The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-14
WANTS JUSTICE
IN HIS BEHALF
Tyner Makes an Earnest Appeal
TO Roosevelt.
CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED
GOVERNMENTS OWN WITNESSES
SWEARING HE WAS NOT
GUILTY OF CRIMES
CHARGED.

| BY the Associated Press.
Washington, June 13-James N.
| Tyncr, who was removed from office
as assistant attorney general for the
postofiico department during the in
vestigation of the department and
who recently was tried ana acquitted
by 4 jury, has addressed a letter TO
President Roosevelt, in which he
says:
"On the strength of certain charges
contained in report by BrlstoW
fourth assistant postmaster general
| YOU gave to the press Of the country
a statement TO the effect that gross
corruption in the case Of Assistant
! Attorney General Tyner has gone on
for number of years and after re
4 ferrlng TO me as chief offender, you
say that in my case, corruption took
| the form OF flvoring get-rich-quich
concerns and similar schemes; in
other words, criminals, whom IT was
/ my SNtIu uutS w ~ poN NNNN' P'''" nv
for permission to fleece the public un.
mole3tod. After thus giving your Of
| fetal opinion as chief, magistrate Of
| the nation as to my guilt, you refer
rcd To the fact that there were three
| indictments against ne, and you call.
cd upon jury to do its duty.
mo verdict OF the jury, nor sen
tcncc of judge could have such a far
| reaching or irremediable con3e'
qucnccs for me as this extraordinary
official proclamation Of guilt by you
ana the ordinary machinery Of jus
tice is probably powerles3 to rectiiy
the injustice done
Tyner then cites the fact that upon
seeing the Statement he sent the pres
| ident a letter protesting aglinst its
allegations without having q chance
of being heard in his own defense.
He also refers to the fact that after
he was acquitted by the jury ana af.
ter referring again to his letter OF
protest says:
81 do not mean for moment to
question ihe good faith and entire
sincerity of your proclamation, | wish
merely 10 emphasize the fact that
your laudable zeal for public and OF
| fetal dcccncy has been imposed upon
You accuse me of gross corruption
/ The attorneys for the government
constantly dlsclaimcd any such
charge before the jury Yoa charge
| | was paid by criminals not to prose
cute them not a scintilla Of evidence
was offered to sustain such charge;
nor was single witness nor single
document produced TO show special
favors to '5Windling schemes, or a
single violation Of duty, Every charge
in the Bristow report in any wise re.
hecting ON me has been disproyed by
my recent trial diaproved not by vir-
: tue of the verdict, hut by sworn eyi-
dence of the governments own wit.
ncsses.
In my letter to you | prayed that
my life and mental powers might be
spared until had convinced the
/ American public, and YOU as chief
magistrate. that all my acts have
| been honest, honorable and straght.
forward, in sight of God and man My
| remaining hours are few and Though
my house Is in order and with a
clear conscience. await from day to
day the irrcyocabe summons. never
tbclcss, ! cannot close my eyes with.
ont first appealing to YOU, Mr. Pre5i
dent. as my chief accuser, to endeay.
or In SO far as you can, to right the
great wrong which you have unWit.
/ tingly done me-