Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-01
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
DICKSON IN COURT,
Held For Addressing the
Grand Jury.
A TRAGEDY IN HIGH SOCIETY
Horrible Work of a CraZed
Mother.
The Trial of Arab Pasha.
An Open Hearing Demand
ed by the Sultan.
The Trial of Arab Pasha
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Committed For COntempt-A Letter te
the Grand Jury-COloneI IngersoH An
swers Wells.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-The grand jury ap-
peared in court this morning and the fore
man handed the judge letter from William
Dickson, asking to be allowed to appear be-
fore them in reference to the alleged attempt
ed bribery of him by Bowen. The Judge said
the letter was an insult to the court, and di-
rected the clerk to issue rule on Dickson,
returnable tomorrow, to show cause why he
should not be held for contempt. Consider
able comment was caused by the action of
Foreman Dickson in addressing this letter to
the grand Jury. He appeared in court this
afternoon in answer to summons to show
cause why he should not be committed for
contempt of court, but the case was post
poned until to morrow. 1t is the general
opinion that he will at least be heavily fined by
Judge Wylie. The bribery case against Payne
can hardly be finished before Thursday SO that
the similar case against Dickson will probably
go over till next week.
In the course of long interview with q
correspondent of the United Press associa-
ton, Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll has made
an exhaustive reply to the statement recently
published by Special Counsel Wells on behalf
of the department of justice in regard to the
attempted bribery of the Star route jurors
Colonel Ingersoll claims that Mr.. Wells ad
mlts the truth of all that was contained in
the statement previously put forth by the
defence, except as to the responsibility for
Falls acts, and that it is shown that he was
employed by the department and not by the
defendants by the fact that he received $40
day from the department, and that after he
was ostensibly discharged he was still en-
ployed under the name of F. Hill and was
paid $500. He disposes of Mr.. Wells claim
that the government could not have offered
to bride the jury because it had no fund out
of which to pay such sums by saying that
there is a secret service fund in the depart
ment that is used secretly and that 1875, 900
became available last July. He comments
severely on Brewster Cameron's attempted
interview with Foreman Dickson, when no
one had any right to speak to a juror about a
case while on trial, and on the fact that the
department asks the public to take thesword
of Bowen, whom they show to be rascal,
against that of Dickson, who is
long list of pertinent facts which
Mr.. Wells omits to mention, and says
that the department has simply turned and is
now endeavoring to rend with beak and claw
the instrument and tools with which it tried
to corrupt the jury, and that it Is all done to
lEduSuEato SUCH d Tel&u Oh L6rrOr IN the us
trict that the next jury will be afraid to &C
quit.
A Campaign Document-PoIittcaI Pow
der In ex-Secretary's Householder
Matters.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-The Democratic
Congressional campaign committee has sent
to the First Congressional district of New
Jersey as campaign document a number of
photographs of Robeson's new house here.
The Democrats are fighting Robson because,
as they allege, he left Camden poor man
and on the salary of Cabinet officer, IS, 900
year, he emerged to be rated at least a
millionaire. The Democrats point to the res
idence of the ex-Secretary as an evidence that
o windfall must have come from some quar-
ter.
The national bank notes received for re-
demption at the treasury duri ng October
amounts to 81 ,949, ATS, of which So ,2O3, 1856
had to be destroyed and 1921, 300 was still
fit for circulation and was returned to the
banks of issue.
The dissolution of the partnership be-
tween the New York and the Western Asso-
ciated Press is announced here tonight.
The Western association opens independent
offices here to morrow under the agency of
Walter P. Phillips, the former agent of the
New York Associated Press 1t is understood
that the Western association, which has al
ready established agencies in New York and
Boston, has added Colorado, California and
Texas to their territory.