New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-08

lawyer in the city" and how suddenly ana w tbey
were attacked but the Marshal Declined ana now
e had , 30 be , %sS' To had ecee
r. Smith, an eXCOlleooT OF New oih o' crnst rains
~, hi acs and mat charge against HIM would Ger
fainy result In quick setelnent WIZ" VIZ, ;hcv dennted
M WnSust. detective whose services they had &c,
cured watch smith and u VIII a aracr TO arrest
S SIN, pscessary and bring him before Beknap The
compliant agans s% Sy Fullerton in Oce
aud i,Shici Dnpuy sets forth directly his own oceupa
u .nn the warrant was issned so re-
iucant these professional n 70
MIR Osborn went down To Fulerons office aud took inc
afdavs there supposng merely that he was aiding ana
tbe ith OF June Mr. Fullerton visited Mr. Osborn the
next day and told him he wanted to take that warrant
i nmt e snceesded IN obtaining it, and on day
June Pat o'clock in the AFTERNOONS Thomas r. sn nn
spirators, Edward ]. windust who representa- .
himself TO be oo Deputy S r Msfsna without author
ity, without law, and in violation OF All law
smith was brought here IN rTR1 and Daniel G. Bird
SAIL another Of the conspTators, and thther within hNe
smith had been engaged trial that afternoon and ms
counsel was with him. Mr.. Fullerton repIessc" a A.
self ns an agent OF the Government and he ana MI;
Smiths counsel together up into the trd Story ol
this building. When they came down al dor tnp
S sO6 Mp Smiths counsel in the absence
of his client had alternative but to 70 home bSt ,h r
Fullerton went immediately to Brdsals ONCE anu , .
the conspratOrs began TO negolate Win ue
victim for settlement They must nave s0V, 1890, and
as smith nromise TO pay them $4,000 IN money anu
coo ooo i'm railroad stocks This negotiation concluded
Smith and Windust and Mr. Gnck Mn3 was T yhi irans
scton took q carriage and went to Smiths house IN
smith o EXPLAINS the situation to his wife, and she
counts out $4,000 in money ana turns tooS over
cartilage and drove to Mr.. 0sborn's house. and there
they found Mr. Fullerton bail bond was already maae
had succeeded in persuadng the Commissioner TO reduce
the bail from S. 900 to 5000, and ON the word OF MI
and knew nothing about The bond was signed and Mr.
smith, according to his stipulation departea sta tpr
to be overcome. Mr.. Osborn, who acted ~hropgn,
was his duty 10 file the bond and return it to the District
Attorney But it was necessary to keep TINS bono on tne
Fullerton visited Osborn and said to him. understand
that arrest last night was all Illegal that MI Mnons
bond Won took was illegal and had no force" And he
succeeded in obtaining from Osborn promise that he
would not file it, and to this day that bond never has
been fled the only instance OF the kind probably IN
the history OF this Court That arrest was concealed
from the public aud it Will appear that certain reporters
arrested went for information TO the
who of course, denied the story; Mr. Osborn denedlt
also at the request of Mr. Fullerton and for more tan
three months 1t kept concealed Mr. Sulh WenI 20
Canada but reflection he concluded he mad peen nad9
the victim OF Matchmaking scheme; he determlnea
to come back, and he did come back about 9Sd
city the consprators found necessary 10 make another
complaint. This time man named uTOpp lhdhes the
afBdavs Two warrants are issued on the ISL OF Juy
and Mr. Fullerton goes TO get them BuI Ut, Us9DIn
declines TO take the responsibility of allowing MT fuIer
ton TO them, and the two 20 together 70 INC Nai
shall Mr.. Fullerton tries to borrow them on he GROUND
that he is representing the Government, ana he sue
ceeds But did he have MI. Smith arrested Not
bit OF it! With these warrants IN ms p9ehet' io
ia @ad 6yf's rs SSuse ana the result was that
Mr. smith left New-YOrk and Mr. Fullerton went away
with those warrants in his pocket having succeedeu SO
we'll with Mr. Smith, they think they will try another
victim. Joshua +. Bailey, also Collector Mr.. B3ey
| that
and he sends his deputy TO william Fullerton, man
| whom he had known and respected, supposlng
| IL would only be necessary 10 prove the
fasy of the charges in order TO have them dismissed
This lie offered do, but MI Fullerton replied mat ne
had nothing with considerations OF that klnu ana
# the evidence made ont case he must prosecute MI
BAILEY was accordingly arrested and three OF the per
ured witnesses against him in the state PrlsOn
for happily for the pubic service, tne cohsIl"ots
found IN Joshua +. Bailey man ready to hgDt ms own
battles and face, if necessary all the thieves IN New
York City. In the month Of August and before the con
troversy with Bailey closed, there came 10 ths Guy
man named Buckley, who said he was appointed TO IN
Yestigate frauds. by curious convenience ne
| proceeded against Thomas j.. Smith, and when smith
condnct the prosecution but him. VIM Fullerton! And
despe the evidence the who had twice caused his
might be supposed 10 possess against h ne Was
released. report made IN September 10 the De
partment concerning Smiths arrest and this report is
aute-daed three months FulleTt0n's own HANDWRITING
OF the money paid by smith to the consirators Fuller
ton received $1,000, and when became nRely that ne
might be prosecuted himself, convenient mort
gage was introduced as a reason Tor ms
having received this money from BirdsalL Smith
finally compelled the cOnsprat0rs TO return part OF the
money tbev had obtained from him. and when the danger
still imminent, Fullerton dd not 5cruPe 10
his utmost influence TO procure the disgrace ana re
the close of Mr. Tracey speech The Court adjourned
until II O'Clock to-day. all the witnesses being notified TO
present at that hour EXPresdent Johnson ana W H.
NJ Eyarts IL is rumored are TO testify for the defense
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