The Morning herald., 1875-10-21
OUR PHILADELPHIA BUDGET.

s TIE CYRUS CADWALLADHR CAsE-HE l
s SENTENCED TO MoYAMENsING.
= Testimony in the case of Cyrus Cadwalls
der, cx-President of the Franklin saving
Fund was taken before Judge Biddle, in tn
: Quarter Sessions Court House, last evening
Cadwallader had already plead guilty t.
the charge of having received deposits
, when he knew the bank to be insolvent, ana
!, the evidence consequently, was taken pr,
Jorma. 1t was believed too, by the prose
cution, that the case WAS of an aggravated
character, and it was sought to aaduce
therefrom good reason for imposing q
heavy sentence.
When the evidence was all taken Judge
Biddie, without Introductory remarks os
any kind, sentenced the defendant to an i'm
prisonment of three years in the county
prison, and the payment of one thousand
dollars fine. The prisoner received his doom
without apparent emotion, though his
friends, who were present in the court room
in considerable force, were greatly moved,
and his enemies, who were likewise present
in no mean numbers manifested disposi
tion to applaud the unfortunate mans fate.
Among the latter were the friends of one Of
the depositors named Kernaw. This man
lost heavily by the action of Cadwalladcr
and his constant brooding over his i'll for
tune affected his sentence to such a degree
that he had to be surrendered to the care of
DR.. Kirkbride, of "straight-j jacket" fame.
Yesterday was thought to be, by the
friends of this man, fitting opportunity to
display their malignity tow; rds the prisoner
and accordingly, when the Judge had con-
cludcd the delivery of his sentence, they be-
gan to yell with aspecics of delight, while
one or two of their number threatened open
violence. With great difficulty the Court
room was cleared, and then Cadwallader,
with body guard Of officers, and immedi-
ately shielded by his two sons, who clung
to him afectionately, was transferred to the
new court house, ndfrom there, at late
hour, and after the mob had dispersed, he
was taken to his future home in Moyamen-
sing. Indeed, it is just probable that he
will never quit the place of his three years
confinement alive. Since his indictment
and the contempt which the confession of
his error has brought upon him, he now has
failed greatly in bodily health, ana it is be-
lieved that his mind too has suffered i'm
measurably. The story of the transact lions
which has lead to this fall Of one who once
stood so high in public estimation needs no
recapitulation now, for the published re
ports at the time of the exposure must be
still fresh in the memory of every one.
During the trial of the cause yesterday,
many prominent gentlemen, members of the
bar, came forward and offered practical sym
pathy to the defendant, by swearing to the
purity of the character he had always sus-
tanned, but it is doubtful whether their
efforts in this regard were followed by very
beneficial results to the defendant, for Lis
sentence closely approached the maximum
punishment provided for by law.
THE ESCAPE OF TIE BALLoT-BOX SUFFERS.
The ballot-box suffers and election day
repcaters, will doubtless escape punishment,
Notwithstanding the hue and cry, which po-
litical retormers have raised against them.
The cases of English ct al, were passed
upon by the grand jury of March term last,
and ever since that time the indictments
framed against them have remained in the
piSeoE-holes Of the District Attorneys Of
flee. Nor is this neglect chargcab.c to Mr..
Shepherd or his able and conscientious assis-
tants, Mr.. Henry S. Hagert and Col. Robert
Deckcrt, but should be laid at the doors of
the judges who, since the finding of the
grand jury, have succeeded each other, in
the management of the Oyer and Terminer
business. First in order came Finlettcr, I
good judge, but too lazy actually, to sit in '
the court room long enough to hear any i
case satisfactorily, AMI who, sometimes
without The sli-iitcsy no.cc, "skips" out of {
town, leaving Philadelphia justice to :hc v
mercy of the elements, and permitting erin Q
nals, who appear upon bogus bail ,oNs to {
fly the jurisdiction Of the. cour... Every cf- Il
fort made to bring these cases before tbs
gentleman, ta!lc6 as matter Of course, and
GOOD people began to believe that just.ce
vas not only blind, but getting drank to t
;oot, and that the epoch of crimina! lauda- f
ion was at hGnl--wl:cn, to the JOY Of every f
)o6y, save the vaasals no had offended v
public dcccncy, Judge Ludlow was assigned t,
0 the administration Of Affairs, ..u; then r
he "riny,H wi.h goolc.usc beganto quake. :
10 matter what Ludlow 5 cllls may he, no
nc Will dispute his right to The laurel Of y
oncst intention, and 10 sooner h@G hc fair