The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-21
MaIor Roblnson's I'D.


We print this morning another card
from Major ROBINSON. Failing tC
make his case good before the Com.
missioners or the Courts, he resorts
again TO the Press. We believ the
citizens Of Evansville are pretty "a
miliar with the charges against VIC
TOR BIsCH, and know who originally
instigated them. No fact is better
known than that Judge ROBINSON,
from the outset, has been the relent-
less accuser of VICTOR BIscH, and
has sought in every possible way to
have him punished for what he boldly
charged was malleasance in office.
We are somewhat surprised to see
the disposition manifested in the card,
which we publish this mornings
to dodge responsibility. Heretofore
the Major has gloried in the part he
was performing, aud unhes;tatiugiy
asserted that YICToR BIscH had been
receiving and paying out money contra
Iy to law. These charges we're repeated
on the stump, in the papers and in
private circles. The Major was conf
dent. 1t was rot then matter Of
personal belief, as it appears to be this
morning. These facts. we say, are
well known to the public, aud il Is not
necessary for US to go over them
again.
The Major admits that the trial of
BIsCH on two of the indictments
which, by the way, were prepared at
his instigation, as we are credibly in
formed-was deliberately dismiss ed
by himself and Judge PARRETT The
reason assigned for the dismissal is
that the trial of the criminal indict-
ments might possibly endanger the
suit for the recovery Of the money.
We confess we are not altogether
familiar with legal phraseology,
but this plea, as we under
stand the meaning Of the word,
is pitiful petitoggiHg. If BIscH i
guilty. as the Major has repeatedly
asserted, but now only in;inuates, he
is not only liable under the criminal
code, but is equally. it seems to us,
responsible for the money. If he is
not guilty of getting money unlaw-
fully, how can he be compelled to pay
back into the treasury any portion of
his allowances. 1t seems to US that no
money can be collected from BIscu
unless he got it contrary 10 law, If
he got it by violating the law, he is
liable and ought to be punished as a
criminal. In truth. have not Major
RoBINsoN aud Judge PARRETT mate
rally weakened their chance Of re
covering money from BIsCH by enter
ing a nope on the criminal suits?
Does any one acquainted with Major
RoBINsoN believe that he would have
dismissed the criminal suits had he
not been satisfied beyond doubt that
success in them was hopeless?
There is nothing in the Major card
this morning which throws any new
light on the subject It only shows
that he has thus far been foiled at
every point, and after putting the
County to thousands of dollars ex
pense, is as far from making case
against VICTOR Bison as at the begin
ming of his persecution, for, with him,
it has amounted to persecution.
We reafirm, what we stated before,
that we believe@Iajor ROBINSON, with
some Democratic abettOrs. instigated
the prosecutions in the first instance,
and has been the soul of them ever
since. Republicans had no disposi-
tion to screen a guilty Office holder,
and therefore gave the accusers full
opportunity to do their worst. So
far, nothing has resulted, save that
the county has been put to an expense
Of several thousand dollars, which
will have to come out of the pockets
of the people.