The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-07
The Lot Wright Investigation.

CfNCINNATI, Jan. 6.-The congress
sional committee are examining into
the appointment of United States
deputy marshal in this city at the last
October elections, resumed the exami-
nation of Marshall Wright this morn.
ing. The general method of the ques-
tioning WAS to read the names of the
deputies appointed, one by one, and
ask the marshal ii he knew these men,
where they lived, who recommended
them, and then Mr.. Follett would ask
ii the witness did not know they we're
thieves, murderers, ex-conv'ots, Just
out of jail or the work-house,
prisoners charged with crimes, etc
Witness, in most cases, could not reCol-
lect the persons asked about, nor who
recommended them, but said it was
possible that some were appointed who
were not recommended at all, though
his aim was to get men qualified for the
work. In reference 10 one coiored man
he said ho knew he was reported To be
A BAD MAN,
but did not believe the reports we o
well founded; at any rate, ne
was II man well qualified to
meet the emergency which call d
for the appointment OF deputies, namely
tho danger of repeating. lie was aware
that some of his men were not strictly
pious, but in making his appointn ents
he had regard to the elements his depu-
ties would have 10 deal with. lie had
never heard of single instance, whel o
any deputy had in any way prevented "a
citizen from casting a legal vote.
Mr.. Follett asked IL he did not know
some of his deputies were keepers of
"CRAP HOUSES" AND Low DIVES.
Witness replied that he did not know
the meaning of these terms. In the APP
pOintment of so manv In so short time
IL would be difhcult to get any with a
perfectly clean history. A man may
have been in the penitentiary, and still
be good man for deputy marshal for
an election.
Mr. Follett:-"Yes, Isuppose q man
may have been in Jail yesterday and be
saint to-day"
wright:-"A man may have been in
jail yesterday and may have been a
saint yesterday"
effort to get good men,an most OF them
were such.
Mr. Folott asked how many of the
600 revolvers distributed had been ro.
turned.
Witness said between 800 and 400.
"Still," said Mr.. FOllett, "you had
good men, who retained nearly hall
your revolvers."
Witness stated that he expected tC
get more of these reyolv.
ers, yet he admitted having
appointed three deputies 10 serve in
Reading, which was not city of 20,000
and from which he had no written ap
plication.
Witness knew of tho law; he had
power to send deputies to everv place IN
the Southern Ohio district, but would
not be entitled to allow pay for such ser
vice. He denied having had consul
tation with Butterworth and Brown, ol
with the Republican committee, exoep
in a casual way. In general, he followed
his own Judgment. He denied tina
there was n plan agreed upor
alter consultation, to appoint as many
ex-policemen as possible, which was at.
terward abandoned and the other plan
adopted. He took some advice about
appointments from II. q. Rathbone, o
the pension department, who was also |
general deputy ufhis, having been ap
polluted some year or more ago.
Mr.. Follett asked ofwitness II he ap
pointed any deputy marshals who Wei
Democrats, knowing u EN- to be such
without q stipulation that he shoulS
vote and work for ut least one Repub
loan.
Witness said he made no such stipu
Ilation. lie appointed one Democrat
lW. IL. Adams, In the Twentieth ward
expecting him to vote the entire Demo