National Republican., 1883-01-13

testimony to sustain said false and unlouudcG
Churacs and for ii at purpo.c mas visited p"rsons
ut tieir uuuscs: aud tncrpupOu submit thnt nc
will naturally aud necessarily attach greater
wcight To- the trsi mony against me than 10 " IN
tru5icnliy cuitlul go receive, ana less Weighl 20
tlc testimony offered IN my behalf than II Is
iniri SirUlly cutt cd 10 receive.
9 Because the said T. K. West has rom time 20
time, since said cuurgcs were fled against me, eN.
thereto that indicate such bias and prejudice us
wuult prevent his trying me thereon impirtaliy.
3. Bee use the said j. r. West applied 20 The dis
trct attorney ot this district Or an opinion touch
ing his powers in respect to my trial On said
charges aud the response not beiug satisfactory,
tucrHuuon applied to the attorney Heuernl OF the
Uutcd states and received the opinion hereinbe.
fore mentioned, and this snotwlhsnuning the said
district attorney is member OF the barO this dis
trici, familiar by long practice With It's lows and
.mud 8 OF procedure in trials before the board OF
IUcc, and Of undoubted impnrt lity b ld ahl
fearless in the discharge Of his duties, Official und
others.
A. Because the said J. r. West, withholding from
ut least one Of his colleagues the ct that he hnd
received an unsatisfactory opinion from their LEGAL
adviser, 50 constituted by law applied & The a
tOrney general of he United Sia,c., WHO had r.,
&c tly, u must have been well known to the SAID
j, X. West eXpre sed opinions strongly hostile to
the whole detective corps.
8. Because the said J. h. West caused to be pub.
lished In the EUcnmg Sdr, newSpnl er Of eNten-
sive circulation In i'd district, the flse, scanda.
lous, and wholly groundl s. accusation AGAINST
me; that on sunday the thirty-frst day of De-
cember, 1882, thnt mad spcut more than two hours
~ notorious "fencehouse' IN the city Of Wash.
ingOn.
most thorough investigation into my ohci i con.
duct, but iu the manner and by the modes secured
to me by law ana confident OF my ability TO oQn-
vince the unprcjudiced minds Of your honorable
board ully OF my innocence, have the honor 10
JAMES A. McDEvIrT.
Notwithstanding this letter of suspended
Detective McDevitt it is believed that the
district attorney and the special attorney em-
ployed by the citizens committee are dill
gently engaged in
CLASSIFYING AND ARRANGING THE EVIDENCE
received in the case against the detectives
with a view of presenting it to the grand jury.
Indeed some attention was called to section
i31, Revised Statutes of the United States for
the District of Columbia, which declares that
cit is unlawful for any private, detective, or
any member of the police force, or for any
other person to compromise felony or any
other unlawful act, or to participate in assent
to, aid or assist any person suspected of
crime to escape a full judicial examination by
failing to give known facts or reasonable
causes of suspicion, or withholding any in
formation relative to the charge or suspicion
from the proper judicial authorities, or i'll any
manner to receive any money, property, or
other compensation from, or on account Of
any person arrested or subject TO arrest for
any crime or supposed crime, or to permit
any such person to go at large without due
effort to secure an investigation of such sup
posed crime"
"For any violations of the provisions of
this section the offending party shall be
deemed to be guilty of compounding felony
and be prosecuted to the extent of the law for
aiding criminals to escape the ends of justice.
In the case of detectives, police or private,
they are to be prohibited from acting as such
thereafter"
The five men, whose descriptions were pub
lished in yesterdays REPUBLICAN, it now ap-
pears were monte men, but it seems they
didn't "worlS " any one in this city so far as
is known. They were at Ford's opera house
Thursday night and left town yesterday.