The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-13

Unltsd states Omcials vlcslsnlsoa b. the
Assadeats nh Tetled In Thslr Eaerts-
Exorbitaat Demands ftom the Captain Of
Local stsamsr-Ths Matter Efaas.
mittedt to Congress.
The ~psssidsnt's letter tsausmieNog to
the senate information about The Cedar
Ksys. Fla. matter, details the circun-
stances already familiar to the public, and
adds: 1T viii b observed that the United
States collector Of customs at Cedar Keys
had been driven from his Office add from
the town, and the administration Of The
customs laws Of the United States It that
port ~suspendsi, BY the violent demonstra.
tion and threats Of ono Costrell, the mayor
OF the place. assisted by his own marshal,
Mitchell. Il hes been necessary, and
I do think II can 30 10 In any case.
Tor . United States officer to appeal 20
local authorities for immunity from VIC.
lsnce in the exercise Of his duties. The
situation 1t Cedar Keys did not suggest Or
encourage such m appeal. Il will always
b. agreeable to me IL local authorities.
acting upon their own sense Of duty. main.
tain public order in such . way that officers
Of the United States shall have no occasion
to appsal for the Intervention OF the gem
eral government, but whom this ia not
done. ] shall deem Il my duty to use the
adequate powers vested In the executive to
make It safe aud feasible to hold and eyer.
else the Offices established 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 warrants
placed in their hands. A letter dated Au-
gust 4 last, which appears in the CORE
s%pondeuos submitted, appealing TO me to
intervene for the protection Of the city Of
Cedar Keys from the brutal violence Of
Cottrell, it will be noticed, was written be-
fore the appointment Of the new collector.
1t is o very grim commentary upon the
condition OF social order at Cedar Keys
that only q woman, who had, az she ssys
In her letter, no son or husband who could
be made a victim OF his malice, had the
courage to file charges against this man who
was then holding q subordinate position
In the customs service.
THE report Of United States Deputy
Marshal Estrauge says he and Capt.
Smythe, OF the revenue cutter Nolan,
were victimized BY the people Who foiled
them several times in their efforts to re-
capture Cottrell. The captain Of . steam
launch demanded $50 q day for the use Of
bis vessel to make . trip up the Sunee
river, where it was believed Cottrell was
hiding, whom $40 . day would have been
q big price. After Marshal Mltchell's
release he was reinstated in Office, 90
ono may safely infer that the policy
Of Mayor Cottrell has been fully in.
dorsed. The report says: sThe attorney
general has been misinformed in the
matter Of our searching dwellings un.
lawfully. In every instance I asked per-
mission, which, I nm pleased to say, was
readily it not checrfully given. Ihave
been religiously scrupulous ON this point.
But the rabble will talk and buster The
reports Of Capt. Smyths, Of the Nolan,
and j. II. Pinkerton. collector 1t Cedar
Keys, agree with the report published.
Pinkerton SAYS 4 had heard that Cottrell
said that United States Attorney Stripping
would not prosecute him, a. they were par
ticular friends. I must Gay that Stripping
discouraged my action in the matter and
advised me to wait until Cottfell had made
further demonstrations, and then to take q
shotgun and shoot him If he interfered.'"