The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-02

department of Justice, He says was en-
gagged by tho department and worked for III
| department; that II was his business to fin
! whether any Jurors had been approached
and whetherany Jurors could be approached
and no objection was made by the depart
ment to this kind Of business, IL had beer
charged hundred times that after Fal
was discharged on the 18th Of July he wa!
re-employed under the name of II. Hi
and he was paid $500 for information fur
nished in the criminal prosecution and he
received money under the name of Il. Hill
On the 9th OF October, Fall boing some.
what uneasy in mind, wrote letter to Mel.
son as follows: Jim: | am told that the
government will abandon the attempt to
show that bribed the jury for the defense,
and also that you and | pribed Jr. Brown
ing the Lang case. / don't believe
you gave Brown cent and will stand by
you; ifit comes T., the worst, should the
government abandon me, | shall expect
your earnest support, and you may be as
sured shall not let you suffer for anything
You have done for the government, though
if the government arrests me it will be an
act of persecution, as you well know, and /
must fight it to the better end. | did what
was done for the government. Yours truly
N. Y. FALL | am content after this 10
leave the public to decide whether Fall was
employed by the department of justice or
by the defendants. There is secret service
fund in the department of justice. On the
1st of last July fund of $4,000
was appropriated for the prosecu-
ton of crimes, for the investigation
official acts, rcords, etc., became available.
1t will not do to say the government had
no money; these arrests have been made;
these charges have been Illuminated against
Jurors for the purpose of the inauguration of
reign Of terror in this district so
that the next jury will be afraid to acquit.
The most shameful outrage ever perpe-
trated in this district is the arrest of Will
liam Dickson, the arrest based wholly
upon an affidavit by Bowen, the very man
who endeavored to corrupt him. The de-
partment of justice endorsed Bowen by
arresting Dickson; that department, so
ashamed at first, at having appo' uted
Bowen that it agreed to throw the respon-
sibility of his appointment upon Secretary
Lincoln, now accepts Bowen as truthful
and a competent witness, and with the tes-
timony is willing to wreck the reputation
of an honest man. No American
can read the report of Wells
without feeling humiliated by
the admitted action of the department of
justice. The department of justice should
when the department is charged with hay
ing acted illegally and improperly it
should not investigate it itself, ,butit should
open wide its doors and records and invite
scrutiny of the world"
QUARANTINE COMPLICATIONS.
The collector of customs at Corpus
Christi, Texas, has been directed to use all
efforts to pass the mail at Pena, railroad
station between Corpus Christi and Laredo.
1t has been detained there by the action OF
county authorities of Texas. Under the
laws of that state the county judge may
organize quarantine. This was done
early in the season, and in consequt nee,
whenever thetreasury department removed
its quarantine, the county authorities re-
newed it.
THE TRIAL OF A. c. soTELDo,
indicted for the murder of his brother, M.
Soteldo, at the Republican Office on the 9th
of March, 1882, was continued in the crimi-
nal court this morning before Justice
the jury were secured without much
trouble. Eleven are white and one colorGd,
the latter being local Methodist minister
District Attorney S. F. Taggart opened for
the government. The defense reserved
their opening. After the examination of a
number of witnesses the court adjourned.
TREASURY NOTES,
The estimated reduction in the public
debt for October is about Sl5,225 900.
The amount of 3 per cent bonds
issued in exchange for 81 per
cent. about S259, ,000, 600, leaving S1l9 1852, 900
uncalled 81 cents outstanding exchange
able into per 3's 1T option of holders.
PERSONAL.
1t is probable President Arthur will re-
turn to Washington Thursday. John G.
Cowie, of Iowa, has been appointed chief
clerk of the secret service division Of the
treasury.