Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-13

| S0y1 suS0. OOW00, Agent @
the Government, said be wanted me &
meet the Attorney General, and said b
nad been teleRraphs d for and was "a
| pected TO be IN Washington the mex
DAY, Thursday, Aug. oath; that We emil
meet as Wormaley's Hotel undistuvbed
ana ne would satisfy me that what b
2 omlsed Was correct. He further said
Weils you are . man of th,
world and know that when you are /,
nght yOu must use every mean
IN your power 70 WIN. This nov II "a,
Attorney 0eneraPs tight, and he mus
s0cces d. This il political life or dealt
With HIM. He does not regard judo,
Wytie friendly TO the prosecution by 81.
contrary rulings. He also said the ces1
came to Brswster - legacy from hi
predecessor, 4acveagh, and that it hal
been terribly miamanaRed BY MacVeaef
ana James. Mistakes were made, an6
the errors Of counsel had ieopardized il
and tho present administration did no,
care TO press the case until Brady's pa,
pers commenced their TRADE Of abuse
and villifoation of the administration
and its officers, and now. under all tfie
circumst; nces, the defendants must be
convicted.
I asked him if any Of the counsel fou
tho pros cuti0n know Of his action.
he said tnsy did mot.
Before leaving him be oaid: II will
send word to your address tomorrow,
and arrange when We will meet and see
the Attorney General"
The following day, after the adjourn
nsnt Of CCu.t. proceeded to my Office,
and shortly after c0lOred boy, handed
mo card with the following written in
lsad pencil:
.DxAs Coz. DIcKsoN-Ei2ht o'clock
this evening, at Drivers; Bowen. Aug.
Nth, Friday, Aug. 25th."
Icalled upon judge Wylis at reoess,
and informed him that IN improper
proposition had been made to me, and
by whom. We cOnversed about the
matter, and he said he would think over
it, and resolve upon what course to pur-
sue. After the adjournment that day
he called me, and said he was afraid
these damnable attempts 70 pollute the
jury might have been made upon some
other jurymon, and advised me to be
cautious, and converse with them
privately; that for tho present he
would not take any action. asked
il l would encourage Bowen and let the
proposition culminate into an actual
deposit of the corruption fund and then
expose him. He checked me BY saying.
mo; that has too much tho flavor Of DO.
lice business" / said would report to
him any further facts / might CLEAN
from day to day. Some days after had
q conversation with him and told him
that other jurymen had besn approach
Cd, and he said he would attend to the
matter in time. An attempt wss made
TO tell him the facts in the Bowen inter-
views, but he prevented me, saying he
did not care TO know the facts in detail,
or know what side of the oase he repre-
sented. II was apparent n person aCtine
for the defense might approach jurymen
with q corrupt offer, Ieproos snang them
selves to be IN the interest Of the prose-
cution and also with q vioW of testing
or entrapping jurymen. He again ad-
vised the strlotsst surveillance and eau
ton. Later oa he iutimatsu to me he
did mot interview for corrupt purposes,
but did not state factA DoniphAn re-
ported 70 me that . man named shaw
had offered him two hundred dollars to
clear Dorsey. I advised him to repor,
the matter to the Judge, and he did 90.
Until all took the first informal ballot
ono afternoon, Friday, September 6th,
I did not know how the jury would vote,
nor did in the sliRhtest degree endeav-
or to control their actions, and refer
to my colleagues to subotantiate my
statement. ] could mot discover any
positive criminal evidence against Dor.
coy that was supported BY indisputed
facts. I explained my position 70 my
colleagues fully and freely, and whenev-
or We discovered chArges in tho indict-
ment, or any Of the overt acts, I sup
ported my position BY facts sworn to BY
the Governments witness. A. to Brady,
the testimony Of Walsh sustained
colaterally In evidence, was what the
prosecution depended upon to convict
him.
Dickson's statement is very long. He
tells how he read to the jury desorip-
ton Of Bowen's attempt, bat urged
them mot TO be influenced In their de-
cision BY II, a. IL was mot certain In
whose interest IL was made. Tho ver-
dict was - unsatisfactoTy TO him - to
anybody. Il was inconsistent. Coz
spiracy was proven ~ 70 some, "a, for
instance, contractors who were organ
ised apparently with the view Of obtain
ing contracts upon unfreQuented terri
tory or In growing sections at low ARs
ures, and BY miUepeeoentati0u OF facts
and petitions to Department 70 secure
expedition and incroase, until the fig
ures reached Q large sum. BE-
ieved thtD v19 the system already
done BY them through their OH
cars located. here. and tho principal suf-
fereu were sub contractors whose losses
compared with thoss Of the Govern
ment, were ten times greater. I believe
in many instances the Department WAS
imposed upon BY misrepresentation
vhloh were probably made, and 0raefs
were secured. Take any executive Of
Aoer under The Government, care not
Who, and. know from my oxpogiauce Il
il . physical imposaibility, considering
the growing wants OF the people to per-
sonally inspect and examine and decide
the true inwardness e the e1eot Of each
order he issues, and the exerU,se 0f mis-
taken Judgment should b oonsidered
by every liberal mind. II jafies are 10
bo oompooed Of man who do not think
and aot for themsolvea, and Who are ex-
peoted 10 aocspt circumstandal evidence
- fAota, and ahAdoWs - proof,
then IL auth0Sitieo made . mt1eake
vhon they drew my name from tAo
vheel. In regard to the Bowen matter,
] have copied the statement made out
On tho night Of AuQ. 3Srd, and placed Il
IN tho hande Of the District Attorney for
action, and this afternooa shAll write
20 the Attorney 0ena.al for IN immedi-
ate investigation, end damand . oiki-
xen's projection Of his department from
yinioua, malioiouD and oootempe1blo ~
sacks Of his ofhoess a justice upon