The Evening critic., 1882-10-26

ludgcship was then pending and antagonlzod
for confirmation I'm tho senate. Bowen was
rlcudihTift and ON the confidence" lay, but
wilhol captivating In his address. He made
Hoover believe ho could assist him through
his connection with tho Department Of Jus.
tlcc, as Hoover was "sotting EN- up nnd
doing all In his power TO secure social ana p1-
lltical influence, Bowen was not absent on
occasions Of conyivlallty. He fre1uented
Divers summer Garden, and being "mashed'
on Miss May Howard, who was singing there,
he mnde IL pleasant ana comfortable
for be tn Hoover and brewster Cameron In the
wny Of introductions TO the lady professionals,
followed by wine dlnncrs and the Ike, which,
doubtless, were paid for by Hoover ana Cam
croh. II IA not suggesting anything unklnd TO
say mat Brewster Cameron was nothing l0th
TO enjoy himself In tho society TO which no
had been introduced by Bowen, and IL no were
satisncd, there was nothing wrong In his help
Ing 10 pay tho score. Thus lnyolglel the
episode Of Bowcn's approach TO Dickson super
yened, and opinions dincr rs to whether tho
scheme was Bowen's or Cnmeron's. Some
think IL originated wholly with Bowen, and
that Cameron gave unwilling assent, while
others suspect that Cameron mndo n bold play
for Dickson to "hang''th Jury or draw him
out, using Bowcns magnificent check as the
Ingcrsoirs Strategy.
Tho Attorney. General now repudlates both
Bowen and Fall 4, and woull repudlate Brews-
Ter Cameron II It were not for their peculiar
relations. Driven Into corner by Colonel
lngcrsolrs statement, the ridiculous and at
tenuated plea Is put forward that Bowen, FAN,
Taylor and their outfit were "rung In" on
Brewster Cameron, the special counsel and
the Attorney-Gc General, through tho shrewd do
Vices OF the Star Route defendants and their
lawyers. Tho astuto George Bliss and tho
keen Dick MOrrlck, t. say nothing of Brewster
Cameron and Counselor Kcr, OF Phil ldelphla,
the cast.iron indictment drawer, were BAN.
boozled by Dorsey and Brady with Bowon, Fall,
Taylor and the rcst according to the oxplan1
tlon now put forward by Attorney General
Brewster's authority, and the public are soil.
cited to believe the story.
Tho Department OF Justice and Its employees
are preparing n statement to vlndlcate this
ridiculous hypothesis. Among other things, 1t
will be charged that Chief Detective Taylor was
convicted of n felony some years slnce and
sentenced to the penitcntiary, and therefore
totally unworthy Of credit. 1t appears that
Taylor was so convicted; but, after serving n
few months OF his sentence, his Innocence was
discovered, and he was pardoned by President
Grant upon recommendation OF the Attorney
General. This fact and all tho attendant cir
cumstances were known Mt tho Department OF
Justice when Taylor was first employed thore,
and he was In the service when Attorney
General Brewster was appointed, and Brewster
Cameron made CHIEF Special Agent In place of
Special Agent Newcomb.
Taylor's offense seems to have been that he
dlstrusted Falls efforts to reach the Jurors aud
advised against their continuance, TO which
Mr.. Cameron paid no heed. Taylor was afraid
OF the consequences likely u follow n dis.
covery of the attempt 90 corrupt tho Jurors,
which he thought was imminent In view OF
Fall's lndiscrotion aud tho fact that Fall had
been taken from his control and allowed to re-
port independently. 1t Is said that Colonel
Ingersoll IL supplied with further and moro
convincing proof and fully fortified against all
efforts Of the Department OF Justice TO whistle
this matter down the wind. Your cOrro-
spondent asked Colonel Iugersoll whether he
intended to make further revelations, TO which
the following characteristic reply was givon
al did not set out on q FOOLS errand In this
affair and feel confident of results. A good
general does not exhaust his ammunition on
the first nrc. When the enemy trains his guns
and returns tho fire, then look out for another
round, which Will silence his batteries"
Brewster and GOrkhiIl.
Special TO Truth.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.-It has been ascer-
tancd positively that the reason why Attor-
ney.Gcnoral Brewster took away tho investl
CATION Of the attempts 10 brlbe the Star Route
Jury from District Attorney Corkhill and
placed It under the control OF the Department
Of Justice was because Corkhill, upon con-
sideratiOn of the aflldavit5 of Dickson, Brown,
Foote and others, announced his intention 70
cause the arrest Of Brewster Cameron, Bowen
and Fall. II also supervenes that the report
OF Special Counsel Wells, employed to investl-
gate the jury bribery matter, Is withheld be-
cause Of It's absurdity the entire tenor being
to show that Dickson endeavored to blackmail
Bowen. This is repudiated by the Attorney
General and Special Counsel Ker aud Merrlck.
The rumor is prevalent that the President has
pointedly dlsapproved the methods OF the De-
partmeLt Of Justice in this matter.