Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-27
CHARLES A. DANA ARRESTED FOR

The warrant Issued 1t the Instance
Publication I'm the New York Sum.
Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun,
was arrested In New York yesterday by United
States officer upon the following warrant:
"whereas Charles A. Dana, late OF the Dis
trict of Columbia, has been charged before me,
upon the oath Of Alexander X. Shepherd, that
said Charles A. Dana did publish and print
false, scandalous, and malicious libel, in q news
paper printed and published in the city of New
York called The S9n, charging the said Aexan-
DIR X. Shepherd with being stockholder In the
Metropolis or Metropolitan Paving Company OF
the District of Columbia, and exercised control
over its affairs, notwithstanding the fact that he
said Alexander r. Shepherd) had sworn before
an investigating committee of Forty-second
Congress that he had no interest in il aud
nothing whatever to do with its affairs, Sc,
thereby charging said Alexander X. shepherd
with the infamous crime of perjury, &c.
These, therefore, are TO command you in the
name Of the President Of the United States that
have him before me forthwith for examination,
and to be dealt with according to law.
Witness my hand and seal, at Washington
JOHN j. JOHNSON,
Z. s. Commissioner, District of Columbia.
To The Marshal Of the United States for the Southern
District Of Nsbc York.
The above warrant is properly authenticated
by the chief justice and the clerk of the court
for the Supreme Court Of the District of Co
transmitted to the msrshal Of the southern dis
trict Of New York, who Immediately placed il
in the hands of the proper officer, by whom IL
was executed yesterday. Mr.. Dana was taken
before United States commissioner, who held
him In bonds Of $4,000 to appear this morn ming.
Mr.. Shepherd left for New York last evening
to be present at the inquiry to-day.
As Is well known to many citizens o. Wash
ington, the New York Sun has from time TO
time published articles purporting to emanate
from correspondents here, slanderlng Mr.. A.
X. Shepherd and other members of the Board
Of Public Works and the District government
generally, besides making untruthful and slam
derous charges against them editorially. on
the 10th of the present month an article ap-
peared in the Sum dated Washington, June Q,
which exceeded. If possible, in untruthfulness
and Islander all that had, up to that time, been
printed In its columns. IL was headed, "Credit
Mobilier, No. 2; The Washington Ring and the
Metropolitan Paving Company; The influence
Of Congressman Purchased with Stock; Rob-
bing the People and Cheating a Dead Mans
Estate; The Huntington Suit" The article in
question contained several grave char ges, the
character of which may be judged from the
sensational headlines. The portions of the arti-
Gle OF which Mr.. Shepherd complains in his in
formation, and upon which the warrant has
been issued, are as follows:
am Informed by one of the gentlemen who
offered to pay the funeral expenses that when
he approached Shepherd that individual said
that it was shame that Cooke had acted in
such manner; that Huntington left consider
able property; that he had stock in the Metro
politan Paving Company, and that if Cooke did
not Pay the bin he (Shepherd) would, and have
IL against DIVIDENDS
on the stock which he held In the aforesaid
company. This was a doubIe admission, first
that Huntington did hold stock In that com
pany; and second, that there were dividends
due him. More than this, it was an admission
that Shepherd was still a stakeholder in the
same company, and exercised control over its
affairs, notwithstanding the fact that he hal
sworn before an investigating committee of the
Forty-second Congress that he had no interest
in it, and had nothing whatever to do with its
affairs"
And second. u He has novV II, HE ,csaos.,o,,
proofs of the most convincing character, which
will establish beyond all doubt the fact that not
only were immense profits realized by the com
pany (the Metropolitan Paving Company on
the work which was done under the Board of
Public Works. bnt also that a number of mem
befs or Congress were either directly or indi-
rectly interested in these profits; that both
Shepherd and Cooke, in violation of the organic
act of the District Assembly, and of their oath
Of office, were also Interested, and held stock
through friends and relatives