Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
TAWNEY IS CENSURED, SECRET SERVICE PRAISED

Newport Ky. was located captured and
convicted. Petty thievery at the Phila-
! delphia mint was detected and the thieves
convicted. Thefts from the navy yard at
Philadelphia were investigated and the
guilty persons punished. Petty officers
in the New York navy yard who were &C
cepting brides to give promotions TO
| favorite applicants were convicted and
the practice broken up.
Agents of the secret service division
located the fusitives Greene and Gaynor
in Canada. secured their arrest and trans
fer to Montreal from Quebec. and started
! the proceedings which resulted in their
subsequent surrender to the United states,
where they We're afterward convicted.
The defaulting cashier OF the national
bank at Bridgeport. Conn. was traced ana
followed to Panama. arrested. returned.
convicted and sentenced to ten years. The
investigation of crime under the peonage
law was commenced in Alabama and Mis-
sissippi. Numerous convictions were Sc
cured and the Objectionable practice was
abandoned i'll many districts. An investI-
cation of the land office i'll the Interior
Department was inaugurated with Secre-
tarN Hitchcock by agents of this service,
disclosing gigantic conspiracy mVoiN-
ing the bribery OF government employees
and the fraudulent acquisition OF pubic
lands Many prominent persons We're inn
plcated in these cases and their lndlct-
ment and prosecution followed.
The defaulting fugitive president and
cashier of national bank OF Cleveland.
Ohio, were traced. arrested in British Co
lumbia returned to Ohio. and convicted.
The land fraud Investigations were con-
tinued in California and Oregon and nu-
merous indictments followed. Thefts of
government property at West Point. Fort
hamilton and the Preside were investi-
gated and the thieves detected and con-
victed. Assistance was rendered the De-
partment of Justice in the beef trust in
vestigation at Chicago. prosecution fol-
lowed and fines were inflicted in the cases
investigated by secret service agents.
Secret service agents investigated cases
Of illegal fencing and the fraudulent ac-
QUESTION of government land in Nebras-
ka and Wyoming. Hundreds of thou
sands of acres were restored to the gov
eminent and the violatorS were convicted.
Lottery Enterprises.
An investigation was started of the Va
rious lottery enterprises being conducted
in the south and west. When brought to
successful conclusion over 100000 in
fines were collected from the offenders.
Government land valued at hundreds of
thousands of dollars was recovered under
actions in equity based on investigations
of agents of the secret service division for
the Department of Justice, and criminal
proceedings are pending in Colorado.
Wyoming and Utah. The murder Of a
woman DN nOOnSf1lneTS Ill uSlIlld WIS
investigated conspiracy was disclosed
and all of the conspirators were prose-
cuted and convicted.
Violations of the internal-revenue AVIS
by prominent distilers in Virginia were
investigated by secret service agents and
the offenders convicted. Extensive frauds
in the construction of the Plaquemine lock
at Plaquemine, La. were disclosed by an
investigation conducted by an agent of
the secret service, and the civil engi-
neer in charge and number of his assist
ants. together with the contracting firm.
are under Indictment
In addition to the foregoing there have
been many cases in which secret service
agents have been used to disclose the
whereabouts of property concealed by
bankrupts and to secure the evidence
upon which the offenders have been con-
victed. In hundreds Of cases the Depart
ment of Justice has utilized these men for
the purpose of locating missing witnesses.
fugitives from justice to investigate the
antecendents and character of venire men
in important federal casese where it was
essential that the United States attorney
should be familiar with the character of
the jurors. In many cases where the de-
PENDANT interests have been INSCRIPTIONS
and wealthy attempts at jury bribing have
been frustrated by secret service agents.
Filibustering expeditions against friendly
governments have been investigated and
broken ur and prosecutions in many cases
followed.