The St. Johns herald., 1891-08-27
The Edmunds Act and U. S. Officials.

only evidence offered; was that gath cred from anonymous letters. If this be true, such men are not fit to be citizens of a free country, let alone it's officers. The administra- tion of law and justice is one pro- position the throwing open of the gates of decencv for the admission of all manner of blaokmail and spite another.-Courier, Aug. 19. Yesterday morning, as the Cour- fer man passed in front of Mitchell's real estate office, a voice was heard calling on him to enter. He enter ed, saw a well-known citizen of Prescott and ex-foreman of one of the U. s. grand juries seated at a desk, and a rather pleasant and mashing looking young man, stranger to the Courier man, step ping around rather nervously. The ex-foreman looked savage and roar ed, Anonymous letter-liar?" The son of the old man screamed-'I bet you $100; I bet you $500; I bet you S1 900 you can't prove" Here he broke off short and called in a many-times-chosen grand juror. He said to the grand juror, Now John ny, did you ever know so-and-so to happen?" The grand juror bowed his head, looked meek, and answer ed, No, sir; I never did l" Here the Courier man tried to say that he had pressing business engage ments elsewhere, but was interrupt ed by the deep bass, Anonymous letters-liarw from the lips of the ex-foreman, while the son of the old man ran to. the door, placed his back against it, and with his hand behind him on the knob and look of triumph on his face, said; I bet you slO0; I bet you $500; bet you 5000 that you can't prove" Here he was interrupted by the arrival of another many-times-chosen grand juror, when the son of the old man said to him, assuming a severe look: Now, Tommy, did you ever knowso-and-so to happenY The many-times-chosen grand ju- TOT answered humbly, "No, sir; I never did !" This performance was gone through with until there were three or four of the many-times- chosen in the room, when confu- sion worse than confounding en- sued. One man said in effect that he knew some of the grand jurors were not he virgins, but that most of them were. The Courier man tried to get out. but the son of the old man still held the door. going over his betting proposition, while the exforeman stuck to his original Anonymous letter-liar ]" text; while from theBabel otvoices of five or six men talking at once could be heard such expressions as "Re- spectable element don't endorse it," Saloon men," Granite street peo- pie, ""Whisky row." etc. About this time they all stopped awhile for want of breath, the son of the old man let go of the door knob and sank grasping into chair, the Cour- fer man bowed and escaped. It is nothing more than justice to these people to state that they challenge any proof that they, or any of them, have eyer taken any action on information furnished by anony- nous letters, and claim that they have not exceeded the bounds of the law, which may be true. But, it will be remembered that the Lord Jesus Christ was tried and executed according to law, al- though Pontius Pilate did wash his hands of the matter afterwards and it is the opinion of great many Arizonans that a thorough hand-washing is in order on the part ot people engineering the Ed