The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-12
Are Yerkes' Myrmidons
Cussing HoIton Out?
WHO'LL He CONVICT?
And if He Convicts Anybody Will He
Lose His Political Head for Being
too Dumbed OfficiOus? !? Alas
for This Modern Ho-
ratiuS,

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro n. c., Sept. 11.-There
we're no new developments yesterday
in the Federal court realm. Every
body connected with either the Reve>
nue. Department or the Department of
Justice was quietly and properly en
joying Sunday rest. Today things
are equally quiet, and no more reports
of eloping defendants have reached
headquarters here. Saturday night
there was wholesale mailing from the
clerks office of capidses for the arrest
of parties indicted. Aside from the
reported escape Saturday of Hasty,
Bryan and Hardin at Wilkesboro, there
| has been no further excitement in the
| marshalS office.
That there is tremendous hard
road to travel ahead for the District
Attorney before he gets anybody con-
Victed, seems now to be assured. He
came back last night, and is hard at
work today locked up in his office,
| looking over the lay of the land, scr
he begins to realize, it is said, more
than ever before, that the turning
point of his political, professional and
| official existence has about arrived. He
| will realize it more than he has ever
| yet done when he reads the following
marshallng of impediment a con-
! fronting him, politically and other
| wise.
Going to SqueHl.
AS to the indictments found by the
! grand jury, so far as the revenue OFF,
| GERS are concerned, it will not prove
| far from the truth to predict that be-
| fore the conclusion of the matter other
| people are going TO get into trouble.
! Already can be heard complaints from
thnCo Indicted THAR friends that
officers have been allowed to escape
| who were equally guilty of offenses al
| legged to be crimes. Detailed mention
| of offenses committed by those not in
| dicted by those who are, is exactly
what is necessary to bring about and
(! develop evidence sufficient, or tangible
| enough to secure the indictments. This
may be the very object of the Depart
ment of Justice officials. At least it
| is a charitable construction.
1t had been thought that
the friction between the IN.
| ternal Revenue forces and those
| representing the Department of JUS
tice. or to be plain the fight of the
revenuers and distillers and their po-
litical bosses or creatures as the case
may be, would certainly cease, when
| it became known of 9ll men that there
was no doubt of the wholesale dcrelic-
ton of duty on the part of many in
regard to the observance of enforce
ment of the internal revenue laws III
| this district. But this seems also to
| have been a mistake. 1t was perfect
| ly natural, while these matters were
| under investigation by the Department
| of Justice detectives from Washington,
| deputy collectors under fire in Varl-
| Gus localities should have had men
employed to follow up these detectives
and try to discover, If not to thWart.
| the object of so much activity. IN
| two instances it has become known
| that even lawyers representing them
| took it upon themselves to follow III
| the wake of these department repre-
| sentativcs They even went so far rs
to demand of the solicitor of the Su
! perior court at a very recent term OF
court in Wilkes county, it is well es-
| tablisher by reliable report. as t. have
| a bill of Indictment drawn and pre-
sented to the grand jury against these
! detectives. charging them with subor-
! dination of perjury or other offense
| against the laws of North Carolina Il
| is also said that if such bill had been
/ sent, the grand jury would unques-
tionably have returned true bills but
| that the solicitor refused to take the
| initiative, saying to the agents or at
torneys of the complainants: You
must proceed in the regular way in
| this matter. If there has been law
| NlOIdIcu, MAKE yOuI +CoiltpidiAil uCL'lC
| a Justice of the peace and have the
matter sent up to court. and it Will
| become our duty to draw a bill and
| prosecute. or make your complaint be-
| fore the grand jury. If they return a
presentment it would be my duty to
draw bill and prosecute. but what in
the world would 'Prisdint Rooservilt
think of me were ! to bulge forrerd
and indict two of his own riprisinti-
tives in my court" 1t seems now. how
! ever. in the light of recent develop
ments. that not only the subordinate
officers in the service here who wera
under investigation resented enquir-
ing into their conduct. but that tna
revenue department itself was taking
hand and that in the legal fight to
come all it's force and influence will
be given in aid of the defendants
NU IN tie Miro.
The revenue agent here is
indictments We're returned Sat-
urday. that if all who have returned
fraudulent expense accounts, or ac-
counts for evnenses above those actu-
ally incurred are to be indicted. no
man in the service will fail of persecu-
tion or prosecution When Deputy
Collector Samuels was arrested here
Saturday. indicted in twenty-five sep
arate counts charging forgery. con-
spiracy. false vouchers and false ra-
ports of captured stills. and already
under sentence of the Superior court
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