Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-11

The District Attorney and the Star
Route Cases.
WHAT COL CoRKHILL SAYS ABOUT THE STATEMENT
MADE BY Mr.. COOK.
A STAR reporter asked District Attorney Cork
hill to-day If he were present in court yesterday
when Mr.. Cook made his statement after Judge
Cox had delivered his opinion in the star route case
eyes, was," replied Mr.. Corkhill, "and heard
it."
"You did not make any reply" said THE STAR.
81 did not think it proper under the circum-
stances, replied the district attorney, ''to make
any, any reply; nave T no Wrange or dispute with Col
made statement in court covering my cOnnec-
ton with this case, and when concluded Judge
Cox said from the bench that the statement had
"Do you think that statement replied fully to
what Col Cook said yesterdays"
.Col Cook says first, that he had consultation
with the President on the Wednesday night pre-
ceding the assassination, and that President Gar
field urged them to rush on these cases. know
given OF that interview by the President and
parties present. Col. Cook says next that the
d the and woeD 1Ssv this
thsy reconneneed the inSestigaton that et'the the
Brewster and Col. Bliss; that he went to Long
Branch and had consultation with them in
nth to these he returned here on
again returned to this city, after consultation with
them as TO presenting this case to the grand Jury
Now, Mr.. Brewster said in his address the other
day that when he was called into the case they
had already determined to proceed with the infor-
nation It is very dif1icult to see how Mr. Cook
returned here, after consultation, to present the
case to the grand jury when Mr. Brewster says
this cOurSe-prOceedtng by infOrmatiOn-waS de-
tie. mined on when he was called into the case"
"COl. Cook SayS,' remarked The STAR 0that
you did not inform him OF the adjournment of the
grand jury"
6 never said that had Informed Col Cook
answered the district attorney. "He was not in
the city. l was never consulted about these
cases. l could not possibly have known that
there was any case which the statute OF limitations
would bar, because did not know any of The facts
about any case. 1t certainly was Col. Cooks
place, II ne knew there was case OF that kind, to
have notified me-"
"But Col Cook says witnesses were subpenaed,'
said the reporter
"There never had been any witnesses subpoe-
naed,' replied the district attorney. ''If any wit
unknown to the law"
jury?" Wv e
"By no means. I frequently adjourn the grand
Jury when the business will justify it. The in
StructiOn from the court is that when the jury
De ADJOURNED it Shall be done in order to save the
expenses. 1t is no unusual thing to adjourn the
grand jury for weeks, while the business is accu-
mulating."
"Col Cook says, believen continued Col Cork
h1ll that he did not know the grand jury could be
reassembled. II he did not know that, he is igno-
The district attorney reiterated his statement
that the Attorney General knew OF the adjourn
ment OF the grand jury, and said he thought his
uncOntradfcted official statement in the presence
oi Gne court ana counsel placed the responsibility,
II tnere was any, where it properly belonged.