The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-24
Progress Of Indictments Of the
Grand Jury.-NIore about Wilkes ~ Co.


BY reference to eur Sessions reports it will be
seen that the Grand Jury, last week, found several
important bills of Indictment, viz. :-oue against
John Graham, the late defeated candidate for the
Office of District Attorney of this city, and for years
past the counsel Of George Wilkes, the recent rum
away convict; another against DE Witt Graham, a
custom house officer under Hugh Maxwell; and u
third against Mike Murray, associate Of the
former two, and well known pugst. These in
dctments have been found against those parties for
the outrage committed the 9Th Of November,
last year, against the editor of this journal and
Captain Turnbull, one the captains of police More
indictments against one of the party still
in progress for an attempted outrage against Mr..
Galbraith, the counsel employed in these cases.
This was perpetrated also by DE Witt Graham,
ACCOMPANIED by IN associate whose name we forget.
The napers in this case have been for some time
rast in the hands of Justice Osborn, and the case,
thus far delayed from going before the Grand Jury;
but for what reason, good, bad, Indifferent, we
have not heard.
We have very little to say Of these matters, now
that they are in the hands of competent conductors
of law and justice in this city. We may state SIM
ply that the ostensible for these outrages
simply fair and manly opposition to the nomina-
tion Of John Graham, for district attorney, by the
Ntts York HeaH-which opposition was sanctioned
and confirmed by the intelligent and respectable
people Of the city lie had received the nomination
last November, through an improper influence
welded in Tammany Hall, and set in motion by
certain dsIeputabc persons, Of whom George
Wilkes and his associates some of the warmest
rart2ans. The respectable portion of the demo-
craoy reyoltcd at such influence, and such can
didate. They abandoned their own tickets, and
elected respectable in the opposition All these
facts viii appear the trials as soon as they
shall have been set down for calm hearing.
OfWkes and his associates, we have a word to say.
All the persons and parties connected with the
cent unjustifable and atrocors stoolpgeon crusade
against innocent and respectable men for the last
woyears, have been gradually brought to conviction
and punishment. We alludc to the crusadcs against
Samuel Drury, Sen, and Samuel Drury, Jr., of
Astoria, and also against James Arlington Bennett,
of New Rochelle. The history of these nefa-
rous operations and stool-pgeon confederacies
would fill volume Of the deepest interest,
and would exhibit some of the vagaries which
existed in the administration of justice during
that period in this city. Wilkes, who has
Just escaped by taking to his heels, from convic-
ton ana sentence Impending over MN III Iouon-
kecpsie, has not been heard of up to this time. We
understand however, that Mr.. Bowyer, the very
excellent police oficerwho has just been reinstated
ly the Mayor-in conjunction with officers from
PougLkecpse. is now on the trail of the runaway,
and may probably catch him before he gets out of
the country The following is curious list of some
Of his agents, associates and instruments, including
himself, with particulars of their fate and destina-
tion:-
Eristol rili State prison, Vermont ten years.
- Meadows Field. do. do. DO.
Joseph Ashley. state prison fiye years.
Thonns Warner. runaway. now in England
Levi Cole escaped tn parts unknown.
Tom knnnuse eight years State prison. Rhode Island.
- Dorsey indicted for perjury State prison. Rhode
Islaud
ouc-Fycd Thompson. committed suicide in prison.
George Wilkes, convicted ani escaped
Thus proceeds the power Of justice and truth, with
step a. frm, rs calia, and as determined the
movements ofnaturc under tie untrammelled impress
of Omnipotent power Verify, the administration
Of Justice Is improving fast.