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President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to instruct William Wickham Smith to “seize any malefactor” because rumors of the case are reaching the newspapers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-28
S. C. Mead, secretary of the Merchants’ Association of New York, has arranged a conference concerning the additional post office at the site of the Pennsylvania Terminal in New York City. William F. King regrets that William H. Taft “has rendered an adverse decision” in the lengthening of the Hudson River piers in the Chelsea district. King encloses a newspaper clipping.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-01
William F. King recommends that attorney William Wickham Smith be generously remunerated for “the successful work that he has accomplished” in the Japanese silk fraud case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-22
Henry Martyn Hoyt encloses attorney William Wickham Smith’s report concerning the Japanese Silk fraud case trial, United States v. Martin L. Cohn and Charles C. Browne.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-26
Attorney General Knox shares his opinion concerning defense attorney Frank Hinchman Platt’s request to negotiate a compromise of the Japanese silk fraud case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-03
Reports that Senator Platt demanded the removal of three assistant appraisers due to their connection to the silk fraud cases are baseless.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-03
Charles C. Long encloses correspondence between Attorney General Philander C. Knox and William Wickham Smith for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-03
Daniel LeRoy Dresser believes that success in the investigation of the silk frauds requires an interview with William Wickham Smith. Mr. Mead will explain, as it is impossible for Dresser to meet with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-30
By order of Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, Examiner Charles C. Browne of the Office of the Appraiser of Merchandise has been suspended from duty and the charge of undervaluation of silks is being handled by Special Counsel William Wickham Smith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-24