The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-18

tho Treasury Department fully endorsing and
approving the report uf tho special agents and
rccomnendint that hoth civil ana criminal pro-
coedues te n titufcd asaiust Fort and all other
and uayWent 81 the claim. TIE District Attot-
hev OF the middle ci-ilict ~ Tenn, s-ec was de
Tor tie fccotcfy uf the money. What was next
d"ucf Let solicitor iiaun speak Ter himself
~ his report 60 tine secretary he SAYS:
rc.tl,st.c cI.U SUM-. have invited hcutcnflon vt
tt NJ, statcs attrtn,y Tor t. p uict b. hu sasc,
Sni norou inggr Sy n. gr E1,nd Jry R
lhclcd, ~ tho eud at Il ncrc been. a. tncre Is
or co1,pr cS 10 dcifand fc iitcd sites. he parties
nay bc ntictoh. anti II possibic, speedily tried. con
TUE LATE mNG DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
what dl Mr.. George =. Fisher. the United
states attorney for this District" do about tho
IN ttcr2 The Grand jury was then sitting aud
be took rrorW actioul Nothing ~ the sort
lie never hffed finger or made move In the
matter until June, when, apurehcudiug news
paper attack, he set Size case for he. ring before
the Grand Jury. and then proceeded to give all
pu~sihle aid and comfort to the cpnspiratOrs
Fort. lutlcr, and Mitchell, by d ing nothing
toward preparing the case for presentation to
the Grand Jury. II Il susceptible ~ proof that
he neHlectcd e. summon important witnesses,
and that he did eyeIyt ming In lis power to pre-
vent the jury from lndicting either Of the ucr-
sous named, or. in fact, anybody concerned in
the matter. The report ~ the United States
District Attorney at Nashville to tho solicitor,
after Judgment had been recovered, In which
ciil agents OF the irea-urv, was referred to ~
IN his possession, was placed in HE hands but
he would not ulluw " To 20 to the jury. and in
various other ways lac gave evidence OF his in
teniiun to p event the resentment OF an in
dictment az inst the guilty parties.
Although no mention was made 81 II at the
time the movement ~ inst him hy pustmastnr-
General jew ell ana secretary iirstow was made
public. II hts sirce TRANSFERRED that formal
char as were presented to Atorney-Gene
ltrrepcut AGAINST Fisher on account OF his
course Zoo the case. and tuHt these charges were
cuusdtr,d IA 4biuet meeting.
wnirEwAsutNG RonBrRY.
Committee on War Claims PRETENDED to
inNt-ii-ifr tNu UaYucut OF this 81 i'm, bat 49,.
90. -lUu tf wis found that a Republican mem
hDI ol tNUle WIS fO Joe shown guilty at cor
iI.ti.u. atI U.Nuh'i ia department Oniclls
guilty ny -i-. il'us JOS, gulirties, tho tvr-tt-l-
ii 100 sud iD'.f -tunN Ell, and tue committee cone
tented itself N' .Ilhl-cut l. ftarl Mitch. il,Who
were Dum.c~u-, AMI mildly wlitcWa~utd MIR.
EudNrON Random bul.r, while every mcmtcr
&C tLr ton.mIUcc know tnU nr hal 10 tcd VA
tln sn Nl- of tngi fraudulent claim, and that his
stAttur 100 made e. the special agents Was us.
sue Of Ices 10 ma ic-IuuIut 60 end.
We. ~Il- Fort but ~iN yt 4rs ago received over
Si1t'u ON whaf D. NOW shown to bc a fraudulent
claim. ana while reported as a loyal man, which
be ~, r. to, hc is known 10 have been as bitter
rebel Hs any man tn Robertson county. There
l. abundant reason 60 hcli We that 90 searching
eNIuinati of the records Of the Treasury
| accounting OnlceS will show that millions OF
dollars nave been uaid ON claiius no better sup
/ p1tted than that II sug- Fort.