Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-21
Letter from Rev. MIR. Avery.
ST. ALBaNs, VT. December is, 1ss

seems fitting to seek access thereto for
my statement, both as to his letter and
S some other matters.
Why ! was silent at the trial OF MIR. j.
r. Carrigan here recently. Judge Finn
I represents myself and other members OF
the Anti Saloon League as being present,
ana "did not offer to get him counsel;
did not offer, or attempt to get the one
witness" (meaning w. q. Brown who
{ lives a short distance from the jail, and
f who saw Mr.. Carrigen arrested.
Now, when the report reached me Mon
day morning, the 9TH, that Mr.. &. was in
JAIL for intoxication; also, that the story
was going around that he was a liquor
detective In the employ OF the League, /
hastened to his cell, and both from him
and The officers concerned ir his arrest,
Cleaned enough to satisfy me as to the
nature Of the alleged charge,-of being
drunk, and In the light OF what learned,
II seemed wholly unWise ano out of place
Tor the League to share in bis defense. IL
SEE med the part of wisdom for il to keep
In the background, for / doubted whether
Il would be satisfactorily shown in trial
hat Mr.. CarriRan was drunk and dis
orderly,-a ut case for arrest. Besides,
gathered from the officers account OF the
case, that large idea with them in fol-
lowing and watching him Sunday even
ing was IN form OF suspicion that he was
probably that "ghost," or "womsn
AhanEA VI sOuub ten uhyh. NOtOflttla ana
whom they looked for nightly; ana the
coincidence OF this with some Indications
OF Mr. C's. being under the influence OF
/ liquor, led them to believe they had found
the ghost" but "toOk him in" under
covert Of intoXication | felt confident
Mr.. Carrigan could not be proved 10 be
/ the much talked OF s1ghost.o Therefore
WAS hopeful, even confident, that the ex-
animation OF the prisoner would simply
4 result in discharge from custody, and so
would end the matter, and the detective
I work OF the League would remain intact. |
luasmueh as the case was TO be called /
only short time after left Mr.. C's. cell, /
l determined to remain, but only as a /
spectator As the trial progressed il be- l
came evident to myself and to others /
that the extreme pressure brought TO bear
unon the accused was less directed to the |
charge OF intoxication than IL was TO /
draw from him the most points possible |
involved In his detective work. And, as
the transition from the one to the other i
was made easy, Leading questions were
pressed and certain relations emphasized !
TO such extent that, from first to last, in
Guiding the Judges questions looking
towards "lenieney," etc, Il seemed the
trial had become little more than a vehicle
TO reveal Mr.. Csrrigan in the light OF an
Anti Saloon detective. Some body had
bitten of tine, large plum, and just how
to dispose OF II at this trial seemed the
problem. Having no counsel, Mr.. Carri.
gan unwittiugly answered, or tried TO
answer, every question asked him, until,
when ell was over, IL was clear that he
had fully revesled himself as a detective
In the Leagues interest, ande~this feature
OF the case was seized upon and emphasize
ed and exaggerated with extreme vehe-
mence by some in our city, until II was
made to appear, rs does the Judge In his
letter make IL appear, that the League bad
basely deserted the man it bad employed, !
and the emphasis as TO such alleged deser- | !
tion Is placed upon me as the Leagues
president.
Now, In the light OF all the foregoing,
Judge Films severe and unjust refiec- |
tion above referred TO certainly seems |
without sufficient cause. am unwilling {
TO even suggest malice on the honorable I
Judges part, snG.yet, there is, TO say the /
least, a strain Of bitter sarcasm, and a I
dark shading OF phrases-allusions to
some lying type writers, "hinge creak- y
ings from white sepulchres," etc.-reveal-
ing a much ruffied ami rus TO the dispar- '
segment OF the dignity OF the law, and of
Judge OF our city court.
Nov, had the League even suspected
that M, Carrigan's case would be made
70 involve more than we deemed legiti-
mately 6eonging to It., the affair at the a
hands OF TIN League would have assumed
very uiuereat aspect, and, we believe, q
wonld have reached a different outcome.
AND furtnsr, after the sentence had ,
to bis cell, a second chaTge,-of furnish !
ing" etc.-was alleged against him, and
Il was announced that he would be "heldn @
under this chi rye. And now, since the c
fact OF his being seIeetive IN the
League's employ bad become known, and ,
blazed abroad, we stood ready with the !
money TO settle said fine Nhough Mr. e. \
stoutly refused our proh,r.) But, be-
cause OF the pending cbEge, and the
prospective conviction therein, Il seemed
wisest TO await Developments, for, IL con- y
yicted, the fine would no doub equal, or 6
exceed the present one, and thetotal fines
and costs would be speedily made up. 9
Hence is apparent why the Anti Sal on /
League in this matter "stood back
nobly," as the Judge sarcsstieslly puts it.
But, al this iuncture. behold unexpected
resources The deputy brought Mr.. 9. II
into the corridor with the announcement
"your fine is settled and you are free to Z
20 where you wish.m As TO who paid u, [
or what became OF the second charge, Mr.. /
Carrigan was oblivious. Bot, as to where
the funds came from to settle that fine /,
and costs, IL appears Supt. Morrow is not !
wholly astray from the truth when he \
saws "the authorities" II what the HER /
AID AND NEWS states 10 another column 1
Of yesterdays issue Is correct viz, The l
only part The authorities took in pay
ment OF this fine was that the justice
(Judgel and officers knocked Of their
feesn (the ialicizing is mine.l "rhe :
justice and the officers, do rot they come q
under the head OF "the authorities ?" !
Their "iees Knocked rffn would lessen the \
sum total not a little; besides, as Mr.. !
Carrigan Informed me, the $3.50 we bad
given hin before his trouble begsn was
counted Ia 20 help make up the sum, 50
that the ppceeds from street sympathy" ,
AZ yon tern IT, would constitute only
small Traction OF the entire sum paid. 4,
As to TIN "street sympatby,m-I msy .
say tbst 10 omes straight that those who o
support thhliquor curse amongst Us, and
tho we're suprompt in taking the initia-
tive to relese Mr.. Carrigsn, and were
deeply concerned in getting him out OF
"durance viii, and away from the city,
lest be nigh Involve some Of them In q
mess OF un leasautness, opened their b
generous y ,urses and helped settle bis
bin with he hty Judge. let il be re-
membered tint in bis trial, one long,
bony hnger OF Csrrigan's testimony 4
pointed straiht TO the Grand Central, III
and then. on % to the Park View hotel "a
snd u may he well Tor some people TO q
have still farthr visions o' the marble h.