Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Mr.. ARLINGTON HELD
The Grand Jury Will Investigate the Charge
of Embezzlement.
Mr.. LipscOmb Declares the PrOxecu-
ton to BE Persecution and Hints
ut Developments.

T. NJ. Arlington, ex-inspector- in-charge of
the Post Office Department, charged with
the embezZlement of the sum of 81 800 who
was given a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Samuel &.
Mills. was bound over by the latter yester-
day afternoon for the action of the grand
jury and released a bond of 81 500, Mr..
E. 7. Davis qualifying as bondsman.
After The Stars report Of the proceed
ings closed yesterday Post Office Inspec-
tor Gregory continued his testimony. The
letters produced by the witness. against the
introduction Of which Mr.. Lipscomb, the
attorney for the accused, had made strenu-
Gus objection. were admitted. In addition
to those described in The Star yesterday
others were read; one from the fourth as
sistant postmaster general. stating that
the Halifax case was closed on the books
with sd charged to bad debts but making
no mention of the $40 which Mr.. Gregory
alleged that he sent to Mr. Arlington, and
another from Arlington to Gregory in
which the writer said he as in trouble
about rot having made deposits when he
should: that Inspector Hamlet had a GER
tain case under consideration, but did not
have the records made by Gregory. Con-
tinuing, the letter asked Gregory to notify
Arlington If Hamlet referred the matter
lack to him. so that he (Arrington) might
return the records and money. Arlington
COHcluieQ tldt Dy DONG lnlS lIreSOTy would
save" him. Mr.. Lipscomb stated that the
word was serve instead of save" but
Mr.. Taggart did not agree with him.
The Cash Book Produced.
This concluded Mr.. Gregory's testimony
and Mr.. Harry Chapman was recalled to
produce the cash book of the inspectors
office, to which he had referred in his tes-
timony earlier in the day.
The book showed that it was a record
of all moneys received in the office that
had been deposited to the account of the
government. but it contained no record of
5000 admitted to have been paid to In
spector Hamlet by Mr.. Arlington after
the latter had been removed. nor of any
of the other sums paid over by Mr.. Ar
rington, or of money received by Inspector
Smith July 49, Being questioned about this,
Mr.. Chapman said the money had not been
deposited, but was in the office safe.
Mr.. Lipscornb claimed that this was as
much embeZzling that which his client
was charged with. THE law" he said,
plainly directs you to deposit money re-
ceived, just as it directed Mr.. Arlington
to do so, and no less. OF course, your vio-
lation is technical one, and so was Mr..
Arringt on's.'
Mr. Chapman said the money was held
to be used as evidence, and Mr.. Lipscomb
remarked that 1t would be equally as good
evidence of embezzement by Inspectors
Hamlet and Smith.
close OF the hearing.
The testimony closed at this point and
argument was commenced by Mr.. Taggart,
who claimed that In holding out money
received by him TO- such a length of time
constituted embezzement. Mr.. Lipscomb
declared that to prove embezzlement 1t was
necessary to show that the accused will
fully and feloniously converted the money
to his own use and retained possession of 1t
whereas it had been shown that Mr. Ar
rington had turned over to the govern
ment every cent of it's money that ever
came into his possession Mr.. Lipscomb
then grew emphatic and declared there was
something behind what he termed the
persecution Of his client, and said 1t
would come out at the proper time. He
wanted to know why postmaster in West
Virginia, who took over 5000 which mad
to be made good by his bondsmen. was
allowed to go free, while Mr. Arlington was
followed up and arrested because he did
not turn in his collections on the day he
received them. Mr.. Lipscomb agreed to
have the case go to a higher court If Com
missioner Mills would reduce the bond, and
this having been done the action indicated
in the opening lines above was taken.