Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-23

M Burton further alleges that he
learned from f. G. Rathoone, director
of posts in Cuba, that Nicely had gone
TO the WaldorfAs orla. in New YORK.
cable dispatch was sent to Nicely TO
return. but he paid no attention 20 it.
NEELY'S DUTIES.
Continuing, Colonel Burton says:
The duties of the Chief of the Bureau
OF Finance. Charles L. w. Nicely. were
TO collect all the revenues derived from
the Postal Department of the island OF
Cuba including the sale of stamped
paper. box rents and the fees from the
postal morey-order business. and to
deposit the same to the credit of the Di-
rector of Posts With the Treasurer OF
the island of Cuba. in Havana. In
order to ascertain the amount of said
revenues l demanded the cash book.
ledger and the entire records of the
Office from January l. 1900. to April
Goth. 1900. Mr.. Rich, in the presence of
the Director of Posts, handed me a book
which he stated was Mr.. Neely's ledger.
and also stated that said ledger was
all the record that said Nicely had Iert
pertaining to postal earnings. which
statement Rathbone corroborated. Said
ledger contained a statement OF the re-
ceipts for stamped paper. box rents and
some receipts from the fees from the
money order business, from January
LIST. 1900, to April 30th, 1900 with the
exception of the receipts OF the Havana
postoftice from March 10. 1900. TO April
80. 1900. of which there was no record
l asked said Rich If he had in the office
any postal earnings not yet deposited.
and he answered in the negative. but
stated that he had receipts of May l
and >, 1900. that he (Rich) had collected
since Neely's departure, which money
he produced, and ! counted it and found
the same to amount to u fraction over
$4,000. Said Rich also stated that all the
moneys received by said Nicely had been
deposited with the Treasurer OF the ISL
and of Cuba on or before April 30. 1900.
NEELY'S CASH RECEIPTS.
THE ledger left by said Nicely shows
that the cash receipts were from fifty
nine important postoilices in the Island
of Cuba for the months of January,
February. March. April. 1900, as fol-
lows:
For January. 1900 Nelly received
from the sale of stamped paper and
from box rents the sum of 2S.90222. Of
this amount he deposited with the said
Treasurer the sum of 81, $50.
For February. 1900. he received from
the sale of stamped paper and from box
rents the sum of s25, 005 S. to- which he
| added the sum of s7,362 .03 received by
| him from fees of the money order bust
| ness for the months OF July, August and
September 1899. He took up in cash
also in the month of February. 1900. the
sum OF s4,s55.i7 received from fees of
the money order business for the
moNths of October November and De-
cember, 1899. He did not, however. de-
post this latter amount with the said
Treasurer. This last amount, added to
the iirst two items, makes the total re-
n tA1
sum of s37. 223. 06 of which he deposited
the sum of S24, 365.O5
In March he collected from the sale
OF stamped paper and box rents the
sum of S27,602.SO, of which he deposited
the sum of s16.e2644.
In ADril. 1900, he collected the sum
or S2S.92S.54 of which he deposited the
sum of slS.459.SS.
| MY investigation demonstrated that
Charles f. w. Nicely. as chief of the
Bureau of Finance, has received the
sum OF S122. 656.62, of which he has de-
posted with the Treasurer of Cuba thc
sum of S77,2S137. and that the balance
amounting to the sum of S45,37525 or
any part thereof. cannot be found and
that the said sum remains entirely un-
| accounted for"
| SUBSTANCE OF TWO CHARGES.
Washington. May 22.-The War De-
partment received to-day from General
Wood, at Havana, by cable the sub
stance of two criminal charges to be
preferred against Nicely in connection
with the Cuban postal frauds. The De-
partment. In turn, teegraphed the
charges to District Attorney Burnett
| at New York, and declined to make anv
statement as TO their character.
| Inc charges are two counts spec!fy-
Ing the illegal conversion of public mon
les to the use of Nicely In that case the
charges might be prosecuted in the
United States. and it may be that II
was the intention of the Government
officers to provide in that manner
against a possible failure of the effort
to secure the eXtradition of Neely ia
| CuDa. The cnHFg6 upon WHICH NeeTy
is now held in New York Is of the very
| slightest characterize slight as to be
subject to grave doubt as to its sufIici-
| ency against 4 writ OF habeas corpus
being nothing more. according to re-
port. than an allegation that Nicely
brought misappropriated money into
| the United States. Hence there is ne
cessity for Immediately Strengthening
the case, not only with 4 view to ex-
tradition. but also because il is de-
sired to make sure there shall be no
miscarriage OF justice.