New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-11
NOW AFTER SUBORDINATES.
THE FRAUD-ROLL" COMMITTEE ADOPTS
NEW TACTICS.
THEIR WITNESSES no LONGER HEADS OF DE-
rARTMENrs IN THE CT TONS SERVICE
SURVEYOR LYON RETURNS

SURVEYOR LYON RETURNS.
Tho membcrs Of secretary Carli>lo's fraUd-roll
quartet have determined apparently 10 lob" Nv"
tactics to procure witnesses Tor N members ~ "'
coze and confuse. llwtead OF going to the heaGe OF
departments for witnesses. hi, powerlc,s body 81
mon who are willing to\akc their places alongside "i
the other members of The roll On which the 'lh'S'
informers and detectives are hired TO secure evidence
against smugglcrs. i looking for the sib0Nia'cs III
oa,ce the men who have no other means of mixing
a living and who have families depending upon 'hPn'
The members of the commission know that the sub
ordInafes In the Customs service b" thrown out
for any number OF alleged" causes outside q III
competency and that account they are srholhs !"
Them formal typewriter notices to appear '"i"rr lh'
onar,et 10 be examined as the nibers of the
ou,r,et may determine. As each mcrlbcr of the
ouar,c occupies the exalted position of being close
10 the person Of the President those subordinatcs
are allowing themselves 10 be imposed upon ana con
sent to 60 before Ii. Brt the quartet is steering clear
Of those men in the customs service who are not
willing to be made use OF for political purposes by
all Unauthorized set of investigations
The invesr gators last week tried to secure the at
tendance of number employees in the Collectors
Office without first informing the collector that me
men were waIn;cd. 1t was an indecent way I'd trca'
Collector Hendricks after dcinG what he has TO help
ont the fraud, quartet. ana the Collector did not
ike it at all The President would not assume the
right to draw man from his duty in any department
without first sending formal notification Ia The
head Of that Department. 80 ina arrangements cJuii
be made " ill tthc absent mans place. The iirSt
that the Collector knew Of the sunmOning OF bis men
came from one IF the clerks who asked for leave 80
That he could save his place by going before the
iIqusi,ors. The Collector was asonished, and h"
promptly told the clerk that al such requests should
and come fVm the chliiinln OF the COMMISSION
10 him, before he could allow any man 10 20 away.
The Collector is responsible Tor the management Vi
tho Custom House at this port, ana If the members
of had DIN
take away from him on the most valuable VI the
employees at the most inoppTtune tihe'
George W. Lyon, the surveyor OF ihe PORT, re-
turned his desk YESTERDAY lie sent his resignation
" President last Thursday afternoon ana s'dr'oi
oil on his thirty days vaoaiion leaving The oi'ce
I'm charge of hl, deputy. SAMUEL d. Blacniord. The
death of Judge I3lalchfOId, who WAS near relative
vi the Deputy surveyor, impeiied the surveyor 30
RETURN 80 that his deputy could attend the funeral.
From what he has learned of the pfn oI procedure
adopted by the members of the fraud T6H quartet The
Surveyor has determined Ito take upoiiis own shout
ders the responsibility Of refusing to ssve the MEM
beers of the fraudro any information sconcernns the
department OF which he has lad charge Tor hearty
four years Consequently, he Will remain in his
Office until the President appoints mis- successor III
asmuch rs the friends OF senator john j. Herman
were spending considerable money. for hgh-prced
wines Yesterday over the announc,meId that h. had
been summoned TO Gray Gables, 1t Is possible lhdt
the iraud-roll members may have flL possession oi
the surveyors Office within the next few days A
1t now is, the information which Csires .. talrchi
asked for has been forthcoming. fand IL VIII not
be so long as George W. Lyon remains ut the head OF
the Surveyors Office.
only three members of the quarte} met yesterday
at the appointed hour ut the Barge! Office. Charles
s. Farehid the OK secretary the Treasury seems
to have sicBened of notoriety watch his connec
lion with the other employees thu, fraud roll gave
him, and he did not attend In facI ne IA, atlcnued
lew OF the mceilSss. EX-Colector Daniel Mag9he
IondeAtcr Dunn, and the young lawyer Wallace
Nacfaranc, been too ANXIOUS 10 earn their flo
"A CAV pay fail of attpndhnc. ana they We're
early hand. fearing PERHAPS thnt salaries are
Icing cut down in other departments. they might
have something deducted from their pay for being
late. A secret session was had throughout the day
This was because there no political point TO he
gained. THIS Is the things have been run IRON
TIE outset. An extremely dry subject was taken
up Yesterday IL tie refunds Ato importers tnat
the courts deter uine must DE pab no importers Tor
excess collections imports Csliri's crawford
the head OF the refund bureau at the custom House
II. T. Easterbrook OF the liqldating department. ana
ii d. Warner. OF the protest room, were questioned
upon the general system OF refunds.