The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-25
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WASHINGTON.
Star Route MaGterS-COlOnei
Cook RecIines On Brady.

Star Route MAdGerS-COI0u ne
Cook RecIines On Brady.
Washington, 23.-Col. Cook, special
star route counsel, in reply to Brsdy's
letter complaining Of government detee-
tives filling the press with false reports,
etc. and the application of Brady's coun-
sell for q speedytrial, said: The charges of
fraud reach all over the country. They
will reach down to Texas; they will
travel into New Mexico; will penetrate
Oregon; will reach California; and it
will become necessary to bring witnesses
from all these varied localities in addition
to the record evidence. It requires
weeks to do that. None of these wit
nesses can be brought except upon regu-
lar and authoritative orders Of court.
Some Of them are reluctant, exceedingly
reluctaHt. if our opinion is correct, so, at
the earliest period, it would not be pos
sible for the United States to proceed
with the investigation before the latter
part of July. l: is already out in all
the papers that are friendly to General
Brady; owned by General Brady-per-
haps L do not go too far when say con-
trolled by General Brady-that he is
suspected. l have but one thing further
to say-two things-it is not out iudicially
sld in regular form of decent administra-
ton of law that General Brady is sus-
pected. 1t may be out that he is sus
pected, but he is but a citizen of the
United States, not above the ordinary
and usual decent administration Of
law, and as perfectly subjected to
those modes Of proceeding as the poorest
and humblest shoeblack who may walk
the streets Of the city of Washington
All here are equal. Ifthis proceeding is
justifable it may be demanded by every
one who appears in the police court, or
every one who, as he passes through the
streets, may hear whisper fall upon his
ear: "That fellow did wrong" General
Brady is only the equal of the humblest.
One thing more and | AM, for the pre-
sent, done. Just as soon as the facts can
be collected, and as soon as the order
just as soon as the United States, through
her proper officers, can, accumulate and
present ins-proper order docu-
mentary and other evidence which
they expect to present to
the grand jury.s the cases will be pre-
sented under the uperintendency of
your honor The Constitution confers no
such right as is now solicited by General
Brady
District Attorney Corkhill set forth in
his statement that the grand jury had al
ready more work before it than they
could finish; that there were alleged
criminals IN jail swaiting action on their
cases, and that Brady's case was not
known 10 the court officially in any way,
and that it wss therefore impossible to
act on it.
Jeremiah Wilson, Brady's counsel,
pleaded this was not an ordinary case.
Brady who stood as high as any man in
the United States was removed few
months ago from position for the publicly
avowed reason that be had been guilty
of gross violations of official duty whereby
government had been defrauded of large
amounts Of money. The case has been
very conspicuous, made so by the post
Office department, and Brady had been
great sufferer. He closed with al elo-
quent appeal for his client.
Colonel Cook said: Il General Brady
is acquitted. no one will rejoice more
than l. Indeed, may 60 further. If
any should rejoice more than I, it would
5e the President, the United States at
torney-general and postm sster- general.
They desire to vindicate, by the regular
administration of justice the United
States and to protect its interest and main
tain and perpetuate it in the highest and
most exalted purity. They do not desire
even the accusation of any one, so ear
nestly do they desire it. They do not
wish even their presentation to the grand
jury until all the facts are impartislly
presented.
The court said: It would be wrong TO
instruct the grand jury in regard to Gen.
Brady's alleged com plicity in the frsuds.
When government is prepared to produce
its proofs before the grand jury it will do
so. These newspaper reports complained
of are, Of course, a great evil, and if
General Brady has been wrongly accused,
very great wrong has been done him,
and he has his remedy in the courts, but
l do not think it is right to force
the United States into the investigation
pIematurely, when government Is net
prepared, and still more premature into
a trial of the party who is accused ny
public rumor Of this evil. Therefore, [
do not see proper to give the grand jury
any more defnite charge than I have
already given. mi
Cook-I will say there will be ne diff
Guilty ia the future We will indus
triously prepare the case, so that when
your hooor, returns in Septem Der, the
matter will be before the grand jury in
due form.