The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-03-06
LONGSTIsEET'S MANAGE
MENT.
Serious Charges Made by Emo
ry Speer Before the SpFin-
ger Committee.
Special to New York Tribune.

"A'USO i"o9 "0CA vi E'hoIy Cpeel'
United States attorney for the nor
thern district of Georgia, showed i'll
clear light the efforts made by At
torney General Brewster to purify
the administration Of justice in the
south. MIR. Speer was appointed
United States attorney in March last,
and since that time has been most
constantly engaged in court, winning
great number of verdicts for the
government. According to his testi-
mony General Longstreet, the Uni
ted States marshal, is incompetent
to discharge the duties of his Office.
Mr. Speer.stated That he had received
every possible encouragement from
the attorney general in correcting
such abuses as had crept into the
service, but that in every direction
he was thwarted by the open disloy-
atty of the marshal toward the gov
eminent. General Longstreet he
said, lives at Gainesville, fifty miles
from Atlanta, and never reaches his
office until II o'clock in the day. His
deputies are in many instances men
OF bad character. One vas indicted
for perjury; another while drunk ar
rested a man whose wife had refused
TO cook some eggs for him. The
marshal swore out warrant against
the husband for obstructir:S NJ Off
Ger in the discharge of his duty. Two
other deputies are prosecuted for
firing of their pistols in the passen,
ger-cars OF the train in q drunken
frolic.
The escape of prisoners from the
custody of the marshal has been re-
peated. A short time ago w. G.
Finley and his son James, together
with Others, were tried before Jury
In the circuit court for firing the
house of Deputy Collector Stewart
10 Fannin county and destroying
several of the outbuildings, and for
firing volleYs of bullets and buckshot
into the house, wounding the son of
MIR. Stewart, who had ofcnle them
by the viligance with which he had
enforced the law. A long and ex-
pensive trial ensued. The attention
OF the marshal in charge of the pris-
oners was called TO the fact that they
were both armed with pistols, but be
made no attempt to disarm them
A verdict of guilty was rendered by
the jury. The two Finleys there
upon drew their pistols. rushed
through the jury and made their way
down stairs. One OF them escaped
and has never been arrested.
Deputy Marshal Ora wford was in
dic,ed for presenting false accounts
for his services as United States mar
shall. General Longstreet permitted
him to GO fifty miles from Atlanta for
the purpose of obtaining bail, and
when he reached his home he easily
escaped from the deputy who bad
hlm IN charge, and has not since
been rearrested. Longstreet, on b =
ing told of the prisoners escap..
simply remarked: "Well, I don't
think he has done anything anyway"
Deputy-Marshal James NJ. Robin
Ron was indicted for presenting false
accounts to the government. Henry
jackson, well known lawyer, was
employed to defend him, and Geaer-
al Longstreet and ex-Martial Fit
simmons agreed to become responsi-
BILE for his fee. Before Robinson
went to the penitentiary he left a
check for 5000 with General Long
street for the purpose of paying Mr.
jackson. Some time ago the case OF
the United States against William
Ii. Howard, charged with robhino
the mail, was called for trial. While
the jury was in the courtroom. and
In the presence of the people. who
had gethered in great numbers. B
+. Sloman, without yany atteiapt al
concealment. tried to bride and COZ,
rupt the jury. Sloman was indicted
for this by the grand jury, and ,
bench warrant was issued and Dlac
ed in the marshal's hands. A depp
ty marshal found the hiding place O
sloman and offered to arrest him
Thereupon John Longstreet, a son O
General Longstreet, demanded III,
return of tho warrant, which the dep
uty, of course, surrendered. No
the slightest effort seems to hav,
been made since then tn ar,as
Sloman.
Other cases in which the marsh
allowed prisoners to escape were cit
oil - NJ, O.