The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-08-10
AN OPEN !EIT..a
TO THE Voters


Your Last Grand ,iniy. II It's
final report. wh,ci ! AN informed
WAS prepared hy Mr. Matter. II"
DiSii,rl Attorney, Went nni 81 -
uay and devoted ln entire para
graph To he eiticr'cy oi the pres
eat District Attorney, and arpa'
entity rniravmtd 10 reply TO my
l.tc, lssnri 10 the voters III DAT"
June :. 1912.
Tals report is being used 10y Nj.
Muller quite extensively IA his
! present rHult AT ~ election 10 the
position which ~ now holds, and.
III order 10 cleai up the matter at
ia report "a well ~ the state
mcnts this gentleman makes ~ ms
announcement w published IN the
| local press. | have con ni"lcd II
wise 10 put some tacis before the
voters 40 that they may have ~
opportunity 10 decide for them
SELVES which ~ correct, my lrt
ter, the report Ut the Grand jury,
or he published announcement
If the District Attorney.
changed, among other things,
that the present incumbent has
made IT a lulc TO InhiSc,lmlnlirl>
compromises. dead docket and
tnuIlc luus,ulu indictments The
report ~ silent rs concerns an bui
the dead hockrleh cases. aud sets
forth that hone WCr" dead docket
~ except uh.ar the accused was
i fugitive from justice lhls Is
probably correct, and rs 'I,rl" ale
bul u such eases. The mattu il
not vc'N Important TIL" report j.
silent ~ ~ compromises, Of which
there arc .,.', and ~ 4" cases uoIle
prosecuted, o! which there are lO3
The District Attorney il vested
With authority 10 IN these ihiuga
~ HE interest nt jna'lcr, hut |
deny that the ends "t Justice rem
dercd It necessary to so treat lJG
cases IN three and one half years.
ne period covered ~ my cxnmlna
ton.
charged that til" jail has been
almost constantly crowded with
accused PERSONS awaiting lriaI. On
failing great expense to III" tax
payers, an" resulting, besides, ~
" S''a' 'hlus'lc' |" Thee "hi"'tn
ha'es VINO, "e'hs charged win ~
"'1"'ic" against me law, though ~
accent "' the charge, n" kept III
ca'c''a'ed long period 81 iIm'
awaiting the pleasure OF III" D's
h''' attorney Z" cal ~ their eases
~ Wdc' tha' i.,noc'nre oil the OF
renee eau be SHOWN.
The jury has rrpoi ted that bui
4 small number Of persons wr,,
awaiting trial III j,il. aud those
were charged with feIo,irs and
were entitled to Il trial by Jury
This was no doubt tue when the
report was made. during July 1912
In his anno,nco,ncu, VI Mul,n,
states that The i,il has been kent
vir,uallv emntv ,n1 th,, III,
criminal cxnans.. L,v. ,.,, n,,
IL reduccd 70 urovc this f,cI Ia
refers Won to tha ,eco,d
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Jury thought excessive and 50 lr
J, mined ii hav. III. sheriff w,,E
under the fee hill IA fxed hv la,
\ few years experiences under NJ,
Muller's administration of IN. .,
tee Of district attorney revealed
to the polio. Jury the fact that In,
fecs ri thu sheriff nnh.r ,,,, "a,