, 1866-02-22
FROM BOSTON.
New Fenturo IN The Riot Caae-1n-
terfeTence of the Legislature with the
Jnd1c1nry-A Detective Triumph
Bishop Fitzpatrick.
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1Hdfcf1ry-A Detective TEiumpIa-
Bishop Fitzpatrick.
From our Own ConespoudentJ
Bosros, Feb. II, 1866.
THE swAMrscoTT RIOT AND TIE LEGlsLA-
TIRE.
1Eaye you In my last letter some account Of
the tar and feathers case, noT attracting pub
lie attention through this vicinity, and In
recording some new developments. q few hints
will recall Its main points to the minds Of
your readers. A Swampscott Copperhead,
who expressed delight at the murder of the
President, was ta1rel and fcathered and home
through the town in disgnce By bis fellow
citizens. He sued those concerned for
damage, and obtained verdict for $500,
which has been paid. Here the matter was
supposed to rest but ut the present term OF
the court at Salem, a democratic judge on the
bench, and the district attorney being ut yari-
ence with the republicans Of that section, half
for completely In the riot which some only
saw from the windows Of their dwellings and
Offices. The list of the defendants includes
even the venerable clergyman and the post
master Of the Village, and leaves none out
for; Witnesses Governor Andrew was re-
tanned aa counsel for the defence, but bis ply
nclan forbids his trying cases at present, and
judge Lord declined to continue the case
another term to enable him to take part In it.
The case standing thus, the eyes Of tho COM
munity upon 1t, and Tuesday assigned for the
trial, on Monday afternoon an order was
offered IN the 2tate Legislature expressing the
opinion that such prosecutions at this time
are uncafled for md directing the Attorney
General of the Commonwealth to proceed to
Salem md take charge Of the case. Such &C.
ton is altogether without q precedent here or
elsewhere, but warrant tpr.it Was found In
It, d. >
and vigorously supported BY John Qnincy
Adams, Of Quincy, whose character a. well
as his descent may be judged from his name.
OF course. such measure met violent oppo-
sition. The frat to speak against 1t was the
leader Of the little squat Of + dozen Deno-
Gratis ia the e, House, n: spotora, Of Nsw1ary,
port, N able yopng lawyer, and husband Of
Miss Harriet Prescott, the autlotess. He was
followed By q recognized leader of the Re-
pub,icans ii the same strain, both denouncing
the. contemplated interference with the ju-
| licinry as lncal1ed for, undigni2et, and suro
| respeetcr Of law The debate continued until
! dark, and the vote, when taken, resulted in
I the ndoption Of The order By 4 hundred ma-
josily IL q vote Of q hundred and alsy.
So the Attorney General left early the next
morning for Saleu1, md took the ease from
the District Attorney. He did not withdraw
the prosecution at oncc, however, rs those
whose votes sent him there may hare anttci-
pa,ed, but simply stated the aetion Of the
Legislature, asked d postponcmeut that he
might look into the case, and expressly dis
clnimed all intention to abandon 1t If It ap-
peared that the prosecution Was proper one.
Thu Judge readily adjourned the court for a
fortnight, and SO the mstter now stands al
though there Is no probability that Attorney
General Reed will be able to give his attention
to 1t two weeks hence, the liquor warfare ol
which ! wrote Jon fully week ago, demand
ing his fi+:t care mud all his timc. Meanwhile
the legal community y bnsily discussing The
| think most lawyers, without regard to poll
tics, agree IN regarding It as unjustifiable, i'm.
pol; tic, md full Of danger to the Interests oi
liberty .anl Justice.
THE DETECTION OF TIE CONCORD EoBpERs.
The narrative Of the long toll and search oi
one: of the men who robbed the bank In the
1 neichboffng town Of Concord last autumn.
| ahl; the recovery Of two-thirds Of the money
taken, Is Already an old story. It Is certninly
one Of the most brilliant examples Of detective
patience aud skill on record. The burglar,
apparently Wishing to make his exploits ap-
pear as remarkable as those oil his captors, has
told marvellous story as to the method Of
the robbery which Nil the papers hare printed
without question, but which Is full Of manifest
falsehoods from beginning to end. The fact
that he describes minutely the manufacture OF
admission to the safe Of the bank, when
| there were really only three doors between
the booty and the street, would be sufficient
| to cast reasonable doubt on hts assertion
that he and his confederate spent eighty nights
in the bank without discovery, WORKING their
nay to The , vsa1t @ even were thers .x yau't in
public must hare it's sensations, md If the
les are manufactured By professional thieves
l and cracksmen, 1t Lifts so much responsibility