The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-14
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CALEB p. MARSII'S FLIGHT.
ONE pEsPJTcH IRON W.Isg,yo1os
TH1T HURRIED MN orr.
No Notion OF Leaving the Country until In.
formed that he was TO be CriminnIly
Prosecuted Result Of n Cabinet Meeting,


formed that he was TO be Criminnily
Prosecuted Result Of n Cabinet Meeting.
WAsHINGToN, March 13-Facts obtained
from credible sources. which will doubtless DO
made public In an authoritative form Ia a few
days, go to show that Caleb =. Marsh had no In
tentiot whatever Of leaving the country when
he left Washington On Thursday, March .. on
the 1850 p. NJ. train. He was thon under the i'm
preston that bytestifl ing before aCougressonal
committee he was protected acaii 81 y criminal
prosecuted. 1t is true that he had teen warned
before the committee 10y Dr. Tominson. Bel
knap's brother-n. law. that hc would be prose-
cutting for brbng public ofiloer II he sworc to
the TRUTH but this he regarded simply AZ piece
OF blum. When he reached New York on Thurs
day night, Mr.. NJ rsh made no preparations for
fight, and on Friday moinlng ho went down
street, as was his custom, and about noon
dropped in TO see his attorney. MIR Birtlett, on
an entirely different piece OF business. Incl-
dem ally the question Of his liability to be pro-
ceeded against was touched upon, and then Mr..
Marsh was surprised by the declaration Of MIR.
asked whether there was not an act Of Congress
which protected witnesses, and he was told that
shortly after tins Mr. Marsh received a teie.
grlph message from Washington. and he bur
drove TO the Grand Central Depot. where ne ar,
rived few moments before the starring OF the
o'clock train north. His wife did not accom-
pany him because she had not time to pack her
trunks. and she did not 20 away until the next
DAY. Marsh, u Is known, stopped of al Peeks-
XIII. and waited two or three hours for another
train bound north He could have been inHu-
enced to this course Ivy but two motives: First.
he was not rcsolute N his dctermin alton to
leave; or second, he expected to be arrested.
ana wanted to throw the officers on tho scent.
In this connection there are certain we'll
known facts about occurrences here ON Thurs
day night and FRIDAY which assume great i'm
pOrtance when considered in the tight Of the
facts given above. On Thursday night, March 2,
baiknaps counsel had long conference at his
house. a gentleman VINO present said to
some friends late that night that II Marsh should
not turn up when wanted, the Democratic ma
IDENTIFY Marsh's probable n isht was the subject
OF discussion at the meeting OF Belknnp's counsel
on Thursday nj ght. lnc next day was g binet day.
lhe session was a long one, lasting until
O'Clock. but before II ad jOurned II was known on
the streets that the felknap case under
consideration, and tho Evening St1r announced
that the same evening" al hough II said the dis-
cussion was not concluded up 10 the time of
their going to press. 1hnt night IL was common
TAX about tho notels that the At:ornoy-j enerll
had Instructed District Attorney Wells to pro-
ceed criminally against all the parties connected
with DelkDap's bribery. The Asso slated Press
definite account OF the conclusions reached in
CItnet, and it will he remember tnHt the
next morning a newspapers all announced that
Marsh was to be prosecuted.
Mr.. Blaine has denied on authority that
Marshs prosecution was mentioned III the Cabi-
net NEE log. but that does not cover the case,
The Attorney General, when asked on ihe fol-
lowing SUNDAY N II WAS true that Mnrsh's prose-
outiOn was talked OF In Cabinet. replied: No,
my instructions re to let no gdilty man escape,
and " Marsh comes under that neal then he ~
included II not, not" IL will be shown that
tho despatch Marsh received ON Friday after
aud that the object OF IL WAS TO induce him to
leave the country. Marsh Is In Montreal