St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-07

order in such way that the officers OF
the United States shall have no Occa-
sion to appeal for the intervention OF
the general government, but when this
is not done l shall deem it my duty 10
use the adequate powers vested in the
executive to make it safe and feasible
to hold and exercise the Offices estab-.
lished by the federal constitution and
laws. The means used In this case.
were. in my opinion, lawful and
necessary, and the officers do
not. seem to have intruded upon
any private right in executing the
letter dated Aug. last, which appears
pealing to me to intervene for the pro-
lection of the city of Cedar Keys from
the brutal violence of COttrell, it will be
noticed, was written before the appoint
ment of the new collector. That the
officers of the law should not have had
the full sympathy of every good citizen
in their efforts to bring these men to
merited punishment is matter of sur
prise and regret. 1t is very grim com
mentary upon the condition of social
order at Cedar Keys that only woman
who had, as she says in her letter, no
son or husband who could be made the-
victim of his malice, had the courage to
file charges against this man, who was
then holding subordinate place IN the
customs service" The papers accom-
panying the message include the cOrre-
spondence between the department of
justice and Marshal Weeks and be-
tween the treasury department and the
customs officers and officers of the rev
enue cutter McLane, which was sent to
Cedar Keys. The detailed report of S.
l. Estrange, United States deputy mar
shal. who was sent to Cedar Keys to
search for Cottrell and Mitchell, with
warrants for their arrest, shows
that COttrell was not found, but
Mitchell was arrested and released on
bail. L'Estrange says that he and Capt.
Smythe. of the McLane, were victim
lied by people who failed them several
times in their efforts to capture Cottrell.
The captain of a steam launch owned
by E. Faber demanded $50 day for the
use of the vessel to make trip up the
Suwanee, where it was believed COttrell
was hiding, when $40 day, it is said,
would have been a big price. After
Mitchell's release he was reinstated in
office ;I''so one may safely infer that the
policy of Mayor Cottrell has been fully
indorSed." Not one word appeared in
the newspaper published here Cedar
Keys in relation to the diff
culties between Cottrell and the
collector. 1.-The attorney general
has been misinformed in the
matter of our searching dwellings UNI
lawfully. In every instance asked per-
mission, which am pleased to say was
readily if not cheerfully given. have
been religiously scrupulous on this
point, and Lieut.. Corden will bear me
out in the fact that we were cOmpli-
mented upon several occasions for the
unostentatiOus and orderly manner of
conducting what we conceived to be
most painful duty-but the rabble will
talk and buster" The reports of Capt.
Smythe, Of the McLane, and j. I'll.
Pinkerton, collector at Cedar Keys,
agree with the reports that have been
published. Pinkerton says: 81 heard
that Cottrell said that United States At
tOrney STRIPPING would not prosecute
him, as they were particular friends,
and l must say that Mr.. Stripping dis
couraged my action in the matter, and
advised me to wait until Cottrell made
further demonstrations and then to take
shotgun and shoot. him if he inter-
fered."