The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-29

places aao repofS 70 the deputy msnAai.
| He would 6ll oat { complaint, Which the
darky would always swear "a. The CON:
missioner would Issue the warrants. and
the accused would appear and produce
their licenses and y discharged. % AL
such cases fees 10 the amount OF 50 or 81
would be charged against the govern
meot. Witnesses were also charged Tor,
when in reality no witnesses were sim.
moned or present. The deputy marshai
swore that this was with the connivance
and approval Of ths Harshsl. The agent
Of the Department Of Justice reported
these charges conclusively pFoye1. An
other practice WAS to charge for guards
to help convey prisoners to Louisville,
when 10 fact no guards were employed
The sgent reported numerous cases where
guards we're charged for when priseners
they did of their own accord. In one
case guard wss charged Tor when the
prisoner was q blind man. In another |
case the prisoner was rs years Of age and |
could scarcely walk, and yet guard wss |
CD .rged for on the ground that the man |
was dangerous. It was shown that mile- |
age Was habituslly charged for Q greater |
distance than was actually travelled. |
These cases must have been known to |
the Marshal, because he was familiar
with the dists noes. It was established
also by overwhelming evidence,
that the Marshal caused ali
prisoners arrested in remote parts
OF the State to be taken TO Louisville |
instead Of being taken before United
States Commissioner 10 their neighpor.
hood, where they could have given bail
OF been discharged after hearing. Be.
ing carried far from their homes. these
poor people often had to lie in Jail for
weeks because they could not give bail
in Louisville or secure the attendance of
witnesse.. It was most oppressive and
outrageous hardship upon them, and the
object was simply to give al opportunity
10 the Marshal 10 charge additional and
often excessive mileage and fees against
he government. 1t was also proved
hat the law was violated in frequent in
stances in making charges against the ,
government and in payment of two sal~ L.
Iries to subordinates.
A most determined effort was made 1
y United States District Attorney Whar. ,
on to prevent these exposures and to
top the Department of Justice from
making an investigation. Tremendous
.oliticsl influence, Democratic As well as
republican, was brought to bear 10 save
durrsy from disgrace. He was, how
yer, compelled TO resign. Nevertheless,
nth this record against him on file in the
department. of Justice, he was appointed
iovernor Of Utah, and, through the in
uence OF the Kentucky Senators, con- v
rmed. 1t il charged by the Commits is
oners under the Edmunds bill that \
iurray did all he could to embarrass the n
xecu'ion of that law and bring it into a
isrepute, his object being, it was al - y
'ged, to perpetuste rather than to eradi- y
ste the evils of Mormonism. II
The Times editoriaIIy comments =
pom the news as follows: lie
The term of Governor Eli Murray, of q
lab, is about to expire. Although the Il
errltory OF Utah, like that of Kansas d
1der the pro-slavery Presidents, has i,
BEN the graveyard of Governors and o
oliticians, there are numerous csndi. =
ates for Governor Murrsy's seat By q Z
lrious coincidence, it is discovered by %
lie House committee on expenditures in o
le Department of Justice that Mr.. Eli y
Luriay, when United States Marshal e
II the District Of Kentucky, 'doctored" q
Is accounts so that they should be -
rgely increased by fictitious and fraud y
ent charges. If these things are true, 81
r. Murray is not only not fit to be p
overnor of Utah, but he should be pro,
'eded against as ap offender against the
WIS Of the United States. L
THE Chicago Times which also
tints special telegram concern
lg the exposure. and peaks in an
1itorial paragraph:
Mr.. Springer's committee has not been
ng at work, but it has already dis.
'Vered enough to show tie imperative
scessity of such an investigation. Mr..
rewster will probably put the response.
lily for the numerous steals ard misdo-
GO which will be uuearthed upon some
,dy else, but If he was not as blind as
o Goddess of Justice, whom be is sup
,sed to serve, is reputed to be, he would
I'VE detected them himself and put
op to them long ago. III
1t would appear from the above
lat the matter 10 not Of a sea-
tional or trifling character, but
the contrary seems to be as earn-lI
t as 1t is serious. IL