New-York tribune., 1888-04-15

the succncy of the supporting evidence It has cut
cut of the Sharp four bits Of evidence, which
must not be repeated the trial Of Kerr, no one OF
which Is necessary for his conviction and has in oreot
approved all the rost, which still remains against
Kerr, though not against Richmond The evidence
Of Keenan,, even supposng he told the truth, Is I'M
necessary and can add nothing to the case against
the bribe gfvers, and, / credlby told, he MAKES
t positive condition of his return that he shall not
be required to testify against the Aldermen
Think OF It The Dlstrict-Attorney treating with
fugitive scoundrel like keenan,. by far the most IN
famous OF all the buzzars concerned In the conspiracy
who has confessed his guilt by flight, and whom, by
reason of his position in politics, not less than the
character of his crime IL ought TO be high treason to
forgive. Treating with him, too when he is OF no
earthly to the prosecution and upon terms that
an insult 10 the city. For keenan, is no common
thief, Like Fugraf and Duffy. o, no, not bit OF 10
Peach his inferior palsi Never Shall lion buy
his liberty by telling on the iackalsi Mr. keenan, 5
selfrespect is not wounded by proof that no Is q
villain, but It pains him dreadfuly TO think that any
one should suppose him mean enough to go back on
his associates.
But he might take the witness stand the trial OF
Kerr and say: ayes, did handle some money on ac-
count of the Broadway Railroad people I don't
know to whom It went"
"To whom did you give t ?"
AZ gave It TO Jaehne and De Lacy
This couldn't hurt either of them.
From whom did you get ii
at received 1t from Jacob Sharp
Well. Sharp is dead and to throw t on dead man
wouldn't hurt Kerr and for making this or some sni-
lar acknowledgment keenan, would have his liberty.
He would be once more, as Colonel Fellows puts IL,
in the home of his loves and his ambitions He
would be County Democrat Of the most approved
type, free TO go about whittier he listed to revel In
the profits Of his breweres and his liquor saloons, to
lift up and tear down candidates IS Of old and In
Short to his battle for the boss-ship Of the
County Democracy.
Nor should be supposed that for this noble emf
nence he has been In any way untitled by reason OF
his experiences as boodler and fugitive For it
would be said Of him by the practical politicians He
was an honorable boodler and a dgnlhed fugitive; do
we not all Doodle when we get the chance, and would
not all skip by the light Of tho moon II trouble
overlook US 1t Is not for US TO be casting stones
1t will bo gross abuse Of his powers as a District
Attorney If Colonel Fellows uses them to renstate
John keenan, here, matter what conditions, and
In view Of all the considerations suggested above, the
burden Of proof for all moral purposes on tho Colonel
to show that In making peace with keenan, he Is not
wfully betraylng the interests Of the city. This
trial Of Kerr is a curious thing, anyhow. Not but
that he should have been tried long ago, but the man
against whom the whole city expected Colonel Fellows
10 proceed Is Ceary not Kerr. 1t was only last fall
that the Colonel going about town declaring that
he lived only to sum up against Cleary, so anxious
was he to show that his Journey to Arkansas at tho
critical moment In Cleary's first trial due to no
other persuasive influence than an Overworked system
The political boodlers continue untouched, however,
and Colonel Felowss lance is set for that member OF
the brbe giving crowd whose punishment is OF the
least consequence the city, And II the lance does
not turn before 1t strikes the vltals of its objective
mark there will be cause for general congratuation