Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-28
What Col. Cook Says About the
Matter.

Col. William A. Cook the special District
Attorney to manage the star route cases, go.
on car IS Of the 7th street road to-day to ride
to room 50 of the P. o. D. on the same car witt
q STAR man.
"Are you looking for a note?" said the CO..
onel
THE STAR man remarked upon the storm. th
sccrchiIg hot day, and then Satd: "Colonel u
yon were surprised the other day by the al
urneys or Gen. Brady you managed to hoiG
your own"
Yes, l tried to-" said the Colonel demureiy.
: l stated the case just as 1t was; the govern
meEt is not ready with Its case. Now it you
were charged oy report with crime and wert
II nocent would you not say this Is unfortun lat
but must wat for my vindtcation? You wolId
when specific allegations OF crime had not been
used against you. l think the movement was
mistake. 1t will have only the effect on ms
perhaps of making me little vigllant-causin.,
me to burn little more midnight Oil to get at
the truth"
lis the Attorney General shrewd lawyer
asked THE STAR.
"Yee, he is," replied the colonel "He ia we'll
read In the law, is shrewed and an exception.
ally able criminal lawyer. He Is not vindictive.
as has been said OF him. He wants TO get AZ
the truth, and In arriving at It, so far as
know, the President is cordially co. operating
with him."
'Stop the car" said the Colonel to the con-
ductor. He got OF and proceeded as If In deep
Delegation to the White House on
School Matters.
PROTEST AGAINST THE PROPOSED STATION HOUSE.
A delegation OF ex-school trustees called On
the President to-day to protest against the erec.
tlon Of police station on Corcoran square, ad
Joining the Henry and High school buildings
The delegation was headed by Gen. w. H.
BrowLe, and consisted of DR.. C. H. Cragin.
Henry Johnson Dr. Reypurn, c. Z. Hovey, B.
Robinson, A. NJ. Scott, Capt. A. Hart, Simon
Wolf, and William j. Murtagh. Mr.. Hoyey read
the following protest. which was left with the
President, and is signed by tt irty-seven eX
school trustees:
yention to prevent what we deem to be a srest
school children Il the District '->
The Commits oners OF the District of Oolumbi.
psenns e Henry 30 afn
buildings: and to build thereon a perm snent and
ali the gTaces Of archteeture BACK Of this u amb m,H
school hopser. they propose to bnild Jail aud a
stable: 1he place r tferred TO. Mr.. President. is
streets. originally purchased Of MI Uorcoran Tor
market On this lot the Commissioners have
700 pupils. ard are about to erect High School
Building. With capacity for $40 Or ]. .0oe pu lils
end Of the Iot.. leaving the west end. along 7th
street, Tor play ground for the two schools.
avsisb for the purpose he % sdjoinins % St sets
a,e business thoroughfares. each one Of which has
And now come the Commissioners and propose
to T.est this no from the school children
site for station house, thereby cro1dinT ii the
childI en- into the streets for recreation and exer-
Againtt this unfriendly act towards the public
g, hools Ne have respectfully remorstrated to the
except auch as comes TO us through the public
press.
s ,hs worst ,Ss con,ds1ins the use proposed
schools: They qnde1took BY their estimates. 70
board. board. to the streets; II but Congress declined to
sna
Mr. President. We COM pain Of this station. house
mora Of school children By fa%iliarans them aan
help .eeins and h bearing Whist is. brought before
house scheme .s little less than monstrous, sad
but 90 lar ss ve know: without result. ''''a' .
We C. s.s resort to you the responsible
stay their hards .nd .pare the public s,hools this
The President in reply asked Il It It was ss mat
ter ever which he had control. IL In any way
81 9ne @ ni IN this
Hovey said not directly, but that q word fro n
the President would stop the execution Of the
commissioners decision.
The President said that In his opinion the
delegation made out strong case and he
would like to hear what the otner si ie had to
say. II he found 1t was matter in which he
his early consideration. g