The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-14
WHO HELPED PASS THE HAT?
DEMoCRA TIC CUSTOMS CLERKS MAY BE
INDICTED.
Mr.. Roosevelt Recommends 1.-THE Grand
Jury fonderlnE-Thero IL = Devil 10 DO
Whipped Around the Chinere Stump

Mr.. Roosevelt Recommends It-Tho Grand
Jury Ponderlng-Thero is = Devil 10 be
Wrapped Around the Chinese stump
Custom House people we're very mucn inter-
ested yesterday in n report ;hat United states
District Attorney Mitchell was to haul some OF
them UP before him on the charge that they
had assessed their fellows for political pur-
poses in the last Presidential campaign. Mr.
Mitchell has had consultations with Collector
Erhardt of late, but the Collector declined yes
terday to say whether they had any reference
TO the subject.
Late in the afternoon 1t was learned that
Peter +. Rafferty,. wegher, who gave testi-
mony before Chinese Commissioner Roosevelt
that these political assessments had been lev
led had been summoned before the United
States Grand Jury and that testimony against
Rafferty, had been obtained from Assistant
Foreman O'Connor and Assistant Weighers
Letzeiser, Bertholf. Daily. Mallon, Putnam,
and Hunter.
:, About, a year ago Chinese Commissioner
Roosevelt hustled around the Custom House
and investigated everybody he could lay his
hands on. lie was after tho. mon who were
ciates and handed them over TO the Hon Dick
Jordan ut his Liberty street Office, to be turn
ca over TO the National psm0cgatiS GSPm ,
CASTOR was liafferty. who had Just been dis
charged by surveyor Beattie, shortly before
before Secretary Potts OF the Chinese Reform
Association ana told his story. Mr.. Potts i'm
@o Ra sqeq ro Mf Of lis
II lie bsS Sy Ssn sSs Sr Of t NE pd and F
Roosevelt not to consider his statements any
further, He said that such storm had been
But Mr.. Roosevelt promptly hauled up liatler-
ty. and in the Investigation RaIerty gave test,
Is now ch OF oSGI TSe lyons stan Of Weigh
ers, and who held that place after surveyor
Beattie removed Col. Bacon, had levied assess:
mems on the men in his department But II
was brought out by other witnessed that Raj
ferty had done the same thing. and MIR. Roose-
KILT recommended the case to District Attorney
Mr.. Koosevet's recon mendations. it Is said
Raepy is but aso the
others mentioned in Mr.. Roosevelts report.
which has lust been printed and sent from
declares that there is one witness ready to sub
stanttate tho charge, Of collecting political as
nesses stand ready to make the same charge
against Alexander G. Hinton. superlntendent
pesse e ''0 viii Pl0 testify against Charles i
Duryea, chief clerk Of the Fifth di.
three sbs T e at lie b
against Chief Clerk Frederick \; Dodge; two
clerk. and three witnesses have testimony
against Thomas j. Magee another clerk. In
viii be p 70 nSsS against nses Williams n Mes
formerly chief clerk OF the seventh division:
James A. Cryan, entry clerk In the second
division and judge John Quackenbush. chief
entry clerk of the entry division.
For a long time there has been an effort to
get at the chief clerks in the Custom House.
tor MaGone. and Collector Erhardt has formally
protested to the Chinese Commission that
sonal character and ought to be taken out OF
the Chinese class. The protest and the request
have been laid before the President and the
come from that quarter as yet but 1t was said
yesterday that II these prosecutions succeed
no decision will be necessary from Washington.