The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-23

rington, officers of the district attorneys
Office and others, worthless barber was
brought from Baltimore, induced TO per-
senate respectable and wealthy citizen of
Georgetown, who, after conference with
Judge Fishers son, entered bail for Schnci-
der who by the direction of young Fisher,
was Immediately discharged.
The facts coming to the knowledge of
Attorney General Perrepont, he appointed
jeremiah NJ. Wilson special government
attorney to prosecute the matter, and the
clerk of the police court, who took the
bail, identifying the barber, he was arrested
and taken to Washington. Here be was
brought before the court, released without
the knowledge of the attorney general or
Mr.. Wilson, and his expenses pad so tina,
he could return to Baltimore. ln.hedi-
ately upon the attorney general being in
formed of this second release, Wilson
again took steps for his arrest. and he was
brought before an United States commits
sioner at Baltimore, on Wednesday of last
week, and fully committed for trial on n
charge Of perjury. In rendering his de-
csion, the commissioner said--and his Ian
guage affords a just and true, M well M the
only needed comment on these transac-
tions: THE spectacle pres,n I'd by the
"evidencc in this case of the state If
things in and about some of the offices of
Justice in Washington was Il disgrace to
everybody who had a hand in producing
"or promoting such condition Of things.
"Of all places in The world the courts
"shoud be kept free from all faint of cor
eruption. They should be ike Caesars
.'wife, above suspicion. a lawyer (Evans)
" from that city, one of the Witnesses III
" this case, has testified that ten or twelve
minutes is all the timr peces AIRY there to
"get a burglar ont Of jail on worthless
circumstances surrounding this case show
that the very atmosphere there in higl
"places is impure and unfit for honest mei
"to breathe. This poor, unfortunate mar
would not be before ne now if there wal
q" not vIllainy in high quarters there"
But this is not all Governor Wells ha
only been ia flee two weeks aud yet tx
has already discovered that the war; ants
informallonsfanls appeal bonds in SOM
forty-one prosecutions for carrying con
cealed weapons. selling liquors, etc, etc. go
being all tf the cases carried lay appea
from the police court to the district Grimm
al couit--lave been stolen The telegraph
Monday morning., treated The matter yer.
gingerIy. reporting lhst ''ot course,
would BE- ultair to rccuse auy one VIII
I" has Ia civ held . ii iou in The distric
attorneys office nf being responsible f.
"these theltr; but, in view Of other re
cent discoveries, it would not be surpris
ing if they should he traced to tina
source 1t would not have been SUI
prising for, within less than Ten hours al
ter the publication Of the telegram, III
missing papers were found aud Charles &
Fisher the son of Judge Fisher aud th
late assistant district attorney. was arreste
and confined in jsil, charged with thei
theft. If all these disclosures have bee
made within two weeks, whnt may we no
expect as the result of u longer and NOR
thorough investigation The attornc
general is determined to have tits matte
probed to the bottom. and all the CORFU
| 10, a,l uh,N
may-unless his official life shall he Tel
inmates so IA to prevent 1t. The distnt
; attorneys Office has been perfect cesspo'
of iniquity, and Attorney General Pierr,
pont cannot do better work than he
doing in uncovering and purifying it.