The morning times., 1896-05-09
HIS LETTER IS EVASIVE
Charge Made by Mr.. {. H. Tucker
Against Attorney Thomas.
WANTS SPECIAL COUNSEL
Renewal of Request for Permission TO
Employ Legal Assistance In the
Prosecution of the Railroad Com
punies for Violations of Police Reg
uIutions-OfiicIaI Orders Issued.

The full text of Mr. Evan II. fuckers
letter To the Commissioners referred TO
In The Evening Times of yesterday, renew
ing the request OF the Northeast Citizens
Association for permission To employ a
special attorney 10 assist i'll the prOsecu-
tion OF the railroad cases, is as follows.
After careful conside ration of copy of
the letter from s. I. Thomas, esq, Attur-
ney for the District, dated April %, 1896,
which you transmitted TO me III reply To
my letter OF March 20, 1886, permit me
TO say that MIR. Thomas, In his evident de-
sire and endeaYor to eyade the principal
argument for the designation OF special
counsel TO assistin the prose CutiOn OF cases
ia the courts in which tie interests OF the
citizens of Northeast Washington may be
involved, has overlU Uoked some of the most
important points involved. His letter is,
therefore, Incomplete, evasive aud un-
satisfactory.
Now. whether Mr.. Thomas has not had
time to inform himself in gard TO the
status of these cases, or whether he con
SiderS that they are unworthy or els IT.
tentlon, the facts are as staetd Ill my letter,
and can be fully verified by an cxamina-
tion of the docket OF the court
AFTER MIR. THOMAS.
THE citizens of Northeast Washington
cannot agree with Mr.. Thomas in the be-
lief that these cases, which were certio-
raried to the criminal court on June 20,
1895 and have thus been pending nearly
year, have received proper attention, and
we fail to find any evidence TO prove that
they have been disposed of.
while Mr.. Thomas makes no reference
whatever to the cases of Nalley, Mantz
and Markey, which were referred TO in my
letter. he states that tile cases Of Smith
and stephens have been argued and sub
mitted to the court of appeals, and thattfe
decisions of the court of appeals in these
cases will dispose Of all the cases men-
toned by me except the cases involving
the validity of the police regulation, re
curing steam railway trains and engines
TO come to a full stop before crossing rapid
transit street always: this statement is
equivalent to the assertion that the cases
of NalIcy MantZ and Markey have been dis
posed of.
BUT ONE SUIT.
Relative to Mr.. Thomas statement, to
the effect that ] am mistaken IN regard
to the cause OF delay in the disposal OF the
Injunction suits. / Will say that / referred
TO but one suit, thatof the B. & o. Railroad
Company, 10 enjoin the Commissioners from
the enforcement of the police regulation
requiring steam railway trains and engines
to come TO full stop before crossing rapid
transit street rail ways. and my statement
was based upon statements maze 10 me
by the attorney for the said railroad com
pany to the effect that he was ready to
proceed at any time and was only waiting
for the other side. These assertions were
made on several occasions, in December
and January. when il was understood that
this case was to come up. ] have no in
formation as To the subsequent causes for
delay.
EVIDENCE OF NECESSITY.
"As evidence Of the necessity for the as
sistance OF a special attorney for the
proper and prompt prosecution OF such cases
as those enumerated in my letter of March
26 is Increasing, and as no substantial
reason has been given why such an attorney
should not be designated, l respectfully
and earnestly renew my request"
gentleman named Chittenden, who is
connected with n quartZ-reducing esJab-
lishment near Cabin John Bridge, called
today at the health office with a clipping
from The Evening Times OF yesterday, Civ
ing an account of the use OF cyanide OF
potassium in the process of separating the
gold from the rock. MIR. Chittenden said
he called to say that the potash described
| is enurly too expensive for his firm to
permit any part OF it to escape into tile
| river. He explained that the acid is all
consumed in the work for which il is en-
| pioyed, and that no part Of ii csCapeS, eX.