Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-01

(Holmead) was the only person in whom the ettor,
neygenersl had any confidence Holmesd dia
not regard this conversation as an attempt 10
bribe him and 80 stated, but a matter OF tact
TO approach juror in that way is Just as repre-
nensibIe rs 70 oner MIN money LIS II est{on
nealiy in the case is whom was ran acting ior'
was he acting for the government or for the De
fense2 EuppOsiug it turned out that the defend
ants were paying Fall SO day, and the Depart
ment of Justice nothing, would it be possible 70
make any human being believe he was acting for
the Department of Justice? II is admitted that the
department. paid him SO day, and the supposl,
ton is that he work for his employers, and
without some positive testimony 70 the contrary,
are compelled 10 believe that he did what he
did for the Department of Justice. He says he
was engaged by the department and worked for
the department; that il was his business 10 hnd
whether sny Jurors had been approached and
whether any jurors could be approached, and
no objection was made by the department
70 that Kind OF business Il has been charged a
hundred times that after Fall was discharged
90 the 18th Of July he was re-employed un der the
name OF H and ne was paid $500 s1I ana
ne received money under the name OF f. Hill. On
the Path of october, FAN being somewhat uneasy
in mind. wrote q letter to Nelson, as follows;
JIM am told that the government will aban-
don me- and say that tried to bride the jury for
the defense; and also that you and br1oed Brown
in the Long case. / do not believe you gave
BrowH a cent, and will stand by you If It comes
to the worst. Should the government abandon
ma be assured that shall not let you suffer for
anything you have done for the government
be an act of persecution. as you well know. and
must fight Il 10 the bitter end. did what was
done for the government. Yours, truly;
"F. II. FALL"
am content after this TO leave the public to de-
eide whether Fan was employed By me Depart
nent of Justice or by tie defendants. There "a
secret service fund.- in the Department OF Jns-
tee. On the first of last July the FUND OF S2oOVO,
appropriated for the prosecution OF crimes Tor the
of official ACTS records etc, became
available. II would not do TO say the government
had no money. These arrests have been made,
these charge Illuminated egainst ldrofs ioF tne
purpose of the Inauguration OF such reign OF
terror in this District that the next jury will be
afraid to acqut. No greater Outrage was ever per
petrated in this District than the arrest of William
Dickson. The arrest was based wholly upon the
affidavit of Bowen. the very man who endeaVcred
TO corrupt him. The Department OF Justice in
dorsed Bowen by arresting Dickson. That depart
ment SO ashamed at first at having appointed
Bowen, that it agreed to throw the responsibility
of his appointment upon Secretary Lincoln, now
accepts Bowen as a truthful and competent wit
ness. and with his testimony is willing 70 wreck
the reputation OF an honest man. No American
can read the report of Wells without feeling hui
inflated by the admitted action of the Depart
ment of Justice. The Department of Justice
should not act a detective, or spy, or tempter,
and when the department Is charged with having
acted Illegally and Improperly IL should not inves,
tgate itself, but it should open wide its doors and
records and invite the scrutiny OF the world