, 1879-02-04

- no ynu know how msnY Ernn.t inrar' wcEc
present whom ynu votc,t 10 find an indictment
against 1finnARn for ner}uryi'
'''lthlnk there were twenty. two present. y man
fram kankakee, NF. nhAnr. was absent There
were nons who voted aca1n.t 1t. I think It wa%
r!aing vote. ihlnx all rnso to thc!r feet except
one man. ana he didn't vote. We had inc law b"'
fore III os to tho iutr Of Mf, 1tlnmAnp In making
these reiurns.t"
Mr. William Dun1r, juror, said they In
dictetl Mr. 1I1nBAnp for receiving illegal
feoa first. Ali tho jurors wore prcsont but
one wlen they voted to iudict him for
making false returns. It was rising vote.
Ono nan didn't rise, but there was no OBJ
lection, anl il VIA called unanimous voto.
At this stage of tho business appeared
Jnt1go BANGS, tho District Attorney, who has
in porson told his own story Of his own
ioings, which story, had 1t been related by
any other man, would havo boen accepted as
deliberate nnl malicious attempt to bclittlc.
degrade, insult, aud defamo Judge DASns,
aud 10 ronder hin, in the eyos OF tho Bar and
The public as tho woakeat specimen Of tho
Dar, the nlost inject public officer who over
confessed himself d fniluro, md tho
most cowandly prosecutor that ever
kopt himself h,ddon in tho dark
lest emerging into tho light he might
bo mat by his own shadow md inter
rogated by 1t ns to his own identity. Such
was tho representative Of the United Statesl
Such the deputy of the Department OF
Justicol For forty-eight hours be kept the
Grand Jury from adtourning; for forty
eight hours ho lodged ard GRADED tho Grand
jury, promising to produce the indictment,
but never doing it. At last, confess;ng llis
utter "ambiguity," ho sought refuge in tho
private room Of Judge DlopaKr1. There he
told the Judge that the bloodthirsty GrnnRcr
jury we're painting to indiot Repister 1I1n-
BARD for perjury, and TINT the offenso was for
suppresaing all hin fees In his sworn reports,
md, confcssing bis fear to face twenty-thrco
inquiaitora, ptteously appealed for somebody
to screen him from responsibility. Judge
BLopoErr frankly told the Attorney that
HtauAnD had asked Ills construction OF
the law, and be Ind givon IT rs
his opinion that he was not obliged
to include tho fees received from
cases commenced in former yoars; and that,
as u1BBAap had aotod on tho advice ho
sought, II would hardly DO fair to inlict
him for what he had tlono under such cir.
cumstaucos. Away posted tho nuahy min
ister Of justico, aud, telling tho Grand Jury
that Judge BtopoE1T would not accept tho
Indictment, ho (BAKos) would refuse to lot
them get their hands on tho ono his assistant
had drawn, or to sign IN Indictment It they
lrow It theinsclvesl
It Is but Just to state, as part Of this or
trnordina.y case, that tho District Attorney
mover rcad The indictment wllicl, had been
prepared he mover showed It TO Judge
D1opot7T, who therefore did not know what
1t contained aud the Indictment which ho
refused to sign was octually ono under which
the party could hare beon convicted Iii
guilty., whether H1npAnp vas right In his
construction Of ths law or not.
In all the testimony tho roador will bavo
noticed that from the BEGINNING to the end
thora Ia total absence of INV noasible cor.
rupt intent or motiye On .hs pnrt Of Judue
B1onorrr in tha vhole history md 5atnil Of
tho HunAnn business There has not been
a breath uttered auatnst his intooritv. nat
an in. .renco suoroatod that be vas novcd a,
! instinated by corrupt purpose. rha fac,
| has boea that no has boon surrounded
| by gang Of c.avcns, ylo, honest or dishou.
cat, knayes or assos. orer.sharps or jmbeoi1oa.
have eyadetl theIs own duties and responsibil.
| ities. and sought refuge In thu Julca's cba,n,
bar behind tho Judpe's chnIr. and. nresrr.
inn unon hia k;nf1noss and fr;ondah;n boro
tbr,,st hfs unofflo;al alv1co tctwcen tbom.
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