The San Francisco call., 1897-07-09
Eight More Charges Have
Been Made Against the
Ex-Collector.
He Was Waiting in His Old
Office for the Arrqsting
Officer.
Colonel D. M. Burns and Thomas q.
Williams Jr. Again Assume the
Heavy Bonds.

O. NJ. Welburn, the e1-Collector of In
ternal Revenue, is again plunged into hot
water. He was arrested yesterday on a
warrant similar TO the first charging him
with bezzlement. The complaint,
sworn to by Special Treasury Agent l.. A.
Thrasher, contained four counts.
The first count, in the language of the
com plant, charges that on September 80,
1896, he 'did then and there unlawfully
convert to his own use and thereby en-
bezzle certain public money. to wit, the
sum of SSl 60, which said amount wa.
temporarily in his custody as Collector
aforesaid. Tor the purpose of enabling him
to make payment Of certain salary due
to a clerk or employe of the United
States"
The other counts are in the same Ian.
guage, excepting the dates and amounts.
Count No. shows that on Novem Der 4,
1896 he EN- beZzled in this way SS4 20; No.
3 that on Novem Der 80, 1896 he converted
to his own use $50 so; on January 20, 1897,
$64 20 went in the same direction; on
February IL of this year $50 10 was aade d
to the Collectors private pool; February
% he put ST so into his pocket. For some
reason March was skipped, for the next
count shows that it was not until April
"a hat he held out on his clerk the sum
of $50 10. The last, according 10 the COM
plant, was on May 5 OF this year, when
the clerk was filched out of $50 40.
In every instance the clerks name was
omitted in the com plant, but inquiry de-
veloped that it was none other than h. G..
Akins, the same one whose name ap-
peared in the first complaint, on which
Welburn was arrested a week ago.
The issuance of these warrants, the ar
rest of the accused and his release OH bail
were all on railroad time. 1t was a little
alter | O'Clock when the warrant was
sworn to before Commissioner Heacock,
and an hour later Collector Welburn was
arrested by Marshal Baldwin. One hour
after this he walked out of the building a
com paratively free man, his only IN
cum brance being bond of $4,000, in ad-
dition to the one of $1,000 that he was
obliged to secure shortly alter his first az
rest. BY some coincidence, that no one
could explain Welburn was on hand TO
be arrested, and Marshal Baldwin was
saved the annoyance OF nocturnal search
through the gay part OF town.
Welburn was in the office over which
he formerly presided as the chief. when
the warrant was served. He was taken up
to the MarshaPs office at once, where
he had only to wait an hour before a
friend could secure the attendance OF
bondsmen. Colonel Daniel NJ. Burns and
Thomas II. Williams Jr. quickly re-
sponded to a telephone call and qualified
in the sum of $4,000. Both are on the
other bond, and are thus responsible for
Welburn's appearance, or liable to the
forfeiture OF $4,000.
Commissioner Heacock set the hearing
of the case for 10:30 O'Clock on the 10Th
inst, as Welburn's attorneys said that he
wanted the last cases tried first. The first
case comes ND at the same hour on July
20. Welburn expressed great annoyance
that Treasury Agent Thrasher should
'pile up cases on him." when the same
purpose would be served by letting the
first charge be the test case He rather
views it as a persecution. and dec ares that
the ends OF justice would be served by
one case as well as by hundred, partic-
ularly whore the same clerk, Aklns, is in
volved in the whole matter. Weburn
says that as soon as his chief deputy, Louis
Loupe, RECEIVERS from his illness, he will
put this matter straight before the public,
for all the apparent embezzlements can
be explained as legitimate transactions.