The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11

phase for publication. It would be
d1scourteous to the court. What ]
| have said / will stand by. What |
would like to say Is another matter.
l will repeat, however, that fiction
knows no story equal to the cold
FLOODED facts in the conspiracy which
has been proved in this case, and ]
shall always consider myself amply
repaid for my work in this matter if !
get nothing more out of it than the
satisfaction of having been a player
in what l consider the most dramatic,
intense, intricate crime in cunning
ever brought before any court in my
time"
That Mr.. Earle put this "crime in
cunning squarely up to President
Roosevelt soon after he learned of il
Is proved by his letter dated Septem.
Der 81, 1906. in which Mr.. Earle, ad-
dressing the President by name, said:
Il have all the details of this con.
spiracy. I believe l know the indi-
viduals responsible for it.
II represent but q body of innocent
stockholders and creditors who have
incidentally been crushed by an effort
to plumber the whole people. You
represent that people. I imperative.
ly need your aid and cooperation.
With 1t I feel assured that justice will
be done; without it I may be myself
crushed In the effort to obtain that
justice for the smaller body which i
represent: but with it or without it,
no consideration that 1 have been
able to give this subject has enabled
me to feel that I can possibly absolve
myself from the duty of going on
with you, If such good fortune awaits
me; without you, must act alone.
Documentary Evidence.
Il have not gone into the details
of this matter. The details l have,
and they are at your service, or that
Of the Acknowledgement of the United
States. Of course you will under
stand that all this I have upon infor-
but one of the peculiarities
of this crime has been that the par
ties engaged in it. whether made reck-
less by past successes and immunities |
or not, have left a perfectly incon-
ceivable amount of documentary evil
dence of what l believe to be their |
crimes.
Il am overwhelmed with the duties
OF this receivership. 1t is compli-
Gated and trying beyond words. But
trust that you will understand that
shall at any moment give up any
time necessary to inform you of the
conditions that l have found exist.
ing"
Earle Appealed to Moody.
President Roosevelt acknowledged
q in$ Of IN, I
his secretary's secretary. Six weeks
later Mr.. Earle addressed last ap-
peal to the then Acknowledgement.
A. Moody, who now sits upon
the Supreme bench of the United
States. In his letter of appeal Mr.,
Earle gave Acknowledgement Moody
an outline of the Essential evidence
n his possession, and in closing said:
Standing alone, is this case that
he Government of the United States
AN afford to ignore? Has there ever
)een another like it in wickedness?"
In justice to Mr. Moody, it is right
% set out with particular emphasis
he fact that he was then about to re.
ire from the Roosevelt Cabinet to &C
lpon the Supreme Court bench
1t was agreed by all parties con-
'erned that it would be manifestly
improper for him as Attorney-Gen-
,ral to pass upon a case which he a.
Justice of the highest court in the
and might later have to pass upon as
Judge.
Months later Acknowledgement Bo.
after carefully reviewing the
correspondence and without calling |
or the more detailed evidence az
land and at his service, solemnly :
Trote to Mr.. Earle, setting out his
elief that the Knight case finally :.
isposed of the matter under discus
ion. That was the end of it., so far
8 Mr.. Bonaparte figured in the case