New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
OFFICERS EXPLAIN AUDo
por nrFRs SELLING CLOTHING TO SEC
oND HAND DEALERS, THEY SAY.

San Francisco June l3.-SDeaking OF me aiies
frauds in the sale Of quartermasters Suppli'S
longing 10 the government. discovered hei''
sral shafter said to-day;
am of the opinion that the goods found oy IN; IT.
police were purchased from The soiolerE Etbionsand
IN end cut Of this port More man d,,rSe The war
wen have nassed through this port diiiIe ~ Is =.
II one man in every ten OF these natrs would
dealers pair Of shoes SIX "a outsiders The
same rule applies TO shirts and hlahkets' having
government property wrongly N & &thelT pn6 eiven
can prosecuted on charge oI inent
there are plenty Of men willing TO take the cham.
,o s9soS tSs soldiers al ridicuiously low figure
Soldiers can be prevented from selling lilS FL of
ser who issues TO the inquiries as 70 % te oIinnr
tity goods he has in his possessO 10 issue the
goods TIE soldier asks for In this mane anne than
enlisted man IS prevented from dr'"i"e i'i0-e
IN my opinion The police and federal STnr anfhSTlfiiss Sihs
to the large number Of men these pe5y .iry
has grown 10 larger proportions than II otherwise
would have The military authoriues habe +b ei1
Of government goods found IN the posseson t, eL
civilians the posseston ION Oi % etecfion and prose
cution OF these dealers rest with the clVl ana ana
Federal authorities and hope they make sue
SO far as crookedness existing among army % Off
is concerned. candidly do not believe there Is
any. The published statement to the effect that
IN q Certain warehouse The location OF which
not given. has not yet been substantated by any
subsequent developments.
Captain A W. KimbalI post quartermaster at
fhe Presidio made the following statement:
I am the officer that IS concerned in this matter
but has yet made any inquiry OF me. / am
sneo9nfab se 0n sbursng ocer If there mas been
anything irregular ia would be pleased to give f an al
guilty men If there are any. All the goyernment
soldiers from the returning volunteer regiments
Colonel j. b Rawles. Of the artillery corps, the
post commander. said:
All this talk OF fraud is perfect rot. People have
been naggng for a year on the same subject.
ing for long time one OF the puzzling and per-
soldiers from selling their clothing. / am confident
fbst no quarfermasters sergeant or civilian en-
ploye is implicated in the selling of even shoe
string
A warrant has been issued for the arrest OF
-Ahe" Abrams Of Louis Abrams. the second
hsnd dealer who. with another son. is in custody.
Detective Reynolds reported 10 the Federal au-
thorities to-day that he found twenty pairs of
government shoes in a sacramento-st. store last
night.
Captain Seymour of the local detective force.
said to-day:
No one can say. in view of all that has trans
pired within the last two days, that frauds have
not been going on. Detective Reynolds reports TO
me that the investigation has MADE sur among
the second hand stores and those who deal In the
class of goods stolen from the army, and that
those who have not yet been visited by Colonel
Msus are hurrving TO cover what government
goods they have. The quantities which they were
able 10 supply their customers makt II seem
elusive TO my mind that there is having
access TO the Quarternasters Department in col
fusion with them. They Will have hard time eX
planning away the evidence against them.
The announcement that warehouse full of
stolen goods has been found which was made yes
rerday on the authority of Captain Seymour has
been found 10 be erroneous.