The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
MORE TROUBLE
FOR WELBURu
To Be Prosecuted for Shav-
ing Nellie O'Brien's
Salary.
The Ez-Collector Says He Will
Remain Here and Fight
His Enemies.
His Bondsmen to Be Sued for a De-
faloation of Forty-Nine Thou
sand Dollars.

1t is understood that ex-Internal Rev
enue Collector Osca NJ Weiburn will be
prose cuted for the EN- beZzlement of part
OF the salary of Miss Nellie o Brien, who
at one time held the position of Deputy
Collector. The evidence regarding these
embezZlements was introduced in the re-
cent trial, but Judge de Haven instructed
the jury that they should not consider it,
because the Nellie O'Brien incident did
not figure in the Indictment under which
Welburn was being tried.
The matter will be taken up at once be-
fore the United States Grand Jury and il
is expected that the case will be prosecu ted
by Deputy United States Attorney Bert
Schlesinser, with the same vim and thor
oughness with which he prosecuted the
former case.
The Government will bring suit early
next week against Welburn's bondsmen
on his bonds as Collector for S43 900, the
amount OF Cashier Norton's shor age, and
agalnsr his bondsmen as disbursing off Ger
fCr S6OO0 the amount of Welburn's s short
age as such officer.
The names on the Collectors bonds are {:
Z. B. Bond, w. P. Doherty, J. T. Muir
ply, Tobias RinaIdo, L. a. Whuehurst,
II. C. Morey, Thomas Rea and P. c..
Hodges.
Each OF these is responsible for 500 900
should there have been that amount o.
shortage. They are bound jointly and
severalIy. The bondsmen OF; The disburs-
ing officer bond are Stanley Willie and f.
Il. Farmer. They are qualified for $40, 900
each, the shortage being $4,000.
Mr.. Doherty died several years ago, and
after his death when the bonds were sub.
mitted 10 United States Attorney Foote
ior approval re approved Mr.. Doherty as
q good Z &c n IN : tioo
to the Attorney to state that be did not
know that Mr.. Doherty had been dead tor
two years at the time or, in fact, that he
was dead q all.
o. NJ. Welburn said last night: II in
tend to make every one who has been in.
strumental IN bringing these outrageous
charges against me suffer. Shall l leave
the city? No; a thousand times no.
shall stay here until | have made them
pay dearly for all the pain they have
caused myself and family 10 suffer. I'll
90 1t II L nave 10 sell every stick of furni-
ture 1 possess and NJ. Welburn spoke
with cooi grim, earnestness that bode
III Tor his enemies. As he told of the
anguish 1t had caused his wife to suffe,
Mr.. We burn lost the GOODNESS which has
distinguished him throughout his trial
and e1cltedly paced up and down the
floor. After a bit he Gained himself and
bscame once more cool and phlegmatic as
ever.
1T is not the worry and anxiety alone
which it has caused myself that makes
me so mad; it is the annoyance my poor
little vile has had 10 undergo. Dogced by
detectives, her life. and, in fact, the lives
OF all the mem bers of my household, have
been made perfect torment.
Not only myself, but many of my
friends all over the State know that the
charges were made against the wrong
person entirely, and the evidence on the
stand proves this 10 be true. You may be
sure that the guilty parties will be brought
TO justice yet There is one thing that |
would like corrected.
cit has been said that l exercised a DO
litical pull This ] wish TO DENY mo t
emphaucaly. There is not ore person
that l have used or exerted anv influence
upon. With my attorneys ana the good
wishes OF many friends | have fought this
case alone. The awful charges that burst
over me after my arrest, regarding my
personal character, are almost too ridicu-
lous TO discuss. Any charges that NAV pe
brought a. ainst me in regard to my Off
cial conduct while in office l am perfectly
willing to meet. l have nothing TO fear.
and | shall stay here in San francisco
until my character has been completely
vindicated."