Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-14
RUTTER.
What He thinks Of the Pro-
ceedings against Him.
ReluFn CT ID tectIye Ryan to
Nashville.
The Action Of The HOuse In The
Matter.

Matter.
The Nashville Banner Of Tuesday ha
/ The following account Of the experience
OF Detective Ryan in Memphis. By
g~eference 20 the procse dings OF the Gen
sral Assembly it will he seen that th'
H0u4e 70 determined 10 " put the thing
through" y:
Detective Larry Ryan returned Sunday
morning from Memphis whittier he ven
Abous "a week sgo, with an "instRntel
cspias" issued by the Criminal Court Of
Davidson county, for the re-srrest o.
Ieo. r. RuUter, charged with embez-
cling $500, 600 OF the school fund. Mr.
Ryan states that when he first arrested
Butter in Memphis several weeks ago,
md while proceeding with him, accom-
panied by Enother officer to the police
station, Rutter asked the officer to gjCe
him q pistol, remsrkiBg al the same
ime, II SCGRt TO Kill myself" The Of
deer replied that he had only one pistol
With him, but would furnish Rutter one
% soon a. they should arrive at the pn-
lice station.
woo arrested, Rutter seemed to be
very much frightened, and was exceed
ing anxious JokDow upon what charges
10 had besn arrested and by whom they
tad been preferred. Detective Ryan in
formed him that he did not know by
whom they had been preferred, but thai
the warrant charged him with I" frsudu-
sHt breach o. trust and obtaining money
lader faiss p~retenses.h Rutter then re-
marked that it wSs very hard for one
nan to suffer for other mems deeds /;
h f he was NOT guilty of the crimes
aarged." Detective Ryan replied mat
2 sgch we're the case he (RutteF) had
nothing to fear.
Nneu Afr. Ryan arrested Rutter the
second time, hs was at his residences neaT
Beai street, and told the officer that they
sGuld leave for Nashville OF the 12:45
rain, en- the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad. Rutter agreed to go with him
nd promised 70 give no trouble. He was
aiken d0wn TO the Shsrifrs Office, and
con after went out with one Of the
56eTif's deputies but failed to make his
appearance until between the hours OF
one anu two o'clock in the afternoon.
An application for E second writ OF
asbeas corpus was taken out before Judge
Hunter, Of the Criminal Court of Shelby
county. Ratter employed from ten to
twelve lawyers ia the case, whereas De
ecivs Ryan only engaged the servicssof
Thomas r Smith, late Judge of the Law
court at Mempnis, to prosecute the suit.
At the expiration Of ave or six days sub
-equent 10 the filing of the application,
Butter Wss allowed TO give a paper bond
# $4,000 for his appearance before the
Crimir.sl Court OF Davidson county, on
the 25th instant.
In e conversation which Detective Rs
tn had with Rutter in front OF the Over
on Hotel, last Friday, Rutter said that
"a :" would die before he would expose
his best friends that Christ had died to
ave sinners, aud that he would go 10 all
and rot before he would expose his
riends." He then asked Mr.. Ryan il he
lid not think that be was right
Rutter informed Mr.. Ryan that Chill
spence" went to Memphis some time
ago, took him (RutteT) into the OTertOn
Hotel and ATTEMPTED to biRek-mRil MIN
Iut Of several thousand dollars. Rutter
believed that because Bill Spence had
oiled 10 bIGck-mail him, he iSpenre) had
indicted him, and had taken This mode
# vengeance.
In answer to g question, asked by Rut.
ter, as TO who were the best and most
prominent lawyers in Nashville Detec-
i've Ryan gsve the names OF Gov. Neill
BrOwB, Judge Guild, McClanshaD-
md Clare, 4. II. East, Judge Cooper,
'oi q !. Stubblefeid, the Briens, Gen.
Bate, Jchn TTimble and some others.
In giving these names lsutter said, {
sm going TO pick my lawyers; Bysn. !
IN going to divide my lawyers, and have
lalf Of them Radicals and half Of them
Conservatives. Don't you sse the point
you understand p"
We deem it necessary to state that the
revelations made by RUtter were not
pumped from him by Mr.. Ryan, nor
we're they given in confidence. Rutter
in a state of high nervous mental
excitement. ne appeared to find relief
IN Carrulity and would have ratified on
for hours had the officer had time to
listen. His utteraDce was sharp and
quick, and his sentences often dis
:onnscIed. There was plainly enough
something on has agin9. What that
something vas viii, we hope, be
developed when the charges against
him come fully before the eoucts. !
We have been thBs Particular to detail
the facts derived from Mr. Ryan, as
much for the reason that Rutter's affairs
occupied a great deal of the time of the |
House yesterday, as for any other cause.
Ii will be seen from our report of the
proceedings, that some gentlemen who
voted for the Omnibus bill have since
become strongly solicitOus with regard
10 the leaks in the treasury. They real
~ do not think that Over a few hundreds
TO be spent in prosecuting Rutter
and recOTeTiCg the school fund that the |
game is not WORTH ths candle but we
we're indeed glad to notice that the
House took the right course Ia the mat
ter. II is only by such . policy that
these members aghO got none Of tie fund
free themselves from the suspicion
which is entertained by the people of
Tennessee, irrespective Of party, toward
1T the Senators and Representatives Who
iG the General Assembly Of 1867
and who have never taken even the
i-st step &c Yiadicste themselves oy
10 justice those who are really
II was openly stated in the House yes
.erdsy that Rutter had recently tele-
.raphed Treasurer Rust that he would
fork over $780, $40 in a day or two. An
other member made a remark to this
slfset-thgt II the prosecution was only
with the right degree OF spirit
that Rutter would come ont dUifh the truth,
as he did not like to peach on his friends
Voluntarily, and that s. large portion Of
the mis- ing fund would doubtless bg re-
covered in this way.
Rutter has, We hear, secured the SER
vices of ali the btst talent st cur bar, his
being, as was the case at Mem.
phis, not so much to have them defend
him IS to prevent them from prosecuting
hin.