The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-03-18

possession Of the famous s. 900 through np
viii Of his own, he has felt himself obliged
to control ii until the criminal case was
disposed OF. During the two years he has
held himself so responsible, he has beer
made a defendant in four civil suits, the
plaintiffs i'fng respectively J. q. Page, +.
A. Smith S Co., and lastly Mr.. 5. c. Pone-
roy himself. Very naturally this sort OF
thing became mono;onous. and, IN grass
hopper times, expensive.
Nobody seemed disposed 20 relieve Gov.
Slower OF the responsibility, the legislature
notoriously evadins the expression Of any
decided opinion on the subject. On the
9TH inst. AttoneyIieneral Randolph rem
dered an opinion, which was published in
the Commonwealth, TO the effect that the
State had no right, title or interest in the
$1,000, and Slower was certain that he had
none. This narrowed the question consid-
erabiy, and it was while tine case stood thus
that Gov.>tover heard that County-Attorney
Vance had come to the determination to en-
ter noIIe in the criminal suit, thus in effect
settling it.
To make assurance doubly sure" Gov.
Slower addressed note to Mr. Vance ask
ing him If the information aforementioned
was correct, and received in reply the fol-
lowing:
[Copy.]
TOPEKA, KAs, March 10, 1875.
Hon. 4. s -,Stouer-DEAR SIR: After
fully investigating the matter and believ-
20 ~ ioi .he Puoh' thteies', as Wei:
Ssa Is .Ur ..,e IT, - in.eies. oi .ne county OF
caSe oi ,ba S,,,a % 81 Eaus.s ~ SI w p. .ne
row now n.nS;nr ~ H. Hs,,;c, O.. e te-
O.. 80" ,,in,,' p - ~ .ne DisI' Soui' ior
,La g., In n n as' anu l siaii 40 80 on
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- IL ,,,,saon,;a,, 80 fn I' eos''
fr,ved ,,on, tL.. f.r,n,, tn - .te.
,hc Lal.noo lid h. SaJ J w ,l'','
Vorl, frnn, whnn, ha 60 So 80 ~ Soi
ca;rsd !, 50 n'm.h o. @. So, C,a, i"u IT.
So ''' o'' S'o'e' iio'
T. H., ,;.
.a.;a.' ~ 'uie ~ n'she
Vance who was 10 apnear tor the State
took counsel Of Mr.. Thomas RYAN and A
/. Williams who had been connac,ed viii
the rrosecution AZ IN tho cond;,;on of af
fair and il was their on;n;on tb,, ,bs
prosecution wonld fail To conyic. for van,
of material evidence which Was NO, ,ccoS.;
ble He learned in a convarS,,;on viii
Mr. John Marin Of counseI for NJ Poma
row some weeks since thai the deianse wer,
wiling 10 nav the costs nrov;Jed = Nh
was entered ON Monday the 9Th irs, Mr.
Nance had an interv;ew with Mr. W,r,;n
unon which This arranoeme,t w,s suhS,,,
tially agreed unon. and subsequently, M
Artbur McCabe the clerk Of the Sh,wpe,
district court was directed 10 ascert,in III.
costs in Shawnee county He fonnd tb,
little bill was 81 2SI Ri ON THURSDAY av
eninp the lI;b inst Mr. VANCE b,d ,no,b
or interv;ew with Mr. Martin and JuJge 4
III Horton in regard IN the costs in 6s,a.
conn,y The resnl, w,s ,hat ,a,aora,,
WAS sent 70 RurI;ncare in regard ,o ,b.
amount bpt , renIy not be;no race;ved !,
time the costs we're anpro,;9ated in III,
final settlement at $500. This brings III,
case up the Alose Of business on March tn,
llth."
On the morning of Friday, March I2,b
quite 4 little company dropped into tb,
office of Martin & Case. There was Mr.
Martin and Judge Horton representing Mr.
Pomeroy, and Mr. Vance representing tn,
State; there was Col. York, the leading wit
ness for the State; there was ex-State Treas
urer John Francis, who, during his term o.
Office, had been the keeper of the famou.
package. and had been sued in consequence
there was Archie Williams, one Of the orig
inal counsel for the prosecution when tina
old suit was new: there was ex-Lieut. Gov
Slower, who had suffered from having. n,
greatness, but 81 900 thrust upon him anc
there was Mr.. James +. Legate, who is gen
orally around when there is anything goin:
J;.,r;ct Ill va. hrnnah, n hv N. V,na0 '
IT, e. oaO ,,ol, ne L.o,,,,t, =, -,
vory nstnr,t and was o,ened and co,,n,..'
bv Wr Franc;s Gov S,over ,Len cou,,s,
ont SI 735 and handed il IN NJ NcC,he
He then t,oI- Mr. NcC,ba,s r.ce;nt as fol
lows.
Gcopy.1
SLa, An oI EA
sh'"Heee 'o"n''')
In the District Court oil Shawnee County
Kansas:
The State OF Kansas vs.. 5: Z. Pomeroy-
Received, Topeka, Kansas, March l., lS15
VI i.on L. q S'o'ei, rei.eh nos nuioIed am
.hn . nv u.ia o.ooi' !" iuh pay
h mem I a,nou =; aeton ~ h u 'ne cSs's una
nae - aueu f ~ "a. :. "oose eh,'.eu S, ac'io:
liable, both in the District courts oil Shaw
nee ana Usage counties.
tIleneu, a.: ID. McoABE,
'i1rA Vi 'he Dis'rie' .our'' 'ha"hee count!
NanSa..
Gov. slower ,hen hSnded The balance
So,-oo, 10 'oi. a. VI. 1ork, VINO hande'
uoV. slower the following statement
[ooPY.]
Tourr, K,s N.,oh1, ,s-,
R.oa;r.J from Han r. S,ona. 10 toD. ~,
of five thousand two hundred and sixty-iv
dollars, being the original package O
money less the costs in the case of tn
State OF Kansas against ). {. Pomeroy, no'
pending in the District Court, in and fo
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