The times., 1899-03-22
DIR. sHuFELDr,s LAMENT.
Satisfaction Refused Him In the Dis
tricf and Maryland.

DR.. Robert W. Shufeldt, who has used
every endeavor for the past few months
TO have certain persons indicted for per-
jury, maintains that he has suffered great
injury through the failure of his purpose.
The story of DR.. Shufeldt's efforts in
this matter and the cause which led to Il
have heretofore been told in detail. He
accused witness in divorce suit in
which he was the defendant Of perjury
and applied to District Attorney Davis to
have the person indicted by the grand
jury of the District. Mr.. Davis, after con
sidering the matter decided that the cir
cumstances under which the alleged per-
jury was committed would not warrant
him in bringing the matter to the atten-
tion OF the grand jury. Chief Justice
Bingham, of the Supreme Court of the
District, and Attorney General Griggs, to
whom the matter was referred, approved
of Mr.. Davis course and the matter was
dropped until DIR. Shufeldt applied to the
foreman of the grand jury for the Dis
trict, asking him to- investigate the
charges he desired to submit. The fore
man of the jury called the attention of
Justice Cole, presiding in Criminal Court
No. 1, to the matter and the court ordered
the jury not to take cognizance of any
matter which did not come to it through
the regular channels, the Office of the
DR.. Shufeldt then applied to the grand
jury of Montgomery county, Md, for re-
lief and that body stated that it would
entertain his complaint and began the eX-
animation of witnesses in support of the
charge he made. Suddenly, however, the
proceedings were stopped and he was in
formed that as the subject matter, the
perjury. had been committed in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Maryland courts
n 1cn1 u+ttl tta
after several months of hard work in an
effort to land on solid ground, DR.. Shu-
feldt finds himself suspended between the
Supreme Court of the District and the cir
cult court of Montgomery county
In speaking of the matter last night Dr.
Shufeldt said that he intended no disre-
spect whatever by making an application
to the foreman Of the grand jury of the
District to hear the testimony in reference
to the charge of perjury. THE action of
the grand jury of Montgomery county,
he said, was great surprise to me be-
cause l had been kindly informed by Mr..
Davis that the charge which l wished 10
make could not be entertained by the
! District Court, and could only be properly
| investigated by the courts of Maryland So
you can imagine my surprise, when after
the Maryland courts had started the in
vestigation. they suddenly abandoned it.
Surely this condition OF things should be
promptly remedied, and ] care more about
this than anything else. Nothing is more
foreign to my intentions than to be dis
respectful to anybody in any way con-
nected with the courts of this District or
Maryland. If l have appeared so it has
| simply been because there have been so
many constructions to be placed upon the
law. Truthfuly. l can say that even now
/ have no feeling of resentment against
| anyone who has from time to time stated
an official opinion in this case or acted
| in accordance Herewith. My sole object
| al this moment is to obtain the proper
hearing and relief for my family. or, in
| other words, justice"