Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-22
Inc w ashlnGfon and Philadslph,a
Ring Masters


From the N. Y. Sun. of Saturday.
We gave specimen of the contraets of
W ashington and Philadelphia. Now for
| their analogies. To begin with one that Is
prominent: Zach has a District ATTORNEY
| and 10 have the two functionaries there are
| some traits In common. They are both men
| OF enterprise and officipl resource. Mr.. Har-
| rington gets up fictitious burglary iu or
der to d. beInous crime on a perfectly in.
| noceht person, and being District Attorney
knew exactly how such thing was to be
done: IL required an expert to arrange It,
same relation to Philadelphia, and has
| shown himself capable of improving brief
periods OF leisure in the same direction He
| never planned burglary, but he and one
OF his professional pals once bullied a DOOR
woman into executing what SO far as they
were concerned was fraudulent mortgage
| to secure an enormous fee, and 10 express
violation OF thcir oath ken at their admis-
sion to the bar misled the police and on
information derived from their client q
| murderer, suppressed the evidence of his
guilt, These facts are not only matter OF
proof, but of confession, opeu, bold and de-
| fiant.
Some time III 1865, Mann hayingA been
District Attorney, but being then a prsctI.
sing lawyer, dlreiul murder was commit
| ted IN tha very centre of Philadelphia An
aged woman vas clubhad .Jn Ia>a-s- SsrpSai-
ance OF an accident. Tue object was plunder
| the weapon slLng snoi. The police took
possession OF the house, vain was all search
| FOR the instrument ot death. No one knew
what 1t was or where IL was except The as
sassin, poss bly, his wife, ana their counsel.
! ono OF whom Was Mann. Having extorted
from those in Wnom was The title OF the
house mortgage Tor $4,000 assigned 10
| them, these Distinguished members OF the
| Phladelph bar went 10 work to caro- 1t,
| II was not the ordiusry lawyers work 50
ad Fise 10 COUNSEL 10 cross y K AN pa, 10 ou5r
| witnesses, TO advocate. They took lever
| view OF the professional tuDct'Gn. IneS
| were told hy the assassin or his aceompiiee
| for none others knew the secret, waefe the
| weapon was, and they determined TO stea
II, Tne bloody slungshot, with the mur-
deled old wolnan's gray hairs sticking TO
H. may not have had yaln5 enough to max q
1t the subject OF technical larceny but IL was
sit aling tor all that. They yIsiu Il the house
under the false pre- tense oi inspecting the
premises 10 prepare fof deience eluueu
: the policemen ia charge. perhaps brlbed
them or made them drunk, went into the
cellar, these eminent attorneys, found what
| they were looking for ia The designated
place, aud carried II away.
When. years ago, these lawyers were al
mltted 20 the bae, they took an oath. As we
. have said, n material part OF which was 10
| be faithful not only to their client, but 10
? the court OF which they were a trusted part
4 Was stealing the Commemorative evidences
t e }elity TO the court? Had the blood-stsiusd
v i. .rderer in his Moyamensing cell any
right to exact from his lawyers such serVics
e as this? Whst would have been their doou
y had they been caught putting their hands
. in the hole In The csllsr ceiling. and hiding
h in their capacious POCKETS the weapon o
7. death? Accessories after the fact" say ti
IT books "Are those who knowing a felony l.
Ir have been committed comfort or assist tn
Q, fslop. Any assistance whatever to feiol
st max es the assisior an accessory" and thi
+? without derogstion to proper professions
p aid. How eagerly did the murderer clntc
u this evidence of guiit which he had hidde
Id when his agent Mann Brought IL to him!
" This counterpart of Harrington is no'
master of PhiladeIphia-perhaps OF Penn
he sylvauia. lie is leader OF the Ring. He
he a candidate for reelection. and openly pre-
e. clpims that he means to re-elect himself.