New-York tribune., 1895-08-30
UNCLE SAM THE LOSER.
ALLEGED CoLLUsIoN IN THE CUSTOM
HOUSE.
THE GOVERNMENT SAID TO DE OFT OF POCKET
FROM $4,000 TO 100000 ON DRAWBACKS
THROUGH FRAUDULENT ENTRIrs By
CLERK OF BROKER
AGE FIRM.

AGE FIRM
Collector Kilbreth Deputy Collector Couch snd
Deputy Coilector Phelps. head OF the la.' DIVISION
OF the Custom House. have been occupied Tor me
last three days IN examining the methods OF Des
Brisay & Allen. Custom House fackcrs. whose
oflces are In the Corn Exchange Sank E"i"ine'
The examination was the result Of TIE invesnsauoh
which Colonel Story, IN charge OF tie deoenture
room he's been carrying on since nis rc,urh io'"
his vace t.on recently taken.
The result Is that yesterday the Collie or's once
gave ont he statement that discoveries ave zee"
mad now ing that the Government aa' - 'o''
800, 70 $4,000 on drawbacks through Fs'e'" oi
a;lesed f~arduient entries made by {. ficrk III Inc
employ o. PES Bri.ay & Allen. and through o'""-
sion ol c.es ks in the debcnture-room' 'he |"s'o"
House and he Surveyors once
The firm OF Des Brlsay & Allen make FP'cA"'
~ drawback, According TO the law a preihn'narv
entry for drawbacks must be MADE forty-esn'
hours be,ue the vessel containing the goods sans
from the por In this entry the goods on wnich
drawbacks are claimed must be 'es,rioeo' '-i'e'
the vessel sa.s a final entry must be filed OF com
p,ete details OF the facts which the claim Tor
drawbacks Is based. Drawbacks are allowed on
Goods originally imported under duty 10 his coun-
try when the articles subsequently exported are
shown 10 he manufactured from the imported LOCUS
Investigation according 10 .he Collectors ONCE has
shown that a clerk In the Office OF Des brisaS "
Allen was in the habit OF making the preimhar!
with one artCie, TOT lfstdHVe' Pi"NNN W
lima while the line below II left blank III u a'-
legged b, the Collector that Des Brisay q Allen OF
,he,r agents would ascertain after vesse. haa
sailed what goods subject drawbacks were IN her
cargo Al that then the blank line would De hiieu
In This could only be done. the Collector says: u.
collusion between some one in the once OF me mn
and clerks in the debenture-room ,.1z
Colonel Story discovered that hundreds o. cnangSs
had be made in the debcnture-room boohs' i''oN
ing the loss TO the Government above sta,e1. ~,
what extent the collusion has been car!ica Soo'ei
no ic
The Collector yesterday Informed Des brissy 'iS 9
Allen that their license would expire oepteilloei
and will not be renewed. The Collector also sai9
that all the facts had neen optar hand am, ~
the United States District Attorney. ..
The Collector declared that a most ilpor .an'
link in his line OF alleged evidence lay III te IN
fession which ne said had been made by clerk OF
pes Brisay e. Allen. that he the clerk. had maue
The preliminary entries always when some member
OF the firm was around. The Collector SAID that
this clerk had made a full confession. .o.
Mr. es 8risay made the following statenlent
I'VE are In the hands of our lawyers, ness,
Townsend & McClelland, and prefer not 10 speaR AK
about this matter We know. however tnat w, we
have committed no offence. civil or crlmiha M ~
chandise which was not entitled to IT, NO moneys
have been demanded or paid us on any OF nose so
called claims which the Collectors once says are
fraudulent. AT the proper time ana III 'ne proPel
place we will establish our Innocence Great IN
Justice is being done and time Will establish this
Mr. Dos Brisay left his office early clerk OF
dan complexion. with black mustacne' VINO
said ne was confidential man. OF the hrm'
sad to a reporter OF The Tribune subse-
enen.ly: mo clerk has made any. confes-
scr Of any collusion or Of any knowledgs or, on
cone in the There were no unlawful entries
mad