The sun., 1872-09-26
MR. DATID n. SrEyENS'S Defence.
lie Denies Having Broken any street Lamps
No Arrangement with tue Corporation
Counsel aud the Trustees.

No Arrangement with the Corporation
Counsel aud the Trustees.
To 'e EatOr Of ne N.G.
SIR In your issue of the 2,th inst. under the
head Of" a white Plains spree" scs that your re.
porter has been msinformed. The fsct H. that the
night Of the sist Of August ast lamps
broken, and Isaac NJ Wilspn was arrested the com
plAint Of john Pu-ch. te lampi ghter and not on a
complaint made by myself a. stated IN the article
ferrcd TO. Upon the srraignment Of the said Wilson.
Hiram Paulling. Eco, Corporation Counsel. appeared
for the prosecution AMI jackson Hyatt Esq. for tn
prisoner. The Sus adjourned Al the request u the
prisoucr snd HE counsel 10 give him the prisoner
opportunity procure hsw witnesses A. the - pu-nei
hour the parties appeared snd the prisoner sau he
,,S craty f. Bate: :0f entered sar e court o. room s .5e
,ator Or he rroceedinss and not So counsel ior "a.
room. mssde an urgent apreh TO hm 70 come 10 HI.
inside Of H. har snd part cps,d IN The defence II he
prisoner gr suinc NJ length q nc 10 a. thc az.
right place ~htrcupon he abandoned the case aud cit
After tie counsel had summed ur Justice Romcr. ia
snruu-c uE l. t .ion said th, hc testimony 10 the
fendsr hsd comm itcd ne offence IN whicn he
go tat ee '3n. % no h9 Sth.r ths1 tne
Hr taer,f re-, se4teuccd HIM 10 ~, nine days In the
g@ @a5u ia '' 6SeR s gay ipscs ' "a N T.. S."1. % ot % Se
2 2sitir ' of atoT GDT 10 seeomp.ny @ LIN TO 6 a
neiore g9tag t. ~ mat he might carr, "a.
honor that be would no ady.ntsse Of s,udnes-.
Fut he falcd 90 fuifl this obligation End made his
escape IN The darkness of the nct through the shrub
b,y of ht back yard leaving Of Ger Nuris far behind
him 70 contemplate upon the nyadty Of human prom.
ises. NottIug was heard Of wilson untl several
days tier Jfrr when 70 was whispered around ln
Mtsich ster county at he VAS tusticsuug lover IA
New Jersey" While thus thsrnt asa tugitiv' from jus
suef out vr' of 'frrIFi upon Wilson wing HuH,
With sIre's 10 appear 10 the estChes ounty
OF stssD ~ the neat term thereof hen his case 20
tC htsTd. - soon s. liberated he pr4rpd 10 the
streets u ti- village threatening me ON cers Nho hai
been .n-'rguerM lu bringing HIM 90 iustlcci sud 10
see ~ that have beru made the rrst victim OF hls
u"iar."us attack. fear him not, and now am aut
ever have been ready to place my part 10 tnls matter
before ttc decision %. any proper tribunal.
My case tas been .Uurned uu one or two occasions
fnr good and valid CaHsr DO without the request {
H. paudirE corporation counsel, who Is not my couu.
se and who has taken part 10 the csse except FAR
ns be tu les - prosecuting Oitcer ~ punish the gull
y and Nudlcatc the Innocent
The charge thgt broke all the lamps but one. and
that committed The outrage on nr Pecks drug - re-,
IL unqualified fs-eood and devoid Of al truth. and
could have only ihad rs origin IN the corrupt mnd u
this convicted criminal wilson.
Iunqral tedlv and cmphatlcally deny he base accu.
fatiOu That ever made stat mcnt on assertion q IT
ut village trustees dare not prs cute me- or that ss
"Juise of Election" 1n o7c~ ugkuoTu 20 the laws Ot
THIS stated or tiHt Town Clcrk, had counted tho
whole White Plains Ring 40, nor s there any such Rang
tu my know ledge, In existence,
VIII say IN conclusion that I never made private
q utaCt Or any C1ffr'ct. directly rr indirectly. Win
Hiram lAu.dWg, 'Crpuiatiou t,nLst. " sIfh Elisha
J.; Ferris President of the ylllsg' ~ any rurp, 20
whatever DAVID Is. KyEks.
WnIE PLANS, sept 2i.is,2