New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-13
GEN. JORDAN DISCHARGED.

AN ALLEGED SPANISH CONSPIRACY-A RECON-
MENDATION THAT Ills ACCUSERS BE INDICTED
FOR PERJURY.
In the United States Circuit Court yester-
day IN the cases of Gen. Jordan and Domingo Ruiz, in
alced for aiding the insqTgen Cubans United States
These Indictments found Dec 1870 and they brought
INTO court and filed on that day u behalf Of the Government each
a po % whose testimony he Indictments T, e ioa"d Before
~ me "e onr5orng TAM 10 h,S St s.,ls were a
pon which rge made out strong Of violation Of the
those Gys were could overlook the proper discharge
my S, The witnesses si' e 1 60 ssonss S 'iG Jury and
understood behalf Of the spanish GCysm%sPs spanish
that required they would be forthcoming
e pa" Of the sm SPANISH TslS e Goy%@e % detectives that
IN that capacity they had become familiar WIN the aeIs
set forth The aGy aud which they po'ed to prove before the
Gr,ni Jury ..,. III. finding 0, the ptlct
requested ee counsel for the ss by @ them that Jor
dams eonp, we're pressing The case at each term Of Court
have produced At the beginning Of the present term
letters spanish Government, asking them to
furnish me With the names and residences Of thee witnesses u VsL n
might be able to serve processes upon them In reply WE Hu
with l't Of the names and residences o. aae seg st,,a
Immediately caused Of the Court to be served on these VIZ
fonpd-pot even di in the places specified then became
SATISFIED that the witnesses did not reside IL those places but
any one who might be by Sp,nh Government likely
S. h on beo Ie e Soa who had BEEN hat
accompany the Marshal for the purpose Of
gent TO discover whose had been gwen ne
One Of them was finally subpenaed He came TO ohee
and informed land his information was OF such
character that constrained 20 believe ~ that those
before the Grand Jury and who were most relief on
came here and for that reason have been unable
10 6nd them sagem solely have succeeded IN procuring service
Of subpoena wpesses shO do not reside out 0i ths
State but they failed to appear and the Court bs7
is., attachment, against them As the attachments 6d
not fetch them believe they have fed beyond the Ju-
her declares in the solemn thai the instruments pnrponS
have By Gen jordan are iorge1es tha ne testimony n
fe Of b1g true conspiracy between the witnesses who APP
reared before the Grand Jury by means OF which
fraud was pracce1 M, ana ~ winch Peysuy
va committed Under these circumstances now feel It to be ny duty
All that noi proseq the indictments am satisfied
based upon aeool $40
Of And ath1u3h
heretofore extent been connected With tue Sne'o
Cuba nevertheless these particular instances he has been maze m
sum Of money Spanish authorities the Of furnishing h
the instruction IN Cuba ee ute
fore pnoseqd should be entered in both indictments
In reply, Mr. Phelps, Gen. JOrdan's counsel, SAID;
charges made against him, admit that Gen. Jordan
Ias becn eugaged 10 the Of the nsurgen
Cnbsrs. but he time, committed within ~
the United States anything 10 bring him under the punish
ent Of This another instance OF the
which The of foreign GoVonnent endaVos to nrer
with The sympathy struggling for their Independent
order noHe prolt in these indictments
be the bonus OF
he mentioned also suggest tbat he communicate
The % In these the Department Of State 50 that the cohnec
ION any of the spanish Consul with the matter may be knO"h
already communicated on this subject
with the Department oil STATE aui WI" 'on"''' ~ - W"
which have arrived.
Cen Jordan and Domingo Ruiz then gave their per
sonal recognzances to appear before the Grand jury
max week.