National Republican., 1883-01-08
WALSH IS WORRIED.
Ho Has Written Two Letters to High officials
That Havn't Been Answered.
He is Sure Senator Kellogg Should Have
Been Indicted as Srar Reuter-
Ho Knows Mr. Bliss Isn't Conducting tho Present Trial
as He Would Do It.
And lie Wants the Whole World TO
Know What lie Thinks About II.


panied by brief card to the public in which he
says that, "As a citizen of the United States, in
the exercise of my rights as such, Have adj
dressed respectful communicationst to theattor-
ncy general of the United States, and to the
President thereof, and that, "having received
no reply to either communication" he desires
to cnlghten "the people of the country by
placing before them tho contents of my un-
answered letterto the President" That letter
Is as follows:
New YORK, Dec 49, Dfdr Sir: Accompanying
please find copy Of letter written by me to the
Hon. BENJAMIN Harris Brewster attorney general
OF tho United satos ON tho third day OF Novtm'
her, 1882. luasmuch rs have received no r"py
thereto am reluctantly compelled to address my
self to you to the end that official cugnizHnce Dc
taken of the matters and things set forth in that
communication. | submit that the terms Of TINS
letter were polite, oouched IN the most respect.
ful Language, to which in oil courtesy ] was
entitled u nn answer This violation Of oih.
cul propricty to call 1t by no harshor teuni
was the more surprising 70 me, occurring Us II
did in an office whose etiquette Hike its emuelsh-
menis, Is popnnrly supposed TO pattake oil lho
renaissance period ON referring to my com.
will discover that have set forth the way, though
not as clearly as IN this, in which came to be
called as witness by the prosecution in the star
route CASTS You will doubtless agree with me
that in tcStlfying simply obeyod the law, ana,
having obeyrd Il by testifying 70 the beat
| Of my knowledge and belof--ihe tenor
| Of which was held to be very favor
able TO the governmen--you viii readily
| comprehend that do not quite enjoy the role
! which the prosecution has forced upon me. am
! not prepared to be treated as though l were ar
| rayed against the government. The time has not
| yet arrived when am disposed to rest supinely
while couspirutors, rs grand jurors assembled to-
gether with their official allies, impeach my yer.
ncily, thus defeating the ends that justice ought
and is popularity supposed tn have in view,
! If i am in error ms to the ends and pur
poses of the prosecution ana | beg leave
| 10 ray, with all due respect, that It's ways
| have been and are devious enough to create
! doubts in many rejecting minds, the speedior
| the correction is made the better; but silence on
| the part of the hiuhest law officer OF the govern
| ment will not he understood by me as response
| to the grave charges made by me to him. have
distinctly stated to the attorney general The objects
! OF the conspiracy of the late grand jury The ma
chinery of the department of justice, put into
! proper and iudiCiOuS motion, would have devol-
oped the qualifications Of this conspiracy, bring
| ing to light the distinguished participants therein
| lfthese men, bound together as they are by the
| cohesive power of public plunder are stronger
than tn Q state against which they hnve conspirtd
aud are cOnsplring, that tnct should at least lie
known, tOgethU or with the inability of the depart
| ment of Justice to deal vigorously with them.
| Will venture to explain to you, as briefly as
possible, the case in oint in order that you may
understand the reasons that impel me 10 address
| myself to You. In doing SO, 40 assure You that
approach he subject with the greatest confidence
IN your wisdom and scnseOt Just ice as chief magts-
trate of the nation. On the DIST OF June, 1881,
field IA suit at law in the court, of the District OF
Columbia against eN- Assistant Postmaster General
Brady, one of the defeI dRnls In the criminal suit
| now pending in Washington. The amount of
money involved was large, the Indebtedness being
| for cash loaned him by me at various times III my
capacity as a banker. On January II, 1882 / sued
| out an attachment in New York against the prop
cry Of the snid Brady. These proceeding having
| obtained quite deal ofpublCity in the MetrOpnl.
tan journals, resulted, presume In attracting the
attention of the prosecution toward me-. IN the
early part of june 1882, was summoned By the
United States to appear as witness before The
then grand jury of the District OF Columbia. No
one, not even counsel for the government hnd any
idea of the full import oi what my tost imohy was
TO lie, and In the light Of events IL grieyes me To
say that, had its full scope and Tearing been
known, 1t is possible the prosecution would not
have called me- ! am of the opinion that
my beins. called before the grand jury was
GiaG9 ,o certain Pl6Pd R9iRa vonncoed %Si
no Testimony to this grand jury, but simply an
swer-d the heterogeneous prOpOunaed by Mr
George Bliss, VINO renresen!Gd the lhiied, states
indictment for conspiracy to defIaud the govern.
mcgt, being found by this grand jury, against eX,
Assistant Postmaster General Brady aud Mai
Contractor james b. Price, but emitting from the
prcseutment the name OF Senator WIN. j. Kellogg
against whom, by the way the facts in the cast
Ucing such, my evidence boro most heavily.
OF course tue result was most surprising to me
| do not know what impression 1t made On Specia
Counsel Bll 5, as did not converse with him uI
the subject, but II evidently did not cause hin
any esI eCial astunishment us he did not MAKE
, amy mention OF the charuetor Of my evidence L
his associate counsel. Mr. Merrick. The term o
this grand jury expired IN June OF 1852 A new
grand jury was sworn in with the advent of july
1889, but without being organized, was adiOurne,
:, until October, 1882, special counsel saying Their
a was no business for IT, moth wthstanding the fac
y that overwhelming evidences OF fraud on tn
part OF sundry mail contractors wa
then, MS 1t Is now, in possession Of tn
, prosecution, all nfwhichyou can verify by cnlin
!" on the proper officers. The tact that Senator Kel
g ugg was not indicted by this jury did not call TO
n any expression of opinion from me- as l had an
: have no lelsonal feeling IN the matter whatever
g / had simply discharged faithfully very un
pleasant aud painful duty. This failure to indie
y. Senator Kellogg was not on this occasion heralde
Il to the world, as in the second instance, of whiG
: | hereafter OvlGGuC
. tuat the grand jury would not believe me o
: OATH" &c. ON the contrary, this gentlemG
. and his allies maintained the silence of tn
. grave as to what had occurred in the grand juT
Q room. Evidently It must have appeared to thel
d that the least said about II the better, as
n would not do to say that was not believe
/. ION Oalh,' &c, for there stood the Brady lrIC
n indictments against whom my testimony was
" nothing compared with that against their senate
Z ial associate who escaped. / have heard II ~
II mored that Mr. KellOgg's name was actually IL
N Cluded in the pres nlment, but In some myser
% Gus manne er took unto itself wings. Suffice II
- say that Mr., Merrck, associate counsel for II
= government, called on me stating that he ha
% before the grand jury, but having received 4
10 Official information thereof from Mr. Bliss, nske
"a Inc to reCite II to him substantially which did
~ His astonlshmont was as prolound as II was vi
. feigned and he told me he would have the nc
journed grand jury called together IN eXtraord
1t nary session. Ii might be well for me to state he
ID that had ut that time, no acquaintance whg
" ever with Mr.. Merrck. The interview was sol
u cited on his part through gentleman then,
ST CURED about three weeks subsequently to my Al
of peaTanCe before the grand jury whose term G.
piTed IN June. l was accordingly summoned
40 appear before the grand jury whose term begu
US IN July, lSS2. In some uuOCCOuuLble ma
Y. ner The now allied defendants, la aud o
ie of court, having pooled their Issues,
AR to speak, were notified of what W
"a coming, Then It was that these cOusplrato
. lighted their signal trys, calling every symp
IL thizer 10 his post, be his condition p0ligema
l. grand juror editor merchant, or head 9i d
NJ paHmeut-ull, all mrat come. How nObly the
y cohorts responded Is Nlly set fuIlh IN my una
~ swered letter Co the attorney r,uulal, wherein
'h essay to show the illegal muihoda lcsurted TO
of men who II was on That grand lniy that viulat
nd section 5lO5 Of tho revised statutes hy brng
~, into the Jury room tbC SpuhOrd. kellogg tgS
'o mOny; indeed, Mr.. President, II Is said that
er member Of your cabinet gave TO ccrtiup graz
he Juror in violation Of the statute, the AtuI
al of the pooled issues viz Brad ylet al IN court, NJ
80 Kellogg ct al not yet there, heralded TO the woI
~ that a grand jury composed Of citizens OF en-
a. nent rcspeCtHbllily" "Iotused. to believe Wal
,r- infamous abuse OF me in the columns OF these
,o gans, aud that. too while | was under the su
hS pnua from the court Senator kellogg, on thellJ
ms OF July, 1882, a day or so following the adjOur
he ment Of I've grand jury that had lailed TO ind
any OF the persons against whom lesuheu, sI
in an interview, referring 20 my teStimon
49, "There was not scrap OF paper or a document
~ any kind, bill, check or voucher with my *
IL luggs) name on IT, The whole thing Is over,
li- the day Of reckoning is coming for the blaC
y, Isit over? Can It be possible, Mr.. Preside
NO that he knew whereof he spoke? II Is not oy
flrif have testified ialsey against himself a
Others / have grieylusly wrOngCd them and shOl
be punished by law. IT, ON the contrary, II
~ shown that II grand jury c9nsmted WIN ota