Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-24
TELEGRA III.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE GAZETTE
The Lord Gordon Gordon Case.

MlNNEApoLls, July 24-Thc Tribune has
received special dispatch from Fort Garry
dated July -, which says: The examination
in the Gordon kidnapping case is at last con-
Guided The result anticipated is the commit
tai of all the Observation-Disclosures Merrealn
Bentley, Hay and keegan. While no surprise
is manifested, the indignation excited among
the friends OF the prisoners is very great. The
Court, as per adjournment, convened to-day to
hear the decision OF Judge Betourney. Nc
keuze, the lawyer engaged by the defence be-
cause they could secure no Que else, being re
fused the benefit of Mr.. Nelson's services, de-
nied in toto the charge that he demanded from
the prisoners an additional fee Of $1,000 be-
fore continuing the case. He called upon the
prisoners to cleanse him OF these charges Of
extortiou and black mail The arrangement,
he said, by which he had been retained as coun-
sci had been made with Consul Taylor and he
had acted honestly
Judge Betourney then proceeded to read the
conclusions to which he had arrived. After
reviewing the evidence at length he committed
all the prisoners for trial at the next term OF
the Court of Queens Bench, in October.
The prisoners asked that the following day at
II o'clock he set as nc time when all application
to be admitted to bail might be made.
General Clark arose in reply and said that
while he felt that he had been most fuuily abus-
cd by the friends of the prisoner he would show
them how naguanimous he would be. This
was a court of justice aud as an officer of that
court he would forget all the indigulties,
which might be heaped on him and do all
that lay 10 his power for the prisoners:
Counsel for the prisoners had as ked SPECIAL
hearing In their case, which was without precs-
dent, but in spite Of this he would grant the pc
tltlon.
During the session Judge Betourney stated that
Consul Taylor had made satisfactory explanation
and that be was convinced that no contempt OF
of his card. Clark attempted to force public
explanation on Taylor, which failed and the
Court adjourned till II O'Clock tomorrow.
M1NNEApoLIs, July 24.-"The prisoners.
counsel now has permission to visit them. The
prisoners are all as we'll as could be expected
| Fletcher, Merriam, Bentley, Hoy and Keegan
all seem determined to put the best side OF the
| matter out, and now that a conclusion has
| been reached, although adverse, seem relieved
aud more than ever determined to stand square
| upon the merits Of the case, no matter what
comes. They all show the wear that con6ne
neut and hardships have made upon them,
but their grit is untouched. To those who
have been wont to consider the affair as joke,
let one tell you it is a serious matter for the
poor fellows in prison here, and they deeply
feel the light manner in which the people at
Minneapolis first viewed it.
"What the result will be to morrow seems very
uncertain. Bracket, Wilson and Taylor, aided
by some friends at WiunepeR, are working
hard. Very little mercy may be expected from
the officials. The military at Fort Garry are
basily at work around the fort A stockade is
being built around the bastion. They claim
this as protection against an unexpected raid
from Minnesota,