The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-09
Prosecuting Attorney..Ase,n.

"sO"ONt. ScFI. ., 1871.
Prosecuting Attorney--Asan.
"ae (the Prosecuting Attorney
may receive the information from
any source whatever, the obliea,
ton Is binding upon him to br ne
prosecution. He need not wait 70,
an AFFIDAVIT or anything of the soft. y
This is from the double lead !
editorial OF the Telegram, Of Aug.
18th. We mildly suggested that the
editor was mistaken-that an eff :
dsvit was necessary before prose.
cution. The editor, in his next
issue, comes back at us, and &C.
cnses US Of ignorance of the law
ana leaves out that part of it which
says an o0sdavit must be made.
We called his attention 10 the "em.
asculation." The editor wake.
wrotb, and says, "the phrase had
not particle of bearing ON the
point we made"
Indeed! The prosecutor must
bring prosecution without an "sfi-
'davit or anything of the sort +"
and the phrase of the law which
says an affidavit must be fled. has
no bearing upon the point! (which
Is perfectly paipahle 20 any sane
man."
''Whither ii occurred in copyinp
the sec'lon, OF in tie COMPOSING
room, we do not know. We did
-hot read the proof by copy"
Thus rises to explain our friend
OF the Telegram. in regard to the
-emascalation Of the law that was
perpetrated in his paper. The ex
cose Is quite thin !; however. we
presume it is the best one the editor
could make. But what becomes Of
the editors imputation that ye wei o
hopelsssly ignorant of the law
when -he puts 10 that plea for him
lf'Tto cover up the important.
omission he ade7
The idea of Bro. Surface. that |
MIR. Lyle had ''set us to work
grinding" for the benefit of the
whisky ring, is quite refreshing
and will be relished as one Of the
best jokes of the season by those
VINO know US. 1t looks to US as
though our Bro. editor had lost
his temper or was somewhat dys-
peptic, or that we had driven him
into corner, where he could only
snake mouths at US, and call the
Palladium "vagabond sheet" DC.
We only noticed the first arti-
Gle OF. our neighbor in order to set
him right regarding the kind of
'Information" that was requisite 10
reach the law violator, and trust
we have succeeded. We desire
the law enforced rigidly, and, We
presume, our neighbor of the Tele-
gram also aims at the same thing.
or why would he have opened out
on the Attorney so snvagely? Now
that we have convinced him (anI
we believe We have or he would not
resort to personally abusing us,
that the Attorney is doing the bes,
he can to bring the "whisky ring;
law violators to justice, let us do all
we can as Journalists to give tina.
officer all the encouragement and
information" in our power, 80
that "equal and exact JUSTICE may
De melted out to the guilty, ind the
neral health of our people impro-
we'd.
"This officer 10 our deputy prosecuting at,
torney. That he 10 practically serving the
Interests OF the whisky ring, and that he. is
backed up in so doing by the men who .oetlj
ed him into the position of city attorney, is
fact which needs no additional comment.
These men used the whisky element to securea
tfeir election to Office, and in serving the ring.
hey are simply expressing their gratitude for
, ervices rendered. Telegram. =
We regard the above as an uncalled for and
Malicious attack upon every Republican men,
Der of our City Council. The present CITY at
toruey vas "foisted' into the position of city
attorney, by the votes OF T. W. Bennett,
Samuel Conkln Ezra Nye, E. d. Palmer,
Elwood Patterson, and Thos. W. Roberts,
Is the Telegram prepared to make good his
charge, that these men "nsed tn whisky ele.
ment 20 secure their election TO office, and in
serving the ring they are simply EXPIRE ssing
he'll, gratitude for services rendered -
The result of the late Democrat-