Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-04
THE U. s. A U r

1ouoIIOW lue Onlte0 states u an
jury will meet in this city and it is b
Tar the most important meeting 0
that body ever held in this State. Tn.
APPEAL does not take an ex "a irtefes
IN 1T on account Of the f-ioncous as
sault made upon its edit.r. That is :
mere minor question, cOmparet GitI
other cases requiring the attention ot
the jury, and being a short horse will
be Don curried.
There are two other cases of the
greatest Importance which the public
expect the Grand Jury to carefully
scrutlnize. One is the Coffin con.
tempt case and the other is the alleged
extortion OF money from Dan Stuar,
by the Q. s. District Attorney on
threat of Federal Interference in the
Corbett -Fitzsimmons contest.
These are the grave questions which
the Grand Jury will have to inyesti-
gate. Grave because they concern
n people OF the whole State, while
the brass knuckle assault was an at
tack made upon a single Individual.
La the Coffin contempt case, the
charge OF corrupting witnesses by
bribery and sending them beyond the
jurisdiction OF the Court, was made
by a private citizen, supported by an
f1ldav and the the testimony of
other witnesses. The person charged
With this crime is a lawyer, who
when the charge was made was q
practlcing attorney in the case, who
was endeavoring to shield thieves by
impeding the machinery of the
Courts and hampering the ends of
Justice. Notwithstanding the protesta-
tions OF official zeal, made over his
signature. the bluffs and grand stand
plays INDUCED in by the U. s. Dis
trlct Attorney, neither the APPEAL nor
the people of Carson, ever had the
silghtest idea that the sworn officer
or the Government aver wanted the
conviction Of the principles in the case
OF the parties who exhausted every
honest and dishonest mean to assist
O'ouiuS justice.
Az indictment containing a fatal de-
1ecf, was the broken mesh through
which the offender escaped the Dem
atty of crime.
Ii mat defect was the result Of an
oversight or carlessness, there was a
quick remedy in the hands of the q.
.. Attorney. He could present the
case again on information and belief
OF call for its re-submission to the
next Grand Jury. He did neither, nor
ola he cause the witnesses to De sum-
moned and put under bonds, as a man
Jealous in the lerfoImapce Of his |
duty should nave done.
The months Of delay which inter
Vened W the first failure of JUS |
lice and the ISIS suing Of s~ubpoenas for
the main witnesses, enabled the latte,
TO be spirited away to Canada. There
Is no DOUBT that they received money
10 go and a second crime was COM
mltted to cover up the first.
The Grand Jury a call for the
case, lndlct on the evidence now avail
able and call for the U. S. Govern
ment to bring the fugitive witnesses
oack from Canada. If they really wish
o make a clean sweep of the rascalI.
ring Ia this end of the State that ba-
so long defied justice and OUTRAGE
decency, they will take this course.
In the case Of extorting money from
Dan Stuart. newspaper correspoo-
have, over their signatures.
charged that the U. S. District Al
torney eXtorted a large sum of money
from Dan Stuart, by threat of Fed
eral interference, in the glove contest.
This case is a very simple ole to
handle. The check passed by Stuart
TO ~ is III the Bullion banA, and
examination OF it will show who
dashed 1t. Ii Jones had "a legal right
10 stop The fight, he was d~erilict 10 his
duty not to have done SO, and if he
had no legal right to interfere, his
receipt OF money under threats to in
a law which did not exist, was
pure and simple blackmail.
The Grand Jury has plenty of ma
'erlal to work on when it meets TO-
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