The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-01
EEHEaDED.
President Arthur FiOurisLes the
Political Ar With .Stun-
ming Effect.
The Beheaded Crowd Charged with
Sympathy with tn, Star
Route Conspirators.
Washington Telegram


A thunderbot has fallen upon the star
route defendants, and the Government has
q last given undoubted evidence that 1t Is
ve-y mu,h IN earnest in the prosecution
The Presi lent late this afternoon ordered
the summary dismissal from office OF Henry,
I'm ted States Marshal OF the District;
Anger, Postmaster of Washington; iarker,
Assistant Postmaster; Spencer Gov nnme 1t
Director, and He IN, foreman of he Record
ut the Government p1 ting office Tne
CHI rges made ny the admin straton aga rs.
these Off :iaIs are these: That all OF them
have Instructed the q mnf.tration OF
Justice in these casos either by direct aid or
by public expressions OF sympathy.
Az tn Marsha Henry, the accusation Is
this: that at an interview in Cleveland dur
ing the progress OF the stsr-route trial. he
indulged In gross abuse OF Mr.. Bills, spec al
oounse for the United = a5rs, an de Ia cd
that the Government had no case; that
throughout the pro r'ss OF the trial be ex
pr r sed symnathv w tn some Of the de end
ants. particularly with d rsey. who WAS
resident Of his own sect on IN Ohio and that
he when the panel from whic the iury was
drawn was exhau tel, 70 arranged it that
talesman who wo I'D be salts actory to the
defense wer chosen.
A to Po tmas,er Anger, the charge Is
that he, when Assi-tant Postmaster, w q
impugn d by two postoffi ,e inspectors az to
the certifcation of bogus bonds in the st r.
route cases, and that, whet Ter these acts
were true or not, the fact that MIR. Anger
IL the proprietor OF ane wspape in Michigan,
and that during the last trial he wr to to
his paper. over his own 81 nature, denouuc-
Ing he officer who had instituted the rr se-
cution, and de 'laiing that the Governm mt
had no case, is regarded as sufficient cause
tor his removal.
Az to Helm, the fact that he is the bust
l.. 1.
virulent in g ahuSe he Go, ernm n :.
pro ecu ION, and of all who approve Il, is
considered sufficient cue for his removal
from he position or foreman or Government
pin ing.
Ex-S nator Sp ~ncers refusal to obey the
SUNNI IN of the court s assigned as the
cause for mis- removal These removals,
q 'nounced iuso alter dark, were a greay
local sensation.
Another Telrgram.]
Scarcely an thing but the removal o the
star rout' synpathize & a BE- n tn ked OF in
political circles t )-day The p e4ld .nt's =
ton is bell we'd o be pledg f NOR Wig r.
Gus measures in the prose ;ution OF adv,
Dorsey, ct q. At orney General Brewster
Is warmed up for work, and an ord r
has gone forth TO give no quarter
RumOrs Of 9th r Iii, mis- als are n prem AZ
blackberries. There are star-routes mpathiz-
ers in almost every department OF the Govern
ment, rome OF them occupy ng high post
tionI The names Of seventeen are In the
hands OF The President, and the r hea g may
be chopped of at anv mo nent District
Attorney Corkhi and Public Printer Rounds
are SAID TO lie among those marked for The
AK.
The beheaded Marshal Henry was inter
viewed at Cleveland by newspaper co res-
pendent, and declared h mself the scape-
goat selected to bear the burden of the fail
ure Of the stnr-raute prosecutions lie
cited the fact that the Two jurors Sc ected by
him had ali the way through voted for con-
viGtion.
Bob Ingersoll pronounces IN removals an
effort TO terrorizs the jury He declares
Marshal Henry 20 be ~ honest a man IA ever
Ii, ed and says there isn't q worl OF truth in
the letters or Brewster and Bliss.
Postmaster Anger, and lis assistant,
Parker, addressed letter t. ne President
asking an investigation OF their acts by q
comm,ssi IN.
He IN, in an interV lew, SAY, hat he ia q
prosecuted man, and proclaim. dis belief In
the innocence q b auy ct al.