The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-04-05
Not Guilty Of Bribery.
But a Few Moments to Rem
der the Verdict.
fhe Court House Crowded-Main's
Testimony Unworthy of Belief
The Verdict of the Court APP
proved by Republicans and
Democrats.

For some weeks past, the citizens of
frederick County have been greatly
agitated over the so-called bribery
cases. Mr. Tobias Main, a resident of
Middletown, accused Messrs. Delauder.
House and Morrison, three of the
Board of County Commissioners, of
having accepted bride of one hun
dred dollars each for making him SUI
perintendent of Montevue Hospital, in
this county. Main went before the
Grand Jury, after he had been notified
that some one else would be appointed
superintendent in his place and swore
to such statement as justified them
in bringing in indictments against
the three Commissioners. AS this was
the first time such thing had ever oc-
Cured in the County, considerable ex-
citement was occasioned. The Com
missioners were indignant at the
charge and openly declared the state
ment to be not only an outrage, but an
Infamous lie. 1t was justly stated in
their behalf that if they had taken
such bride they would not have been
so foolish as to have insisted upon the
removal of Main even though they
may have considered him incompetent
and unsuited for the place. The Court
seemed determined to sift the matter
and gave the State every chance to
fairly present the charges. TO this end,
Hon. Milton q, Urner, the most prom
inent Republican member of the Fred
erick bar, was appointed to assist
States Attorney Eichelberger. Messrs.
Motter, Maulsby, Stoner and Sebold
were employed by the Commissioners.
The case was called on Friday last.
Judges McSherry and Lynch were on
the bench and the Court House was
crowded with citizens from all parts of
the county. The testimony of Mr..
Main was of the most confusing and
contradictory character; he was not
able to remember anything about the
time or place when the so-called bribe
was given. Mr.. Mains testimony was
of such character that men of all
shades of politics freely admitted there
was not one particle of evidence to
sustain the charge. The testimony of
other witnesses proved most couclu-
sively that he had not made a single
statement that any jury or court would
believe, or upon which anything but a
unanimous verdict of not guilty should
be rendered. The States Attorney and
his able assistant did not hesitate to
show that they had no case and allow
ed the court to enter plea of not guilt
ty in all cases against the Commission
ers. Of course, the case against Mr.
MIR. Main was dismissed, as he would
have had the right to have called the
three Commissioners, whose testimony
would have cleared him of the indict-
ments rendered against him by the
Grand Jury. Thus ends the famous
farce, which in the first place was
magnified to an unfair extent, with
the hope that il might reflect upon the
present administration of party affairs.
The appointment of Mr.. Main was
unfortunate and was only advocated
10y few men who were dissatisfied
with party management. TO the credit
of the vast body of Republicans, We
must say, that they have acted with
great moderation and have not hesita-
ted to announce the fact that nothing
but a verdict of not guilty should have
been rendered. Bnt few of the wit
nesses against Main were called in
the case.
Some of the witnesses who testified
in the above trial, were Messrs. Thorn
as Doughterty, George Main, p. Han
son Bussard, &. G. Maught and G. L..
Chilean.