The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-03-08

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other State. WAS engaged in the dig
nified business of roofing around II
the filth and corruption of the OH
l penitentlaiy 70 procure peuurc'
r afiidavirs touching the skin cane
Tor campaign purposes, gorge'n!
! himself with iha. kind Of filth, lik
| Il buzzrId. to spew it out over th'
. democratic party in Ohio.
! The same jud ge now presiding a
this pretended trial was along will
the same Huling roofing in the samt
cess pnol procuring the s,me class
of evidence in support of what wa!
pretended to be the tally sheet ior.
gerry.
1 he testimony thns procured To-
Gated this crime rs having been
committed withia the Ohio pcniten
tIary bv cnnvict.
The men thus indicted by tcsti
mony procured in that way and TO,
that purpose. served to Indict some
Democrats.
\ political campaign was con
Quoted largely upon these iudrt-
ments. the guilt OF The men thus
indicted Was thus proclaimed thro
every republican paper. and fr"m
every stump. and the democratic
party was held up as the party oi
fraud and crime.
This testimony is now, and as
soon as it had served its purpose as
campaign document, waa whully
Abandoned.
FolloA the history of The case a
little farther.
The ju lges elected by the people
of that district were in office, each
competent to try this case, buI they
would nut do.
Opportunity afforded and this
same David Pugh is appointed by
;his partisan Governor 10 occupy
that position.
OtEer democrats are to he indici-
ed. more campaign material t" he
manufactured The in,e,es; taken
iy the appointed Pngh sknnl: have
induced hlm in all decency to have
dec iined 10 Try this c;,s, and let it
be tried l'ef1re une of the other
judges. but he did not 90 81.
ihe Ordinary grand jury drawn
in the ard inary and usual WAY could
not be relic'! upon. A specirl
grand jur, must be oalled by this
republican prosecuting attorney he
fore this specially appointed judge.
and IN county largely democratic
there was drawn grand jury OF
fifteen men by partisan Officers
with only four demo rats upon it.
This. under the circumstances, if
il is suspected that these men were
honestly drawn. must seem renerk-
able, and furthermore that the two
leading men upon that grand jury
should be found to he the employ.
ees and servants of the moving
spirit of the 50 called citizens com
mittce.
1t was mol remarkable. however
that indictments were found. the
only wonder is It more halc'l
democratic politicians were M, in
ciu,ied.
AT er the indici ments We're found
the case WIS rushed into trial more
arbitrarily. with more indecent
haste, with less regari t" he ri.h's
of the defendants than WAS any trial
OF like importance in the history ot
.hlS Siaie.
II there cculd have been any |
doubt as 10 the partisan methods |
and PURPOSES of the case in pr"cur-
inr the Indictments tie trial would i
lispel it.
To say that che trial was a irav-
sty upon justice and dl*grace to
the Jurisprudence of Ohio would be
to stale II mildly.
A confessed pefjurer whose tcsu
nnny is openly and admittedly pnr-
:husea for so much money. who-e
irs were scarcely dry from the
perjury committed in an attempt /"
,asten the crime elsewhere. is III ,de
he hero of lhe hour.
He is taken up and made the
most popular man in the republican
,artv, take :he republican newspa-
,ers and politicians for It.
The subnrdinatior of witnesses,
he ccrrunt use of money is not
,nly endorsed nut landed as proper
means and me'hnd- in ecu Is Li JUS
ice against these accused men.
The prosecuting attorney is
,ruven beyond any controversy 10
lave used money 10 employ wiIuess-
IS To swear against these nien
The rulings of the app"ih'e'! juIste
:pnn every important and miterial
IuesIlon made ;is 10 the adm >sinn
nd exclusion Of evidence vas uai-
against the accused.
Some of h,sa :u'.ngs 1t requires
he very utmost stretch at charity
% attribute 10 Ignorance AMI slui':a
" upon the part of tie NAN ap-
,,.in,ed TO try his ease.
1t is unnecessary ta ei'es'nstan-
es. Any one who vii! read the trial
5 it proceeds must be shocked apd
horough!y dssgusted with these ,