Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-05
YOU'RE A LIAR, SIRm
BEAUTIES OF THE STAR ROUTE
TRIALS.
Col. IngersOll Sadly Out of Temper
All DflIatOrY Motions OverruIed-
Another Delay Granted 90 Cap
ture Dorsey.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The regular pro-
eeedings In the cases OF the United States
against Brady, the Dorseys, Turner and
others, were begun in the Criminal Court
to-day. Brady and Turner were the only
defendants present. At the opening of the
court there was 8 large attendance of coun-
sci and spectators. The counsel for
the defendants in the straw bond
cases were attentive observers Of the pro.
ceedings, for, although these cases will not q,
it is said, be brought to trial before next
| fall, there are many points of similarity be-
| tween them and the present actions. 1t is
understood that the prosecuting officers
regard them as closely connected, and even
entertain the belief that they are paris of
one grand conspiracy.
The proceedings began with the intro.
duetion of another motion to quash by Col.
| Totten in Turner's case. He said the
grounds were substantially the same as
those already disposed of in the other cases,
aud he asked to have the plea OF not guilty
withdrawn, to have this motion entertained.
Col. Totten also presented several other
motions of an obstructive character, and
proceeded to explain the new points they
involved. The question was disposed Of by
Judge Wylie as follows:
These defendants, after many dilstorY
motions, were finally srraigned and had no.
thing to say. They refused to plead, and
the court entered q plea of not guilty.
After two motions to quash, one OF them sus-
tanned by twenty-five reasons, had been
overruled, a plea in abatement had been
made, based on the misbehavior of the jury.
There was nothing in this plea to sustain
the court In allowing It. Turner, after
refusing to plead now on the day Of trial,
asks leave to withdraw his plea and enter
another motion to Quash. It was too late
after all these proceedings. AS to the mat
ter Of misjoinder, 1t was a question of
greater weight. The motion had been made
at time when the trial had been fixed, and
he would use his own discretion and over
rule the motions.
The defense noted an exception to this
ruling.
Colonel Ingersoll said he had another
motion to file in Dorsey's case, as 1t was like
the other, and he was about to make argu-
ment for it when Judge Wylie said the mat
ter was finally settled and he should hear
no more arguments on it.
Counsel for the defense then filed a num-
Oer of motions and pleas which the court
Overruled in bulk, and Colonel Totten asked
to have exceptions noted. The court stated
that there was no such thing as noting an
exception in criminal case in the district.
of court.
Mr. Merrick said that John w. Dorsey
had not been arraigned.
Colonel Bliss said that in view of the fact
that Colonel Ingersoll had promised him in
positive terms, several weeks ago, to pro-
duce John W. Dorsey in court, and, relying
upon this promise, although they had a
bench warrant for his arrest, they had prom
tsed mot to make themselves unhappy" in
trying to secure his arrest. Dorsey had not
been produced. He wanted to call atten-
tion to this bare fact, and to say that he re-
gar'ied it as a mere measure of delay.
At this point Col. Ingersoll eprang to his
feet, and bringing his fist down on the table
exclaimed, "You are liar, sir, liar!"
Considerable excitement followed, and
the court called upon the Marshal with the
evident intention of placing some of the
participants under arrest, but. seemingly
changing his mind, Judge Wylie said
"Such language is intolerable, and will
not endure it. Perhaps Col. Ingersoll has
gone beyond the just measure of retaliation,
but the offense of Mr.. Bliss Is inexcusable.
l will allow this offeDse to pass upon this
occasion, but warn all gentlemen to avoid
a repetition of it."
Mr.. Merrick then entered into a long ex-
planation of the circumstances Of the agree
ment between counsel as to Dorsey's ap-
pearance, and claimed that the statement of
Mr.. Bliss was correct.
Colonel Ingersoll, in answer to an Inquiry
from the court, said he did not deny the
facts He did deny that he had been guilty
of trick. He had acted with perfect good
faith, under the conviction that he would be
able to produce Dorsey. He supposed
when he made the arrangement that he had
the power to produce Dorsey and wanted to
say now he could not.
Mr.. Bliss then followed with personal
explanation, which the court interrupted to
say they had better get to work. Upon ex-
pianatiOn that the failure of Dorsey's |
counsel to produce him in court had left the |
government in an embarrassing position, |
delay until May 16 was granted to give time |
for the service of the bench warrant upon |
Dorsey, which was granted when the other |
defendants were arrsigned some weeks ago,
but the service of which was withheld upon |
Colonel Ingersoll's pledge to produce
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