Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
The Ingham and Newett Case,

case, Judge Mcl'hcfSOn feluSeti
the motion, and sentenced the de-
PENDANTS to Imprisonment for two
years and six months.
This conviction and sentence will
be accepted as just by those who are
not well informed, or are in sympa-
thy with the prosecutors, but all
whoI Ihavess ssimpartialIyss..fo the
evidence will not SO accept it. -.,- ,,s-.-rr
SFIt remains fact that there could
not have been any conviction with
out the testimony of Kendig, who
is a confessed cOunterfeiter and
rogue, and whose character was inn
peached by many witnesses, and sup
ported by none. He admitted on
the witness stand that he had lied
and acted a lie to Ellery p. Ingham,
and also admitted that he had known
of, and connived at, the monthly per-
juries of Jacobs for many months.
Yet this mans testimony was allow
ed to weigh against, and overbalance
the solemn oath of Ellery P.Ingham
whose high character for truth and
business integrity was attested by
the oaths of nearly all of the Presi-
dent Judges and many of the most
prominent lawyers of the city of
Philadelphia, by the Hon. Judge
Butler who presided in the United
States District Court during the
whole of the time that Ellery p. Ing
ham was L. S. Dist. Attorney, by
Judge Searle of Susquehanna county,
by prominent attorneys in Bradford
and Sullivan counties, by Governor
Stone, by eminent divines and prom
inent business men in Philadelphia,
and by five out of the seven judges
of the Superior Court, including ex-
Governor Beaver.
1t remains fact that there could
not have been any conviction with
out the testimony of McManus, who
on the witness stand, admitted that
he had lied repeatedly, and acted a
lie to Harvey *. hewitt, and this
under the direction of Burns, who
admitted on the witness stand that
he had lied-that he had lied for II
purpose; that the end justified the
means, and that he and the other
secret service men had only ceased
lying after they had Ingham and
Newett arrested. And further, this
man McMannus was cOntradicted in
material part of his testimony by
an eminent doctor of Philadelphia
whose character was above question.
'False in one thing, false in every
thing" is legal maxim, and yet
this mans testimony was allowed to
weigh against, and Overbalance the
testimony Of Harvey X. Newett,
whose high character for truth and
business integrity was attosted by
the oaths of the great array of wit
nesses already mentioned.
1t remains a fact that kendig has
enjoyed his liberty ever since he
made his charges against Ingham
and Newett, being out on S25, 1000
bail, while Jacobs his equal partner
in guilt has been kept in prison sew
en- months in default of S40,0 bail.
1t remains fact that none of the
confessed counterfeiters have as yet
been tried, or even arraigned; the
animus of the prosecution having
expended itself on Ingham and
Newett.
How a jury could convict on such
testimony passes understanding, and
how the judge could refuse the
motion for new trial is quite as
hard a problem. AS soon as the new
trial was refused A. S. l.. Shields,
counsel for defendants announced
that the case would be appealed, but
it had not been decided whether to
the United States Court of Appeals
or directly to the Supreme Court.
Kendig, the confessed counterfeit
er, who has been out or bail, left
Lancaster on Monday, expecting to
be arraigned and sentenced i'm the
United States Court on that day.
He remarked as he left Lancaster:
81 am going to Philadelphia to
take whatever sentence may be Civ
en me. | am weary of this whole
hellish business. | wish now ] had
been sentenced at the time this
thing had come out. | want it over
with as soon rs DOSSible.'