The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-07
.IOhn II. TillnY.


"a clerk in trouble which referred to Mr.
John +. Tillay. Mr. T. has friends in this
vicinity who have requested us to publish
the following vindication. The statements
in the annexed letter from Mr. Tillay TO the
st. Louis RePuLi;can, are sustained by the
affidavits of several respectable persons, who
were witnesses of the conduct Of the preju-
diced Justice:
As several articles have appeared in the
local columns of your paper in regard - my
having counterfeit money AMI the money of
broken Banks, as Clerk of the steamer Edit
or, must ask you to do me the justice TO
publish this statement, with the accompany
ing certificates.
The iiremen and deckhands OF the steamer
Editor were paid off by me, in presence of
the Captain and barkeeper of the boat, on
Monday, the 10th of August, about , q clock,
L. NJ. On Wednesday or Thursday Of the
same week, while going down to the boat,
(which was lying mt Carondelet), on the Iron
Mountain Ra;I.0ad, met three of the fire.
men, who told me that so5ac of the money
| had given them was bad. ! told them To
come down to the boat and ] would give
them other money, or the bo9t's due hill. |
saw nothing more of the men until :Satur-
day morning. | was arrested on FRIDAY
evening upon warrant issued by Justice
Ilcrckenrath. After my arrest | was about
To go to the Office of Justice II. 10 give bail
for my appearance next morning, but he had
gone to Carondelct. Justice tombstone was
then called upon, and took a bond for my
appearance next morning before Justice
Herckenrath; otherwise, must have spent
the night in Jail. Justice Herckenrath
seemed very angry on Saturday, because
Justice tombstone had admitted Inc TO bail,
and evinced the strongest prejudice against
me. He insisted on going into the trial up
on the spot, although my chief witness was
not in the city, and did not hesitate to state
+ to divers persons, (see the certificates below
/ that il was impossible that | could have
passed the money without knowing it to bc
bad.
1t was so manifest that he had prejudgel
the case, and was determined to bind me
( over TO await the action of the grand jury
in any event, that by the advice ofmy coun.
/ sci and friends | waived an examination
before this prejudiced judge and prosecutor
and gave bond for my appearance at court
| consented to this the more willingly a:
this partial Judge had stated that the exam
ination would take up at least eight or ter
DAYS, as be would only devote an hour OF
two per day to it.
will here also add, that the malignant
articles which appeared in the several daily
papers, charging me with the crime, were, a:
am informed, either written or furnished
To the reporters by this same Justice Herck-
enrath, whose malice has not yet ceased {,
pursue me.
1t will be shown by the affidavit of Cap
tain Garrett that had no interest whatcve
in the boat, and that only paid out to the
men the money which the boat had received
in the usual course of her trade. II would
have been the extreme of folly to have paiC
the crew off with bad money, even If | hal
been dishonest enough to have done so in
tentiaonlly, because the men would not hav,
lost their lien for wages by such payment
but still could have attached the boat for tn,
amount due them.
| have no capital TO sustain me in life bu
my character and good name, and, reluctan
as am to come before the public | fee
that have been deeply wronged, and tina
it is my duty to myself to make this vindi
cation. JOHN L. TiLLiG.
STATE OF MISSOURI, J s..
st. Louis county.
I, \. G. Garrett being duly sworn, depos
and say, That ! am captain OF the steame
Editor, and WAS on board of said boat Of
her last trip, and acted as clerk of said boa
during a portion of that trip, in the absenc
of Mr.. John Tillay, who was the regula
clerk; that during the trip | handed owe
what money | had received to Mr.. Tiliay
who placed it in the SAFE that on our ~
rival at st. Louis, said Tillay proceeded {
pay of the hands, and in my. presence di
pay Sam Grassenbaugh, and other firemer
the amount of their wages; and | fully be
lieve that the money he paid them, was tn
money received by the boat for freight an
, passage. And further state that do nc
believe said Tillay knew of any portion {
the money paid to said fremen being coun
terfeit.
; would further add, that John Tillay vs.
in no wise interested in the steamboat Edito
= and that the money with which he paid SAL
fremen was taken by him, in my presenc
out of the safe, where the money receive
by the boat, in her business, was kept.
h Signed, a. q. GARRETT.
: Captain steamboat Editor.
q SuhScrihod and sworn 20 before me-