The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-10
PRISON DOORS STILL OPEN.
WOODS PAINFULLY EMBARRASSED
Though the Work of Rescue Goes Cheer.
fully On-The Indictments Returned
by Jury of Democrats and Re-
pubIicans in Good Faith.

Judge Woods, continuing his defiant, shame
less and indecent disregard of law, and the due
punishment of crime, Thursday quashed in
dictments against number of election viola
tors, the extent or character of whose crimes
has never even been inquired into by the pres
ent federal officers. 1t was enough for Woods
10 know that they were uneompromising re-
publieans. The list embraces:
Joshua Ealy, who was indicted for swearing
in the illegal vote of James Orr of Nineveh,
johnson county.
BENJAMIN T. Keaton of Nineveh. johnson
county, for swearing in the vote of James Null
llken, ayOungm man who resides in Terre Haute,
and in no sense can establish any right to
claim residence in the county where he voted.
Thomas y. Wilcox, an irresponsible mem
Der of the theatrical profession, who was
brought here yesterday, under arrest, from
the state of Ohio. where he voted at the late
election, though he boldly voted at Auburn,
DeKalb county.
Thomas Roberts Of Boswell for swearing in
John c. Anderson.
Eli KrOuse for swearing in the illegal vote of
Joseph w. True. Both voted in Jay county.
HarrisOn's Doodle organ yesterday morning
with its usual laundering and total disregard
OF truth, prints rehash OF its old hes IN a
vain effort to make it appear that the numer-
Gus indictments recently returned against re-
publican repeaters and bribers were founded
In revenge. The Journal, which always rushes
10 the defense OF republican crooks, well
knows that the jury was about equally divided
politically, and that the evidence presented to
that body against a man Tor political ofense
must have been of convincing character to
insure bill against him. 1t is true that Mr..
Bailey largely in charge OF the district
attorneys office during the investigation
of these frauds, manifested great zeal In bring
ing before the bar of justice all persons guilty
of crime. This was to his great credit. 1t is
very certain no such result would have been
experienced under the superintendency of any
republican or. for that matter, democrat, OF less
energy than he manifested In the full perform
ance of his duty. The intimation, however,
that the prosecution assumed partisan char
acter is mere rot and wholly unsupported by
the facts. All charges presented or complained
of worthy OF attention were presented to the
grand jury, and among those indicted were
number OF democrats.
No, politics did not enter the inquiry until
the evidence reached Judge Woods. Then it
played sad havoc with all further possibility
of sending 70 the penitentiary at least a few
hundred OF the several thousand republicans
whose criminal conduct secured for Harrison
the narrow plurality which he received in this
state. The fact that Mr.. Bailey nollied a half
dozen or more election indictments before
he retired from Office Is cited, for the
purpose of giving the public the impression
that that officer considered the indictments de-
the records themselves which show in each
case disposed OF on motion of Mr.. Bailey that
the action was taken on the ground that the
charges IN such were not sufficiently supported
by evidence 10 result in probable conviction.
This Is undoubtedly very strong evidence, of
itself, that the late L. S assistant attorney was
only seeking to put those men on trial who, all
the facts being known, would most likely be
convicted For of the ten or twelve indict-
ments dismissed all except one were against re-
publicans, leaving the strong inference that
those remaining on the docket should be tried
Harrison's Doodle organ wildly maintains
that these prosecutions were instigated for mo
other purpose than to embarrass Judge Woods,
Woods embarrassed" when overriding
law, trampling on common hon
esty and suppressing all conscience
In grand rally to the defense of republican
election criminals. Ii is then that he is in his
element 1t is opportunity that makes men.
il has been the recent opportunity for an ex-
ercise of wise, independent judicial integrity,
that has given this man an opportunity to es-
tablsh the character and reputation that he
has established. 'Embarrass" Judge Woods :
This is quite as humorous as that they were re-
turned to Cast slur upon Gen. Harrison
administration"
The corrupt and damnable methods en-
plOyed by HarrisOn's agents TO gain votes in
perlshable. The tactics of corruption resOrted
10 by the Dudley agencies are
weli-knOwn 10 the people of Indiana and the
country. They were even more far-reaehing
than those resorted to in the Dorsey era of
1850, the partial fruits of which Judge Woods
enjoyed In his election TO the supreme bench
Of this state. VIII his debt never be paid?