The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-23

Mr.. Crane or his friends. AS quotations |
from the Free Press in the article seem to |
indicate that it is in part at least meant for !
us, we may say that we are not much in /
the habit Of "cnlarging' on matters of this /
sort pending judicial investigation. Such |
case is better tried in court, commonly,
than in the newspapers. We have, how
ever, given the main facts, so far as we
have been permitted TO state them. We
have given fairly the statements of both
the parties chiefly concerned. We have
undertaken to pronounce no man guilty or
innocent. If the facts given bear more
hardly on one than on another. it is not our
fault. We have not desired to cover any
thing, certainly not to prosecute or Cypress
anybody.
The points not hitherto sufficiently en-
largcd upon, rs stated by the Coicd0HjGa,
are rs follows
FU1-Thc accounts of this dclalCaton.
published the first two weeks after it was
discovered, were virtually Collector Cranes
account of the matter and while We i'm
putc nothing unworthy to Mr.. Crane-of
whom we know nothing-impartlal Judges
will hardly condemn man when the evil
dcncc of only one side is in, and that too
from the party most interested
.SCcom When time enough elapsed 10
hear from Mr.. Jcwett, he made an en-
phatic denial to these charges Of Mr.. Crane
if innocent, what could he do morc-and
wrote: Il shall leave for Vermont ut the
earliest moment, and shall insist upon
full and thorough investigation of the
charges made against me. The parties
who were bound to reverse the usual order
of things, and hold man guilty until he
was proved innocent, expressed great sur
/ prise that Mr.. Jcwctt was - not direndy on
/ the spot TO press investigation. Waving
! the fact that if innocent he had a right to
| take his own time to come, MIR. Jewctt cX-
planned that the superintendent of TIE
| Pullman car company had gone south on
business, leaving him in charge and he
could not leave at once without dctrimcnt
to the company and to himself.
We are not of those who "hold man
I guilty until he is proved innocent. But
how can any one, looking at the actions of
n person under charge Of crime, avoid
comparing them with his idea of what the
action of an innocent person would he, in
similar case We will not say what we
think Mr.. Jcwctt should have done, but we
have a very clear idea Of what our good
friend of the (0l,d0H&tH would have done,
falsely charged. from II distance, with Il
hcnious crime II would be pretty impor-
tant business, we think. that could keep
him day from the spot where his innO-
cence could be established. The CdidoH-
;,, nov, knows bo,r Mr. Joyc,th has insisted
on ..o full and thorongh investigation"
JJjr5 Much stress has becn laid bv Mr..
Crane ne stated in fine Eree Press unon
..thn fact ,lot sjnce fine oycrhoulin0 Of his
l,nnl,s ord Ji.cIneurn nf his dndciou,v Mr.
Crane has bccn made collector of tGr en-.
larged district and consolidation of half
If II viii tho second district Had Mr.
Crane hrnn REGARDED AS n thief at the de-
nortment his reonnointmcnt. for such il
virtually il would have been Il simplc i'm
unss;hilitv" This il not the least strnnge
tbiug in his einrulor affair Here * n roy-
rrnmcnt officer nm nckoowleducd defa,Iltcr
tn a lo,cc amonnt and vet rennnointcd and
a. an o,1ar,,od J;e,rict If ,hit il NOR nm
;ndno,inn ihot thc civil service needs rr.
forming we do NOT know where TO look
ror onr In Tho carly history ~ this dnfol-
cation Mr. Cranes paners ncknowledred
tha. hc alone. with his hondsnen. were re-
snonsihlc to fine government. that olthourh
he rhorrn1 fine cmhclzlemcut uncn lis
clcrl, he cvnec,cd To share the blame. and
make ,be dcfalcation GOOD. Vet on OK
marie evidence the real defaultcr is appoint
cd to a better position. and fine government
is induced to take I'M thc cause arainst his
clerk and n Ioitcd States Marshal is No..
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