The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-23
NEELY AGAIN UNDER ARREST.
CHARGED WITH WRONGFUL CON-
VERSION OF $4,000.

was Called on to Give Bail for $780,
OO0-Information Leading to Ar
rest Furnished by Burton Who Ex-
amined His AccOunts-His Alleged
REGULATIONS for -Four MOnths-Fur-
ther Efforts Made Toward Securing
HIS ExtraditiOn.
New York, May 22.-Charles f. w.
Nicely, former chief financial agent of the
postofice department at Havana, was re-
arrested to-day by a United States mar
shall
The arrest was made on a warrant is
sued by United States Circuit Judge La
combe in a civil suit against Neely by the
United States. He is charged with the
wrongful conversion of 5.S0026. His
bail was fixed at $4,000.
The arrest was made on information fur
nished by George H. Burton, and the or
der of arrest was indorsed by Edward K
Jones, special attorney general, and Fred
erick P. Smith.
In his afiidavits, Col. Burton states that
on April "a, 1900, he was ordered by Maj
Gen. Wood to examine accounts and
vouchers in the department of posts in
Cuba, passed upon and audited by the
assistant auditor from the inception of his
office to April "a, 1900
Col. Burton, according to his affidavit,
examined the accounts and found irregu-
larities that made it necessary for him TO
visit Neely's office to examine his ac-
counts. He saw a Mr.. Reynolds in
Neely's office and this man, he asserts,
held frequent whispered talks with his
superior. After Nccly learned his accounts
were to be examined he left Havena on
the steamship Mexico.
Mr.. Burton further alleges that he
learned from e. G. Rathbone, director OF
posts in Cuba, that Neely had gone to the
Waldorf-Astorja, in New York A cable
dispatch was sent to Nicely to return, but
he paid no attention to 1t.
what NeeIy's Duties We're.
Continuing, Col. Burton says:
1.-The duties of the chief of the bureau
of finance, Charles F. w. Nicely, were to
collect all the revenues derived from the
postal department of the island including
the sale of stamped paper, box rents and
the fees from the postal money order bus
mess and to deposit the same to the
credit of the director of posts, with the
treasurer of the Island of Cuba in Ha-
vana. In order to ascertain the amount
book, ledger, and the entire records of the
Office from Jan. 1, 1900, to April 80, 1900
Mr.. Rich, in the presence of the director
of posts, handed me a book which he
stated was Neely's ledger, and also stated
that said ledger was all the record that
said Nicely had left pertaining to postal
earnings, which statement Rathbone cor
roborated
Said ledger contained a statement of
the receipts for stamped paper, box rents
and some receipts from the fees of che
money order business, from JAN l. 1900
TO April 80, 1900, with the exception of
the receipts of the Havana Postoffice
from March 15 1900 to April 30 1900, of
which there was no record. asked Rich
II he had In the office any postal earn
ings not yet deposited and he answered
IN the negative, but stated that he had
receipts of May L and 2, 1900 that he
CRich) had collected since Neely's depart
ture, which money be produced, and 1
counted II and found the same to amount
TO a fraction over 5000 Said Rich also
stated that all the moneys received by
said Neely had been deposited with the
treasurer of the Island of Cuba on or be-
fore April go 1900.
Ledger shows a Shortage.
THE ledger left by the said Neely shows
that the cash receipts were from fifty
nine important postofices in the island
OF Cuba for the months of January, Feb
tudty, March, APRIL 19Ul, as foBoWS:
For January, 1900, Neely received from
the sale of stamped paper and from box
rents the sum of $2S. .902.22: of this amount
he deposited with the said treasurer the
sum Of 1850
For February, 1900, he received from
the sale of stamped paper and from box
rents the sum of S25.00556 to which he
added the sum of 81, ,S620S received by him
from fees of the money order business
Tor the months of July, August and Sep
tember, 1899. He took up In cash also
IN the month of February, 1900 the sum
of &355.47. received from fees of the
money order business for the months of
October, November and December, 1899
lie did not, however, deposit this latter
amount with the said treasurer This
last amount added to the first two items
makes the total receipts for February
1900 amount to the sum of $S7223 06, of
which he deposited the sum of $24 36505.
In March he collected from the sale OF
stamped paper and box rents the sum CT
&c. of which he deposited The sum of
$e.926.44
I'm April, 1900. he collected the sum OF
SIS 1888
My investigation demonstrated that
Nharles L, w. Neely, as chief of the bu-
Ieau of finance, has resolved the sum Il
z26oG.62, Of which he has deposited
with the treasurer of Cuba tie sum Of
Sm2SlS7, and that fhe balance, amounting
70 the sum of si5,S75.25 or any part there
o. cannot be found and that the said sum
remains entirely unaccounted for"
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