, 1873-02-24

el4D HICHk 14AlllH0I u hlkIlGHEGH
Ih6 taat!aohy was privately printed for
tho uac Of tho Committee, milking oyor 400
Eases. Nearly s1oty iiaaas aa,:s testified to
tho shameless iutoxication Of Delsl,ny, bot, on
Witnesses testified That t1oy had taken him
from the gutter, and had frequently sccn him
90 much intoxicated OH Il public street as
70 70 be, ho ,sssarooly ablo to walk, and tl'at
eenditqn hsa frequently r. l. 'eSn a tsaSn eG' 9 Aa hs
Hoharal of Kat,eaa, whose father at the time Of
his dcath held tho Office now filled by Judge Dol
amy, 1esa testiied that no Ind known tho Judge
nineo lSoo the time Of his appointment; that llo
tho ssitlinigs Of 3aho 3 Court and nd ,1ii{ durin{s
aesyoa tss 5reaSs sss nsso tsss y 10 sa
for several days IL 6rsr to ayo tom 81
BY sober Court, Tho witness, being pressed to
state tho cironnistanoon hnd occurrences regard
Ing Judge Dolahay's intoxicaton on tho bench,
made the following statement. Aperson was;
ss5Ssss ss Il Il a?s Bsps Bps4s ss
dence vas '' IL Sail a Lake 7' vailoy .y f'o,, on
tho stage route between that and Lenvonwortl,,
o aa senta%sa been and was s9nang up
substantially to this effect: 1 l,aye known you,
MIR. calling him by namo), for q number OF
years, Gnd feol Tory sorry for you. very Horry.
l. | could l. send you to any .ponttentiary In tie
Of Columbia, but I shall sond yon to tho Poni-
tehtiary tn Illinois for this roason, trho
Warden in the ponitentiery t1,oro is nn
old friend Of mino, ana will writo to him, and
instance that occurs TO me In point Of tlmo waa
within some two yeara, THO gentlemen ct tho
Committee Will probably recollcct TINT in tho
revision bf the Revenue laws, IN ono clause the
penalty f9r ono oifenso made tho minimum i'm
of4H &i,n
aomo ono convicted Of tho oi1ronso, it was said
TINT @ the party had no property, 80 TINT no hno
fuaod to a1 any othor penalty, and after having
said: lyon haso BEEN beon long sns oaG%a timo ina in,.
pea93hhing tho OLD man Dolalay, and now
ber Of instances his charges to grand Jurors and
petit Jurors wero very facotiouB. He would say
to thom: j." If any Of you hayo anY potatoea to
dis, bring them along and the Court will dig"
picked the Judge ouf Of tho cutters Of the
prevented him from holding Court on on
account Of his intoxicntion 1T tho timo. Tho
csoes o. corruption and II Office
are sufficient to cause Ills conviction, particu-
larly In bankrupt cascs. An interesting nor
taon OF tho testimony is thnt Of John j. Ingalls,
the senator-elect from Kansas to fill Pomeroy'a
Dolahay's Court. He had eomo clients Of large
wealth, and In particular caBe which involved
gao, 600, and perhaps, ldoub1o that amount. n1r.
tt;hgans t;ag was @ yory anxious to havo the speedy ao
Tho :i, Judge was drinking heavily at tho time.
This is tho substance Of Ingalls, testimony: liz
was in tho habit Of coming into Court In thu
morning and ad}ourning without permitting any
for ingalls, purpose t That he vas shond hneiSISaig II
upon Court Sign certain ~ processes m
Or legal documents and Ingalls, was 1t q loss
to o;ta knoy how ho was to obtain tho action. Ho
persons what was to bo done, and tley ali ad-
viHod him to employ Thomas A. Osborne, SON
in-law Of Judge Dolahay, nnd now Governor Of
Kansas. Osborne and ingalls, made an
arrangement ag by Which the fornor ,sas to receive
$1,000 II he was successful in getting tho
action necessary. Tho no1t day after tho agreo-
ment the Judge won't to tho Courr-houso and
oponed court after dark, and signed the papers
REQUIRED BY Ingalls, for this service. 4 sixty
days draft was given to Osborne, but whom i
fel! duo the clients Of Ingalls, refused to pay it.
Ind it was protested agalnst Ingalls,, and suit
vas begun. He refused to pay tho amount
Inc following question and answor will givo
some ldea OF Mr. ingalls, idea regarding tho
matter:
Q.-You have stated that auit,was instituted
against you OIL that draft. Did you notify any
'ne, and II so whom. What defense would yon
sot up to that suit ii it were pressed?
Al addressed two notes concerning tho mat
:er, one to Ihornas A. Osborne md ono to Judge
Delahay, notifying him. in substance, that suits
aad been brought against mo on that draft; thatit
vas unjust. ay had no personal labilty in tho |
natter, and that hoped the BuitB would 10 |
withdrawn. In conversation with Judge Horton, |
Vho was ono Of tho attorneys for Osbornp in tic |
natter, stnted to him that was not personally |
ian!e ana 1. did not propose to pay itif could
lefend against it BY oyery means in Inn nv powor. ]
It aoos not appear that tho draft was over pal.
Another mombor OF tho bar, ". G. Click, tea (
lied Us follows,, referring to case that had +
ort taegdea a onad dhe next morning 10 cao in
10 dtd not give any particular reasons for ii, /
MY atating that he had examiued tho author h
ties, and tho Western authorities and he de- /
laea 10 H.. to ~ be governed by thcm, and while
omo. Ho considered that tho Supreme Court 4
i that state did not amount to much, Us it wau |,
Of carpenters, slloemakers aud tailors II
NJ na eloh iollown did not amount to much. Ho
p aVG e no reasons except TINT for his decision.
md he said he would give us /
'solahay and tho attorneys that inBtosd
ssRsadf in s1aoaos a sas na e oa hs s hsd
bill Of exceptions, BY giving % proper n haad ae
'g and conclusion, and they woro to be fIed aa
10 bill Of exceptions, On Saturday noon, Lo Il
I ,me IN, md We told him that the bill OF oxeop-
loved it back. snys ho; "Do you SUPPOSE nj SCI
explained to him that It was ali documentary t
vldenco, ana presented in tho bill Of exceptions
I'd numbered each particular document, and tho
ther party had admitted that It was correct.
o showed 1t away and said: 1T am not going
sign any such thing 7 then turned to tho