The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-07
DIR. HERRAN IS ALARMED
 BY REPORTED DETECTION
TALLADEGA MAN
 HAS DISAPPEARED

PORTED MISSING WITH LARGE
 SUM OF MoNEY-EEcENTLY AT.
 TEMPTED SUICIDE.
 Montgomery, September 6.-(Special.)- News reaches here tonight through a gentleman coming direct from Tallade- ga to the effect that Circuit Clerk J. A. Huey of Talladega has mysteriously dis appeared. and that his family and friends have been unable to locate him. He left home last Thursday, carrying with him considerable cash, it is said. MT. Huey. it will be recalled, recently attempted to take his own life but for what reason his friends have never known. He is believed to be suffering from temporary mental alteration
 MT. Huey is one of the best known men in the state and is highly respect ed by those who best know him. ---~-~-~-~----~--~~---~-~ States District Attorney Horace Speed of Oklahoma says the United States grand jury has found three indictments against Contractor Stokes and the three county commissioners for Kiowa coun- ty for making false vouchers and false certificates for the purpose of defraud- ing the government in connection with the building of bridges. Stokes is under a hoe $4500.
 The three indicated county commission ers it is said, have fled the country This action has been taken at the instance of Secretary Hitchcock as the result of an investigation instituted by him sev- eral months ago. Other arrests are ex- pected to follow.
 Garretts Letter.
 Mir Garrett replied as follows
 'Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1903. Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, Washington D. c.
 Sir: have the honor to acknowledge yours Of the 29th ultimo, reminding me of my letter of the 18th ultimo. which partially replied to yours of the 20th
 ITO enter upcn the question of personal oiscourtesy, which you raise, would, I think, involve long discussion l must, therefore, content myself with utterly 6isolaiming the least intention of dis courtesy tc you.
 q have not had the honor of much per sonal acquaintance with you. but my profound regard for the President. my knowledge that he estesms you highly snd my deep conviction of your own in- tegrity and faithfulness to your high trust, would forbid intentional discour- tesy.
 According to Custom.
 'rhe publication of the Brosius report was in accordance with the custom of the association to give to the press matters of importance in which the public Is supposed to be interested. That it cre- ated a great deal of public interest is quite evident.
 ''I am glad to have learned since the letter of MT. Brosius called the subject to my attention, that you had known something of the dangers to which he re- fers previously; and am especially pleased to know that you had taken steps to in- vestigate them, and well contented that the department should have the entire credit of it, satisfied that If we can aid in some degree in preventing the wrong that might have resulted to the Indians from being consummated; and escpeially gratif1ed if the investigators shall be ab-
  appear to be under influences from mem bers of congress interested in them and I am bound to say that insre-..rs too often seem to whitewash men utterly TIf1- fit for their positions You will observe that say seem I do not claim infalibl- ity.
 Make No Charge.
 ''We make no charge up to this time, against any members of the Dawes com mission, nor I believe does our informant Mir Brosius. whose allegations you will observe. are general in their character and invite attention to certain class of institutions with which some of them are connected as they ought not to be if they wish to keep above suspicion, because there is too much reason to believe the companies are, some of them at least, organized in part for the express purpose of proving upon the Indians.
 "Nor do I think that Mir. Brosus casts any impntation upon persons in higher positions.
 q would like to make one comment on the closing passage in your letters in which you say that inspectors and other officials should have respect and confi- dence until a clear case shall be made against them.
 Should be Above Suspicion.
 ''Ine inspector SnOulu De dDONt SuSpl- cion and where an inspector accepts the hospitality he is sent to inspect. thus taking a brbe in favor or listens only or chiefly to cae sGe or favors his congress sioral Sacker in any way, he is not above suspicicn I would not therefore put that sentence as you do, but would say that such officials should be accorded confidence So long as they are clearly honest and impartial in their inquest
 First, man who is subject to seri- ous mirg1vings in this respect should be removed at once, no matter who is his hacker fer he is no lcngsr fit for his po- sit,on.
 "I beg to reiterate my confidence in your administration, but think that the important subject matter of MT. Brosius' communication is a hundred times more import ant than the question of the court esies, much as I trust l value these
 '"rhanl<ing you for the valuable infor- ,nstion that you have kindly imparttd, l ren ain.
 Your obedient servant,
 PHILLIP c. GARRETT
 President l. R. A."
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