The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
REMBERT NOT A WHITECAP.
His Removal Made Because He Neg
leCtCd His Duty.

His Work of Late Very Unsatisfactory,
and the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Saw No Other Course to
Pursue-No Truth in the Report That
Collector Paul Trammen Is in Danger
of Removal - Ruoker Secures a Sub
stantiel Increase in His Salary.
Washington. Dec. 2l.-Cbief of Revenue
Agents Colquitt said to-day that the dis
missal of Edward Rembert, deputy coll
lector of internal revenue at Atlanta. was
not caused by evidence that MIR. Rembert
was a member OF the whtecapping band.
Mr.. Remberts dismissal was caused by
negligence of duty. his work of late hay
ing been very unsatisfactory. and the COM
missioner saw no other course to pursue.
Mr.. Rembert." said Mr. Colquitt. lis a
smart intelligent man. with an excellent
character. He is an ex-state senator. and
well thought Of. but he did not seem to
care much about his work, and did it
in very careless way. No charge of
any sort with regard to whitecapping
has been made at this office against him"
In regard to the report that Collector
Paul Trammell was in danger OF losing his
h-~f eA'NtN 10 AAe u AtAA III IL ANQ NlldfEts
have been made at this office
against Mr.. Trammen or any
other official in the revenue ser
vice relative TO whltecappIng. Mr. Tram
nell has always been proficient In his
work. and | never heard the slightest talk
about 1t until / saw It in the newspapers.
1t is some wild rumor that has been
spread to create a sensation"
Agent w H. Chapman. Marshal s. E.
Dunlap, and Assistant District Attorney
T. w. Rucker to this city Mr.. Colquitt
said their visit was of a different nature
altogether Mr.. Chapman came as Is his
habit two or three times a year, to talk
over matters in the service pertaining
to the three states which he has in charge.
Mr. Dunlap was here to get money that
is due, and to have talk of advice about
sending prisoners TO Ohio.
Attorney I. w. Rucker came to talk of
matters in regard to additional pay They
might have talked of the white-cappng
band, as II is creating quite a sensation
in the courts in Atlanta, but in no way
mixing any of our officials up In it."
do you think anything more will come
out of the AFFAIR.""
NO, l do not and as far as / can see
there has nothing come out Of II as yet,
only some one trying to attribute the dis
missal of Mr.. Rembert to this white
Gaping, of which we know nothing"
What was the cause of the dismissal
of the Gauger Cox and the night watch
man at the custom house?'
About that, l am ignorant. These
minor positions come under the internal
revenue service, but the collector generally
does the dismissing and appointing"
(tolIagtOr Ira rnVual has baop notified of
the dismissal of Mr. RembeTt. Tenie
Rucker has secured an increase in his
salary of 81 900 as assistant district at
torney, in recognition of his superior ser
vice
Sledge Tatum has been appointed an
assistant civil engineer for duty in the
Indian territory. 1t will not REQUIRE him
to relnquish his seat In the Georgia leg
There appears TO be a conflict Of evil
dence among the Georgia judicial officers
who have been in Washington recently,
in connection with the charges made
against Collector Paul Trammell. The sto-
ries told here by Assistant District After
ney Tenie Rucker do not agree with GER
tain statements made to members of the
Georgia delegation by Marshal Dunlap.
1t is admitted that some unlawful deeds
were committed in certain parts of the
state by a gang of lawless men, by some
persons called "whiteeaps." A member Of
the Georgia delegation, who claims to be
familiar with the subject, stated to-day
that the attempt to implicate Collector
Trammell and other reputable gentlemen
of Georgia in the whitecap outrages fell
fiat, as was shown by the commissioner
of internal revenue. who Investigated the
subject. IT is said that the real discoverer
of the outrages was A. II. Henderson,
formerly a deputy sheriff of Pickens coun-
ty. He is a. natural born detective, If not
gifted in some other respects. He is said
to be entitled to the credit of bringing
the offenders TO justice, although
his superior officers are claiming
that the recent arrests were due
to their cleverness. Henderson is now
deputy United States marshal and he
worked up the cases which have caused
such a sensation in the state. 1t is said
that when the trial came on the defense
discovered that the prosecution had what
is known TO Georgia lawyers as "a smart
witness" q" who was loaded TO the muzzle
with hearsay testimony The prosecution
tried to suppress the smart witness" but
the defense drew from him statements TO
the effect that number of reputable men
were members of the whitcap organza-
tion. When closely pressed, the witness
admitted that he heard that certain gem
tlemen named were members OF the or
ganization. He at once discredited him
self and injured the case of the prosecution
At the department it is said that certain
changes viii be made in the collectors
office, but Commissioner Miller will not ad- |
nit that any Of the proposed changes are !
due to the fact that the officials interested
are members of the whitecap organization. /
This is Congressman Tate's version of the /