Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-06
WASHINGTON.
Daniel Webster Voorhees, Wants
Vindication.
Beginning Of the Trial in Some OF
the Star Route Gases.

1AO OOhotC GO-do(
D. Wise, of Virginia, to be United
States Attorney for the Eastern Dis.
trict of Virginia.
The Senate has decided to close
the debate on the Tariff Commission
bill, now pending in the House, some
time to morrow. Messrs. Kelley and
Tucker will close the debate for the
Republican and Democratic parties
respectively.
Regular proceedings in the cases
of the Unitei States against Brady,
the Dorseys, Turner aud others We're
begun in the Criminal Court to day.
Brady and Turner were the only de-
fendants present at the opening of
court. There WAS q large attend
ance of counsel and spectators. The
counsel for the defendants in the
straw bond cases were attentive OBJ.
servers of the proceedings, for,
although these cases will not, it is
said, be brought to trial before next
fall, there are many points of simie
larity between them and the present
actions. It is intimated that two
of the prosecuting officers regard
them as closely connected. and even
entertain the belief that they are
but parts of one grand conspiracy.
The proceedings began with the
introduction of another motion to
quash, by Mr. Totten in Mr.. Turner's
case. He said the grounds were
substantially the same as those al
ready disposed of in other cases,
and he asked to have the plea OF not
guilty withdrawn and to have this
motion entertained. Mr. Totten also
presented several other motions OF
an obstructive character and proceed
ed to explain the new points they in
volve. The question was disposed
OF by Judge Wylie as follows: "These
defendants after many delatory mo-
tions were finally arraigned, and had
nothing to say, They refused to
plead and the court entered the
plea of not guilty. After
two motions to quash,
one of { them sustained by twenty
two reasons, had been overruled. A
plea in abatement had been made,
based on the misbehavior of the
jury. There was nothing in this
plea to sustain the court in allow
ing it. Mr. Turner, after refusing to
plead, now, ON the day of the trial,
asks leave to withdraw his plea and
enter another motion to quash. 1t
was too late, after all Of these pro
ceedings. As to the matter of mis-
joinder, it was question of greater
weight. The motion had been made
at time when the trial had been
fixed, and he would use his own dis
cretion and overrule the motions
The defense noted the exceptions to
this ruling.
Ingerso.i said he had another mo,
tion to file in Dorsey's case. 1t was
like the other, and he was about to
make argument upon it when Judge
Wyle said the matter was finally
settled, and he should have no more
argument upon it.
Counsel for the defense then fled
s number of motions and pleas with
the court, which was overruled in
bulk, and the latter asked to have
the exceptions noted. The court
stated that THERE was no such thing
as noting an exception in Grim nal
case in the District. They could be
raoNnlol %
court.
Merrick said John W. Dorsey had
not been arrsigned, and Bliss added
that in view of the fact that Inger-
soil had promised him in positive
terms some weeks ago to produce
John W. Dorsey in court, and relying
upon the promise, he thought they
had bench warrant issued for his
arrest, as they had promised mot
to make themselves unhappy" in try
ing to secure his arrest. AS Mr.
Dorsey had not been produced he
wanted to call attention to this bare.
faced violation of law, and to say
that he regarded it as mere mea
sure of delay.
At this point Col. Ingersoll sprang
to his feet and bringing his fist down
upon the table, exclaimed: "You ale 9
liar, SIR, a liar!". Considerable ex~
citement followed, and the court call
ed upon the marshal, with the evil
dent intention of placing some
of the participants under
arrest, but seemingly changing his
mind, Judge Wylie said, ''Such Ian
guage is intolerable, and l will not
endure it. Perhaps Col. Ingersoll
has gone beyond the just measure OF
retaliation, but the offense of Mr.
Bliss is inexcusable. I will allow this
offense to pass or this occasion, but
warn all the gentlemen to avoid 6
repetition of it.
Mr.. Merrick then entered into {
long explanation of the circum-
stances of the agreement between
the counsel as to Dorsey's APP
pearanee, and claimed that the state
ment of Mr.. Bliss was correct
Col. Ingersoll, in answer to an in
quiry from the court, sai'
he did not deny the facts
He did deny that he had been guilt,
of trick. He had acted with per
feet good faith, under the conviction
that he would be able to produc
Dorsey. He supposed when he mad
the arraignment that he had th
power to produce Dorsey, AM
wanted to say now that he coult
not
Bliss then followed with y per
sonal explanation, which the Cour
interrupted, to say that they ha
better get to work.
Upon the explanation that the fai
ure Of Dorsey's counsel to produc
hun in court, had left the govern
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