The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-19
DALLAS, TEX AS.
THURSDAY MORNING -; AUGUST 10.
THE DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE,

THE DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE,
In East Tennessee considerable
excitement has been created by tho
publication of specific charges
against the District Attorney and
other officers Of tho Federal Courts,
for corrupt practices and the keep
ing of fraudulent records. Tho
charges arc definite, and are back.
cd by the most prominent lawyers
at tho Knoxville bar. Tho charges
are that through system Of cspion-
age, kept up through set Of I'M
principled and infamous Deputy |
Marshas, poor and ignorant men
are dragged before the courts, whose
whole ohcnsc consists in having
hauled few loads OF wood to II
distilIory, or selling u bag Of corn
for jug Of whislloy, without know
ing anything about its Illicit distil.
laLion.
Thcsc men being indicted with
the principals are carried of and
thrown into jail, fifty or ono hun
drcd miles from their homes, whore
they arc unknown, have no
chance Of procuring bail. There
they are kept, until tho time for
trial arrives, when they arc tcrrii-
ed and brow-boaton into pleading
guilty, with the promise of being
let oil lightly. 1t is said that the
docket OF tho last District Court at
Knoxville shows that ont of l22
cases, Is were thus frightened into
pleading guilty, and were sentenced
to various amounts of fine and
terms Of imprisonment.
These East Tennessee casos have
Il strong family likeness to many
which have occurred in this State.
In several instances, in Northern
Texas, innocent parties have been
dragged from their homes, in dis
tant counties, upon trumpcd up
charges Of ku-kluXism, and put to
great trouble and expense, in giving
heavy bonds for their appearance
before the United States Court, at
Tyler, In other cases, spies have
infested our towns for tho purpose
OF entrapping nnwary dealers in
liquors and tobacco, and making
out cases against them, which would
answer for tho purpose Of black
mail. We will mention two in.
stances in point, which will illus
trato those operations. a well
known liquor dealer of Mex innoy,
Collin county, having added few
pounds Of sugar to u barrel Of HIS
whskoy, was arrested by one Of
the creatures of the department of
injustice, for illegal modification
and, to escape the heavy costs Of
prosecution, was compelled to com,
promise his case, by the pay
mcnt of some two hundred
dollars. In tho Same county there
is an old gentleman, of irreproach-
able character, who keeps country
store. On one occasion he left his
son, nero youth, in charge, and
during his absence, two men appa-
rently travellers, called and bought
some cheese and crackers, and then
asked for cigars. Tho boy was
about to serve them from q stamped
box, as the law requires, but ono of
tho men, pointing to tumbler con-
tanning few cigars, placed there
by the owner, for his own use,
insisted upon buying them; to which
tho boy unsuspectingly assented.
The next day tho owner of the store
was arrested for selling unstampod
cigars, and to escape being dragged
before the District Court at Tyler,
compromised by paying ono hun
dred and fifty dollars.
1T is due, however, TO the Inter-
nal Revenue Collector of this dis
trict, Mr.. Mulloy, to say, that SO far
rs his department is concerned, he
has shown disposition to deal fair
ly and justly by our citizens. There
has also been notable falling off
in the cases of vexatious arrest for
socallcd ku-kluxism, attributable.
no doubt, to the chief instigator
Landaulet Williams having retired
from what is ironically called the
Department Of Justice. There is
no doubt whatever that while in
office, this bad man gave direct
encouragement to every species of
persecution and annoyance, and
there is strong reason to suspect