Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-31
RAsCAIs TURNED IN.

Our Washington Man Makes a List of
Them-Jerseymen at the Capital.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October To-
ssTurn the rascals Outi', used to be the
Democratic war-cry. Since that party
has been in power 1t has improved its
opportunity by turning a good many
rascals in, and L give your readers be-
low a list Of the more prominent among
them.
First and foremost comes Higgins,
who IS a great rascal He left lucga-
tive business as a professional ballot
box suffer, gambler and friend Of Grim
inals to help President Cleveland ran
the government.
Then there s Judd, recently appointed
agent of the labor bureau in Colorado.
Mr.. Judd has been a very successful
hOrsethief.
Dr. Johnny Collins, appointed in the
agricultural department, has pursued
the employment Of prize fighting and
pIugugly in Washington Tor several
years past.
Mr.. Board, Of Kentucky, put into the
postal service, put out with S163 he stole
from the money order departments down
in New Mexico.
Mr.. Payne, appointed to the pOstO4hc8
at Philadelphia, mas pleaded guilty IN
court to obtain money under false pre-
lenses.
MIR. Mere, who has spent a large part
of his time for the past few years IN the
: Washington Jail, where Judge Smell
sent him for drunkenness, is now our
consul-generGl TO Japan.
MIR. Amos Luke, appointed in the
surveyor generals Office, has been IN
| dicted for larcency several times, and
W as sent to the peuitentiary in Ohio for
/ stealing a mans paEtalOOns from under
| his head while he slept. He's q nee
rascal.
/ Mir. Jack Connolly appointed chief Of
! the bureau OF statistics III the depart
ment OF agriculture, was in jail three
months for stealing q prOmissOry note,
and only escaped the penitentiary on
/ the ground that the note was Valueless.
Mir. Jerry MulOry you have probably
! heard OF. he IS now enjoying a lat pOsiU-
/ ion at $4,000 per annum as custodian
! OF the new public building at Cincin-
natl. He has served two terms In the
workhOuse, and has been convicted Of
/ stealing dog.
Mr.. Thomas, once involved in election
| frauds in Baltimore Is now Indian IN
/ spectOr.
! MIR. Tyler. a late appointment in the
/ treasury, has been indicted on a dozen
/ distinct charges for forgery, has been
/ committed 10 penitentiaues for two
+ terms OF i've and four years respectVely,
and returns are not yet all in.
/ Dr.. Hire, OF New Orleans, is awaiting
/ trial under an Indictment tor fraud,
and has been appointed examining sur
/ geOn for the pension bureau.
Two recently appointed pOstmasters
/ can not qualify until they are released
from Jail.
The Sioux City, Iowa, postmaster has
/ been CONVICTED Tor violating the pension
/ laws.
The postmaster at Aeriden, Miss,
/ was once indicted for conspiracy to
\ evade the civil rights law
/ A postmaster appointed IN Rhode Is
! land has been arrested nine times in
1 three months for violating the liquor
/ law.
/ In Indiana one OF the latest appoin-
tees In the mail service has been con-
/ spiciOus in a notorious scandal where
+ certain state officials were bribed.
/ In Pennsylvania a clerk has been ap-
pointed In the Philadelphia mint VINO
/ mas confessed to writing a forged letter
/ from Neal Dow to be used in inhueBc-
+ ing the German vote in the state Of Ohio
I last year.
A man has been made janitOr of the
/ mORey order department of the Cincin-
natl pOstOfice who has served a term Of
three years IN the penitentIary for steal
ing q Watch.-ItabhWay n y. Times.