New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-14
COLONEL FELLOWS rs INDEPENDENT
he SAYS HE WILL GO AWAY WHEN HE WANTS TO
AND Ills NO ONES BrsINEss.


AND IT'S NO ONES BUSINESS.
Colonel Fellows got back last night
from his two weeks iaunt out Wes'
and he said he would return 10 work TINS
morning The DlstrictAttorney did not seem TO taEe
his neglect OF duty a serious light neither did hc sp
pear whit for the remarks which judge
Barrett INDUCED in when the Colonel did not turn UP
to present the cases Of the Aldermen and the clcton
fraud matters to the Special Grand Jury. Mr. Fellows
in on the 30 O'Clock train from Chicago and he
drove to hi. homo in a carriage. half dozen
porers and his assistants, Messs. semple and Parker
waiting for him at his home in Harlem. AT first
Colonel Fellows appeared to be considerably worried
but he opened the interview by asking: Have the
wheels OF the state Government stoppedl l under
stand that the wheels Of the City Government have
Well, what do you want anyway y he went on. Il
don't know what the trouble Is, because have moi
seen New-Ycrk paper and don't know what the
charge l will first say however that there seems
to have been tempest in teapot. As for my going
away shall gG just when please and where please,
and II the city don't llko It, it viii have TO get along
without lining IT, went from st. Louis TO St. Paul
to some relations whom l had not seen for a long
time and perhaps might have another chance TO
sec. have Just been gone three working days longer
than the other delegates. and what does that amount
tol The Special Grand jury was called for the con
sldcration Of excise cases, 5000 OF which have ac
cumuated In the District Attorneys Office The Special
lie matter that might be brought before It.
There is a certain Reform Club continued Colonel
Fellows with a snecr, which In December last made
charges that there had been frauds in the election
They presented their papers to. Judge MARITIME and
Recorder smyth both of whom decided that there was
not evidence to act upon. presented the evidence
to two Grand Juries last winter, and said that
there suspicious appearance it, and the other
that there nothing to act upon. don't man
ufacturc evidence. l not a detective and so lons
as am DistrictAttorney no one will be indicted on
nothing but Wild rumors. II names Of witnesses arc
presented they will be subpocnacd. Mr.. scmpc, have
any names been presentedl' -
"Yes sir' stanmcred the assistant, getting red IN
the face.
Well they should have been subpoenaed then y
AS regards his going away he said that he talked
with Judge Barrett about Il the night before he started
and told him that he would be gone ten or twelve
days Colonel Fellows further said that he was
tweny-one years Of age and he should 60 away wher
he wanted 10 without asking any ones permission tC
be allowed to do so. Il only asked Mrs. Fellows,
be said in closing.
he seemed to treat the entire matter Of Judge Bar
rets splcasure the delay the Special Grand Jury
and all with much levity as though he had been
playing Jolly practical Joke and had the best of the
laugh.
The investigation by the Special Grand jury on the
allegations Of extortlor against two Of the members
of the Board Of Aldermen will begin this morning,
unless the plans Of the DlsrictAttorney and his
sisfants arc changed. Deputy Assistant District
Attorney Macdona has examined some of the evidence
and will send some of the witnesses before the Grand
Deputy Assistant Lindsay began yesterday the
examination of testimony collected by the city Re
form Club In relation 20 the alleged frauds az the cleo
ton Of 1887 several days will elapse before any
action IS taken or this.