The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
DID NOT RECEIVE A DOLLAR
THE C.fsE or THE sADLY INJURED
ROUERICK RANDOM BUrL ER.

RODERICK RANDOM BUrLER
The SneG r~Tt n - Wifhowski Conspirators
nrd Tbeir Bonsts- suspicious Iuactiviv
Of Iuitod states District Attornev " ellis
d Something for tue House TO Luck Into.
WAsuiNoroE. FcJ. 12.--The following
very interesting paragraph, cut from the col
umus of the 1lth,uc OF rhis city, means o great
deal more iian appears on the surface. a cas-.
uai reader ", uC interpret II IA meaning thnt
The Iior. Kodcri,L handom Builder, ex-M. {.
from tennessee. cx-cadetship .pcculator. friend
Of suffering claimants and Claim agents sni
champion q widowo and orphals on the ieu-
sion foila. was mere simply 81 vindicate HIMSELF
&C. hurl back, ~ II were, H. the teeth Of his nc
cusers their changes against him, and t. secure.
50 20 sneak. o bean On % heiith from a Federal
court held under the vary shadow Of the 'rpltol.
SAT TIE visit Of Mr. iiodcrlck Butler mems
more than that. y moau' that ms purpose was
60 "nN" matters VITA Distfict-Attornci Wel!s,
precisely ~ ho Fixed ~ matters Win DiNti't-
Attorue, Fishct IN the uonsipu frauls CAGE, ana
Ito ref,rto another di'tinsu'~hoi fraud Just
as the Ji,n. James 8 N'h"y hNed w matters
here. " .i!c on Walt .l-, week, IN tho Wi-
SowsLi $3.50. Va winch thS' honorable gentleman
figures 10 q NtTS upp!cnanl, WY.
F,ider,I. the Horutahles Riherick II ,nlon
Batter au4 ! aWt- -. NcgleS Know to dot the
man who is to conduct u Q case asainst them, II
Indeed 1t ever reduHc- tfai Ana here let no
stood
The ioa. y Butter o. fenn's.s', balar.,, din ii;
.raf i. 'r.e,le!t r. t. not W.. q any iiI5ne,Gl
~ ~ T. o1 l,' ".y o. ,i 5 ri,l'i .l, sp'
bno~. & no ,snn w iit-c en'ui 'y either as h's
ilittrr, iuc' ace vefy ,une.,s.nan Is c,i lrpo 30
l'tip.iH r.e, "rt Tor coasuitcnt l. was, b., sls.
lof., vn.'l bad n,N,r ror lut oAcc before Aftr
VII '' nr. no HI y room ,a.c,sS iaSn y S ~
81 .
Nn hc deg itci to DO It 49, acc u1t o' n,' ilne,s.
sni ,riep w.. rcQ c., ana offered 10 Ease tiu 10 the
fSf SSa nd Va ~ s dre u vs. s.pl,
esncons ert Of h'. lnl W "a D, e1.,s Va. r'li he
and naf not bcep fot ne 'c'cninn here uy sic ,es.
cone ~ To, -, NJ fort mstcal q 9n, NJ,
srrti, A., hue andl 10 ,lra oder "a ~ aprc
sn No. DE- s. i.r al se You'll nor alloy nat and re
la. en- sworn 10 n'or, he t''ni .lnrv sni be docs
be found against I'm
Now that IS very fine and e,nacks very strong
" OF injured Innocence Indeed. stranger
Butler WA . much iui1f ed nlsu. an that some
nody ought to be punished for alandcring an
The tr,tn i..urohshly. tha' the Hon Rodsr.
lex liangnr liutlor realinr ne proceedings IN
the whisol trias 90 -. Louie, his observed that
the llor. @dwaiG- Pierrcpont, Attorney Gen
erel De-n propose 20 81" let ans guilty ~ "a ca-
cays, 40 matter low much hc may DO IN tho
way - rercitnucc and OF furnishing the rvl-
dence ~ }, aontnce in the ~uy 81 exposing his
t4tt u-t tate anu iltfr m CRIME, anu lie
concildcs tla' fno lion. Mr. perepnrt's regard
for tho Interests aud ,lturs prospects oi the
heplnlicaa party would rot Kermit nv hruslng
g trial tto etntsuce oi Two such fright and
shining lislf- of Gflnilsm as the Aforesaid Hon
orlhe Roc, ,ick Random 3micr and james ).
Neglev, re hcpunlica an members or Congress
from lc states II Tennessee and Pennsylvania
Nov n. III ,he facts. The claim OF susg Fort
was, tlroIln tt' active and 2, lous lab n aId
innucuc' ~ the Hon. Hoieiigk Raadom Butler,
nut throhfh The Treasury peniriment after
ohlce hours. ID the ,Ath las OF June. 1874. after
il had tecn rejected ~ committee Of the
House Of Representative =. and so reported not
two weeks previously. Inc Secretary Of the
Treasury IL ADVISED of tue fr udulcnt character
OF tn Calm 10y the clerk II the committee
which rejected II, On tie duv following rs pay
mem. Toe stcretar orders an inNe-tisst!on,
and appoints two special AGENT who probe the
matter 10 tho bottom They co to Robertson
county. Tennessee, Where tie claim Is alleged 10
have accrued and collect a great mass Of tssti-
monN proving beyond question that the claim Is
gross trtDd upon che lie ,surv, md that Mr..
E0dcric, lnndom Brtier is llrgely Responsible
Tor its allowance and u,sment. Their report.
tnd the evidence ohtaiued Is referred ~ tito
kolicitor, Nno law olnccr at the Treasury Depart
ment, who, under date OF tie III Of December,
1874, reports ~ follows:
10 M judgment the claim &, base fraud upon the
Uony, yiinot, ags aclibesaiol aad permitted . be
e1iiiei ilr"h me necoun',ns otcts npgn replesen'
ltsnces Az; ,scl, % en- mpcrl'iyey Tor iuher sad
So far az the Secretary u The Treasury could
q" "nyIh'ns to- pgni,h me fuzzy p1riies the
i.srt f o Sgs6,e Ne %.s hyG s
bnng aci ion lu assunlr-ls against Fort, watch
Le did,, ard Judgment f'r the flll amount - he
CLAIM. { n ~ 30. was recovered. Tho attention
NJ Distinct Aitorucy Fisher was called 70 the
rase IS solicitor Wilson VINO requested It " TO
lie diligently aud thoroughly Inquired Of hy the
prst giand jury impanelled, TO the end that II
there has been, ~ there l. too much reason 10
10 deirauL the Tinted States. the parties may
ne inliatGd and i r. 'sio.e' speedily tried con-
That was III De,sml er, 1874, bear In mird
Distrc, Attorney Fisher WIS bhally driven,
throu j. ne eAuo.ure- ia ne >vN, ana through
ar oi ihth'i exposure Of his own luisc'n iuot,
e. mae i'rtsn 81 t-tg tne indictment OF
dicieJ. aud ~ Nl, only after Fisher was driven
out Of once "a Disgrace, and lew man pat in
Sis place, with ultru lions from the Attoraey-
General instisated by Secretary nristow, that tho
eniltY parties were indicted. AT least, some of
inem were indicted. And here comes IN the
compliant asains, the successor 81 Mr. J sher.
II - impossible TO learn anything rs 90 the
case from District Attorney Wells or his as.
iiutIer Gen Niiicbeii, The prin 'ipal witness in
the case nor any If the conspr iIors have been
indicted. Den Neeley paid visit 70 Washing
SPECIAL agent VINO examined the WitKowski
case for the solicitor ia order % breiA him
down II 's'blo and now Mr. Roderick Ran
dom luil.r ones on here and boasts openly
against him, that he viii come out q. X, aud
mat lJi3trl Attorney Wells assures lm that
there Is no evidence whatever against him"
To he sure, the allowance aud payment u the
k1Gg Fort C!ailn has cost third Auditor Ruther-
FORD and ComMruller l,rodheal their places .
has caused the removal Il several Other subor.
climate ~ the Treasury Department, and has
brought about sundrY reforms iu the method Of
adjustment end payment Of claims ia ths Urea &C.
hrS Departments liut here are two eX-menlbers
Of Congress Repuhlicdns both lovsl GRANTEES,
willing and anxious to serve again in Congress,
or some other public Capacity and here Is Dis
tIict Az Druf $. jealous Grant Republican, an
Sbscurs lawyer In Detroit at the commsuc -ruent
Df tho war an oltCer In a Michigan regiment al
way on detailed duty, who never smeed pow
Her, man who made a handsome thing rs
elhtary Governor OF Virginia, and alterwArd us
United states District Attorney la the same
State and who owes all that he il to Grant,
standing in tho position of pro- ecutor Of two
bright and shining lights Of Republlctnism.
From present apptarances The statute Of llml-
cations f. likely TO run on the cases Of Sucg
Fort aud Witkowski, and whyY Because the
trial o. tie guilty PARTIES is likely 70 hurt she
Republican party The House Of Rcprtsenta-
tiYeg hOuld look " thls mAtter Without delaY