Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15

Himself Under oath
The GLOBE had no idea that its old friend
Judge 7. ]. Mackey was an attorney for the
man Hudson, under indictment for CON
spiracy in the now celebrated Pickford
arson case. But the judge in person 10 ape
pears, telephoned District Attorney Talbot
10 come to Washington and bail Hudson,
who was in Jail, OF he, Hudson, would tell
ALL" This whole business becomes blackcr
and more damnable the more it is invesu-
gated The article u last Sundays GLOBE
has called out reams of correspondence
from people familiar with the great outrage
and Mr.. Pickford will find IL impossible 90
let the matter drop with his yindication by
the courts and the ventilation of the con.
spracy in the newspapers. There is "a duty
Mr PiCkford owes the community which
he will be compelled 10 perform, whether
the same is distasteiul or otherwise Iu
other words either before or after the com.
ing trial of Hudson and Hopp for conspiracy
TO blackmail, rigid investigation into the
connection of District Attorney Talbot
with the preliminary stages of the case and
his securing Of am indictment against Mr.
Pickford and the other three gentlemen for
the crime of arson must be had.
In what form or manner this investigation
will occur, whether in proceedings for dis.
barment or the presentation of the facts 20
the grand jury, the GLOBE is unable TO
state, but that some action will take place
to thoroughly clear up the infamous out
rage to which Mr. Pickford, Mr. Walter.
Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Shaw were sub.
iectcd in their arrest and indictment By
District Attorney Talbot for the heinous
crime of arson that official can rest assured
as the GLOBE is in position TO auth0rita-
lively state that the ventilation of the CON
spiracy in the press will not be accepted as
full reparation by the victims of Hudsou's
perjury; neither will his and Hopp's con
viction and punishment satisfy the ends Of
justice,
The case stands thus:
(L) On the bare testimony of a man with
a cloudy reputation, given secretly and
before a grand jury la the state of Mary
land, four respectable citizens of this Dis
trict we're arrested on an indictment for
arson secured by District Attorney Talbot
in Montgomery county.
(2.) AT II o'clock at night the agents of
the district attorney proceeded 20 make the
the arrests, so that the accused persons
would have to be locked up without bail
l3.l In the development of the subse.
quent proceedings IL was testified To-. In
open court that this man Hudson had re.
ceived various sums of money from Dis.
trict Attorney Talbot. and that Mr. Talbot
had even given him check for SIS
a. When Hudson laid In the District
jail unable to furnish bond he instructed
his attorney Judge r ] Mackey to inform
MI Talbot that if he Talbot did not se-
cure him a boudsman, he .Hudson) would
tell all" and expose the conspiracy by
which Pickford and his companions were
charged arrested and indicted for the
crime of arson
l5) Whereupon Mr. Talbot came 90 the
city and secured Hudsou's release on a
bond furnished by the Union Security Com
pauy, for which the said company was paid
sIoo
TO- )sWhen Hudson and Hopp were given
their preliminary trial Mr. Talbot stated
on the witness stand under oath. aud iu zee
ply TO the questions OF the prosecuting at.
torney thusly Page o2i Testimony Ueited
States vs.. Hudson and HoppJ
Mr. Talbot "I think had a headache.
I took lunch with Mr. Hudson have
given Hudson some money
Asked if he had given Hudson a check
Mr. Talbot said.
''No, sir, money. 7 am sure it was money.
The prosecuting attorney pressing the
witness asked specifically If he .Talbotl
had given Hudson a check for SIS 90 which
Mr. Talbot finally replied after much hest.
tation, yes. did give that -- he was IN
danger of losing every thing, and the old
man appealed TO me very strongly and
helped him
Mr. Talbot was permitted to explain
why he gave Hudson the check for SIS, and
his explanation was that Hudson's condi-
tion appealed TO him.
lz) Now 1t will be noted that it was
on Hudsons unsupported testimony that
Mr. Talbot secured an indictment against
Pickford WALTER ct aL II will also be re-
called that in last Sundays GLOBE this
man Hudson and his co-consDirator Hopp.
attempted TO biackmail Pickiord, and that
they are now under indictment for that
crime The conspiracy against Pickford
et al was predicated upon the allegation that
insurance amounting TO s2I 600 was col.
lected upon property destroyed by fire, and
that Pickford had hired the other persons
mentioned to set FIRE To the said property.
which had previously come into the
possession of Pickiord by purchase
When Hudson and Hopp failed IN their
blackmailing attempt on PiCkford and were
indicted by the grand jury for the crime.
Mr. Talbot who by this time was fully
aware of the character Of his only witness.
Hudson, still persisted In trying to hold
Mr. Pickford on the indictment found on
Hudson's testimony and at the same time
refused TO try Pickford to jury and had
the case postponed at every term Of the
court from the finding Of the indictment
until the judges from the bench on the 22d
Of November last peremptorily ordered
him to try Mr.. Pickford and produce his