The Evening critic., 1882-11-01

the proper person. tits little singular tnat
Mr.. Wells falls to report that Mcssra. Marrlck
md Kcr corrobOfatc Mr.. CamorOn'a statement.
! shall walt until the gentlemen are hoard
from before take the ground that thoy over
advised Mr.. Cameron to privately meet with
the foreman OF tho Jury 10 discuss any ques
tion growing out OF tho case or for the purpose
Of ascertalning whether no had been sold or
could be bought. AT present we have only tho
Wells.
Brewster Camcron's seiEProposod
Illegal Course.
"Thero is another thing. According to this
statement OF Brewster Cameron, counsel for
the Government advised him to privately and
secretly meet tho foreman OF tho Jury, Dick.
eop, for the. purpose OF talking with him about
the case then on trial. Tho foreman OF the
Jury had no right TO speak TO any human being
on that subject, and Brewster Cameron had no
right to meet him-no right TO receive any
communication from him. Tho defendants
would have had an equal right to meet any
member OF the Jury and discuss tho merit5 OF
the case II any Juror had been approached II
was his duty to inform the Judgo-the Judge
had 30 instructed the Iury-and no iuryman
had any excuse for going outside. Counsel
for the Government knew what the duty OF n
juror was. They must have known that
Brewster Cameron had no right to receive
any. communication touching tho case on
never made any charge against the Govern
ment counsel. l have nevor intimated or
hlnted that they had done an improper thing.
am speaking now of tho charge against them
mndo by Brewster Cameron and published by
Mr.. Wells. Suppose that had been informed
that ono OF the jury wished to SEQ my client,
what would have been said by the Department
OF Justice II had advised my client 70 see
him and talk with him privately. No man has
any right {. .spcak to juror except In open
court, in the hearing of the opposite counsel
or In the presence OF the Judge, and whoever
does It violates the letter and spirit OF the
law, and II that course becomes general trial
by jury becomes delusion and snare.
BOwen's Advice TO Cameron.
''Thero is in the report OF Mr.. Wells, speak
Ing OF the AFFIDAVIT of Mr.. Cameron and telling
what passed between Cameron and Bowen,
this Remarkable paragraph; Bowen thought
II was important for Cameron to accodo to his
CDickson's) request, especially as he had de-
clared that money had been offered him by
the defense, and that no conviction could be
expected unless Cameron saw Dickson This
advice, that would have been disgraceful In
the mouth OF the vilest wretch, was accepted
without rebuko and acted upon. Mr.. Wells
goes on and informs us that Mr.. Cameron,
after his consultation with Government coun-
sci, authorized Mr.; Bowen to arrange meet
Dickson did not meet Mr. Cameron, did not
speak to him, had not tho slightest converse.
tionwith him, and therefore the charge rests
entirely upon the unsupported affidavit OF
Colonel Bowen, special agent OF the Depart
ment Of Justice"
ar the charge rests entirely upon tho ties.
timony of Mr.. Bowen, do You think that the
SOM"
The Brewsterian Dilemma.
"Tho Department of Justice has tried to
wash both Its hands of Bowen and to put the
responsibility OF his appointment upon Secre.
tary Lincoln. 1t gave out to the world that
Bowen was n rascal, and that he had been dis
charged almost MS soon as appolnted-in fact,
that his appointment and discharge were
handed to him about the same time. II fur.
ther appears that Bowen had q conversation
with the Attorney.General in Philadelphla
that the Attorney.General had not confidence
enough in him to speak with him alone;
that he even refused to allow him to
come into his ofllce; that he talked with him
on the outside and thon only in the presence
of witncss-a stenographer-who took down
evory word said by Bowen and every word said
by tho Attorney General. 1t also appears that
Mr.. Bowen was at the tlme under arrest in
Philadelphia for obtaining board under false
pretenses, and would have been sent to jail
but for the fact that n young woman put up
her wardrobe as his security. And yet, the
Department of Justice, having admitted that
Bowen was a rascal. now asks the world to
take his statement as against the AFFIDAVIT of a
reputable citizen
The Patch Not Big as the Hole.
"There is another extremely important
point. In Colonel Bowen's anldavit, as given
by Mr.. Wells, Mr.. Bowen states that Dickson
did not speak to Cameron, and that Cameron
left Drivers In time to take the z 80 train for
the West. Mr.. Dickson, In his aflidavit, states
that after Cameron left Bowen came back,
and 1t was after Bowen came back and after
Cameron had left that the conversation took
place, In which Dickson alleges Bowen made
the effort TO corrupt him. This second con-
versatlon is not covered by tho evidence OF
golonei Bowen nor Dy me report Oh Mr. Weils.
The patch IS not as large as the hole, and 1t
may be well enough to add, neither is II OF tho
same color us the other cloth.
DicksOn's Arrest an Outrage.
After summing up his arguments Colonel
lngersoll says In conclusion: NNo greater out
rage was ever perpetrated In this District than
the arrest of William Dickson-an arrest
based wholly upon the anidavit of Bowen, the
very man who endeavored to corrupt him.
The Department OF Justice has indorsed
Bowen by arrestlng Dickson. That Depart
ar nuN,o "a Int Arat no hau taI
Bowen that 1t agreed to throw the responsi-
billty Of his appointment upon Secretary
Lincoln, now accepts Bowen as n truthful and
competent witness, and with his testimony is
| willing 10 wreck tho reputation Of an honest
man. No American can read the report of
| Mr.. Wells without feeling .humiliated by tho
| admitted action OF tho Department Of Justice"
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