The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-04
STILL AFTER HIM.


over estimated its power and infiu-
ence with Congress in the matter
of the reputation Of our beauteous
Governor. As our readers are fully
aware, we have lsbored long and
hard to prevent Mr.. Springer and
his committee nosing into the Off
cial conduct of Murray while Mar
shall of Kentucky. We have begged,
pleaded and threatened, and were
upon the point OF denouncing
the men engaged in this overhauling
of old lineA, when the investigators
halted, and We thought nothing
more would be heard of malicious
prosecutions, padded pay accounts,
stuffed expense bills, elongated mile
age returns, and so on; but all at
once comes the announcement of
another dive into the business.
Probably the committee thought
THE HERALD had forgotten the in
curry, and it could safely unearth
some more facts. We find In the
eastern papers of the 26sh of Febru-
airy, the following. sho wing how vain
and misplaced was THE HERALD's
confidence in the belief that it had
put permanent quietus upon the
Investigation;
Mr.. George z. Chase. Of New York
Oity, formerly an examiner OF thu De-
partment of Justice, was examined in
regard to his investigation of the official
conduct of ex-Marshsl Murray, of Ken
sucky, now Governor of q ali. The
witness was Of the opinion that the ex-
Marshal was totally unfit for the position
he had held. Mr.. Chase said sthst there
had been an arrangement between 81.
Devis, deputy, and Mr.. Murray.
whereby there should be one case day
for alleged violations of the internal
revenue law. The deputy, Mr.. Chase
testified, would 90 into saloon, knowing
that tina owner had license aud il 1t
could not be seen would ask where it
was. st guess you had better call at the
Nsrsbal's Office; there's sn indictment
against You." Mr.. Devin is reported as
saying when informed By the saloon
keeper that his license was not IN sight.
The witness said that such cases would
BE- finally dismissed. but each of
them would cost the government $40
or SIS before they were disposed of.
Marshal Murray afterwards wanted to
pay Devin q salary, Mr.. Chase asserted,
and the latter objected. As a result of
the disagreement the arrangement was
broken and the deputy informed the su-
thorities of what had been done. Mr..
Murray was reported to have denounced
Devin and to have denied the dtputy's
statement that an arrangement existed
between them for the express purpose of
securing fees. Mr.. Chase further testified
that witness fees had been charged under
Mr.. MurraE's administration when there
lad been no witnesses, and that prisoners
had been taken long distances that
larger fees might be made. When the
statement of the deputy marshal was
made public the witness said that Mr..
Murray made every effort &c sustain him.
self nd called upon General Grant for
assistance. A letter from Attorney-Gen-I
Murray asking him to resign. He COM
p4i00 WILL tu0 lC4aCek ouo ILL OhoeO Soio
the matter was cropped.
This may be awful funny to,
Messrs. Springer, Chase, ct al, but
we can tell them it is not at
all amusing to US in Utah.
We ask these gentlemen to put
themselves in our place, and then
say how they would enjoy the affair.
How would they like to have Gov.
ernor in whom their hopes were
centered, the most beauteous crea-
ture of his sex in the universe, the
bravest of his race, and the most
heroic man since Winkleried,-we
ask, how would they like to have
such a Governor assailed and MAJ
ligned as they are assailing and
maligning Murray? In the name
of beauty THE HERALD requests
them to stop short in this annoying
business; let US forget the past, let
bygones be bygones, and go on ad-
miring our Eli.