The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-02

w NIu una cN-tOliectOr NuuaW Drtn, Still,
thn rcsult had been most satisfactory. lie
defended the course of himself and associate
counsel IN accepting Rchm as Witness ana
That a. soon na IL became known
to tho Ring that Rehm had turned States evi-
uencc, the members oft VINO had been hitherto
defiant fled the country II WIS his opinion
that Rehm was fully corroborited by docu-
menlury and other proof, and that the case
made out 81 the Government against ex-SuDer-
visor Mum was so strong that II would have Sc
cured bis convection In any other locality than
the one In which no was tried system tic
euort, he said, had been maze To create pubic
sentiment against ltehm. aud owing to peculiar
circumstlnces had succeeded In arraying again-t
him almost all OF that class OF people who oxer-
else an influence uDon jurOs.
THE CASES AGAINST WARD AND wADswoRTH.
In regard to the dismissal OF the proseo utions
sgninst ward and Wadsworth SIR Bangs iusti-
hed himself and associates by saying that IN the
present T. nper Of tho people IN that commune
tylt would have been hopeless task to proceed
with trials because a favorable issue to the
Government could not have been expected. To
have proceeded under these circumstances nd
have met with defeat would, In his judgment,
have demOialized the prosecution IN otner
cases.
Mr. Pasted asked him II solicitor Wilson
had not strongly opposed the nolle pressing Of
cases against Ward and wadswortn, and he
piled that he had that he had visited Chicago
aHnoIt lne Dtloie the ,lnclnnall ConV,ntloh'
anu had strongly coniendcd against the dismis-
sal Of these cases.
Mr. Plastcd wanted to know what Mr.. Will
sons motives were. Mfr. Bangs replied that he
could not tell what any mans motives we're.
Then Mr. Plasted said, "W What appeared to
be his motives IA discl psed by his acts"
The chairman, MIR. Cochrane, interrupted and
said "Why Mr. Plaistcd. don't you know the
proper question to ask is what did he saw and
then to the witness. Mr.. Bangs. please give all
that YOU can recollcct Of the conversation be-
tween yourself and Mr.. wilson"
WHY TnE CASES WE'RE DISMISSED.
Mr.. Bangs replied that the conference be-
tween MIR. Wilson himself and associate coun-
sol was long one. neld At the house Of Mr..
writ Dexter. and that he couia not pretend TO
Fl "a -
son. but that MIR. wilson had insisted that tho
prosecutions should not boi dismissed until
after the Cincinnati Convention. as 1t might IN
iuro MIR. 5rlstOw chances for the nomination,
and tuat he IN order to Obli9e Mr.. Wilson, did
attempt to have ths cascs continued until
the next term 81 the court, tut th"t the counsel
for tho defendants insisted t1at tney were ready
Tor trial, anu the Court said that the cases must
elmer bc tricd then ur dismissed, and that he
and his ass pciatcs, being satisfied that they could
not secure CONVECTION. Oruered nolle prosequl
To be entered. THIS action was taken, he said,
because he had laid all tho cts before the Act
log Attorney General Mr.. Phillips. who had in
structed him to use his own discretion IN the
matter. lie admitted that he had subsequently,
been asked by Attorney General taft to explain
why these prosecutions had been discontinued,
and that although MIR. Taft did not censure him
for his course, stil he had said tnat, In his
opinion. the case should have been prosecuted
and left 10 the court and Jury to decide, which
was precisely the view. as the witness admitted,
that Mr.. Wilson had taken Of this subject.
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS.
Mr, wilson who Is now at Cape May by order
morrow for further examination. some inter
esting developments will be made II the pros er
questions are put to MIN by the committee.
For Instance. N he Is asked to explain tho ma
lure II some Of the uapers among which the let
ter containing the Presidents endorsement,
Let no guilty man esc pe," was found when
his boxes wcts.opened at tho Solicitors ONCE.
h. VIII prob ably tell what l. already known.
that they lated 20 tie cad scandal which
drove Attorney General Williams oIt Of the
Cabinet. Mrs. Williams fur some itncieI slight
put upon her b. otaer Cabinet ltaies. wrote "A
series uf letters To Nrs. BelNudp, to Mrs. RoUo-
son anu to Mrs. Gram. IA WAich she CHARGED
divers disreputaule things upon those l0dies,
am ane Others that Mts. BclknAp mad been con
ctrnod Ia the French arus les and had maue
enough money out Of those transactions to
furnish her house md buy a fine wardrobe for
herself; (; that Mrs. kOOesOn had been paid by
tue SecOrs !or her services IN getting through
their fraudulent ciain, and that she had been
employed by Jay Cooke & Co. to secure tho
u Wy deposits FOR their banking house tn Lon
don, and that goLorAly she had been in with tue
tAttells ana eNeryUOd' cltr conc rned IN navy
frauds. she dlsO charged Ms. Grant with hay-
Ing been IN the hi elk frd-y JOB, ma tn It she
re ssVed 5000 from GOuid ANA Fisk, and that
she was only saved from exposure At that limo
| by tho threat made to Gould aud FISK by the
people VINO managed the IcuuSyIvani Legisa
| ture that II tney dil not let up Aui excuipato
the President siv II, tho Erie Railroad would
suffer. The author ui these letters was not known
certainly, ana Solicitor Wilson. bt the request
| OF tbe President himself and several members
OF the Cabinet, undertook to find out no h Ad
written them. Ihey were All printed with pen
! In order To disguise the handwriting. Ine writ
In order To moro eGeotu4iiy conceal tho hand
writing. another had zone over them and made
| some Of the pen strokes heavier. Aft0r a long
and patient investigation, Mr.. W lson obtained
satisfactory evidence - show that tho ictters
were originally written by Mrs. Nlinms, aud
| that they had been amended bY Col. Whitley.
ex-Chief Of the secret Service, who was, alter
he had been dismissed by BristOw continued in
employment by Attorney-General Williams.