, 1874-10-11

Q ing gi7on his version Of tho suit
+, the columns OF the Times a few days ago, II
pubic will be enabled to judge how far l.is te
t!-oony ii corroborated by other witnessed. 4
corf:lng to alr. Farw:ll, the land was not won
a bet Oh cards, hut by lot On an election. I'll
discrepancy AZ to the nature OF the bet will pro
sbly be determined by tho trial
Nr. Pope testiHcs that he found among IL
papers Of George Trussell, deceased. COZ
tract for piece Of land running fro;
Farrell to Trusson that ho called On Farwe
III reference to it, and that the latter told him
Was all right. and otfercu to make deed for il
but preferred to make it to Pope rather than t
1Tuskells heirs. roFo accordingly took III
deed and 1econveyea it to the heirs. It appear
that portion Of the land was retained bv Far
well aud subsequently conveyed to other psrtte
har1ns no connection with rrusseIl Both tract
seam to be involved in the pending suit.
It is unnecessary to rccspitula,e tho remainder
OF the testimony, which is merely francwox.
! for the testimony OF Maher and Farwell rber
tAey come ca tic wirness-s1and. Il all poes te
slioT That Mr. Farvsu Uas q gambler, and al ex.
| port one. ons witnes., F. b. a1arshal. testifos
| thAt he saw Farweu cheating in the game with
the lclp Of "Jule" Lunbard, and that he once
! sued Farwell and man named Robbins for
money lost, Is be believed, by cheating.
and received from Fsrwsll $1,000 in tie
way OF settlement. This Witness nov sends
us letter, saying that it WAS not
FarWol, but Robbins, that be sued II it
was Robbins, and not FarneIl and Robbins. tLat
Ee sued, it seems strange that 3Ir. MaraLall,
upon being intorrosated by another person a.
late as the year 1870 to that suit. should have
gone to Farxell and asked him what answer he
should gi7e to this inquisitive person. It is
strange, also, tnst Mr.. MARSHALL should have
receired notice from Mr. c. T. Bradley, then
Chief OF Police, that il be did not settle up the
Farrel1 suit hs CBr1dley) would send him to the
Peuitentiary.
As ne have been repeatedly urged to suppress
this testimony for the sake Of MIR. Farwe1l'a
family, He take occasion to remark that aIr. Far
"e1s famlyis is rs respectable rs any fan,iy in the
world. and tina. no human being can be diseraced
by any act but his own- We would gladly have
suppressed thus testimony. however, il it did no.
possess immediate and grave public interes:
Ia the fact tha: Mr.. Farwen insists upon being
candidate for Congress ia one Of the CITY dig
trscts. and appears to have the party ma-
chine1; 90 completely in LIS hands that ho c4n
do about what lie Ekes With ii. Il Ii hardly fair
to expec: that judicial proceedings shall b sup-
pressed IN the newspapers in order that person
With ba1 record may b. thu better &bIe
20 hoodwinx the voters Of his district.
We do not know what view the voters OF Mr.
Farwell'a district may take Of bis record. II
Lhoy think that it constitutes no objection in &
Congressman, they have right to hare him for
their Representative. They will admit, however.
dter reading this testimony, tha. it is very mild
Of Hr. Farwel to say that hc is an un-
:c1upulous nan. II they Wish to have an un-
man for their Representative. they
,hye Alright to him. When Mr. FarweQ is re-elect-
europe Mill be compelled to acknowledge tbs
act that this ia q FREQ country.
We suspect that The relations between the |
present Chief Of Police and tho gambling fra-
ernity are substantially tho sana as thoss BE-
ween c. 2. Bradley and the same tribe ia his
itne- THIS is a matter in which tho public have
eep Interest, apart from aft. FarwcIl's capdi-
lacy for Congress-. We know that e,nblinc
'as nerer carried CD in mora uablushing,
ish-handed, and desperate manner than it nov
.. One OF the Witnesses in this suit quotes
enari OF Justin Butterde'd, which aptly de-
cribes tho situatiou OF Chicago at the present
me. This witness Was asked whether stronp-
.s from outaide the city were admitted to the
o-called club-honses. 40, yes.' he replied
as old Burte1feld said: Gambling houses sra
ke tho eates OF hall-they arc always open.'"