| Show HOW A POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR WAS VIAS CORRUPTED Philadelphia April 2 C CHolden Holden lIol the Inspector In the tho United Slates postal service attached to the Philadelphia division who admitted yesterday that the tho Storey Cotton com corn company I pany most of ot whoso whose are CURl fugi fugitives lives tives from justice JU advanced 1100 to him nn nil aloan for tor a n tow few days has sent his resignation to Washington Holden declares that he ho received the money and ond paid It back a few days later Inter with without without out any un understanding or 01 agreement with tho the Storey Cotton company that he was to protect tho time concern against Investigation by tho the depart department department ment He Ile admitted however that lu in accepting the loan Joan he was Indiscreet Iri and hn ho thought It bent In vicino ot of the thEl revelations In the case caBe to send his hla resignation to tho the postal authorities at Washington Tho The discovery that Holden had re to received a n I loan lonn from the company was Willi made by bl United States Statu attorneys while making tanking an at examination of ot tho the books ot of the defunct concern Tho The matter was wan all Immediately reported to W VP W Dickson Dick Dickson son lOll Inspector In charge of the tho local division who whon lu ln turn communicated the tho to the chief chlof Inspector at rut Washington By ly direction of Postmaster General Cortelyou Inspector Mayer line has been beeh sent to thin city and Is ii I ranking making an nn In Investigation Investigation of nt Holdens dealings with vitti the Storey Cotton company In a n statement made modo by hy Holden ho says the tho th loan was paid back within a avery avery avery very few days and ho he was surprised to loom learn that U It had been boon entered on tho the books of ot the time company because berall It waa ft a personal loan loon iron from F l J Storey Ho He believes bellee he lie hI said Bald that the tho loan lonn woe WAS WI placed on Im tho he books to do him Injury Since Shiro the tho lie loan lonn was made ho lie says ho lie hohas hI hIhns has hns sent three sepArate reports to Washington recommending that fraud orders be Issued against the Storey concern In Inspector Holden tonight In nn an In Interview interview told toll how he hA chine came to accept the loan lonn tram from Storey He lie said he hn had been sent to tho ho offices of tho the Storey Cotton company to make an Investigation as 8 the result rC of or a n complaint While there thoro ho Inet luat Storey Store Holden was about to leave leavo tho the omco when In tin conversation with Storey ho Holden Incidentally mentioned that limit ho hn had to go 0 out and raise some money quickly to lu tide him himself himself self over In III n II stock transaction Storey told him ho hll would him the money and Holden replied 1 that he could not accept n a 1 loan lonn ns as ho might have to In Investigate te tho the company nt ut at a future time Holden Holdon says cays nested 1 him tint that lint the tho company compan was doing a n legitimate business and that lint ho would never again have occasion to look Into tho the affairs of the concern Storey Insisted In ho bo said mild In n helping him out and Holden tin flit ally oily n copied n 11 draft Holden says ho realized n tow few minutes later inter that ho he had bind acted l mind nn l made every effort to pay the loan lonn back b ck ns as quickly quirk as III This Title ho did In a few low days rho Tho Philadelphia Record tomorrow will say that Inspector Holden declares that Harrison J Derrett formerly former of ot the tho department of at Justlee jO Washington and nephew no phew of ot the tho t late James JameR Tyner who ho was Involved In tho ho scandals was sas tho tM ho attorney for tor ha Storey Cotton company while while ho was walt actually connected with tho the depart department department ment of justice Asked 1 It Ie It was true ns nn contends that hut DArrett was W H responsible for far the failure of ot the tho post oOk department to Issue n a fraud order or order orr der r against tho limo Storey company anti that ho was their lawyer the this United States district attorney tonight salt said saidI saltI lIah I eat can only say any sn tho ho Investigation In iti Into Into to tho the affairs and the tho discovery of certain papers seems to partially benr bear out nut that contention I 1 know W what they got |
