New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-01

| the Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury aud a. X.
| i1nee. the General Appraiser. ana asked them about
| tn" reinstatement Of WiSwan. lie declared at the
! time that the reinstatement Il peculiar one.
Colonel richenor. the supervising special Agent. had
said iha; he wanted Wiswall made useful somewhere.
and after BIS reinstatemen he was put In The hat
| trimming departing Nj. Ccrbett testified to
anoth,r occurrence Nj. Wi,wall reported him
and Mr.. tin, the buyer for la,ge Importing house.
that he hut certain men. naming them regarding
some hat trimmings. wlercrpon Mr.. GIL replied that
| hc had OF the OF for Europe the
previous week. wswnl and I'll, then went on, to-
gether. and on his return Wiswal said to him.
IT is a fanny thing that those importer tell me
| one Thing when | an alone and another when
with one.
Mr. COrbctt reported this. not rs evidence that
| anything wrong, but simply Ia show th" DIM
ouliics under which the appraisers and the exam
liners abOred.
MR. FAIRCHILD RETIRES FROM THE FIELD.
Mr. Faircheld did not > with the committee
af,er luncheon. and Mr. Magone took his place a
chairman. Mr.. MncFarlanc thought that he would
have good deal OF fun ont OF Mr. Corbett when he
began question him about some apparent DIS
crcrancles In Mr. COrbett's rppralsemens. In on,
ca" there was difference Of II cents a dozen on
.ilh hnnJkerchiefs and in another difference OF 40
cents dozen the same Hue IF goods In;
lawyer chucked when he took up this part OF the In
uuiry but he didn't have much time TO enjoy IL,
for ~. witnes, showed that the apparent di,cr'p-
ancy WIS dne 10 n difference the weight OF the
TWO sets of ImpoIiatiOns.
Appraiser Cooper who had been sent for to testify
In rccarc 70 the publication OF III" letters. entered
the meeting room ~ this point and Mr. tOrbett was
temporarily excused. He denied point blank that ne
CAV" Mr.. Coibet permission 10 copy the correspond
rnre. and declared that he did moi know how II got
0u; lie had made the investigation which secretary
Carsl" asked for and he identified the report. To-
gelher With The aidavits Of The various officials whom
no had called before him. lie had shown the letier
from the secretary Of the Treasury written in June.
1891. rcinstatiDg Wi>wal. and h" knew thai Mr.
Corb..t had acccs, TO the letter book lie uld moi
know why COrbett refused 10 answer I'll or the qS-
tlOrs that had been put To HIM. COrbett wOud no.
tell him. her did he tell (Orhet Ia answer In
any particular way. The only man N the ono" VINO
refused TO answer any Of In" questions was Bassrt.
the sienographer. who said that IA job was being
put up him.
This ended This part OF the inquiry. and the Ap-
pIat .or WIS asked further aboui the firm or - X.
simon a Co. lie testified that In one instance an
invoice Of silk hnndkcrchlsfs had com" to j.. II:
simon 4 CO.. and that the goods had been lnVolced
If Il loss price than silk would cost In the
country where the handkerchief, made
wilbur +. I.uni. IN" General Appraiser who sis-
ianrd WiswalrS appra sal Of the invoice or GOODS
which charged with Undertaking.. testified thai
the WiSwa appraisal fair one. and as q rule
hr lowered most OF Wiswnll's appralsals Ills IN
vc,tigaton proved 10 him that there attempt
10 defr:nd the Government.
Mr.. COrbctt. who recalled after much que,-
tioninc Mr.. Magonc. said that he did not really
think that Wiswall meant 10 defraud the Govern
rpcni by HS low valuation Of the j. II. simon 20.
Invoice. The bearing here was ADJOURNED until TINS
morning at 10 80 o'clock