The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-28
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Whitaker hi'iho Trus Limit. 3
j. Madison Wells prints a cohimn
AMI q lmif letter IN The New York
Times, in which he says: "Whcn it is
.&nown that five successive grand %juries
have firmly refused to find a r bill
against me aud my associates is based
upon information, some public igtcrcSt
will attach to. The personal character Of
the i%nforner. The central figure Ia
this conspiracy il Judge William Il.
Whitaker. lie conspired TO deframl
tine Government Jf the United States Of
$50, 600, with which he was ilitrt;scd
~ Assistant Treasurer, and succeeded
I'm the conspiracy, sud stands Indicted
for the felony. Judge Whitaker has
conducted himself in the late trial OF
ten. Anderson a. though he had I'M
dertaken 4 contract with the Demo
cratic party to 10 'their dirty work and
receive as his reward full rehabilitation
into their Society. He stated TO several
persons, and to lawyers of high stand
ing, before the trial of Gen. Anderson,
that the jury was packed ft9r the pur-
pose of his conviction. lie stated fur-
ther, that no motion having for its oh
ject the removal of the cause from hi
jurisdiction would have his sanction;
that motions for that object you'd be
Oyerruled. Sine OF the jurors in the
Anderson trial swore they were preju-i
diced against the prisoner, yet they
were made to serve. Two had declared
openly that Anderson ought to be
hanged. During a greater part of the
trial Judge Whitaker was in a bcastly
state Of intoxicatiOn. Attorney Gem
eral Ogden was also aware that the jul
~ was packed. and aided and assisted
in the nefarious scheme by which the
packing was accomplished. lie said he
intended to force the trial because he
had his jury. prepared for conviction:
that he Kept concealed in his oom Lit
tlOfeld to prevent his testimony being
taken IN AndcrsOn's trial. This Attor-
ney General Is wholly unreliable. As
u sworn officer he has specialized upon
The collection of taxes. lie attempted
TO force the grand jury last summer TO
find bills Of Indictment against the Re-
turning Bomd. He appeared before
The grand jury, ipsulteh witnesses and
Threatened them with Incarceration II
they refused to swear exactly what he
desired. Failing to procure snch cyi-
dence from tho witnesses rs he wanted
he accompanied the judge beJore the
grand jury and had (the Judge to reps
rimand the witnesses and threaten
them with Incarceration if thoy did
not give such testimony as was reQui-
r.d by him. The Judge attempted to,
lorce the grand jury to find true bill
20 satisfy the wants and wishes of the
Attorney General against the Return
ing Board; but finding all their extra
ordinary efforts futile, they were com
PEELED TO fall back upon the alternative
mode of information. Assistant Attor-
ney General EagAn stands indicted for
the murder of his brother-iu-law. OF
the witnesses he says Charles Cavanac
Is Il man of bad reputation for vcracity.
Vim. II. Smart who would omit no lie
he could utter that would be likely to
convict Wells. During the rebellion
he stole my stock, killed my hogs and
poultry, aud put the vote to his cOmpa-
NY if they should kill me and burn my
dwelling ovcr the heads Of my family.
Burk Is an abscOnder from Illinois.
The NAMES Of the jurors that were m
panellcd for the trial of Anderson and
myself were furnished by the Demo-
cratic committee. Their political stat
us, rs well as their views as to the pro
per punishment, was canyassed by the
Judge, Attorney General, and the
Democratic Committee before being
placed on tho panel, One day the jury.
commissioners testified before the
court that the list of jurors placed in
The jury box, from which talesman
were drawn, after eXhaustiEg the pan
81, WIS furnished by the Democratic
Executive Committee, and this fact
was known to Ogden, Eagan aud Fin
ney. Wells says that il tho Vernon
parish returns were altered they were
altered by the democrats. These are
samples of the principal tools and
means employed to secure the convic-
tion of members of the Returning
Board in tho ease improperly called
1.-The State of Louisiana VS.. j. Madison
Wells and .othcrs.n But really and
truly it should be called "Samuel j.
Tilden vs.. Rutherford Is. Hayes" 1t
il n contest for the office of President
OF the United States and the patronage
of the Executive Department of the
Federal Government. 1t is chiefly
managed by David Dudley Field with
the advice and p%ecuniary assistance of
the National Democratic Committee.
The verdict OLA packed jury Of Louis
lana Democrats, procured IN the man
ncr above pointed out, will, it Is cXpoc-
ted, he accepted by the people of the
United States MS a judicial statement of
Mr.. Tilden's title to the Presidency. 1t
is a bold aud desperate game for a great
stake. Myself and collcNgcs on the
.tctnrninp Rnor1 ara meralv nut,,nyts