The daily gazette., 1882-10-27
THE WASHINGTON PLOT
THE INDICTMENT AGAINST
CHAIRMAN HARRINGTON
THE CHARGE OF ooNsPIR AoY.
Hpv the indictment Reads Which still
Hangs Over Him and Which Made Him
Flee to Canada.


! Flee to Canada.
Below is given the second Indictment
found against Richard Harrington, ESQ,
the chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, for the Washington
safe burglary conspiracy. The Indictment
was never quashed and still hangs over him.
| When 1t was found, he had fed from the
country to escape second trial.
There are other counts In the Indictment,
but they are substantially the same and only
sisted in different language TO meet legal
technicalities. The copy from which the
Following was taken Is duly certified to:
In THE SUPREME CoURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, HOLDING CRIMINAL
CoURT-MARcH TERM, 1876.
District ef Columbia, County Of Washing
| ton, SS.
The Grand Jurors Of the United States of
America In and for the county and district
aforesaid, on their oath present that before
and at the time OF the committing of the
otiense hereinafter named, to wit on the
seventeenth day Of April, In the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy four, at the District of Columbia
and county aforesaid, there was pending be-
fore committee Of the two houses
Of the Congress of the United States, then
In session at the capitol, q certain inyestiga-
| ton and inquiry into and concerning Ger
tain official conduct of the Governor and
| Board of Public Works, and other officials
Of said district, as alleged In q memorial of
| snndry citizens of the said district addressed
| to the said Congress, and that one Columbus
| Alexander, q citizen Of said district and one
of the signers OF said memorial was engaged
| In procuring evidence and proof to sustain
| the allegations of sad memorials, IN which
| said Investigation of certain books of entries
and accounts of one John o. Evans of said
district were presented and referred to and
were used in evidence among other instru-
meDts and means Of proof
And the Grand Jurors aforesaid ON their
oath aforesaid do further present that
Oryille 4. Babcock, Richard Harrington,
then employed In the office of the Attorney
Of the United States for said District, and
doing the duties of an Assistant District
Attorney In said office, Hiram c. Whitley,
then In the employment of the United States,
to wit as the Chief of the so-ealled Secret
Service Division of the Treasury Department
of the United States, 1chabod G. Nettleship,
also then In the employment of the United
States, to wit as chief assistant of said
Whitley, in SO called Secret Service Division,
Thomas p. Somerville, William Benton,
otherwise called Walter Brown and George
G. Mills, otherwise called Bliss, otherwise
SaAiCa Albctb w anu OJhCi pCIoOnb
| to the jurors unknown all late of the county
and district aforesaid, on the seventeenth
day Of April, in the year of Our Lord,
eighteen hundred and seventy four, with
force and arms, at the county and
District aforesaid, unlawfully, knowingly
and wickedly did combine, confederate and
conspire together and with each other
against tine said Columbus Alexander to
cause 1t to be believed by the people of the
ITnlfad Ef0faa that ha xvaa a nd In
famous man, and to charge him with con-
sorting with burglars and thieves and that
he employed such to break open and enter
the office of the Attorney of the United
States for the District of Columbia at the
night time and to force open the iron safe
therein situate, to steal and carry away the
contents of the same, and that they then
and there further combined, confederated
and conspired to cause the arrest OF the said
Columbus Alexander at said county and
District with such stolen property In his
possession and to cause him to be indicted
therefore, and prosecuted and punished
under the laws of the United States with the
intent and for the purpose then and there to
injure the said Columbus Alexander aud to
cast discredit and obloquy upon him and
other persons then engaged with him In
maintaining the allegation contained In
said memorial.
And the grand jurors aforesaid on their
oath aforesaid do further present that In ac-
cordance with their aforesaid combination,
conspiracy and confederacy had as aforesaid
between them them the said Orville E.
Babcock, Richard Harrington, Hiram q.
Whitley, Ichabod c. Nettleship, Thomas p.
Sommerville, William Benton, otherwise
called Walter Brown, and George Z. Miles,
otherwise called Bliss, otherwise called
Albert Williams, they and the said Orville
K. Babcock, Richard Harrington, Hiram G.
Whitley, Ichabod g. Nettleship, Thomas P.
Sommerville, William Benton, otherwise
called Walter K. Brown, and George E.
Miles, otherwise called Bliss, otherwise
called Albert Williams, and said other persons
to the jurors aforesaid unknown to wit, on
| the eighteenth day of April In the year 1874,
with force and arms at the city and county
of Washington in the District aforesaid did
cause and procure one Michael Hayes under
the assumed name of Butler artfully to
make the acquaintance of the said Columbus
Alexander and hold conversation with him
which the said Michael Hayes then and there
did, that in said conversation, caused as
aforesaid, the said Michael Hayes, under the
assumed name of Butler, falsely represented
| to said Columbus Alexander that the books
of entries and accounts aforesaid presented
| and referred to before said committee as the
| books of the said John o. Evans were false
and spurious, that he could and would pro-
cure the genuine books oil the SAID Jonn ~.
Evans and would thereafter place them in
| the hands of the said Columbus Alexander
| for a reasonable compensation, and that the
said Columbus Alexander then and there
was induced to express wish TO receive the
| same and willingness TO pay the reasonable
expenses for carrying the same to him.
And the Grand Jury aforesaid on their
| oath aforesaid do further present that after
! wards and on the twenty-first day of said
April in the said year the said conspirators
| in further accordance and pursuance with
| their aforesaid combination, confederacy
and conspiracy, with force and arms at the
! city, county and district aforesaid, caused to
| be delivered to the said Richard Harrington
| an anonymous letter which purported to in
| form him that on the second or third night
| thereafter the said office of the said attorney
| o: the United States would be entered and
| the safe there situate broken open and
robbed, the purpose and object of which
| said letter then and there was to furnish the
| said Richard Harrington with pretext for
watching the said office for the purpose OF
aiding in the execution of the conspiracy
without incurring suspicion.
! And the Grand Jury aforesaid on their
oath aforesaid, do further present that after
wards, to wit, on the Twenty-second day of
the said April, In the said year at the city
and county of Washington in the district
atoresaid the said Orville f. Babcock,
Richard Harrington, Hiram G. Whitley,
Ichabod C. Nettleship, Thomas Z. Sommer-
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