The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-18
A Deserved Rebuke.

Deserved Rebuke.
In June last the well-known dry goods
store OF PERRY s. Brother, located in the
centre Of Washington and on the most con-
spic1ous corner of Pennsylvania avenue,
was entered and robbed In broad day
when hundreds of people we're returning
from church on Sunday. A large amount
of valuable property was carried of, part
Of which was subsequently recovered.
The burglar, calling himself Il. SCHNEIDER,
but who is notorious TO the police in Balti-
more as NEDDY MILLER, was subsequently
captured and lodged in Jail at the capital.
While in prison SCHNEIDER let il be
known that he had been applied TO rs
professional TO aid in the safe burglary,
and threatened unless he was released TO
make important revelations about that
conspiracy. The Ring at once telegraphed
for RICHARD HARRINGTON in Delaware,
and brought him TO Washington. He had
repeated interviews with SCHNEIDER, and
then a certain w. NJ. EVANS, who had
served under HARRINGTON i'm the District
Attorneys office, who played a small part
in the safe burglary and afterward APP
peared as a swift witness, was put forward
were pulled by HARRINGToN.
BY a scandalous collision between the
District Attorneys Office and the Police
Court, this burglar was taken out OF prison
through the false personation OF Mr.. EDEs,
well-known citizen Of Georgetown then
absent, rs the pretended bail. One
JOHN GREEN, barber OF Baltimore.
went TO Washington with ScHNEIDERs
wife TO persouate Mr.. EDEs, and was there
seen In conference with CuARLEs G.
FISHER the Assistant District Attorney,
who gave the order upon which the re-
lease was effected.
After these and other facts became
| known there was much excitement at
| Washington, and the Attorney-G enerl
appointed the Hon. JEREMIAH 81. WILSON
TO prosecute the parties concerned. When
| thU completely Of GnHuS in this villainy
was satisfactorily ascertained, Mr.. PERRY
| induced LEIGHTON, the clerk of the Police
Court who had taken the bail, 10 visit
| Baltimore in order to identify him.
LEIGHTON recognized him and swore out q
warrant for his arrest. They went to-
gether 10 Washington, where EVANS, the
| counsel of SCHNEIDER, who was on hand
by evident preconcert. declared he was
not the man. LEIGHTON ooncurred in his
statement, and the fraudulent bail re-
turned to Baltimore with his expenses
paid.
Neither Mr.. WILSON, the prosecuting at
torney OF the Government, nor Mr.. PERRY.
was notified of this proceeding until GREEN
had left the city. The second collision
was transparent and then steps were taken
quite Independent Of these corrupt officials
and their confederates, to arrest GREEN in
Baltimore and carry him TO Washington
again. The dnal hearing of his case took
place before United States Commissioners
RooEns on Wednesday last.
Among the persons present on that occa-
sion, as reported by the Baltimore sun,
were A. Is. WILL MS who was indicted
with HARRIEGToN in the safe burglary,
Arthur SHEPHERD, a brother Of the Boss,
and other Ring tools who had come from
Washington to assist ut the proceedings.
Their presence was more than significant
for it pointed TO the connection between
the two burglaries, and showed an anxious
interest in the fate of GREEN, whose con-
viction must lead TO the most serious ex-
posures.
1t was clearly proven that GREEN had
accompanied SCHNEDER's wife TO Wash
ington on the 20th of August, and he wa.
positively identified by various witnesse.
as having been seen with FISHER nnC
EVANS, and in the Police Court when he
fraudulently assumed the name OF EIDE,
and became the straw bail of SCHNEIDER
Mr.. Commissioner ROGERS committed
GREEN to answer the charge OF perjury
and took the opportunity to express som,
opinions which will find cordial Response
wherever justice and integrity are re
spocted:
"The snC .tacle presented by the evidence II
, this cnse Jf tho state Of things In ana abou
disgrace to everybody who had any hand II
producing or promoting SUCH "A condition o
things. OF all places in the world the court
should be Kept nee from all tant OF corruption
They should be like C4FSAR's wife, above sus
pi'ion. A lawyer lEvANsl from that city, one o
the witnesses In this case, has testified that tel
or twelve minutes Is all the time necessary Their
2 TO get burglar out OF jail on worthless bail
; ave, worse than worthless. Tue circumstance
7 surrounding this case show that the very atmos
pnere there In high places Is Impure and unii
l Tor honest men TO breathe Thls poor. unfortu
) nate man would not be before me now IL Their
was not villalny In high quarters there"
Every word OF this comment is a sting
. ing truth. Green was hired instrument
Behind him aud the whole infamous trans
= action stands the Washington Ring 70
9 whose benefit and through whose agenc.
z the bogus safe-burglary job was put NJ
- SCHNEIDER was offered $1,000 for his SCI
o vices and declined it for being too little
. Then BENTON was employed in his stead
and was released from jail through FIsHEr
K HARRINGToE, and WILLIAMS, by a bare
< faced fraud like that practised for scHNEl
Y DER. The manager of the professions
: part of that burglary was MILES or VII
/ LIAMs, now held here for robbery of til
= Barre Bank Of Vermont.
y Retrbution is at last likely to overtak
the authors and acoomplices of thes
{ crimes. When the whole truth is exposed
0 and the actors behind the scenes who hel
8 high offices and controlled vast expend