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Show And Still It Coturt. St. Louis, 22. Sergeant George PreDder, in charge of tbe signal service ser-vice office here, went to Washington on Saturday to testify of irregularities in the treaeury department. He says that lalse public dttt statements were mado during McCullocb's administration. adminis-tration. He also says that government govern-ment money was loaned to confederates confed-erates who loaned it back to government govern-ment as individual fundi and drew interest on it. While pursuing these investigations Premier was informed by a clerk in the redemption bureau named Richardson, that immense frauds were being perpetrated in that bureau; that fortunes wore being made by reporting money destroyed de-stroyed which was preserved; that only half of tho money turned in for destruction was actually destroyed, ithe other balf being divided among the perpetrators ol the fraud. Prouder says he tried to have these fraud j investigated a number of times, but failed. Wben Boutwtll became secretary sec-retary of the treasury Prender informed in-formed him of these frauds, and tho secretary promised to investigate. Shortly after this a man named Fox, who bad also been a clerk in the redemption bureau, called on Pron-der, Pron-der, stating that Secretary Boutwell hid appointed him a detective to follow up these frauds, and wanted all the papers and ovidenco ho had in his possession. Prender declined to give them up except on an order from Boutwell. Fox returned with a Ict-ttr Ict-ttr from the Becretary, asking for the documents and Prender gave them to him in the presence of a witness who knew their character. Myanwhile Prender of the frauds in the redemption redemp-tion bureau, had retired. He wai visited by Fox, and although a democrat, demo-crat, was appointed assistant postmaster post-master at Albany, and no investigation investiga-tion of tho frauds were over mado. Prender will probably testify before thecommitteo on Monday. |