The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-01
YOUNGBERG TO
STAY OUTSIDE
Excluded From the Rev.
enue Office.
ORDERED FROM WASHINGTON
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE
wELBQRN CASE.
The Secretary Of the Treasury
Thinks That the Office Will
Be Better Without the
Captain.
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE
WELBQRN CASE.

+ Collector of the Port Jackson and Inter
nal Revenue Collector Lynch were noti-
fled yesterday oy a telegram from the
/ Secretary Of the Treasury at Washington
that the department would not allow
Customs Broker John E. Youngberg to
/ continue the pursuit of his calling on the
floor Of the Custom House or in the In
ternal Revenue office. The officials were
instructed to communicate this order at
once to Mr.. Youngberg and to see that 1t
was carried out
Mr.. Youngberg received the notice with
his usual calmness OF. mien, and an
nounced his willingness to bow to the In
evitable, but stated his intention Of imme-
diately protesting against the action Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury by an ap-
peal to that official himself. He did not
propose to be deprived of his means of
livelihood without hearing from his own
side of the case.
Both Collector Jackson and Collector
Lynch refused to discuss the matter.
They would not admit to newspaper re-
porters that any order of that kind had
been received, and professed to be in the
most seraphic state of ignorance respect
ing Captain Youngberg and the charges
that had been filed against him, and upon
which the order of Punishment had been
founded. AS actors, expert In the con-
cealment of the emotions of the human
nina, they nave no equals on the stage.
But Captain Youngberg did not hesitate
for a moment to admit the fact of his ex-
clusion from the Internal Revenue Office
by an order from Washington directed to
Collector Lynch. 1t had been unexpected,
and he did not intend to let the matter
drop without a struggle for reinstate-
ment, and with this end in view he would
at once draw up an appeal. Beyond this
he refused to speak on the matter 1t
would be neither proper on his part nor
courteous to the Secretary of the Treas
txtrx t.
prints the action Of that official.
1t is known. however, that Captain
Youngberg's expulsion or exclusion
f fG9 of the Haf Revenue sf see is c0 ase
to his connection with ex-Collector
Welburn now fugitive from justice
Youngberg was a close friend of Wei
burn and had the run, of the Office in
which he did considerable business for
Chinese and other clients, in connection
with registration certificates and in COM
lations of the revenue laws on behalf of
his clients. Youngberg stood by his
friend Welburn through all the. vicissi-
ply paying back the debt of gratitude
which Youngberg owed to the disgraced
Collector. But the officers of the Gov
Of the defauting official felt that Young g
berg was in their way and in the way
of the Government In convicting We'll
burn on the trial, and charges not yet
tary OF the Treasury against Youngberg
Whether those charges were for aiding
and abetting Welburn or for more seri-
Gus breaches of the internal revenue reg
ulations was never made known.
The fight between the honest officers of
the Government and the friends of the
disgraced Collector became so bitter that
efforts were made by those friends to
have certain special agents removed from
this Jurisdiction, where they were max
ing things decidedly hot for him. These
efforts, however. were abortive, and We'll
burn was obliged to leave the State Sc
cretly in order to escape further prose-
cution for his crimes.
There is no doubt that the Welburn
matter had all to do with the exile of
Youngberg, for the telegram sent from
Washington yesterday states explicitly
that Captain Youngberg's alleged knowi-
edge of the fact that Weburn had doc
tored his pay roll. had made him persona
non grata with the department, probably
because he had not effectively assisted
the Government officers in procuring the
conviction of Welburn.
It is not expected that the contem-
plated appeal will change the minds of
the powers at Washington, unless the
captain incorporates in 1t some informa-
ton that he had not given before that
might change the aspect Of the present
conditions.