The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-23
MAN WHO HAS CAUSED THE RE-
PUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION
TROUBLE REARREsTED
BAIL FIXED At FIFTY THOUSAND
COL. nURTON DEFINES THE Of
FENSE COMMITTED BY NEELEY
WHILE IN CUBA
SCANDAL NOT A REVELATION
New York Stamp Dealers Had Ex-
pected Something of the Sort
Would Hoppen-Gen.
Woods Action.

NEW YORK, May 22-Charles F. w.
Neeley, former chief financial agent Of
the postoffice department at Havana.
cuba, was rearrested today by a United
States marshal The arrest was made
on a warrant issued by United States
Circuit Judge Lacombe, in a civil suit
against Neeley by the United States. He
Is charged with the wrongful conversion
Of $45,3OO.26. His bail was fixed at $780,
900.
Inc arrest was made on information
furnished by George H. Burton, and the
order Of arrest was indorsed by Edward
K. Jones, special attorney general, and
Frederick P. Smith.
The prisoner was taken to the United
States marshaTs office and later was ar
raigned before Judge Lacombe. Counsel
Tor the prisoner made application for a
reduction Of the bail, but it was denied.
Neeley was then taken to the Ludlow
street Jail The order of arrest reads
In part:
IT having been made to appear to me
Ply the affidavit of George H. Burton YER
EReq p on May IS, 1900 and the affidavit of
CoILCS ana tISQerlck L. Smith Veri-
ned on May q, 1909 and the voiced com
pIalnt IN this action, that a Sufficient
cause OF action exists in favor of the
gl%HGI-the United States-against the
P(z P(SiSnu6IIt SlL Tor the wrongful conversion of
l4o0i5.z9, you are requested forthwith to
arrest the said defendant in this action
kn4iTiies ki r. w. Neeley, and hold him to
PalI in the sum of $4,000 and to return
ms order with the proceeding therein
ander as prescribed by law"
IN March he collected the sum of
N16OzSO from the sale of stamped naner
ana box rents, of which he deposited the
sum Of $l6,9264O. '4ie
IN April, 1900, he collected the sum of
Lz6S2S.54, of which he deposited the sum
Of $lS,s59SS. SUN
My investigation demonstrated that
l'harles F. w. Neeley, as chief of the
bureau of finance, has received the sum
Of Sl22' '656.62, of which he has denosite,o
with the treasurer in Cuba the sum of
h"ZSI-5I and that the balance. amoun+ir,,
10 the sum of $45,375 or any part thereof
cannot be found and the said sun renairs
unaccounted for"
Allached to the order is the affidavit
OF Col Burton, an inspector general of
the United States army, with ranl, &C
colonel, stationed in Cuba. and other of
hdavits. Col Burton in his a4do1Ti+
states that on April 60 1900 he vnos ~.
oeIeu py MAJ. Gen. Wood to examine af-
lars and accounts in the department of
posts IN the island of Cuba, passed unon
ana audited by the assistant auditor
from the inception of his Office to Anrf1
"a, 1900 ''Ne - April
oi' burton' according to his affidavit
eA"llliled the accounts and found irreg-
uIarltes that made it necessary for hin,
to visit Neeley's Office to examine his an
counts. He saw Mr.. REYNOLDS IN Noo
Iey's office, and this man. he assar+s
Helu frequent whispered talks with his
3ai5.l eupeIlor' After Neeley learned his ac-
TOuIIIs were to be examined he 1af+
havana on the steamship Mexico
MI burton further alleged that bo
learned e rom E. G. Rathbone. director
oI posts III Cuba, that Neeley had pona
20 me Waldorf-Astoria in New York
A cable dispatch was sent to Nao,a.- % n A
return, but he paid no attention ~ - ~
continuing, Col. Burton says:
OFFENsE DEFINED
me duties of the chiefs of bureau of
IiIl@nce connected with Neeley were to
SoiieCl an accounts in the island of Cu-
pa including sales of slammed nanor
boX rents, money orders and to denosit
then to the account of the diractor of
the posts or the treasurer of the island
OF Cuoa in Havana. In order to &c
certain the amount of said revenues
demanded the books, ledgers and the an
@ IRE records Of the Office from Ian
19VV' TO April 30 1900. Mr.. Rich. in the
presence of the director of nos+e bo,,5o5
me a book which he stated va NJ.
NeeIey's ledger, and also stated tbat
Salu IedSer was all the record that said
NeeIey mas left pertaining to postal earn
lngs, which statement Rathbona corroh
GRATED Said ledger contained e+oto
ment of the receipts for STAMPED manor
poA rents ana some receipts for money
order business, from Jan. / 1900 +o Anri,
30 1900 with the exception of +ba na
ceipts of the Havana postoffice fron,
March 10, 1900, to April 80, 1900 of which
there was no record. I asked said Ricb
II he had in the office any postal earn-
lngs not yet deposited, and he answered
In the negative, but stated that he had
receipts of May l and 2, 1900, that he
Rich, had collected since Neelev,s do
parture, Which money he produced. and 7
counted it and found the same to arno11nt
TO traction over $1,000. Said Rich also
stated that all the moneys received b,1
Neeley had been deposited with the treas,
urer of the island of Cuba on or before
April 80, 1900
LeuSerS IeIt by said Neeley show the
cash receipts from fifty important post
offices in Cuba, from the months of Ian
uary, February. March and April as
follows For January Neeley received
from sale OF stamped paper and box
rents $2S,9O222; of this amount he demos
tied with the said treasurer the sum of
SIf55O For February, 1909. he received
from the sale of stamped paper and from
box rents the sum of $25. .OO5. Sc. to which
he added the sum of 1862. .O3 received nv
him from money order business for the
months of July, August and Septemher
1859. He took up in cash also in the
month of February, 1900, the sim of
H.S55.47. received from fees of the MONEY
oldcF business for the months of Octoher
Nov mber and December. 1900 He did
not, however, deposit this latter anoo,,n+
with tho said treasurer This last aro,,I,+
added to the first two items. makes ~ t'
total receipts for February. 1900 anornt
to $97,223.C6, of which he deposited tbe
sum of $24. .S65.O inc
SCANDAL NO SURPRISE.
Local stamp dealers are not s,,rnri.a.
by the development regarding frands ~
the Havana postal service. II hes bee,,
common talk III the trade for noontt,+
That there was a "screw loose eoroa