The morning news., 1889-02-05
NAY BE MOONSHINE YET.
ANOTHER PHASE OF THR HERRING
TON CASE COMING OUT.

The Three Brothers Charged With In
tinidattng Witnesses fired Her
rlngton 70 Hsye q Hearing To-Aor-
/ row and the Others Give Bond-Ons
ofthe Witnesses TO be Tried To-Day
/ for Co1tenpt-Comntssioner Lamar
/ TO Get al tie Facts
I Cnite1 States Commissf )rer Frank
/ Lamar viii hear a writ Of contempt this
morning growing out OF the Herrington
cases from Emanuel county. The circum-
stances OF the case, as learned from Com
missioner Lamar last night are about as
| ollows:
Last summer United States Deputy Mar
shal Goodman was trying TO locats an
Illicit still, which he suspected the Herring
ton's were operating on their plsce.
He discovered where the still was hidd N,
bat as he was about 70 leave the premises,
! he was Observed by the Herringtoa brothers,
Rowan and Ber len, and a coIored man in
[ their employ. The marshal reported 70 the
commissioner that they hai sticks a were
/ about 20 intercept his passage, when he
made as II he were about % draw a revOl-
Yer, and they permitted him to get away
As matter Of fact, Goodman says that he
was unarmed at the time, and t-at II was
only bluff he made to get out Of danger.
The officer was on foot and the negro
was mounted on q mule and hurried on to
S~alnsborO, where ne swOre out two war
rants against Goodman; one charging him
vita setting fire TO the woods, and the other
Tor carrying concealed weapons.
SHOWED HIS SILVER STAR
Goodman disposed Of the first charge by
80 Of a NEy r-ff tad
States marshal, and the next day drove
down 70 the Harrington place with Col
Alfred Harrington, county solicitor, end
satisfied the latter that it would have been
impossible for Goodman TO have fired the
woods, as a rain had fallen prior 70 the Off
GERS visit Of inspection. 1t also turned out
that the fire in the woods was accidental
and occurred long before Goodman's pres
ence in that section.
Rowan and Berrien Harrington were ar
rested, but under the ruling Of Judge Speer
a. the cases could not be tried without in
| dlctment by grand jury, nothing more
came OF the prosecution.
Last month the two HerriDgtons were re-
arrested by United States Deputy Marshal
Harris, and were bound over to the United
States court grand jury by Commissioner
Lamar. Some witnesses were subpCeaaed
by the commissioner VINO did not put IN an
appearance, and it having been alleged that
the two brothers, Harrington, and their
counsel, also a brother, Col Alfred Her
rlngton, had iutim.dated three OF the wit
nesses, a warrant vas sworn out against
them, charging them with intimldating
witnesses, and the three Harrington broth
ers were arrested las week. Rowan and
Berrlen waived examination, and gave
bond in the sum Of 500 each, to answer in
the United States courts. Col. Alfred Her
rington demanded preliminary examiua-
ton, which will be held by Commissioner
Lamar tomorrow forenoon.
FAILED TO SHOW UP.
The cOnte enpG ca which will come on
to-day is against George Dallas (coloredl
He was served with a subuOena on Jan. 81
last by Deputy Marshal Harris to appear
before Commissioner Lamar Instanter He
failed to come, as did also his wife Rachael
Dallas, served with a subpoena at the same
time.
Commissioner Lamar saws that the reason
assigned is that they were placed in the Jail
Of Emanuel county on the day the subpoena
was served upon them for an old case dating
back to 1887. Ii is claimed tnat long ago
Col. Alfred Harrington, county solicitor,
had assumed the responsibility for fine
assessed against them, and had set them to
work on his place t. work out the fine; that
they had made a crop for him and laid it
by, and had worked long enough to
liquidate the fine and costs, but that on the
day the deputy marshall subpe1aed the
man Dallas aud his wife, they were taken
into custody at 3wainfboro where taey
we're told they had to come to answer to
the old charge against them. Deputy
Marshal Harris says that the Sc was to
have been called at 10 o'clock against them
on that day, but no court was held, and he
waited to bring them to Savannah as wit
nesses. When the sheriff saw this he called
=, 4 L.. :
would be responsible for the Daliases any
longer, AID receiving a reply in the mega
tive he locked them up.
AFTER THE WITNESSES.
When this was officially reported to Com
missioner Lamar be determined to compel
the attendance Of the Dallases. and he sent
his officer back with an order on County
Judge Smith demanding the witness. The
Dallas woman was not in jail, having been
sent, it is alleged to Lumber City for
money TO pay costs in the county court, but
it is claimed that she will find another charge
against her if sue sno I'D come back
George Dallas was surrendered to the deputy
marshal and they reached Savannah lat
night, and in the proceedings for contempt
to-day the statement of Dallas and of
Deputy Marshal Harris will be taken, and
both will be witnesses in the Harrington ex-
animation tomorrow.
AOllllio5tO4lci l4diudT lulpTH0u b06
MORNING News last night that he intends
to probe the matter to the bottom, and he
will also have County Judge Smith before
him. He says at Uncle Sam VIII not
tolerate such Interference with witnesses
as has been going on in the Harrington cases;
that he Is Informed that in one Instance a
witness was kept under a shotgun ard
until too late to appear at the examination
of Berrien and Rowan Herrfngto }, and that
the witness when liberated from dursss
would have appeared before him but was
told "that paper lneaning the subpoena is
not worth -; the case is settled"
Col Alfred Harrington is very much cha
grined at the newspaper notorety and con
nection OF bis name with the case, and
denies any completely in any effort to coerce
a witness. claiming that his connection has
been that Of counsel, only, for his brothers.
Commissioner Lamar says that he will nave
every witness before him until he gets the
ck-bottom facts.
Their Only Medicine Chest.
William w. B. Miller, Deerlodge, Mon
tana, writes: