National Republican., 1883-03-06
THE EX-DETECTIVES
What Member Of the Grand Jury Says About
Their Indictments.
The Evidence was so Strong as to Com
pei Presentments to be Made. :
Let's Find Out the Intimate Connection Between the
Police and Gambler
The District Attorneys Programme for
the Extrn Term Of the Criminal Court.

In reference to the indictments against tho
ex-detectives which were found by the late
grand jury, and which have been published
in THE REPUBLICAN, it may be said that
they do not of course cover tithe of tho
robberics or the robbers, but it is agreed that
all have been indicted who could be. IL Is
the opinion of many persons that closer in
vestigatiOn would reveal the necessity for
strcter official discipline and closer attention
to correcting evils resulting from tampering
with witnesses and iuries. This latter evil is
thought to have been extensively perpctratod
in the past but will not, it is supposed, have
any bearing upon the trial of these parties,
who will thereby be tried fairly and impair
TALLY. The principal robberics for which
these parties are indicted are the Christiancy
diamonds the Fendall silverware, and tho
Metropolitan bank robbcric5 It is thought
that the connection of the detectives with
the government printing Office theft will DO
shown on the trial Of the above cases.
Meanwhile the citizens are calling loudly
for tho arrest of
MANTz AND SMITH.
There is no reason why they should not be
apprchended. They are we'll known, and if
they cannot be taken then the law ought TO
acknowledge itself powerless. And another
fact has attracted especial attention recently,
which calls for prompt investigation, aud
this touches the police department proper. 1t
has long been suspected that there was u
close connection between
! THE POLICE AND THE GAMBLERS,
and recently when preparations have been
made for rading gambling houses, il has been
! found that the information had been carried
to the gamblers in advance of the raid, and
! the places were therefore found closed, and of
course no haul was made This is said TO be
| true in regard to one particular saloon.
Every night an effort was made to
raid the place it was found closed; on
other nights it was open. Now, as tho
intention to raid was probably known only to
certain officers of the force, the information
to the gamblers must have leaked through
some one of them, and it should not be diff
cult to get at the truth in the matter. There
should be no delay in ordering an investiga-
tion at once, and the guilty party promptly
punished.
THE NEW COMMISSIONER,
Judge Edmonds, will probably give bond by
| Wednesday and enter upon his duties. 1t is
| thought that he will at once investigate the
police question, the result of which will be
the complete reorganization of the police sys-
| ten.
Yesterday q member of the grand jury was
met by REPUBLICAN reporter, and, after
some conversation about tho indictments,
| asked the reporter, "Dd we do our duty Z"
"You certainly did" was the answer.
"lt was simply matter of duty" replied
tho juror. " / would have been glad to be-
lieve that these men were innocent. | have
known them from childhood up, and their
fathers before them. 1t was personally a
painful matter to do as wo did, but we could
not help it,"
"The evidence was too clear" said the re-
porter.
"The evidence was so clear we could not do
otherwise than we did. I've lain awake at
nights thinking over tho matter and analy-
zing the evidence, II all resolved itself into
| the course we took"
How about Voss?"
ItII" There was nothing at all against Voss."
How about the rest of the jury ?"
"They share my feelings. 1t was painful
duty with us, but still a duty"
In reference to the probable time when
THE TRIALS
of the ex-detectives will take place, it may
be said that Col. Corkhill stated to REPUB-
LICAN reporter last night that tho extra term
of the criminal court will commence on Mon
day next; that the first cases taken up would
be those Of prisoners who had lain in jail
for weeks waiting for an opportunity
for trial, and that then the cases on
the docket would be proceeded with in regu-
lar order until the cases of the ex-detectlves
should be reached. He added that there would
be no delay in the prosecution of any of the
cases, but that the work would be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible.