The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-10

saturday afternoon we were taken by surprise by
very serious charge made against the police re-
porten of several Of the daily papers, including also
the Herald, which appeared in The Express OF
that morning, and in the Commercial Advertiser"
| of the same afternoon. II is as follows
ARREST OF TURNER MERRIrr.-Tuner Merritt, who
time since arrested on charges OF grand larceny
and forgery Thursday arrested on bench war.
rant issued out of the Court of Sessions and commit
| ted TO prison for trial
There connected with this ar
of Mr. Merritt worth notice During the winter upon
the first arrest he apoce reporter belonging the
Herald newspaper $50 to keep the report out of certain
newspapers named who by sharing with the reporters
Of the papers named succeeded in his effort At other Of
fees where money could not buy reporter, among
which was ours he or his friends begged favor that
the report might be left out, which done. We have
alluded to this to show what false step the part
Mr.. Merritt, whom from all we hear we Judge in this
case at least TO be rather the prosecuted man. weak
enough on his rs arrest to tamper with reporter for
the rack, as more black mail demanded of him. The
cry mas been give give; and when he does not give
How much he has given, we cannot undertake to saw
when man thus gets into trouble the only way for him
await an lnvestig alton An arrest does not prove
man gulty The best OF men may be arrested The bad
sign here is Mr. Merrts great effort with the reporters
onewspapers unknown to the proprietors to keep his
case IN the back ground.-Erpress.
Some two months ago were made acquainted with
the circumstances of far relates the al
legged tamperng with the reporters and the of the
PREDICATE who received the fifty doars and of those who
shared it. were communicated 10 We also then wrote
an article exposing the affair but having neglected to
take down the name OF informant, the article was
lest in the hour of need should not be able
to substanate the charge is due to the editors of the
one Of the sharers the black mail that had been levied
wheher the charge was just or not we are unable to
let the black mail Was Iepisd and paid, as stated
above.-Cowmerciat .4dpertiser.
We publish these serious statements--in their
whole breadth and lengh-for the purpose of ascer-
tanning thel truth or falsehood To the proprietor
OF the Herald, all these transactions are entirely
unknown. We never heard of them before. We
know not even who Turner Merritt Island to our
recollection never before heard of his name or Of
fence, till we saw the statement in the Express"
and COMMERCIAL
These are very serious charges against the integ-
rity OF police reporter of the Herald and also the
reporters of several other papers-and it is due TO
every principle of justice, that their names should
be given by their accusers, and the evidence of the
truth Of such charges. If it can be proved that any
reporter in the Herald establishment was guilty of
such conduct, we shall dismiss him Immediately
from our employment Such conduct is utterly OPP
posed to the rules of our establishment and we be-
lieve to every other well regulated newspaper
As matter of right and justice, therefore, to the
Individuals go charged, to the newspaper press and
to the public, we call upon the Express and the
Commercial advertiser" to give us names, facts
and evidence. There are number OF very respecta-
BILE men, who depend upon the business of police
reporting for livelihood-and the preservation of
their character against untrue charges, is one of
their dearest rights. We ask for the Names
The CRUMBS OF OFFICE The annexed affidavit.
price shilling, is copied from the "Albany Eve
ming Journal" religious, and pious, and moral pa
per, published by the Rev. Thurlow Weed, a holy
saint of Albany. 1t shows that il Aldermen have
no salary, theyyet catch few crumbs or drippings
from the Poor House over which they preside. We
would like to see some such developments relative
to the Aldermen of New York. Can't WEI
State Of New York, albany James Trader, of the
engaged the hands the Soup House from the
4th Of January last until Tuesday the 2st ns that
when aePonem went to the e. soup House on the Ah Of
told him to to work and he would deponent what
right, and that further bargain agreement
made between them about wages.
Deponent further says That for about weeks al.
ter he first TO the Soup House, there
who were in the habit OF coming to the Soup House al
most daily to each of whom every time they the
aforesaid Alderman Downing gave beef gncooxed to the
oaves of bread EACH which they carried away and de-
ponen says he has two occasions known Of Alderman
Dswnings sending beet from the Soup House to his
house, for his
And deponent further says That of the beef de.
vered at the Soup House of the coarsest kind and
such shoulders, rb-peces, legs &c. and other parts
from which the best pieces had been cut out leaving
great deal OF bone. - &
And deponen, further says: That whilehe employ
ed in said Soup House. Alderman Downing dne1 there
daily Sundays excspted that the choicest pieces of beef
roasted every day for dinners that many other per-
sons have during that time been in the habit Of taking
their meals there less every day. that deponent
employed about the Soup House. time taking their
dinner there's that Alderman Buckln has dned there very
een; and deponent has also there dinner occa-
sionally from time to time several other members and Of
fcers of the Board, and constabes Of the city.
And deponen further says: That during all the while
he there Alderman Downing and took away
for his own use all the sw refuse of vegetables &c.
from the Soup House. which deponent thinks would be
worth about 50 week; and further he says not.
JAMES TRADER
Sworn before me this slst March ls4s
WIN. PARMALEE, Recorder of Albany.