcs for Bis private correspondence before making
" "a rleln breast of IT,"
THRrATENISG LETTER.
In the meantime, howe. ~ he wrote to Internal Rev
onue Agent Clark, who ia intimate friend OF Commis
sloncr Evans the following dated september 26:
"Ths letter will bo plain I have just been
Informed that j. 2. Moore Of this city, ts In
Washington trying to he Collector OF this District.
You had inst wen let Evans know that II lie puts me
hrmati0n December dead certainty can do
H. aud will do IT, won't be- trncd with In This mati"r
nothing about the IL" matter, viii be- enough to de
feat his continuation. am disposed to let bygones
he by Cones Eyaus wants Il that way but have no fay
or him. don't really believe Moore Is IN W
and don't think Evans would let him, above all other men
In Kentucky. he appointed.
think ne Evans haz moro sense allow Moore
10 De- appointed having been HIS attorney, and knowing
the inside Of all his transactions whr ne was registrar
Iind ont II whether he l. In or ha- been IN W
Dil anything while M 10 snow tlltt ~ tS III
tsudr ont or that he wanted 10 get me
uul knOw he would Ike "a ht me hard hut think be
has got much Try It, II he waits t ancr ne
Is confirmed be h ky tO do before doing anything,
thcn viii biug up enough % have bis rcndtion called
for Tho bcst thing hc can 10 IA " let me alone
A. ArrEMTT 70 INuMInArR-
This letter fell hands of Commissioner Evans,
who says that he regarded plain attempt 10 intm'
date hin IN the performance ot hs official duty respecting
the Crnmbaach Investigation. Ie Informed SECRETARY
T0ger ~ the letter and recommended that Collector
Crumhaugh suspended Respecting the charges against
him la Tie COHr srJrUdi Commissioner Evans tonight
said:
I dId hear that Postmaster Gowen's son had been
sispc, something wrong, growing out OF his intcn
u-rs habits. and az wrote hl- rather. advising
him Ia d-catgc us frun the Ocr. lie did So u was
only after this that heard that post Ohco Inspector
md iuVc4tis gated the and that the matter
had been satisfactorily aduscd-precis"ly how
I never kucw-aud Ia the midst ~ my work
here I forgot all about IL, until the receipt OF
Cuinblugh'4 threatening letter which properly re-
.lrIrd M an attempt AZ bluolmail. Cruuhtugh was
especially Zrduu. urging Mr. Covers appointment rs
p,-tma-cr The Ony motive had In getting the son out
wa- to make sure that di-cr'dt wa~ brought upon
the Office or upon the Presidents choice. | knew
nothing of the guilt or innocence Of the young mhn
made no statement directly or indirectly, that any
Post once inspector would be- protected H. any report he
mlgHt make. did | suppose such a thing was
necessary or desirable should add that hr j. H. Moore
Is q most worthy gentleman and know nothing us
cf,dltabc IN his conduct as register In Bankruptcy