Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-07
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Asssr.sy 0s.sral Pisrrspsss Risss
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WARRINGTON. March 6.-Aftsr the
Cabinet consultation the Attorney Gen.
sral addressed . letter 70 Hon. Scott
Lord, Chairman Of the Subcommittee
on Judiciary, saying his fair and oonsld-
srsts letter Of the Sd instant gives him
an opportunity TO explain certain oharg.
o. contained In nsvspspsr publications,
copies Of which bad been handed TO
him. The Attorney General says that
In relation 70 the whisky cases at ".
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. the
Secretary Of The Treasury and himself
we're In frequent consultation and never
differed in policy nor In what they
deemed the best mode Of carrying out
the policy OF October last. while the So-
licitor Of the Treasury was In st. Louis,
which they agreed upon. and the Sscre-
tary dispatched q communication 70 the
Solicitor In the way OF instructions, In
which no said. among other things. that
unless important ends were TO be gained
In other cases, he would make no terms
with any individual party. The Attorney
General says the policy indicatedi this
order was not communicated by him In
any circular letter TO the District Attor,
nsys Of these cities, but II was intended
to be carried ont alike In 81. Louis,
Chicago and Milwaukee. Nothing oc-
cured TO lead the Attorney General or
Secretary Of the Treasury. or the Solic.
itor. 20 far a. the Attorney General
knew or believed. to change this policy
In any degree. but about the middle Of
january and subsequent thereto various
Newspaper slips. private letters and per-
sonai statements came 10 the President,
and In lesser degree 10 the Attorney
General. that bargains were being made
or we're about to DO made with crimin-
ais, whose testimony was not in the
sliahtest degree needed, by which a
large number Of criminals wero to DO let
on from any kind Of punishment, and
70 b relieved Of prosecution in o man
ner likely to bring scandal on the i'd
ministration Of justice and quite at va
rance with the policy Expressed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury and approved
bv the Attorney General, and these
siatsmsnts were In . large measure al
irmed to the President. and subse-
~qusntiy to the Attorney General. BY one
Of the Oldest and most trusted Superyis-
ou In the service, and who declined to
spsak from personal knowledge
upon the subject, and especially In
relation 10 criminals In Chicago. The
President was greatly disturbed BY those
varied and repeated representations.
Of course, 90 at variance with the policy
before indicated. and he brought 1t to
the attention OF the Attorney General
and suggested that Il would be well for
the Attorney General to let the District
Attorney receive some caution upon his
subject, and therefore q letter was dis
patched by the Attorney General to Dis
trict Attorney Hazelton, and Is the one
copied In the official records oil the de-
partment with Q note that the same was
sent to the District Attorneys at Chicago
and 81. Louis. In this lsttsr the Attor.
nsY General said no reposed In tho
officers good Judgment TO refrain from
everything that could by any possibility
be construed % favoritism towards those
who had defraudsd the Government,
and be remarked In IL: The Presidents
desire 10 that no guilty man shall
escape" A few days later the Presi-
dent being still further pressed about tho
matter, be sent for the Attorney Gen.
eral to learn whether he had taken any
action. Al the letter was purely official.
and as such letters arc strictly conhdsn.
tial and intended solely for the eye Of
the District Attorneys pnd for the sole
purpose Of advising them Of complaints
which are being made and TO caution
them against any appearance OF I'M
proper management, II was quite
certain that II any OF the
defrudsrs OF tho revenue imagined
that they were 10 reap advantage from
the publication OF the letter. or from the
very false construction which they tried
TO force upon Il, they had been or would
b sicnaliy mistaken. The Attorney
General says thailsinoe the acquittal Of
General Babcock he had seen II stated
one Of the Western papers that the
evidence bearing ON the guilt OF Bah
cock was communicated TO his counsel
by the Attorney General. He wished TO
state In the most emphatic language and
without any possible reservation that
there IL not the slightest truth In the
statement. He never made any COM
~munication, either written or verbal, to
either Of General Babcock's counsel. AZ
70 Storm, who Il tho counsel specially
mentioned. the Attorney General says
hs has no recollection that he ever saw
him In his Life. He was certain he never
wrote TO him. He might have seon him
and been introduced TO him at some one
OF the crowded receptions OF the Prssi.
dents. This IL possible. Very many
persons are introduced 10 him at these
receptions whose names are indistinctly
heard, and therefore, not remembered.
He certainly never saw Storms OF his
house or at the Department or any other
house or place; neither. that he over
convened with him upon the subject Of
Babcock's trial or upon any other sub
jet. -ngIHr
Bsiknap Usdcr she Surveillance OF
the Peiiee.
wAsuNorox, March G.-Ex.Sscretary
Bslknap remains In his vi house.
which he has not left since the tender OF
his resignation. and Ii to all purposes o
prisoner, the entrances, back and front,
being guarded by policemen. Messrs.
C~arpentsr & Blair. counsel for Belknap.
appeared at the Attorney Generals Of
Ace to-day and asked that the police be
removed. a. the Secretary had no intsn-
ton whatever OF attempting flight from
Washington. To this answer was made
that as soon a. an indictment was found
the Secretary would DO arrested and he
could then give bail, which would re-
lisve him from the surveillance to which
he ID now subjected. but should tho
Grand Jury meet with any embarrass.
msnt In obtaining the necessary evidence
70 frame an Indictment upon. an arrest
would DO made without an indictment.
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