Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-19


foLIcs coURT-ANorHKR ALLEGED coSsPRAroR
TAKEN INTO cUsropY-THE SEARCH FOR FURTHER
EVIDENCES OF FRAUD-wHAr sHCR4rARr cHAND-
LER SAYS ABOUT IL
DR.. VIM K. Van Reypen, assistant to the sur
geon general, last night swore TO an affdavit BE-
1ore Judge Shell follows: That Daniel Carr1gan,
Edwin c. kirkwood and James D. Cummings did,
for the purpose OF obtaining and aiding to obtain
the payment and approval OF certain false, ficti-
tious, and fraudulent claims against the govern
ment, make, use, and cause to be made nd used. a
false bill and account, in which James d. Cum
m1ngs Is named as the supposed contractor, and
purports that he furnished for at hospitals IS
feet OF rubber hose one hose reel and two rre ex-
nguisherS at total cost OF $46S and that they,
knowing the entries to be false and fraudulent, vio
lated the law.
There was another affidavit filed, which charges
that on the LIST day OF september, 1884. a voucher
was made for bedsteads, bed clothing, and surgical
Instruments, valued at S. sa4, purporting to have
been bought from J. R Agnew. which is supposed
70 be a fictitious name. These goods were repre-
Sented TO be for use at naval hospitals
On these aff1davtts warrants were issued charg-
Ing Daniel Carrigan and Edwin c. Kirkwood in two
cases with making false bills and accounts. and
charging James ID. Cummings In one case with the
same OffenSe. The warrants were placed in the
hands OF Lieut. Guy, who sent Sergt Shilling out
ID search OF the parties named and returned in q
few minutes with Mr. Kirkwood, who was given
quarters at the sixth police station for the night
cummings, who is commission merchant doing
business on Louisiana avenue, was arrested and
accommodated with lodgings at the NTH police
station
In the Police Court. to-day, bail in the case
OF hirkwood 1t was fixed at 1850 in both cases,
making 5000 In the three cases against him. In
the case OF Carrigan the bail was fixed at 5000 In
The three cases. and II captured he will be required
10 give that amount The parties arrested will
probably give bail this afternoon.
FRANK W. Sanborn is we'll known In this city. He
was private in company A, 25th N. Y. s. M, in
APRIL 1861, and afterwards acting ensign, u. s.
navy. He at one time had an ofrce corner OF and
un 10 atnt,f old Go
gagged In the sale OF fire extlngulsherA
K1RKwooD GIVES BAIL
Mr. Kirkwood gave bail this afternoon in the
sum OF 5000 on the three charges for his appear
ance In the Police Court when wanted, MI. James
Humphrey going his surety
cummings has not yet given bail, although he
has been looking for some one all day In company
Win deputy marshal
cARRIGAN NOT ARRESTED.
The fact that ex-Chief Clerk Carrigan has not
been arrested Quiets the rumor which was anoat
yesterday, that he had made confession, in which
he Implicated ex-Surgeon General Wales
WHAT Is SAID AT THE DEPARTMENT..
AT the Navy department search Is being made for
evidences OF further frauds among the paymasters'
vouchers. Secretary Chandler said to-day: 1--WE
are making careful Investigation OF the whole
matter. and are going to arrest everybody who is
found guilty OF defrauding the government" The
Secretary said that he had not the slightest know-
49, Su'EiSioiA VAC. ehS hauoo SAocLocu W any
other bureau OF the department. The result OF the
investigation thus far, he said, showed that these
fraudulent transactions had been carried on
by CarTgan and Kirkwood since 1881. number
OF fraudulent vouchers had been discovered, which
Implicated the two persons named, and several
outside persons. In one or two instances, how
ever, 1t was impossible to tell whether the names
OF the outsiders were real or fictitious. The Sec
rotary declined to give the exact number OF fraud
uent vouchers, the names OF the outsiders impli-
Gated, or to approximate the amount involved. He
said the Investigation would be continued until the
whole matter was unearthed.
BATCH OF SUPPOSED FRAUDULENT VOUCHERS
1t is known that clerk from the Fourth Audi
tors office yesterday afternoon brought to the Navy
department number OF suspected vouchers, which
were carefully examined by the Secretary and the
Surgeon General in the latter's Office. These
vouchers had very nshy appearance, and II proved
to be fraudulent will, it is said, implicate one or
two business men OF this city, whose names are not
known but only suspected. Secretary Chandler
had conference this morning with Fourth Auditor
Beardslee, who audits all naval accounts, Pay
master General Smith. Judge Advocate General
Remey, and DR.. Van Reypen, on the subject OF the
known and suspected frauds.
Mr. HEwITT's INVESTIGATIONS.
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, member OF the commit
tee on expenditures in the Navy department, has
for some days past been collecting Information
concerning the alleged populations in the surgeon
generals Office, and was about to institute in
vestigatiOn of the matter. when he was Informed
through the newspapers that the arrests had been
made.