The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-10
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Hrlminal court this morning Dis.
Attorney Corkhlll made personal ex-
nation TO the charges against him OF q
,yant Of interest In the star route prosecu-
lion. and that he had been inatcntiye to his
duty in that respect. lie said the attorney
,aeneral had, on the LIST Of June, notified him
That an investigation was progressing IN inc
bostoflice department in connection with
Inc star route cases and that
hi persons engaged in the investigation
hesired the appointment of Mr.. Cook ana
he thought it proper to notify him, Cork
hilD of Cooks appointment. lie had q
conversation . ..,.. with .--McVeagh. lie
laid Cooks appointment was entirely
satisfactory to him, but he desired to
AVE his--own position properly and plainly
Aefned: that he was ready and willing to
,,perform any service required of him, but
Ilelay in the appointment of a marshal had
wen him all the business he could attend
The encouragement not only assented,
HI said no officer so situated could give the
cessarv care and attention demanded by
star route investigation. Mr. Cook was
finally appointed. He had never given
9nselfo out as his (Corkhill's) assistant, but
: special assistant attorney for the United
states charged with the prosecution OF the IA,
.lar route ca ses. He (CorkhilD
t,orefore had not been consulted in connec-
ION with the prosecution. Cooks consul
taiiocs hed ail 'been with the attorney-gen-
c,.oI whose assistant he probably claimed
~ he. III would seem that
he (Corkhil. could know moth
NJ of tie case or be in
ia Aightest degree responsible for it,
He also defended his action in adjourning
the araUd Jury from the 10Th of September
n Gctobef 81, and said that on July 10th
con.sl for the defense in the star route
ceseA ame into court with the remarkable
moti1oS that the case be presented to
t t I'M Jury, and that Cook, who was
the oHAAman who should speak for the
Els rihnsss(Sn, alter the summer was
over, to vesent the same cases to the
grand iurZ 4t was then his intention,
Jury to the first Monday in October. The
assault on the late president had, however
occurred, and he had consuita-
grand iury was adjourned to Septem,,
her 10Th. Then it was called and remained
in in session till september 10th, doing no
business except examining small pension
case. The grand jury was. then respited
for two weeks, according with the previous
understanding. At this time he had
no knowledge chat there was any
immediate intention to present the star
route cases to the ghand jury, but, that he
had the best sssd ney %sfi
MacVeagh on Septembef5s, and informed
him he Would have no busineks for thu. grand
iury when it assembled, Rnd II any
of the star route cases were rAady for pre-
s Sc the grand jury was N his service
for three weeks, otherwise hA would adj
iourn the grand Jury three, weaks.. Mac
Veagh told him that since the Presidents
assassination he had not, 9Yen the
s sSat route 20 Ri new special ndtns ten'i0o
them and that he (Corkhill) need not bother
himself about them that when his services,
or those OF the grand, jury, were required,
he would be notified by the person having
special charge of them. Under such cir
cuinstances the grand jury was resPited for
two weeks.
On September 18th he was informed by
Cook that MacVeagh wished to see him and
in company with Cook he called on the att
and was requested to sign
criminal information. He then protested
against the abuse which he had been
receiving and against the insinuation which
had been published about the adjourn
ment ofthe grand Jury, and that if the ator-
ney-general as the superior officer, had
made statement of the simple facts, the
abuse would be at once silenced.
MacVeagh said it was true that he Cork
hilD had called on him and informed him
of the supposed adjournment of the grand
1N,,t . hot 10
he had told him to see Cook. He (CorkhilD
assured him such was not the case,
and the conversation ended. 1t had
been known to every one connected
with the star route cases, that the grand
Jury had adjourned on the day of its adj
fournment, and that it was equally as well
known that on intimation to himself or to
the court the grand jury would have been
resummoned without.one days delay. He
First, that he was now and had been
ignorant of every fact connected
with the star route cases. second,
that the adjournment of the grand jury till
the first.SZ,nday in October was decided
upon oniuly 10th, without any reference to
the star route cases. Third, that it would
nave been called Immediately if it
had been decided. Fourth, that
before the grand jury adjourned, he called
of the proposed adjournment, and asked
him thedirect question whether any of the
tar-ro ute cases were ready, and that
the attorney generals reply was
fhat ne fCorkhilD had moth
ing to do with them, and that when
his services were needed he would be no
titled.
Judge Cox remarked that so far as the
facts stated by Corkhill had come within
his personal experience, the statement was
confirmed substantially to his recollection.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., November THE
sent south from Boston
TO investigate the charges Of
misconduct on the part Of the
members of the 9th Massachusetts regiment,
while on their way to visit Yorktown ar
rived here last night from Richmond.
They visited the police head
quarters to-day and closely ques-
toned the lieutenant Of police and
thoroughly searched the police records, but
did not find a single charge Of miscon-
duct against any member Of the reg
iment during its stay in Washington. The
committee left here this afternoon for home.
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