The Morning herald., 1875-10-21
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that, no municipal patronage imaginable
could stop the progress of their trial. Pub.
lie interest would be centercd on the cases at
once; and the "rings" know to their cost
the consequence of exposing to public view,
too carelessly, their little intrigues. By tho
exercise of desperate fnessc it was brought
to the knowledge of Ben. L. Temple, ESQ.
the chairman of the Democratic City Exc.
cutive Committee, that certain heinous
frauds were being perpetrated by The First
ward Republicans and he, poor soul, was
so worked up over the startling information,
That he rushed to Judge Ludlow, told him
OF the cnormity OF lis discovery in connec-
zion with The assessment lists Z. " II town.
and urged him to take his seat in the Com
mon Pleas at once, so that he might bring
'io eases up before him, ere it was too late
VI course, Ludlow's slumbering Democratic
procllvlties were aroused instanter, and when
ne applied to Judge Allison for permission
to sit in the Common Pleas, leave wss
granted to him at once. Now, although
Allison is strong party man, and while
his opinions, delivered from the bench.
when political questions arc involved, are
stamped with the most palpable prejudice.
ne Is, nevertheless, not the sort of man to
be charged with the meanncss of con
spiracy, especially in case such as the pre-
sent case, and it is but fair to him, there
fore, to question his knowledge of the
drama behind the scenes, when he granted
to Judge Ludlow this rather extra ordinary
authority to preside in another CT urt during
his term in the Quarter Sessions. Be this
as it may, however, it is certain that judge
Ludlow did go into the Court of Common
Pleas, and that as the Immediate couse-
quence of his departure from the Quarter
Sessions, the cases of the election conspira-
ators were once more forced into reteri-
ment.
The only other judge who could be called
upon was Biddle and in as much as he was
a candidate for election, it was thought
to be unfair to subject him to the ordeal CT
sentencing the ballot box suffers of his own
party. That he would have acted uprirhtly
in the matter, there can be but little doubt,
for the mans record is good, and if charac-
ter is worth anything it ought to operate
against unnecessary suspicion of one 'scapa-
bilty for wrong doing, at least.
In the meantime, election day was draw
ing near at hand (and from this hour, is
but short time distant,) and instead Of
any hope arising of the trial of these scoup-
drcls, it seems that they are further than
ever from conviction.
Judge Pratt is now on the bench, and to
bring tie cases before him would be 60 sui
cidal to the cause Of the district attorney
and commissioner honestly, that the whole
matter may as well be considered at an end
The recital of this neatly manipulated
scheme to defeat justice has been kept Sc
dulously from the people and while it is
that few of the watchrul are en-
lcavoring to fathom the apparent mystery
which surrounds the disposition of the case,
.he general public are in utter darkness as
o the whole matter.
May be when the HERALD is read by the
officials here, (they read it regularly. you
nay depend), there will be furry among
he yirtuous creatures who thrive upon tax
tion, that will raise the feathers within
caps"
THE POSTAGE STAMP CovNTEREEIrERs.
John A. Wilson, Carlo Coyini, Gcoyon;i
'etroni and James Davidson, were before
J. s. Commissioner Smith yesterday, char
ed with the eounerleiting and altering of
ostage stamps of foreign countries. These
ellows, it appeared, have had very lucra-
I've business of late, and amassed quite
1und sum from their nefarious calling.
heir head quarters have been in this city
nd in New York, and the Western cities,
icy have had numerous correspondents
ho have acted as ego betwcens' in effect
g a disposition Of the bogus property.
No positive evidence was brought against
oyini, so he was discharged, but Pctroni
as held in $4,000 bail, (Ac being the chief
the rascals); Wilson in a similar amount
II Davidson in $1,000, for their appearance
Court next month.