, 1875-04-30
JUDGE PEARSON 10 "L0NG I0HH.n

10 ue Elpor 4f lie Da.r:.:t Eonasrciai:
DASytLLr, ILL.,, April eD.-0n my retnrn from
D short trip near st. Louis, I found IN
your paper what purports to be On extract from
al address Of the lion. John Wentworth. on tho
"Early Settlers aud Inc!douts OF Chicago Early
Life" tn which he says:
was hrro whta tho nra: rnan vac hung In Chicago,
on tho open Essrio FloEt liAta.ro south Of tho
Caurt-ialse. waA nrnn e jury that convicted him.
Al editor abused mo vhlis upoa tue JURY. 1nd the
first as:yr biz mans IL 8scwar. and 10 now livts IN
u:urha1.tou. N. y. !fur Judge william. is not tts
IL INV iivss Il Dan,iIe. III. chnrley hoeI
il nos tho Ar.t . PROSECUTOR Of tbs press:
IN i' chsasa now 1as W. a9. p snd rept,,u H H..
Tor; shat ih ~ Ihsrs !. nusairg hat you have n9w
t vs t s
nre term 4 touss in yels aud 4 families auar!oed
shs; hsa n;s To- ;oo co., on nake sass Ind ha'a
3Ty old friend Col. Wcntwort, did not, pro-
suue, intend to usreport tho fac:s or do me tr.
Justice; and had ha remembered all tho facts con.
uectel with that CASE ho certainly would moi
have characterized tho Judge rs d judicial ty.
faut." lIo certainly would know that porson
1nGy, By stating Quiz part OF case and leav.
ins out essential 1acls, 10 Laan 10 much ln.
justice ~ IL to Ind stated Il falschood. Tho
Colonel has left out the nsn.erlal facts
III the caro- to which he refers. A most
bloody aud liabolcal murIer OF woman
had been committed hy wretch. 1lla convic..
sion dcponded GU long and c1oscly-connecsel
chau OF clrcrmstnntlal evidence. 3lr. Stewart
seeult to thko siles as III cuitar with thB A.
cuAed aud his counsel Ms. Wentworth aud
Stewart wcre rival editors before. Ar. Vert
worth WAS seiscted during the t,lal a. oao OF the
jury. Stewart, during tho trial, published many
foo!isl, ard unwarrnnted statements Of Went
worth and the trial. and one Of these parora wsa
tskon, Or WIS !Arosn, !nto .hs tnT,.r during
toruey complained to tho Court in tAe usual
form, the fscls wess proved, Stewart had q full
hearing. End wss convicted. Tho Court GnDd
him. not for constructive contempt. but
II q, In e very aggravated murder case. The
judge thcu believed. "a he docs now, lhat un-
le,x the lava eau 10 fEeslS aud duly executed
no yer eanl a. tllAt time, from Col: Wentworth,
or a1tv obs elsc. that tho Juigo aced tho part Of
tyt ant but. on tho otl.cr hand, MI approved OF
the ' low takon Of this vicious attempt on tho
mart OF au oditor to lneddla with tt0 AdD!uat1a-
ton OF the laws.
Tl,rhaps should Say that, although Col. Vent
wort b, Oh MI editor and juror, was ons Of the
principal pefsons On tho Jury attacked, yet 10
Attorney III entering, tho rule aealuas Stewart 70
e!,ow cause why tho law had not been violated Ia
ha attack on the jury Wbtls they we're sitting, to
,ty this important sase' tae IIaSo ,s! n. ns-
vnto griefs hare nothing 70 do in tue
duo administration Of tho laws. Col. Wentworth
is wrong 10 another recollection Of cou1ta thau
held in Chicago. Tho law required tno terms Of
court in that county yearly, aud ofton two OF
three Epeoiat tcssns Wtra compelled to 0e hollau,
~ great VIA the press ot businesses. no term
was less than four or lle Wcaks. How my old
freud the Colonel could bs 80 at fault about tho
teruy, l csuuot iaYise Or imagiue. He Ia rtRht,
however about divorce cases, "a 1t WAa UNDER
stood, after few attempts 10 cut the marriage
Ito. thxt the Judge was for holding tho parties
TO . STREET performance Of the marriage contract,
lhopc Nj. iditor, that yon, aud otl1ors WHO
Will do mo tlis simple net OF 1ushoe to publish
tlls aldu. JoHN PEAAsoA.
APEIL a22.-N. 3. Tle above was written after
once reading the article roferrsd TO. Upon agaiu
perustng II, and considering the 4lus!on to me,
! am ut loss to know lla motive OF Col. Vent
worth in thus Juggling la NY uaua bsforo tho
public, and In . matter which lss hiept over
twsuty-Av years. 80 tr&n9action that passed, 80
cuslug me OF being "iudicial ty5ant" md .
rerseeutor Of tho press. For II Ar. Hunting
ton is paraecutor Of tho rscaa. 70 am !. for
Ae ouly aetad III . subordiuste capacity.
To 10 charged thcn, or at Any time OF Eiy 4fo,
with being ''pcrecutor OF tho press," would
be new 10 mo, u hnye always boen coostdatea
BY my friolsds ~ ultra Il! defending the hbesty
golf hatc radically dincrea OH somo OF tho iu-
portaut questions of the auy for over twensr-nTa
ycaru, / had sscribed too much maxnanimlty to
Lin 10 think he would uako Hurh = grouudleRs
charge on that sccount. l shall still hope the
Colonel will refresh h'B memory. and Withdraw
ills G.ouudlasa, aud cestainly ,gzioyoas. chargss
II true. 3.H,