Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-31
SECOND EDITION.
s O'CLOCK p. m.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
A QUIETUS.

Inc Chronicle persists in reiterating its fool.
ish insinuations that Mayor Wallach was di
reety or indirectly responsible for the inter.
ruption OF the Fenian meetil & on Friday night
ias'' SIMPLY exposing its own Ignorance of
municipal affairs and of the laws of Congress
relating to this District Its persistencv in
view OF the facts that Mayor Wallach has no
control over the Metropolitan Police. and that
no "permits" are required to hold public
meetings here, is rather extraordinary. To
set this matter at rest, and show that there was
not the slightest excuse for the publications of
the Chronicle in this connection, or for the ac
ton OF Congress in reference to the fair build
ing, we append the affidavit of Serg't Eckloff
well known In this community as a truthful,
man, and the statements of two disinterested
gentlemen of the legal profession, also well
known In this community as being eminently
trustworthy, showing that the Mayor had no
connection with. or knowledge Of the inter-
ference with this meeting, as CHARGED We are
content &c let the matter rest here, b ut if occa
sion requires may be able to furnish our read
ers some Information as to the disnterested
motives Of the parties responsible for this new
rendition of Much Ado about Nothing"
On this thirtieth day of July, A ID. 1866. he.
fore me, the subscriber. a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Washington and Dis.
trict OF Columbia, personally appeared Adolf
plus Ecklof, Sergeant Of the Metropolitan Po-
lice OF the eth precinct, in said District, and
being by me duly sworn, according to law de-
poseth and saith, that on Friday, JuIy 2-th
one OF the Lady Managers of the late fair for
the Orphans of Soldiers and Sailors. called at
the station house. She stated TO me that she ha 4
been TO see the Mayor, but was informed that
his Honor was not in the city, she then ASKED
me If there was not some one in authority 10
prohibit meeting to be held in the Fair Roem
corner of 7th street and Pennsylvania ayenue
that the said room had been granted by some
party or parties WITHOUT the consent Of the
Lady Managers, in the absence of Capt Grant
TO hold political meeting, and that il was
against the wishes of the Lady Managers that
the building should be used for any such pur-
pose i replied that would attend To it. 1
then telegraphed to headquarters to the Supar
intendent to consult with him in regard to the
matter. The answer came to me that the Su-
perintendent was not at his office nor couId
they tell me at what time he would be there
L then went down to the Fair Room, | saw
several men there engaged in selling tickets
Tor the Gift Concert after stating to them what
the lady had told me, l asked them if they
could inform me who had granted permission
10 hold the meeting that evening thew re-
Piled that they could not l then asked
them, Who We're the parties hav wing charge of
the meeting They answered they could not
tell, but three of the lady managers had been
there that afternoon. After a social converse.
ton then retired, and went to see Gen p F.
Bacon, one OF the Commissioners Of Pslice
stated the case TO him, and told him that i
could not get any information about it, After
IL.
telling them that three of their number had
been there during the afternoon, and urged
upon them to let the meeting 90 on: to which
they readily consented. then came back to
the station house, stated to the officer in charge
tina: everything was amicably settled; that the
ladies had given their consent for the meeting
to be held. i knew nothing about the meeting
being dispersed, until i was so informed by a
reporter Of one Of the city papers. 1 went to
the fair room alone. not even the officer on the
beat knew anything about it. / did not state
that had been sent there by the Mayor: nor
was the Mayors name mentioned at any time,
except DIV the lady to me as first stated herein
ADODPHUs EcKLoFP,
Sergeant Of Seventh Precinct
subscribed and sworn to before me.
CHAs. WALTER, J.P.
Having been called on by Sergeant Ecklof tn
state our recollection OF the con yersation that
took place between him and Major Morse on
the evening OF July 21th, at the Fair Building
on the corner of eth street and the ayenue in
regard 10 the Fenian meeting to be held there
on that evening. Our recollection is as follows.
ne stne SerGeantl inc uired by whose authori-
and the answer was by Major Morse that he
did not know. The Sergeant tn en- replied
that he was informed by one of the lady man
ayers that she called to see the Mayor, but that
he was out in the country. This was the only
mention made of the MAYORS name dn
ring the whole of the conversation. Ser
saw present at that time. There were
probably twenty persons present who
heard the conversation, and they were the
only persons in the hall at the time except those
in the lottery office. The gas was not lighted
in the hall at the time. There was no meeting
there, nor did any one there seem to know Inv
what or whose authority the contemplated
meeting was called. Sergeant Eckloff asked
the bystanders for some authority for the in
tended meeting. and stated he would make no
further objection to the meeting if any proper
could be shown. but that he on re-
quest Of the lady managers, would be- com
PEELED To prevent 1t, unless some authority
was shown. K. S. DAVIS,