Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-06
THE IMPEACHMENT.

mOny Panning Ont FaVOrabIy for
the Recorder e John DOOley
Called for, but Refuses 20 Come on
the stand
Our sensational reporter sat for three
hours in the municipal High Court Of
Impeachment or yesterday afternoon at
the City Hall, listening to the evidence
introduced on behalf Of the prosecution
of the Recorder. ation.house-keeper
Davis was recalled to make some correc-
tons of his statement made the day be.
fore as to figures and facts.
Ev-Msyor John johnson testified, that
during his administration and when Mr..
Scales was Recorder, Sim Bsrinds, the Re.
corder' clerk, was short in his accounts
some four hundred dollars, Of which
he (tbe Mayor had been informed. A
few days afterward Barinds called and
informed him that he had been robbed of
the money. He notified Barinds to fix
it up; that the city looked to Recorder
Scales and his bondsmen for the amount.
he thought it was too large a sum of
money to trust in the hands of the Re-
corder's clerk. Some time afterward
Recorder Scales made the amount good.
Afterward BsriDds was discharged from
the office of Recorders clerk. Ex-
Mayor johnson declined to answer the
question put by Mr.. Horrigan as to his
belief in Barinds' integrity at the time
of the robbery, but he said: I'VE had our
own opinions about that, and l gave him
some solid and good advice"
JOHN DooLEY INQUIRED FOR.
The Recorder clerk, Sim Barinds, was
recalled and testified as to the manner
in which the dockets Of the Recorders
Court were kept. He made a statement
as to the case.
General Horrigan asked him suddenly
Who told you? Dooley2
Barinds-No, sir.
Horrigan-You don't know Dooley?
Barinds-Ne, sir. May | ask permits.
sion Of the General Council to make an
explanation?
horrigsn-About what2
Barinds-I want TO make an explana-
ton in reference to Mr.. Deoley. Laugh.
ter, and a voice who the deuce is Mr.
Dooley?'1
Horrigan-I am decidedly 10 favor of
your doing it.
Barinds-Well, sir (Barinds rising
to his feet, extending bis arms and look.
ing heavenward), with the full knowledge
! Ct the s%anctity Of an oath and reverence
for the great Creator who made me, |
solemnly swear that | know nothing of
the Dooley matter; nor did | know any
thing Of it until | saw it in the papers;
and | will say that any man who signs
another name than his " is a COW
ard! That is what | say in the Dooley
matter.
During this dramatic and sensational
scene there vas great laughter through
out the hall, and the mama Of the mystic.
rious and great unknown John Dooley'
became at once a household word.
Mr.. Horrigan-Did you not tell me
last night that you knew sufficient evi
dence to clear Recorder Duff of one
charger
Bariads-No, sir; l said / knew o
something that would go to assist him il
this case.
Mr.. H~orrigan-Did you not tell me
that you knew enough to exculpate Re.
corder Duff from one Of the charges, but
that you would not tell, as you had been
treated badly2
Barinds-To show | have no feeling il
the matter | will now tell it.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures you have feel.
ing or not, you have to tell it.
Barinds then went on to state as tC
the conversation between Recorder Duff
and the detectives. The detectives sale
to the Recorder that it was necessary
oftentimes when men we're arrested tC
keep their names off the docket, as law
yers and newspaper men were always
around, but Recorder Duff said that g
warrant must be sworn out in these cases
before that could be done, and if there
was nothing in the cases the warrant
could be destroyed and no fees would b,
collected. in the cases.
Several other witnesses we're intro
duced, among others Colonel A. H
Douglass, Michael Dea, detectives Prydt
and McCune, Esquire R. B. Miller ant
q. 7. Hill, but nothing Of particular in
terest or Importance was elected.
The Court of Impeachment then ad
iourned to meet again at 8 O'Clock OF
Tuesday afternoon next, when the re
naming witnesses will be examined OF
behalf of the prosecution, and the wit
nesses!fOr the defense will be introduced