Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-24

ton OF discussing this case in any
phase for publication. It would be
dfscourteous to the court. What I
have said I will stand by. What I
would like to say is another matter.
l will repeat, however, that fiction
knows no story equal to the cold
blooded 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 I
get nothing more out of it than the
satisfaction of having been a player
in what I 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 it
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 I know the indi-
viduals responsible for it.
Il represent but a 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 it I feel assured that justice will
be done; without it / may be myself
crushed in the effort to obtain that
justice for the smaller body which ]
represent; but with it or without it,
no consideration that I 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, I must act alone.
Documentary Evidence. /.
IT have not gone into the details
of this matter. The details I hate,
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-
nation; 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 evi,
dence of what I believe to be theil
crimes.
81 am overwhelmed with the duties
Of this r~eceivership. It Is compli'
Gated and trying beyond words. Bu1
I trust that you will understand thai
I shall at any moment give up any
time necessary to inform you of the
conditions that I have found exist
ing"
Earle Appealed to Moody.
President Roosevelt acknowledged
the receipt of the document through
his secretary's secretary. Six week.
later MI. Earle addressed a last ap
peal to the then Acknowledgement
William A. Moody, who now sits upol
the Supreme bench of the Unitet
States. In his letter of appeal Mr.
Earle gave Acknowledgement Mood.
an. outline of t~he/essential evidenc'
in his possession, and in closing said
standing alone, is this a ase tina
the Government of the United State
can afford to ignore? Has there eve
been another like it in wickedness?"
In justice to Mr.. Moody, it is RICH
to set out with particular emphasi
the fact that he was then about to re
tire from the Roosevelt Cabinet to g
upon the Supreme Court bench.
It was agreed by all parties con
cerned that it would be manifesto
improper for him as Attorney-Gen
eral to pass upon a case which he a
. q Justice of the highest court in tn
land might later have to pass upon a
q Judge.
Months later Acknowledgement Be
naparte, after carefully reviewing tn
correspondence and without calm
for the more detailed evidence a
hand and at his service, solemn
wrote to Mr.. Earle. setting out hi
t belief that the knight ase fnall
, disposed of the matter under discus
sion. That was the end Of it, so ia
: as MI. Bonaparte figured in the case