New-York tribune., 1894-10-31
cvyTH IS CONTEMPTUOUs.
NOES NOT DEIGN TO EXPLAIN THE
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

rnWS-THE EENOkiIh' 90 '''''
txcrs-plsREPrTABLE MEN VEL
COME AT THE DIsTRIcT-AT-
ToRNEYs OFFICE - De
CENT CITIZENS GET
sCANT COURTESY.
.. many unpleasant charges have been laid
., recorder Smyth's door since the campaign ne
nan hut he has been extremely slow IN replying
= ,,e,, Indeed he does not seem 10 think that
~ ,oon,e are worthy OF any notice on his part
- ,bev ask why he turns indicted ana con-
I'D criminals loose upon them, as II would appear
. be his custom whenever his bosom friend ana
o,orv Distrct-Attorney John Il. Fellows intima'es
,ha, he would feel obliged to him for so dong one
- tho boldest and most indefensble of these cases
vas that Of George Houghton. the convicted burg
~, whose history has been published in The Trib-
une Naturally the voters OF New-1ork. the Ke-
ns.r,s notlcal friends and opponents alike. would
MO 10 have his reasons for giving THIS convict
,ose pal Mr.. Smyth sentenced 10 five years IN
s.,s Prison his freedom. But neither the Recorder
r his friend Fellows. at whose request Hough'oh
.s set at liberty has deigned to explain
81 discharged Houghton," says Recorder Smy'h'
..rs won't be drawn into newspaper contro-
yersy. go, -, ,
o,,ons as | please is District-Attorney reilo"ss
way Of answering.
ruor-GHT HE HAD LED AN UPRIGHT LIFE
Mr. Welsh clerk of the Recorders Court was
wore obiging than the other two. He sald that
,he Recorder had been induced to beheVe thdt
uouChton had led upright life-perhaps a SIM
lo christian life" like Fellows-snce he had been
r., In state Prison for burglary A number of
,u,ah,e witnesses" had certified TO this, but who
,bev were Mr. Welsh does not say. He was per-
hans engaged in leading this upright life the night
uoughton and Robertson were caught by the de-
,ec,ives with 'jimmes' and other burglars tools'
readv 10 break into dwelling house in East Ihir-
tieth-st ,,
rp, robertson says Mr.. Welsh. tod the Recorder
.,,t Houch;on was mot blamable," as the bur
glars tools his and not Houghtons' besiu's'
,hsy had assured the detectives that the toos were
for use l.40 miles away from New-AorK' i"oSe
statements seem TO have had great weight Win 'ie
pacorder Added to this. Fellows wanted the man
released. and Houghton had warm friend III fle
,,,o" Murray the gambler, who had plenty OF
rsadv money How much of this Big Mike spent
in erecting Houghton's release has not !T, ! pTV ca
made public If Mr Weish mas - s,spend sentence
on Houghton he has left the chei Crlnl,ni Jubs Jb,
Of NewYSrk in pa1ise snape cap say H IS that he let
his convict loose to continue his calilns 1l nu.
glary please District is Nike Mur
raw II would he interesting now II ts ts onnn,n I'm
would step forward and say how much the accom-
modatior cost MIN.
LOWS
Tho release Of Colonel william Carrere the forger
who s,yinllel Mrs Dora F. Torres. was another
cs.e ordered by the Recorder on the motion oi
Distrlci-Attorney Fellows. No more accomp!Shen
and thorough rascal. probably, has preyea uPoN
this community for score of years thah Oa''e''
The only excuse given for Fellowss interest IN ms
..a~c was that Carrere Is a "chum OF fen2MS;, n,
o~t thai thev served together in the Coni ederate
army Neither Smyth nor Fellows thihKs II wo. al
vhIis 10 make pubic the reasons Whlch d0.ud ~. 49,
-hcm in extending the ciemency they sho"eu u "''
hardened scoundreL -. ~ Interesting
c.:arac,sr where Indictments have been pgeonnoGna 20
and the maicfactors are at large free 10 Sn,%Ge m
,nansaughter in February 1893 in causing tne ,i asH
Of Bertha Kern by means OF erha Iarre because
bsr hi,.b,nd is member of the TaInmany Hall
XIvh 4 AisSm1y Kenas Pisr' troFsfs EeSy
successor Tammany leader in that disIriGt Chic TO
deserve John c Munzinger and Henry w. ",
;'eardsey indicted year ago last DeceiDerh ,y ave
p"ver hscn brought to trial and do not expect to be
While Fellows Is Dis;rictAttorney They are nJ,h ih
Tamrany Hall men and were in high @ favor WI, WIN
the Harlem TammAny clique when exposure eadme. n
Why has not the chief judicial officer OF lev aew-
aSd oIN bromrhi up Bsjrict-Atorney Fellows to ey
plain why he is protecting these indlc'eu 3oiS'
WILL. sMYTH COME Up TO GOFFS LEV hN' I
John w Gon has put himself on record as de-
clarine that /, elected Recorder he Woolo "eI'.''
'Sa1k accent
which Recorder Smyth might say something
ho,,, oy,, ir ne disdains to tell why he has LETT
II, of criminals running at large. AS RecorucI
ne receives the handsome salary OF $2VW year.
In addition. he draws 5000 year once rent
under an old custom established in the roDpe'
DAYS OF Tweed: also 1850 a year Tot MS "e'N'
as a roernber ot the Board o. Sinking Fund CON-
missiorers and another $500 year az a heHipei
~ fbe Roard for the Revision and Correction OF "a
has onioyed for nfteen- years or more, Yet the
Recorder accepts references from the o,her Jui.e
Dr,,a,e law business ~ his Office. at No. S8 PARK
Row said 70 be worth to him from $loVO 10 s-''V''
n The Recorder wants to put himself on ieye, EYE
with Mr.. Gcf bis opponent Tor T.ecnpn, nr his
q. once announce That he VIII diSc3ii1l'.o, ,'
habit Of taking reference cases ana ms PiINsS,."
law practice. and " reelected that ne VIII IT, ~ y, d
capacity 10 tho service Of the city. As Recorder
6 %d a,e6d,n% ss msneT S VIII ii hd Ind ps to look
As 2 member OF the sinking Fund CoInmisssi3; on,
iDs,ares,Hnt Of the Dock Department Here would
he rich fold Cor the Recorders talents IL ncaIux
Sus1 SSH rsfeaE sSen not hodins % court % from now rni
January l. After that date he viii probably hdIs Ike
private law practice. as the voting public, whom ne
despses have about decided to turn ,he 1tcG or o
SDo.a-year little Jobs over to John W. Con.
DECENT MEN MUST WAIT; DEGRADED ONES
HAVE PRIVILEGES
The contempt which colonel John r. Fellows
District Attorney Of New-York has for respectable
citizens is shown in his treatment OF those oi ms
class who have business with him at his once IN
the Criminal Courts Building in CentTe-st. lh'y
are always compelled 10 "cool their heels III "iS
snteroom after sending in their cards. THIS is
Particularly SO II his visitors suspected OF mem
bership in the City Club. the city Reform Club'
any OF the Good Government clubs. or are thought
TO be IN sympathy with any OF the organzatlcns1
which favor homes: municipal administration anu
think II IS time to remove the clutch OF lamHlahy
Hall from the city government ,.
Not so is II with any of the notorious characters
which Tammany Hall has made conspicuous IN tils
city: II Charles silver Dollar" smith Alderman
tor. Tom Grady Paddy" Diver police
justices. or ex-Warden Fatty" Walsh, or any nke
malodorous Individual comes 10 see him Fellows Is
al smiles and obseouiousness IL isn't NECESSARY
ior Silver Dollar" or DRY Dollar or I0m, or
Facdy'' Fatty" to send in his carl fsch o'
those Is priylleged character at the Distrlct-At.