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Show GOVERNMENT CLERK ' MAKES A CONFESSION. WASHINGTON, May 12.-Further inves- ! tigatlon of the case of Frank M. Barnett, a clerk In the bureau of ethnology, from Alabama, who was "arrested Saturday, Charged with stealing money from the Government, discloses the fact that his method was to open fictitious accounts, crediting certain names" with alleged services serv-ices rendered -to the bureau.' These accounts ac-counts would be passed in the regular way and checks drawn for the amounts. Barnett would then intercept the checks. The total sura thus procured was $000. |