National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-15
THE ESCAPE OF M00RE AND
WILLLAME.


THEY SUCCEED THROUGH o0NNivANoE
or PHILADELPHIA OFFICIALS.
: The Phfiadelphis Ledger Of yesterday has the
following editorial statement Of the recent escape
Of Moore apd WILLIAMS, Who we're charged, among
other offences, with fcbbing the United States
Treasury Of e1topQO- ttll go
1t Is but little while since the Court Of Qrar-
ter Sessions uss startled by the ezonpe d con
yicted criminal rom the eouei-room widow, but
Of thu eolrs. New however, Il i1 made the theatre
% . greatly advanced practice. The prisoners
are not required 70 take the trouble and the risk
al liberty Il the cours-aouSs door, through the
open and bold oomplioity Of the o1lcefI 81 tho
coert ITSELF such q The particulars q this 1ada-
nary exAnlnafioa ordered hy Judge Finletter
were published IN the LEDGER On Saturday, but IN
order % make eonnested narrative, It g neces-
Several months ago one Of the of1ces Of thu Treas
ury Department ~ Washington was robbed Of
drafts amounting 70 about tlso, 900, and two mea,
rested In New York, charged With the robbery.
They were taken 70 Washington and indicted
there. but had not been tried; u
Ons Of the stolen orats having been passed
with forged endorsements upon Phila6elphIa
merchant, Mr.. Lavens, . requistion was sent TO
sshSngo1 doT ~ Se5 a an na...a T., a5d they
Sessions By ros1rting 70 Eell-knoyn devices
ths7 maneESd 70 staye Etrsal untn July, It the
tied. n stilI ultried 70 discharTs. undeT Shst
Is known as the 'tWo-term rule,h II Il had mot
been for neontinuanee' Of their case, asked for
legal bar to their discharge Without trail under
the stWo-term ruls." Meanwhile, under an aD-
plieakion Of she Buffalo authorities, warrant q
"detainern had been issued and lodged ct the
county prison, to prevent their discharge without
notice 70 the Buffalo authorities Thus there
were two legal barriers to the discharge Of these
counsel roposing entire conhdenco IN their eecurs
ity supposed thu criminals to be In the safe Gus.
tody Of the law. Yet, IN the face Of them these
door Of the court by officers Of the court through
the operation Of q successful conspiracy, without
notice 70 counsel, and without notice TO the au-
thorities At Washington, where the prisoners had
been indicted, and without notice to the authori-
ties Of Bufalo, who had nled 3 detainer. That
peee q s e on nre ~ ,h oi io
and now the '.great sriminalsn are, in all proba-
bility, safely beyond the reach Of the court
The successful operation Of the conspiracy re-
'quired an imposition upon q judge, an additional
wrong upon an already plundered citizen, q fraud
upon hts counsel, the COLLISION Of ofncers Of the
court, an outrage upon the Government Of the
UNITED States, and upon the jurisdiction Of .
nalrhbofipg state, an aIdacious violation Of the
rules Of the Court Of Quarter Sessions, and the
malls, with an Abundance OF stolen Government
drafts 10 prey upon other merchants in other
plaees. But the conspirators were equal TO the
the cells of the prison to the Aside-barn Of the
court. and,embraced 3 number Of Intermsdiate
operators ofNh0m the only ones thus far held 70
Answer are Urias Eisenhauer, tie special ofacer
Of District Attorney Mann, and Joseph p. Gallon,
one ofthe clerks Of the Court Of Quarter Sessions
There are indications that the was to have
beenpsrpetrsted on the 80 Of September. On that
day General McCandless, counsel TOT mr.. Lavens
happening 70 90 into court, saw bis two pris-
oners 40 the dock. knowing that there vas no
honest reason Why they should be there, he asked
the clerk, Gallon, about Il, and Cation said they
had probably been brought up ''in mistaks," and
erai NcCapdless however had theoourt watched
that day. On the next day a different plan was
taken. The eonspirators saw that It was naces-
sary to prevent the prisoners frUm being seen In
court a. that excited the alarm OF counsel and
set them on their guard; the tive great prison
ers" were therefore not brought mp In the van
with the other prisoners, but were sent for IN
separate and specisl load. This special van, vita
its special set Of prisoners was intercepted n the
courthouse yard ey the alstrles attorney 2 special
prfsoners to let them 70 without taxing them
into court and this order being reinforced as "all
right BY Gallon, who was conveniently Ct hand
soon made good use Of It.
Thus . Discharge which was forbidden BY law
and by the rules Of the court was effected IN open
violation Of both-thus discharge, which, If
there had been any legal claim to It. should have
been made publicly In open court, was effected
outside Of ne court n its own oaaeers-thus =
should have been given 20 all concerned, was
effected 10 fraud Of the rights Of all concerned
thus discharge, which should not have been
eonsideref without 8 careful examination or the
court record, was granted without even the pro
ductim OF the reeord-thus q discharge about
which there should have been complete record
made, was effected without 3 line Of record being
made-And thus an outrage upon public iustice
here. and upon the State Of New York and upon
the Govornmsnt and people o. the whole United
States, has been perPetreted By an agent Of the
District Attorney and oficers Of the Court Of
Quarter Sessions, who BY conspiracy have usurped
the functions Of the court. ff
ter inpressively said on Friday 1.-The citizen
may well tremble for his property and personal
safety when apparently The trusted otncers Of the
law aid the escape o. great criminalB." And wall
they nay tremble unless every man who had any
agency IN this startling crime IL brought to quick
accountability and Punishment -ZE