The sun., 1873-08-22
THE EXPOSURES In UTAH.
yUD8E M'KE1N AHD GEN. MIX
WELL Up IN ARMS.

All the Cbarpcs Denied-They Court an Invcs-
tirstion-t ouuter Cha recs brought against
the cx-Di-trict AttOrucy-Thc Basis OF the
Aiiegations-Thc Trouble about tho Min-
ersI Lands " hat they say.
Correspondence Of Tue sun.
SALT LAKE CRY, Aug. 1i.--Iudge Mexican
answers the charges made against him 10y ex-
District Attorney George c. Bates, which were
printed In THE SuS in the following language:
have never bought. borrowed nor rcc iycd from
Jul any trorsrly claim or 'mg ,,gd o, , ,
10 Julgncnt ~ any case Hnaityer IN WHICH Had s,y
1%tci. s,,-.td or ilmed any "silIn' hourr Or
wR,ch ibu IS ~, artec ye ago a, ,aratos, spines
6ane nsgr NV S & Ssyslf svmSTr srag v M c er 1f ns
land acousintanees there is single banker do not
sn 99% VI SHs Ssd ~ ne oSSa c, "a Of 's & NV % S y nr
Company agt. Tne Illinois Tunnel COMPANY was com
ncStcd nov hintod TO any person evcnto broocr
Judge how would decide any csse uniil such case
son any coal lands anywhere save have looked
H gp9n i1e arosP I1 ne %gdS' 4 sc e cs nsvrp 10
or nor claimed any interest coal lanls saywhere
sny eoa S 11 aSd. N tah do rot inow whc anySoy
lsh or located. or owns "r CLAIMS any cos lands 10
sn M or b,t ry- e bSS or Sip & SsScfo
Know absolutely nothing ABOUT any coal lands VI
Ihs1r no knowis We or ofcia information touching
@ rmeS eomG,gd Ry o,iTaseTs X. "a n .s,e a,
Usd w Osyns ~ sSE socn SSs cm nS ne %
M1,rsni ana calsea lam to qS trYesnt oItHre me;
for ttsh esnc INTO court. Shdrew the case and abs
s1 crny G n oS Wa caS r dynr as aws
Of ueh and the deeiyi,ns OF the suphcme Court has
Informed the Utsh Judges that he does not want
~ iariier and ieare.,y. that have never IN all
mcnts Or und rssnding with any man or men nov liv
m m nj. @ % Sf% ,s ne conrsry % SH sumnaoT ana
F s & a9 soS sd @ srSS SenGec s
nor iut,maate M. Now thcy are naKng spers g,
silence io!taI.aee they 10 ions.r Play ne part q
the sncashcf nut havs stunned the role OF tue high
FEW FACTS.
II Judge Mexican has made any money in
titan he gives no outward appearance oft. lie
IL apparently Us poor IA a church mouse. lie
rents two rooms In a little one-story building on
a back street, and gets his meals In the Gift
House. lie wears neat clothes but exhibits no
diamonds. Hf- wife dresses very plainly. 50 tar
as | can learn there is but little II any evidence
To cast q shadow ON his integrity. Tue general
tu gIe ssiun is that lie Is strictly honest man.
made mistakes, " ~ not listen To- hint Of dis
honesty. lie seems To think that his mission -
to bring to trial the Mormous who are accused
Territory. II 80. hc has APPARENTLY made up his
mint that the Mormons shall not select the Jury
before which these men are 10 be tried. me
law Iives them this power. aud Judge MchtaI
appears To- he d"terhin' TO block the Wheels ot
the United state, Courts In hope that Congress
may repeal the law and give the power OF select
ing the iures to tine Gentiles. ninterested
men declare that this Is running frUln one ~.
ir, ne 10 the other. The people Of the nited
states can Judge for thclnseyes. A Mormon,
and a man of brains, informs me that II lie Nar
a F,dered onici i and nnd the power Of selecting
Jurors, he wouldn't take t}tro0O for his
chances 10 steal. y wealthy Gentle, who IS out
of pocket Mr94gh one u judge Mcktan De- De-
before Congress meets ia accordance with the
law he will WAGER 5000 that the Judge viii he
iudi, ed for accepting briipS before twenty-iuur
hours are pt-sed. II i worthy ~ remark that
the men who accuse the Judge of dishonesty
are men whose interests nave been affected
through the Judges rulings.
ONE CHARGE APPARENTLY DESTROYED.
Such is the situation. The charge that Judge
MoN,au has decided mining Gaze In which ne
wa interested apparently rests on shadow.
Here = the story ~ told by his friends:
An ,la prpsr ector named Joe Appleby. while
ore. IS law ne could take nut 90 feet. As Is
usual "a sLch cases he located his friends on the
vein. 50 ..s t'.cilm a. nncn ss possible An"hs
Judrcs Mexican and Stricklani Appiehy called
lis mine the silver shield; ~ hHd pat IN me
wonder the vein turned ont rich. Stricklrnd
Sold his interest 20 one Emanuel Kahn tkahn's
aniiayit shows thi', for $ic0, and not 10 Judge
Mchean, as is alleged in Mr.. Batess charges.
! Meanwhile the news Of the richness Of the lode
got out Some sharp genius discovered an old
/ locipede, and put in prior claim TO the mine.
! Such claims are not uncommon. Nobody sXs5
jJ-.s. sJ>stl, sSs, l9pt a. 80 IN a nrinr I,a
tion. lae usual course Is to get out an inJunc-
ton, and thus prevent one OF the claimants from
working. The case Is then kept dragging IA the
courts until the real owner, to save himself from
ruin will allow himself to be backmaiied out
Of given sum of money or an interest ia the
mine. IL is not asserted positively taat this was
So ia this case, though II looks very much like
u. AT any rate one Of the claimants went to
Mexican for all injunction. The records show
that he referred hm To Judge Hawley, on the
ground That he CMchean) was personally inter
e.tyd' Ha"itS pos'pon,ed the matter ,, untiI a
was Elst. Mexican then referred Il To Sirick-
land. IS strickland had not heard the case
u Ts M Fri nN gEl
Judge Mexican agan transferred IL to Judge
J llawey. Pending the lattor's action the case
/ ~ the charge. Al OF the above allegations are
/ proved nv ardayits and by the records of the
, has never allowed anybody To locate him, aud
; has never owned accnts worth Of stock In any
mine.
/ judge McKeans friends court the fullest in
| yestigation Of al the charges.
GEN. MAXWELL,
! the Land Register s accused OF fraud in rela-
} ton to certain coal lands. Maxwell Ia une-
! !egsed two-nngcred soldier lie has been rid
! died with bullet holes. lie denounCc, the charge
knows 1t better than Bates himself. The General
| declares that he Uan q To Bates and within nt-
! teen minutes get from him a written statement
that everything, So far as he knows, Is straight
! ia tue land uthcc here. Maxwell looks So poor
tnal even Young Mems Christian Assocaliu on
| could not help but rejoice to near that he lad
stolen enough 10 make himself comfortable.
| The Generll declares that the surveyors maps
do not show the land IN question 10 be coal land,
| and that he l. compelled 10 allow an entry on
the face of the maps unless some one mukes an
| AFFIDAVIT that the land Is mineral land. Further
| more, he says that no coal has been taken from
the land, and he don't helieIc there IL any there.
! Maxwell further declares that Bates himself
! once unercd him ti,Vn II he would aid him lIl
! securing 4 tain 60 'tiun ~ land He Is read
| fur a thorough Investigation.
An Irish American Wants Phil sheridan for
| Prestdent.
10 ne Ediior or ne san.
SIR: In THE SUS Of this date see Gen
sheridan's namo mentioned IA probable candi-
date of the Republican party 20 succeed Gen
Grant As a friend Of the lrish-American race
which believe you to he, think you have com,
mitted blunder In permitting such sugges-
tlon 10 appear IN your columns just think oi