Smyrna times., 1875-09-22
Arrest of Judge Fishers Son in Wal
ington.


Says the Washington T,4L,o.e og ,.,.....
day: '''''
IN connection with other irregularities IN
me administration Of justice in tho Police
Court ana the prosecution of oll;rso. I,, tho
plS'Hct Attorney office under tLn I,to :,
cu"'oeht and his assistants, the ,tartIjno
''iSc"V'ly was made few DAYS aao tL.t
! appeal bonds, indictments. and ot1,,.
| papers had been distracted from tho fI,..
ot tn" Criminal Court. Very u.t,,,or1,.
suspicion was at once directed to some one
connected with the District Atto,n.,.s
'lH''' Oiilccrs at once came to the conol,,
son lhat the papers had not been ,lo.tro,.,l
'ut that they had been ab>tr,ctcJ onJ
"cr" held for the purpose of lovvino I,Iool,
i''''''' Without loss Of time tl.cv set about
!" recover the papers, and as = result of
their labors. they last niobt rcco,o,od
thlI'y-elght of til" forty appcal bonds
stolen, and arrested Charles G. Fisbor Io.,
assistant District Attorney, as the party
who had stolen them. The arrest vos
made Whll" Fisher was cnioyinr himself n
the Theatre Comiquc. He was convovo,It g. |
romeo Headquarters and locked up inaccII
where he remained all night. and he viii
have a hearing this morning.
when arrested he was disposed to mako
issue with the officers on the ground that
they had no warrant, but Mcssrs. NcDo,;tt
ana Miller have been too long in the busi-
ness to be blufied 10y any such move Find
ing that the officers were not to bc deferred
rom the performance of their plain dutv
lSher put bold face on the matter and
ooaSted that there is no law to punish nm
ollccr OF the court for the abstroct;o, or
papers We doubt whether this plea will 9
nave any effect, for we are informed tbot ;
me oiiensc is a high mistlemeanor Tho =
OohdS were recovered from the possoss;on ;,
d wei known sporting man of this city !,
VINO had been made their custodian I,, :,
Fisher' and who will be used as a witness
o-day ana Will tell the whole story. Tho
'liicerS have abundant evidence that many e
u the parties interested in the bonds wcrc Ii
approached from time to time. and tbo il
apcrS were offered to them for small "
ohsideratlon. The bonds were not taken bC
ON any desire to shield the thieves. but of
imply with the object of lcvying blackmoil pl
LATER. til
HdSh'ngtoH Sep. 2l.-Ex-Assistont District al
ttorney Fisher waived am examination i, m
lie ponce court to-day and gave bail in tbo co
I'm OF $5oOO for his appearance at tbo na
lmlnal court in the case of his Indictment sa
: the grand jury. ii,
Inc Revised Statute provide as a punisb. dc
ent for such offences. n fine of 60 900 - in
rd labor for three years, or both. in tbo in
'cretlon OF the Court. The accused is tho
OF Judge Fisher, late Unitel Statos A.. a.
.ney for the District of Columbia. for o,,
10 this we add the following from the
wv York Times of Monday.
1t will be remembered by the readers of
Times that Col. w. c. Whitley. chief Of Y
united States Service; j. C. NottIc. a4o l'o
p, ms chief assistant; Assistant District
'orhey Harrington, Of Washington. and +
bert Kunz, chief clerk of the United IMa Inc
''es secret service Division in New York
re indicted in this city for conspiracy. ~.
that after protracted trial in the case styl
Jol' Whitley, the jury disagreed Late suit
evening it was ascertained that Assis.
District Attorney Harrington had fur. Am
he'd information 10 the Governp,cn+ :, Pac
sequence of which, ON last Saturday. s"ie
M assigned his property, consisting of "
'ral houses and lots in Brooklyn and So'o
'ey City, to friend named Louis De ond1 LOO
no, and sailed for Bremen by tho
lmer Main. ID
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Yeworlx cheap for cosb-w W., Phil
on, Dover. c.h ~ HahOon thin