The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-14
GENERAL TYNER
TO ROOSEVELT
&-
President Asked to RetraCt His
Hasty Words.
VERDICT OF THE JURY CITED
WISHES TO DIE WITH HIS NAME
UNSULLIED.
VERDICT OF THE JURY CITED

Washington. June 13-James r. IyneT,
who was removed from office as assist
ant attorney. general for che DostotHce
department during the Investigation OF
the department, and who was recently
tried and acquitted by jury, has ao-
dressed the following letter to President
Roosevelt
'In November 1903, on ithe strength Of
certain charges contained in a report by
Mr.. Bristow, the fourth assistant post
master general, YOU gave TO the press
of the country q statement TO the Ell
feet that gross corruption IN tne ease on
Assistant Attorney General IyneT mas
gone on for number OF years. anu, dLl-
or referring 10 me as the CHIEF OItenQei,
YOU say that in my case the coff0ploH
took the form of taVOring get-fcn-4tlth
concerns and similar schemes lL .otliSL
words the criminals whom IL was Hla
my sworn duty to prosecute palu nm ~.
lmeD for permission TO fleece the puDilI
unmOlested.' After thus giving your Of
fetal opinion as chief magistrate or llte
nation as to my guilt you referred 70
the fact that there were three lndlcL-
ments pending against me, and you called
upon the jury TO do ats duty
Sent Letter Of Protest.
s'No verdict of jury nor sentence of
Judge could have had such 1aE-IeacIliLs
OF irremediable consequences TOT IA5 az
this extraordinary OIElclal pLCclalIlallo
of guilt by YOU. ana the ordinary ma
Chinery OF justice il probably poWerless
fully to rectify the injustice done. I'M
mediatelv upon seeing your charges III
the press ] addressed you a -eLtCT pro-
testing that on the mere say so or Ai.
Brist0w YOU had no right. without aS
first giving me chance 10 De near
I'm my defense or without confronting me
with the charges or the evidence mus
prematuTeiy and TaShly TO preJtolce me
and perhaps forever blast the s9oL name
and character which T9f nearly e-sll-s
years i have cHdeavored to establish
Unjust and Arbitrary.
when I wrote this letter I had c ~
tie hope that a mercitul ana lust Gou
would snare my life long enough 10 en-
able me to face a jury JL my peers
and Z wished merely TO record "hat j. 1l
lieved TO be q death-5ed protest as@li-71
v0ur unusual. unjust and drDlEalJ az
don Fortunately, I have nov Hau lly
day I'm court and, accOfQiHS u tAl la''
of the land have established my lllli'
rauce OF auv crime or of any ullscoh-
duct i'm office. The jury without llo-
mcuts hesitation pronounced inc iY1
guilty ON an the indictments. g.
such q verdict III d Jfldl pLOualL 81
good faith would ordinarily pe SUI
ficfent viudicatiou Of an accused parry b
but unfortunately, in this case your Oh
has such weight. and is entitled 10 nave
such weight that to many IL pracucdAy
8EeTrideS the verdict or the Jury mo-
tice that many of your friends 90 NOS
besifefe TO saw that your verdict given
. before trial is more to pe relied on tliail
the verdict of court and jury gwen dlLti
trial Against such injustice 1 nave ne
recourse, except by appealing 10 your
/ sense Of right and fair dealing.
Deceived by Bristow.
IN my letter to you of Dee. 2. 1903, i
intmaIed briefly that your actlon was
unjust AND wrong and that you would
not have taken the course you ulu iL y on
I had not been misled and deceived Dy Al9.
BriStOw's report. I charged that his re-
port suppressed the facts, CARRIED l4e
evidence. misquOted the records. MADE
untrue statements ana was in every way
calculated TO mislcad and deceive you as
well as the public. I now reaIurm these
charges and / call your attention 10 the
fact that &c is no longer merely my state
ment against Mr. BrlstOW, but. that VII
ness after witness on tne SL8nQ Lof Jt1
governments I'm my trial denied the aC-
cusati0u Jan his report. and document att
or document from the government Iles
disDrOVed his charges. I do not mean for
a moment TO question the good taith and
. entire sincerity OF your proclamation; I
wish merely TO emphasize the tacE ina
YOU have been deceived and that your
iaudable zeal for public and official de
ceucy has been imposed upon. You aC-
I cuse me of gross corruption The aLt0r-
news for the government constantly dis
I claimed any such charges before the
Jury. You charge that ] was paid by
criminals not 20 prosecute them, not O
scintila OF evidence was offered to sUs-
Z tain SuCU a. charge nor Mdn n hiilElt UUC-
ument proaUced 20 show special favors
/ to swindiiug schemes or single viola
T ton of duty. Every charge iu The Bris-
tow report iu 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 to Retract.
Gin nay letter To you / prayed that ms
life and mental powers might be spared
until II had convinced The American pub
lie and YOU al chief magistrate that All
mv acts have been honest honorable and
STRAIGHTFORWARD ia the sight of God and
{ man. My remaining hours are few, and
though mv house is in order and with
1 "a clear conscience I await from day Ga
dav the irrevOCable summons ncverthe-
/ less + cannot close my eyes without FIRST
appealing % you. Air- President. as mas
/ chief sccuaeT. 90 endCavur in - TAR as
+ you can to right The great wrong which
5 you have unHittingiy done me,
DROPPED DEAD.
ST. auis June ls-Layfon j Large
AGED wealthy real estate dealer ~
Fl. 9