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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1872

Page

2

Howe Leads Investigation into General-Order Scandal

Senator Howe returns to the Fifth Avenue Hotel to chair the opening of the inquiry into general-order abuses. Witnesses accuse Col. Leet and others of misusing power at the Custom House while goods and wares are improperly handled, with calls to suspend the probe as fatigue grows among senators.

Philadelphia Col. McClure Gray Reform South Sixth Street Col Jenks Ilegal A. K. McClure Fes McClure Common Pleas Court New York Feo Senator Howe Fifth Avenue Washington Porter Babcock Howe Casserly Leet Stewart Bixey North River Grant Custom House Oracle Chamber of Commerce Pratt Buckingham Bayard Pants Paris Commune la Roquette M. Bonjean Cour de Cassation Deguerry Madeleine Allard Durance Mazas MM. Darboy Bonjean Hotel de Ville la Commune Mairie 18Th Arrondissement Voltaire Delescluze Ranvier Ferre Versailles Genton Verig la Grande Roquette Peres Clerc Ducondray Pere LaChaise Fosse Garraud Monseigneur Dupanloup Orleans French Academy M. Littre France Aristotle Bacon Hartley Pilate Descartes Jacobi Darwin Buckle John Stuart Mill Westminster Review Comte Hegel Church of Rome Strauss Tom Paine Mons. Dupanloup Academy Holy Father Hobbes Locke Hume Leibnitz Bernis Mirepoix Monseigneur Dupanioup Napoleon III

Bond robber Copp linked to Glover in Boston trial

The World suggests Copp the bond robber is a pal of Glover on trial in Boston, an erroneous statement. The case highlights distress and notoriety amid attempts to link suspects, with ensuing confusion about identities and motives.

Committee On Foreign Affairs Boutwell Fish Gen. Sickles Department of State M’clure Boston Post New York Fes H. W. Dillingham Lynn Mass Dillingham Boston Boston Express Fourth Avenue Twenty Eighth Street Thirtieth Street Third Avenue Connolly Washington Fithian Tweed Ring Broadway Fairchild Terence Farley John J. Braaley Judge Hilton Lewis Phillips The Jas. Fisk, Jr Fisk Jordan Hutchins Copp Glover Tamworth N. H Great Fatus Israel W. Goodwin Tamworth Iron Works Vernon Hartford and Providence Rackard Hartford Tolland Rockville Amr Krarichelor W. A. Batchelor Bond Street Wfamily Mhié Matamoras Diaz Camarzo Quiroga Villaneuva Mier Trevino Monterey Alatorre Oaxaca Mexico Siglo Testellan del Camino Mattamoras Tf Oliver Ditson & CO

Congressional Committee Reopens Session With Subpoenas

The Congressional Committee resumed work in Washington sending for Perkins of Dover to reveal Custom House practices of 1869. Testimony focused on Porter and Babcock, with claims of inflated coal cargo values and pressure on officers. Several witnesses cited profits in the general order business and smuggling risks, while party loyalties were noted amid ongoing investigations.

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