, 1876-09-21
Exhausting Red-Tape Operations
Of the Last Two Weeks
in the Premises.
All the President Now Has to Do Is to
Issue Pardons, il He Shall
So Wish.
Tho PfckwiclSian Character Of
1Iildreth's Brothers Three
Trips to Washington.
Baboook Confident Of Fixing the Safe
burglary Malefaotion upon
Harrington.


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NlloN
aEs1aa WitL NJ FREE SATURDAY NEXT
w,su,nero 'ps'ss snn; 10 1ns
General, who hos been studying the cases every
Inv thIz wcct. f,om corlv n,arning until a,mott
n,i',n,rl,t ro,,.i,orod +, ill., antv ~, fovnr.,1v
.'unkn., con''aeseu IL n'a "u.y W ,u,oFnu,s
and sent 1t, with bis Endorsement, to the rrcsi
dcnt. rcn1v from thu f,rca,t1ent Ia nwnItc1
4,,,u ,yool, ,n1 ,roh,,,,, ,ri, H., -.,a;rod tnn-.
sam r,,. ~"a n. WIZ ~ ~. ~, 1,ra,t,"t
viii fndorsc the Attorney.uenorai's recomrnen-
datfot, and tue mitigation Of Ilcsing's sentence
will. at ]atest. t,o ordcred ly Saturday morning
nv thn .,ov ,rho. IL. ,h,oo ,,ontha ~ i,nnr,.,
ontneht EXPIRES 'uuec Bangs letter Oh sept
dt1 not, In
TIE ORDINARY norrlyu or pus1Ngss.
rcacl, the f,cneral's t1calx until Sent,
~ I'LL. ~. ~. .,,,,, h,,,,sht f.ao -, fano
, ~. .aoso !als W. tnc, utoug". i's' 10 las'
viii tlc iaets nnd thc'r 'esal relattons os un-
deratood by Judge Bangs. Judge Taft linancdi-
atc1y tc'egrap1cd to Bupcs to come to WASH
Inpton In ,iid a, mr., hos hccn In daily con.
taTnn ,,.,, M .1a a., @ S s,o o,s,,,
!c1enee Will t1e Astof'eS-t3eicfa1 eiaee about
tue 18TH. Tho case 1!as been thoroughly c1oin-
tncd, With the result above indicated. The re-
mort Of tt,c Pardon Clerk disttnctfy Shows tat
no promsso O., o. u,luerasanuing 1, wos en-
tefeu Wno ny thc ooselntAeat attof-
neys With these 'ncn-thnt is, the
13-c1cept that they wcro to plcnd Eulity totwo
counts Of kindred nature Gacl! rs eissilIcra, and
tho fact that thcy Ind 80 pleaded was to be cpn-
mln!catetl to the court before they were called
for sentence, and when nley were called fur
scnscnc, the Government attorneys reserved
tile right, ne they believed It to be their duty, to
statu substantially tue testimony which they tx
pectcd to uso in the casc Of trial.
ON TIE OTHER HAND,
tho defendants were to hare MI opportunity Of
stating airy facts, by themselves or by counsel.
Which theY supposed ,r wna'a &C. @ n matgasson, g'l,
strongly That It was Q necessary eot'clusion,,
from tile abnvo 1actsf that teY were 70 ~ trent
cd substantially alike When sentenced. Upon
looking carefully into the record ss fouWl In tllq
Attorney oicc concerning this npplt-
cation for mitigation of scntcuce, thu District
Attorney BECAME convinced that tho defendants
did probably plead guilty
UNDER THE HONEST IMPRESSION ASD RELIEF
that they were to bc 80 treatcd. Feeling that
such was the ease, beyond any reasonable doubt,
the District Attorney concluded TINT 1t
Hns lts duty to Eyc the prisoners,
In llts recommendation to thu Attorney (ieneraa,
the benefit III the uoNbt, o1 fhc principle u tho
common law that ttr criminal Is cntltscu to the
benefit Of n1l reasonable doubt in his cnsg. Az
cordIngiy tho DIstrict-Attorney recommended
TINT tie sentence Ut the four persons rcua!n-
roiigls, DuiYaIo Miller, aud Powell-bos' snosli-
fed 10 three mDnthsf i,n,,rIso,Iulcut and tho
payment Of $1,000 tlnc eacl
THE c1y1L BUTTS.
Tho question submitted ~ to tho right Of tho
Government to proceed eIyilly against Rclitn to
rncnynT finvcr,,tncnt monnv aflcrcl 10 hny,,
been appropriated by Rell,iHl Is still pending,
and probably viii not lc determined
Tor some time. MEANWHILE there vii! be no it,
tcrfercucc with The ease from Washington, Tic
Whole noInt .t Of til tl,e @ new m question rased hero