Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-21
Says PRESIDENT
HAS WRONCED HIM
TYNER REQUESTS ROOSEVELT
TO RETRAcT CHARGES HE
MADE IN PERSON.
NOT SATISFIED WITH
TECHNICAL ACQUlTTAL
Former Attorney General for Post
Office Department Says That in
Light Of His vindication by a
Jury He Is Entitled to It.

Jury He Is Entitled to It.
Washington, June 15.-Mr. James N.
Tyner, who was removed from office as
assistant attorney general for the post
office department during the investiga-
ton of the department, and who recent
ly was tried and acquitted by jury, has
addressed letter to President Roose-
welt. He reminds the president that he
gave to the press of the country state
ment to the effect that gross corruption
in the case Of Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Tyner has gone on for a number Of
years" and, after referring to him as
the chief offender" said that in his
case the corruption took the form of
favoring get-rich-quick concerns and
similar schemes; in other words, the
criminals, whom 1t was his sworn duty
to prosecute, paid him. for permission
to fleece the public unmolested."
Has Been INDICATED by Jury.
Mr.. Tyner says that coming from the
president this has done him great harm,
and he asks that the president do some
thing to right the wrong he has done.
Concerning his trial Mr.. Tyner says: II
asked not for an acquittal, but for a
vindication; and, so far as possible,
every act of mine, referred to in Mr..
Bristow's report, was placed before the
jury fully and exhaustively. The jury
without a moments hesitation pro-
nounced me not guilty on all the indict-
ments."
Continuing, Mr.. Tyner says:
Seeks Further Vindication.
"Such verdict in a trial brought In
good faith would ordinarily be suffi-
cient vindication of an accused party
but unfortunately in this case your Off
cial proclamation of my assumed guilt
has such weight, and is entitled to
have such weight, that to many 1t prac-
tically overrides the verdict of the
jury. notice that many ofyour friends
do not hesitate to say that your YER
dict, given before trial, is more to be
relied upon than the verdict of court
and jury given after trial. Against such
injustice have no recourse, except by
appealing to your sense Of right and
fair dealing.
"In my letter to you of December 2,
1908, intimated briefly that your ac-
ton was unjust and wrong, and that
you would not have taken the course
you did if you had not been misled and
deceived by Mr.. Bristow's report.
Good Faith Not Questioned.
II do not mean for a moment to
question the good faith and entire sin.
cerity Of your proclamation. wish
merely to emphasize the fact that you
have been deceived and that your laud-
able zeal for public and official decency
has been imposed upon. You accuse
me of gross corruption" The attor-
neys for the government constantly
disclaimed any such charge before the
jury. You charge that I was paid by
criminals not to prosecute them Not
scintilla of evidence was offered to
sustain such charge, nor was single
witness nor single document pro-
duced to show special favors to swim
ding schemes or single violation of
duty. Every charge in the Bristow re-
port in any wise rejecting on me has
been disproved by the recent trial
disproved not by virtue of the verdict,
but by sworn evidence of the govern
ment's own witnesses.
Asked That Wrong Be Righted.
in my letter to you, prayed that
my life and mental powers might be
spared until had convinced the Amer
lean public, and you as chief magis-
trate, that all my acts have been hon
est, honorable and straightforward, in
the sight of God and man. My remain
ing hours are few, and though my
house is in order and with clear con-
science await from day to day the
irrevocable summons, nevertheless l
cannot close my eyes without first APP
pealing to you, Mr.. President. as my
chief accuser, to endeavor in SO far as
you can. to right the great wrong
which you have unwittingly done me-
E.