Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-06-02
CARD FROM u. S. MARSHAL
Why He Declined the PROPOSE
ton of Heney's Attorney.

EDITCR APPEAL Although averse
to newspaper explanations in the con-
Quoting Of official business, will for
once depart from a rule and briefly
reply to some statements in the Carson
Tribune, which were copied in last
EVENINGS Gazette have never so
licited the aid Of any attorneys, ex.
cepting those representing the United
States Government in securing the ar
rest Of James Heney. [ have made
and am still making diligent search
| for the man, whose arrest, am conf
| dent, is only a matter Of time. There
has heen no proposition made to me
Ivy his attorney for his surrender
| which could honorably consider or
| accept Mr. Woodburn wanted me to
appoint him deputy marshal and as
such see his client, and if he did not
produce him the Government was to
be subjected 70 no expense in the mat
tor. The idea of officially empowering
the attorney Of n fugitive, charged
with Il serious crime. to interview hi
c',art, with no assurance Of his rro-
duction. apart from the rules and reg
ulations Of the department TO which I
am attached, was too absurd aud pre-
posterous to merit serious considera-
ton. I did offer, however. to appoint
NJ Woodhurn deputy. permit him
o,r,itI 70 hin,
self. allow him to consult with his eli
emf to his hearts content and guaran-
teed that the man shonld not he inter-
runted or molested on his way to Car
son, with the assurance that he should
have ample time and opportunity to
procure bail upon his arrival there.
According TO Mr. Wocdburn's state
ment 10 me. and as he has declared
through the public press. the Only
obstacle was the fear that Honey
would be ''paraded as a criminal and
subjected TO imprisonment with noop-
portunity to procure bail. etc. That
being The case. 1 thought and still
think that my offer fully covered all of
the objections of his fastidious client.
do not believe that l was ever charg-
ed with mistreating a prisoner, and if
Heney is ever in my official charge he
will be treated as others have been. |
There will be no "narade" made of |
him. and he viii be allowed all privi- |
leges consistent with his safe-keeping |
and the requirements of the law. / /
do rot know. however. any reason, be- |
cause he is charged with stealing
large instead Of a small amount from |
the government, why he should re-
ceive unusual consideration or his ar
rest made a matter of runctilious d. !
plomacy instead of a simple process |
of law.
I am satisfied that there has been /
10 sincerity in these professions of /
willingness to produce Heney. The |
propositions to me have been farcial /
and childish. and such as those who |
made them must have known I could /
not accept without making myself ri |
diculous in the eyes of the authorities /
of my department and all sensible |
persons. My only reason for making I
this newspaper explanation is my be- /
lief that no voluntary surrender of !
Heney has been intended by those !
who have been parading the matter
for the last few weeks in the public I
press, and so in justice to myself and /.
my associates I concluded reluctantly |
to make this statement of the facts I |
neither ask nor expect any assistance
from the attorneys Of the man who is
so anxious TO surrender. but who is so
industriously concealing himself; but
I am, however, always ready and will
ing to avail myself of all honorable
means of furthering the ends of jus
tice in the line Of my official duty.
GEO. M. HUMPHREY.
United States Marshal.
Reno, May3O. 1895.