The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-22

give the Regfsters statement be
low, end We must say that the mos
eharitshls construction that can b
placed upon the act, is one not credit
able to Mr.. Lee, and would even ex
ouse the belief 90 freely expressed tha
he had been corrupted by the money
wrecker. It was not expected or in
tended that the trials should come or
before the February term of the Cour,
of Common Pleas. Mr.. Lees term oi
Office expires In few days. The cases
we're practically out of his jurisdiction,
and by no reasonable requirement
could he have been expected to act
upon them. Yet he has done so, and
left the impression upon the public
mind that In his anxiety to obtain the
fee he claimed in the case, but which
the county commissioners would not
recognize, and which he kept back
from the payment received from Sloane,
to say nothing more, he has committed
arank injustice upon the public whom
he served, and placed stigma upon
his own name, that time will not ef-
face:
A reporter for the Register called
upon President Farlow of the Cincin-
natl, Sandusky and Cleveland road,
giving him the first information that
The deed had been done. Both Presi-
dent Farlow and General Manager
Brown expressed utter surprise and
could hardly believe the statement.
They said to our reporter that the Gin
agement had made arrangements to
aid IN the prosecution in the Sloane
trial TO the best of its ability; that the
court had informed them only the
night before that the case was to be
tried at the coming February term;
that, Ii Sloane had now been set free,
q most unwarranted and outrageous
act had been committed. They hoped
steps would be taken at once to restore
the case to the docket.
AT q lete hour our reporter called
upon Prosecutor Lee, desirous to get
what information he could, and to give
Mr. Lee the benefit of whatever state
ment he might make in Justification OF
his conduct The following is the con
versation as 1t substantially occurred:
Reporter-Captain, is it true that
you have nolled all the Sloane indict-
mentsf
Proeecutor--Itis.
R.-What under heavens does II
meant
Pit means that we have no case
against him.
R.-Has it taken you three years to
discover thati
y Pho. ! have all along been sat
isf1ed that we could not convict Sloane
on more than four or i've cases, and
that has been the opinion of lawyers
generally with whom I have consulted.
/ have received information within q
fsW days that oouviness me that We
cannot cenvict on any one Of them.
R.-What b the nature Of that In
formation, and to what Of the cases
does It spplyi
P.-ky information is In the shape
Of adldavits, that Sloan has received
from bis brother In law, Winslow, and
others, stating that they authorized
him TO use their names in the drafts
and vouchers charged to have been
forged by him In what are known as
the Winslow cases. The mysterious
disappearance Of some of the evidence
for the the State through the hands OF
Homer Goodwin, then Sloane's at
torney, lost MS some important evil
dence, but the recent afndavits that
Sloane has received have led me to the
conclusion that We cannot convict
him, and the better way was 70 dismiss
the cases ana save tne county iufsaer
COSTS.
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h-but wnat was the use OF your
oisinissihg tnis case now, within Two
or three weeks OF the expiration OF
your Ierlht
P.-Because was satisfied that con-
viction could not be had. and / con-
sidered it my duty to enter the nolle.
R.-Do you pretend that yoh could
not in duty to your office, continue the
case overf Why did not you leave the
responsibility to the incoming Prosecu
tori
P.-I am willing to take the respons-
ibiiity myself
R-wbo are the man wbo .ndors.
vour actiop9
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,smss now They are manv of them
.,nons the hest men of the citv so,ns
Of them officials: but / take the re-
spopsibilisy of rhe thing upon my own
shoulders. By the dismissal of the
case we secure for the county the en-
tire sS2, 500 on the forfeited bond.