The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-06-23


munication from Geu Tbos 7 BRADY which
we beg leave to submit to YOU. In view of
the matters and things therein stated, we
deem it our duty to bring the subject to the
attention oil the court, and shall, accord
ingly, do so this morning Mt the opening of
court, OF Wh1ch picusc take nOtice.
Very respectfully,
60, O. ,y,
SiIELLABARGER u WILSON,
ATTORNEYS for Tbos + Rrpdy
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follows
General Brady.s Letter.
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GrNTIr,trS The following c,inpcd
from tbis awnings San. 7 assume to hc n
correct statement of the nrescnt situation.
and of tbc disnos;t;on of ttc Goyorn,nent
in tho ,nattcr af tbc prosecution Of thc nj.
legged unlawful nracticcs which many Of
the ncwspopers Of tbe country have during
tbe mast two or three months daily charged
me with committ;no durino my recent
official form ne second Assistant POST
MASTER enerol.
Tho nostnonomo,, ., ans, n,,,,or oo,,on :, ,ho
star-route cases so far M prosecutions are CON
e,erned, until september next, is q settled fact
begin action imwedIntev Eyigence 70 np" u Witch
indictments against the leading members of the
ring woqd umd9nn,ediy nave 9een 2nnd was pre-
Jury at the earliest opportunity. Judge Cox, how
ever has decided to adjourn the court on July I'd,
onneea s yeteray l. aorea g to Irnsder
The c,lses ofpersons who have been committed and
Are unable , TO Obtain Dali Excnsiye Of , tWo sun,
Jury can sit before the ado9rnment of the Court,
and the time occupied with cases ofthe class above
from nrescnting its oyIdcnce ' and sccirng in
dictments ut the present time.
To this disposition of the matter do
most earnestly and theoretically protest. If
there are any charges to be presented against
me before legal tribunal for alleged mis-
conduct while in Office, l desire that pro-
ceedings be promptly instituted in order
that may have an opportunity to appear
and vindicate myself therefrom. For many
weeks the press of the country has been
furnished with dispatches and correspond
ence from Washington to manufacture
Common rumor" to the effect that the
Government was fully prepared, upon the i'm
pannclling of a new grand Jury (Which was
completed to-day and the Jurors aualified)
to present testimony which would result in
an indictment against me to be followed by
trial before the petit Jury drawn and quail
fed ut the same time; and my conviction
before the latter body has been assumed as
certain result to follow the presentation
triously circulated the Government has al
ready accumulated came here anxious
to meet these slanderous charges when
ever presented in q court of Justice,
conscious that the inevitable conclu-
sion after, an impartial investigation,
will be to forever annihilate the base fabri-
cations against my official conduct and my
good name. l am informed, and believe
the fact to be, that certain persons of de-
PRAYED character are under pay from the
Government to procure testimony against
me. and | believe these persons will, to ac-
complish their purposes commit perjury
themselves and procure others to do SO.
Knowing my entire innocence of the charges
which these disreputablc persons desire me
TO be suspected guilty of, / consider it my
legal right to be speedily investigated
by IL reputable and properly impan-
eied grand Jury. 1t is a hardship
approaching cruelty, and likely to work ir-
reparablc injury that the Government au-
thorities should permit three or four ir-
responsible detectives, who appear to the
public as being entrusted with procurement
of the testimony needed to make case, to
thus, through the medium of press dis
patches and correspondence daily sent out
from the National CAPITAL TO all quarters OF
the country to inflamc public opinion, and
thereby, to that degree, unfit the
minds of fcllow-men for fair and
impartial trial of the case if one
is to be presented against me. A private in
dividuai who would corrupt the courses of
Justice by use of the press or of money to
convict a citizen ofan alleged crime would
render himself infamous. This, if being
done by the government, is no less base aud
certainly more rcprehensible. Inasmuch as
no person not officially connected with the
prosecution can possibly know anything of
the measure and force of the testimony ac-
cumulated-if any there be-therefore it
appears plausible at least, that the news
papers receive their suggestions as to al
legged criminal conduct of the persons ac-
crscd from those employed by the govern
ment to make the case up.
With these facts in view, desire YOU to
urge upon the Government the Justice of
promptly placing its case against me. If IL
mas any, peiore the sranu jury Oh the us,
trict OF Columbia, when 1t may be inquired
INTO undcr methods recognized az icgiti-
mate by the law, ana II upon wholly eT
pare testin0hy, however procured, an IN
dictmeht ioiiows such investlgatloh, that
DC anordca an iihhediaie opportunity 70
VihdlcatS myscii from tne charges thereih
maze. iou, SIT, caniioo iail 70 discover the
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