, 1879-04-29

h"nAl TlchaH, 10 be hAceh Hpon that lury' u
shom ho lnutInuli me WIS nnnt WoIi, thu mat
ter "tstck nh yury unplcaaantly. consulted onp
Ollie o''eat and abiust legal gentlemen Of The city.
pnrsonal fruud of thirty years standing.
whether, under thu circumstances. II was rroPcr
for 1c to serro OH tho Grand Jury. 11o nskct ,nc
II tho knowledge Of that fact would Affect my
action. tor! him II would not. and lie ndvscd
mo BY all n,oAns then to scrTc. Alter Tho Grand
JnEy wis charged md assembled, nnum,hrr Of days
wore devoted to petty criminal easca.
mean by that, Indictments against man without
1r!onis and without lnluonce.' For instance, ra.
member ono caso where man had made two lead
ntckcs; another caso where white mans negro
m!utscfa henc inrnett atirlft. wrote him tcnn1n-
Ions postal carl, and tho puns waniun waa Indicted
Tor It; and such things. The lnnjor pnrs of Thu
time was taken up with that class Of thangs. which
were brought bcfore the Grand Jury by Judge
HaAua, the District Astosnoy. 1t began 10 DO
whispered ahont anlon9 the t1rand Jury that noto.
r!ona criminal acts that had occurred In 0uF inl0s
r<re not TO b. faeestoated; TINT II was Tho deter-
mtnat!on Of Tho Court and It's officers 10 prevent
such Investigation. Wotl, | must confcss TINT
took no stook in tho ramurs. when l was called
upon tho Grand Jury, left my homo sunpos1n9
Ahonld be gone tell days. and Oil coming In
wanted 10 nx my shthbbcry for tho wintcr.
heard fumors that there would bo an adjournment
q! The Grand Jury to ennhle thou, to vutc. Jutpo
BtonoKrr and myself rIlu on the salns train, ho
residing At Waukcyan. and ,nyBct nt Evanston.
50 took tho liberty Of apuakin9 to tho Judge
at tho Kinztc strcnt depot, IN this city and. slut
Ing that hal heard the session was to bo long
continued, md that nonc Of the Grand Jury wcro
dss!Fous Of rcccss to 60 homo aRd vote asked
him II there would DO snch RECESS. Judgt ULon-
uETr anaweret ntu That hu did not propose to fave
a lut oI (@rangcra loaang about thcso at tho Gov
ernn,eht oxponsc. 1Hsp should dtf<na to tbs bas-
iness that tAs Dtttrlct Attorney broarht tefort
tkff7t Ant f,nH Inu
| tho Judge: but for tho first tImu then began to
bcloyo TINT therc might be samo ground fur these
rumors tint itllcd tho Qrand-Jury room. We
| passed. along through these criminal caacs that
| woro Brought before IA by the District Attutncy
anu tho feeling grew ilaIly stronger md stronger
10 eouufl an anrest|qatton Of the nAjor crltalnai
cates embracing the erection Of tho nuw Custonl-
House, tho dofalcatlun Of tho Postmaster,
tho dofunct National banks, and tho
11lunAnn case Mona Of these cases were
| brought tu cur attention by tho Dis
trlct Attorney. When tho Grand JURY BY moral
force brought thon before III, Judge DATuB stated
In rcxafd 10 tho National Bank casos TINT IL was
uauleas for III 10 Investigate shcse matters; that
| sotne year or two previously ALLEN, tho President
Ut tie cnok County Natonal bank, bad been In
dictod,-hs caso waa notorious one: that hs Ind
been over ready nud willing to Try TINT cass but
! TINT political influence had bcen bsnuRht to bear
| With hin, to prevent d trial. frhea tAeV found
they could .6tcs nothing ,elth hins ktv rtnt 10
% fn.Yoss maintained scysrat por.on, D,enbsra ' ~
Congress- and United sta.es scnato's,, tho trial
has from torn to term been prevented, and that
a!fnv the mon ee'sfph 1p o. ano as@ha Ira 9usy n'a
S ~ n"n o, ~ -orar tn sa, ~.
va compollod IT, comlnu bofore u,, Thcto was no
statement 1ade by 1udge DAsus as to sao Custom.
llonso case, out from ~ rsmarks no n'adt 'ps
3"aes 'aat 70 ~ NJ. 49, ~ 'axs ~ ~ t1s
nnncrs which, IN ha .aia wsrs car. lpaJ. woro moi
ordered from Washington, al c stated, until after
We AtA FHe'* "a "-@es''s WV "SS'%At N'"%A ~
tho Grand Jury, In explanation oi his not being
rcady, and OF Ills tired condition. That ho hau vat
up ao1oo .onss, VI ,.aas ~. s ts.'ewnS M .ne