The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-15
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YARYAN'S MOUTH OPENED.
THE EFFECT OF THE PRESIDEsrl
LETTER TO BRIsTOW,
Showing the Origin of the Celebrated Expresr
sion, Let no Guilty Man Ksca % "-tarsnr1
sympathy with the whiskey Thieves.

Showing the Origin OF the Celebrated Erpresr
sion, LET no Guilty Man Escape "-tarsnsu
sympathy with the whiskey Thieves.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE COMMITTEES
on the Investigation OF whiskey frauds expssss
to morrow to have Bluford Wilson, ex- -Solicitos
Of the treasury, as q witness In regard to the
attitude Of the Administration during the
whiskey prosecutions in Milwaukee, Chicago.
and st. Louis. To-day, Mr.. Yaryan's sxsmina-
tion was concluded, and he was somewhsa
freer In his statements, owing to the Presidents
letter. lie testified regarding the oelebrsteA
expression OF the President, "Let no guilty mas
escape" He said that order had been prooursA
through the importantly OF the Secretary OF ths
Treasury (Mr. Bristow) and some Of the Prssi-
dents friends 1t was understood by the whis-
Key consprators in st. Louis that the Presidens
would not allow them to suffer, and some OF the
fresiuents friends urged upon him the neceer
sity OF giving some indication that he was noe
In sympathy with those conspirators. Aftss
considerable importantly on the part Of these
persons. the President simply endorsed upoa
one OF the letters which he had received from
st. Louis, asking him to take some action IN the
mat. or, the words, Let no guilty man escape"
In his (Yaryan's) opinion, those words were nof
Intended to be made public, but were intended
to DO kept In the Treasury Department and -
be produced at any time that any charge might
be made against the President
had gone to various newspapers and given them
these words shortly utter they were written, anl
that he understood that the President was very
angry when he discovered tnat the order bad
been published. Yaryan was asked how he
knew that the President was angry at the pub
lication OF these words. He replied that he
knew the fact from the Abatement Of Mr.. Bris-
tow to him. He was asked to state anv facts
not ia sympathy with the prosecution OF
these whiskey frauds or any facts thar
Induced him to believe that the President
sought to shield any of the persOns alleged e
be guilty. He replies that he based hts opinion
following officers, who were obstructing the
prosecution Of the wniskey Ring. viz: Distriot
Attorney Ward Of Chicago, HubOsll Of Milwau-
kee. Van Dyke OF San Francisco, supsrYisos
Mum Of Chicago, and Collector MCGUIRE OF 81.
and Supervisor FoulKe OF San Francisco; hid
removal OF Gen. Henderson. assistant counsel n
st. Louis, and his retention In once Of Bab-
cock his dismissal or his forced resignation oi
nearly every OH GER who has taken an active
part In the prosecution of the Whiskey con-
spirators; the impOrtuning that was required ca
obtain the celebrated endorsement, Let no
gull man escape" and his anger at its publ.
cation the length Of time that the resignatiou
OF Mcdonald was held before II was accepted
and the fact that he was not dismissed aftet
confessinR his guilt, were also enumerated as
basis for the opinion that the President was ID
sympathy with the Whiskey Ring.
A large part Of Mr.. Yaryan's testimony was
anticipated In his statement published soms
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