New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
COLONEL MORTON's DISAPPEARANCE
suNops ABOUT HIS ACCOUNTS AT THE bsoohlfN
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7, w.. repor,ed in brooklyn yesterday that
warrant had been issued by United states coinmls,
ti"ner lohn J. Allen for the arrest oi assistant
Postmaster Charles " Morton, WI W. ~ gf,i,
,h",av tniis of tho Hrooklyn Post Olc@ Coloncl
Mntinn's ines plpahe ah7ence from hls nome an MS
snirn sure Saturday caused the ttHNs at eplloh'n
.i. ,g,,ns his friends hud lent rulut tu the report
Mhilp none of the officials interested Nnuu eil''
,tpiictN that warrant had u'on l',uV', WHY
,etir,npr aud manner led tu tho tnutiuH!oh lnel
su.h q hirp had been ttk"ni COLONEL MORTON
family know uuihine nt who're lac is ahd az iho l"n
bni,a "a In thnupht that hu Ia ava, "h NE Vac"
,i,u Inc fact that h "a ahsruoe o,oulod alta lthe
when the Government map,,tuth we've WNtsNRAluH
,ho acrounis 81" Tho once hrl'"l,I Is',,,i's
IL Nas supposed that he HAD gone away ~ ,S,'l I
annoy ance after BIS accounts had been 'NH n','
lie WAS allowed two weeks vacation, anu o'u'"
choose hls own Time Ion s"'hR away 'mu 49, psi
for his arrest was issued II W.s sald ailo' NC
Ofiice examiners had eNampid every I,"'sa,h
the office In regard 10 the auNunt "I Ld'''S 49,,
had received and rrccptcd for thH'sn oN II,iI
Mas found n ], laid, 10 show al le"'l 'c.'',''a.
irrecularltlcs in the accounts. E@'h 'ihp'o9u 81
a r,,'int for MS salary for full tunc but was para
only the amount lett after doducthF nnoS iIi 49,
for various reasons ne WiIitI" ;. - St,,+ntCs
hascd ON The clause of the United States ot%I''nss
nTov,d,nc that any one VINO presented LOT pay U'n'
false pay roll shall be liable To hNe wears no "s
mcht aud fine of from ~ uoO 70 gI,oVb hands of
said that the warrant was put III TUG l"'' H,iirJ
deputy marshal, who started TO searVh l"i N''''
Morton ......,od yesterday about
tbe matter bv TRBUNE reporter. lie s3H thdI
h. had no knowledge that a warrant had been Is
sued. II there were false entrSs IN Ine pay a"l,I
his own notice. The statement that the Assistant
Postmaster had filled out receipts fOl salaries 4oI
amouuts of $500 and ~ 900, and the cmpoyeS ndIi
si'n,cd them when they had received no suCh
amounts Colonel McLecr pronounced uhq9GallneuIy
false As to Colonel MortonS absence Tue ioS'li'S
ter said: ,,
greatly surprised him in bis chair when
entered the once THIS morning IL he IS wn a m
cars could carry him set at rest the ugly runors ABOUT
him There may he trnng irregularities In the pay iOs
iich hr only can explain. but am sure lie could DO
.o he we're here. II the authorities only had niue
more patience all would be fright Every one VINO EnoWs
strictly upright lie Is a great book worn ana VIII
read often from o'clock I'm the afternoon until lee IN
me morning his hobby ana he knows all ABOUT
the works OF late have noticed that no was more
and more peculiar. ,--... ,.,..-,., l..
DO you think that he Is absent because his mind Is
that's just It, II seems the only reasonable eXplana-
ton.
Colonel Morton's friends agreed that insanity
only cOuld account for his eTratlc actions. lie went
away without telling his family that he would not
be home at night. but as he had done so ocioIe IL
did not cause surprise at first HIS nome rei"tlohS
were not pleasant AS hs wife was not IN illi SYM
pathv with his devotion to books. lie ana his SON
who i letter carrier did not speak except on bust
ness Colonel Morton was In the Attn Regiment as
a captain when the war broke out, ana was tnLe99
months man lie was alteTward Colonel OF the 1854
Regiment He was at one time "A member OF Assehl-
blv am: later Assistant city Auditor
i'niiel States Commissioner Allen would not
admit or deny the fact of warrant being III exist,
euce on the ground that IL might defeat the ends Oh
inst,ce Assistant District Attorney Angel,
friend of Colonel Morton, SAID that there were Ger
tain inaccuracies IN his accounts demanding IuI eA-
PLANTATION II ne coud rightly explain the apparent
fasi6caton of the paw rolls the charge against nm
would be the mercst techncality and would not he
prosecuted. Colonel Morton left over ~ ooO III his
safe in the Post Office when he went away.