The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-17

Neeley and every man who : placed uui@r
ares; brings 90 light a-ci:1sn5i facts t.ath
ore SCENE H'llirg - tell sA p" knows le-
Sar1inv Neelev whil- evG..4vu:ig- io ~
o1Trate himself II. only per. n. however.
who VIII "a. t'c-r' i ''H ih" ...ih 'Ti'-,s 5.s
"a wl;res. for The State l. trTFa"H t.;ch.
who viii not To-, placed in jail. hut VIII -
closely watched. as il is fit that his testi-
monE l. absolutely Indispensable.
OFFICIALS SURPRISED.
Washington May l6-The confession ot
Postmaster THOMPSON d. Havana came as
d complete surpris-- to the cr! Iis ot tn'
Post once Department "ho bad Henera,iE
c'"l1 not possibly bc ln'plN-d II iraupa-
lent transactions was NIr. Thompson. who
was Iesardei rs a man of h.gh integrity,
The Postmaster General rt-1 -" iTlnteI
statement. hut made uo.cor1ment.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster I5risjov re
c.ivei his tnal Instructions today ana lsr'
90 3 o'clock Tor Tampa. Fll-- rom Nhi'h
place he will sail tor Havana. reaching
there early SATURDAY morning. The only
person to accompany Nj Brlstcw was his
.rivate S-cr-tAry- i Was decided az IN" o.
yartmsnr not 70 make public A. prt'St ut the
Instructions given 10 Mr.. lirisi"W IRE
three additional inspectors detailed Xfsttr-
ton uf the NV Orleans Division J L. Har-
r.scu. 81 Louis Division and ". r keyes.
Chattanooga III !slrn.
introduced III the House resolution re
Guestiug Of the Postmaster H"nrrai lnror-
nation "a 10 whether Director Kathhone
officials in Cuha were found "a be correct
on April 3. The Postmaster General would
make no statement In regard TO the sub
ieCt to-day.
Rathbunc's Report.
l. is Ii fact. however. thar Director '..th-
bone did forward a typewritten copy II
report made by Special Agents GrorEe y.
Seybo.d and William T -. Neal, stating
that the accounts o! {. " p N~'lsy "tl"
The documents also show that N April 10
Of this year the Assistant Audliof was
asked f0r "A statement Of the money 0f-tr
and postal account Of the Bureau Of II
nance as it appeared on the record o: AprN
lf. This was the date f the last stat, ;neat
made as 70 mouey-Order funds. II reply 10
this A {. Reynolds. the Acting Ald!taT. on
April 7 sta.-i that on Alri. Is tie balances
due from the bureau Of finance "tlt; On
rno1ey-ords: accounts. slis.95i, postal ac-
on Arril . director Ratb,,1re ..ansrnit-
ted these figures - the Acting 'hiet Spe-
animation o! the affairs OF the Bureau II
Finance and to verify This statement. o.,
ON April = a q, REYNOLDS AcuEE Auil-
tcr reported TO Nj Rathbrue that. in &C
cordance with ire request # the t'h'"i
special Agent he had Ia report the balance
TO date as follows on In"T;Sy}-gTSer .s} .TS a'
T-ntsr date ~ April - George -. Seyh ID.
Acting Chief Special AGENT. and william
= u Neal. SPECIAL Agent. presented 10 III
rector Rathbone a statement "f the ac-
counts. The morey-or-cr account was said
10 agree with tie amounts stated by the
Auditor. 81, a97 II closing this report. the
Examiner said.
The manner In which the accounts.
STAMPS. supplies ..I funds are handled !e-
fleets credit upon the Chief u the Bur- au 81
Finance Hr. CHARTS +. " Ne-iey. and -
assistants
NEELEYS HEARING.
New York MAY 16.-E4warl x. Jones Of
this city has been appointed Special As
sistant United States Attorney General Ia
the matter Of the proceedings against
Charles F ". Neeley and other officers and
employees Of the Government administered
IN Cuba under the authority of the United |
States
In speaking of the Neeley case today. |
I nited States District Attorney Burnett
said that the hearing for tomorrow before
Shields wou.i most likely be |
adjourned for week. He also said that |
the hearing regarding the eNtrstition Of |
NeeIey before Governor Roosevelt In AL |
nany set for tomorrow night probably |
would be postponed for day o: two. |