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sworn 70 perform, your duties faithfully.
the court Is bound ~ presume Ia: ~.
have faithfully performed year G1,y.
II yoa have done -, each one accord
ms 20 the dictates 81 his ccaS..s.scs
mat viii be . satisfaction ~ YOU IS lcsiS
Is YOU live"
Edstoriaily The Star said: ~rAe ver-
dict or accui,ial rendered BY The pG-y
MAS unexpected. although u xaS SUP
poSsd prooahse that there wctiii ee q
disagreement upon ceaysctAN, wal,e
the verdict - IL the na,ssre cs a $G.-
prise. the result does nos JssS;igy assy
eenSure ~ ths Jury as ASvt.ss aetsS
othsrwsSS than eaaSclen:SossS,y ~ gAssr
ecncluSasi$ There were nssG ca The
nary who certainly would not have ycG<Ns.
FOR an aecasssal GaSeSS AFTER = .as.Ass.s
endeaST 20 master all the Sc.alss =.
this extremely Involved and SSag.scsscassNs
cas-, they weTe unable 10 srScs eeyossS
= reasonable 6ccc:' al the links Ne
ouire6 legally ~ establish a ccsaSasracy
As one 81 the jGryT;sea said Z, regard
70 their aessess, The indictments were
based On = CONSPIRACY, and l. there wsS
no conspiracy established there ecS,lS
D. no ccnVtetSon'~
Many perSaaS vii remember INscsSS
WSlse. Fur many wears es RESIDED u
the big pressed er.cS AeGS> SIN SeSnG-
ms ~ N. northeast y: raNraAS Cscese.
IN his latter DAYS Ne NSS SgSsssa-
sutShed- k>eSi;sS ~ gentleman. aaS IS
= Mdse heS seansa rercST ~ ee
proud "
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/ ing in the scraps OF civilized news that
came through
You Sneaki'
turned round. with a guiltier look
than was called for. Whittall stood
over me, red with anger. dripping with
water. only towel round his middle.
Il thought heard you! You knew
1t was my turn, and you deliberately
| insisted on the second bath so that
you could pinch my turn. you unfor-
| givablc sneak!"
That's an absurd lie. and you know
Ill" / snapped back. THE call hap
pened TO be earlier than"
Rot! You showed that internal clock
back on purpose to deceive me. !
| expect"
'Whittall, do show ordinary common
sense!'
Sense? What's the good OF sense
except among gentlemen? When you
are talking to common cad"
Crack! There came the sound of a
rife close TO- The interruption was
fortunate. for without 1t Whittall and
would undoubtedly have come TO
blows at the end OF that last sentence.
AS he was the stronger and bigger. the
struggle would quite likely have ended
in a victory for him-an outcome most
decidedly ''prejudicial TO good order and
military discipline"
We both rushed to the door but !
pushed him back.
Don't let the men see you like that.
you fool" / said angrily. and he
obcyed sulkily Outside I found q
first-class row going on. The Subadar
tscnior Indian officer was roundly
abusing young sepoy and all his fam
lily for some generations back. while
TIL. lad was stoutly maintaining that
he had not his rife go of by accident
nor yet through boredom. but because
he had seen. at distinctly short range,
real live Pathan peering over q
bowlder at him. and anything but UNI
| armed. y
TT was the first bit Of excitement for
10 days Fifty sepoys out Of oui
total force OF 60-odd we're crowded
together to encourage one side or the
other. II there was any truth In tn,
story. the spy might have "bagged
four or five of them with a single shot
Angry and strung up from my recent
encounter. I promptly got TO work tC
diSperse the crowd assisted by the
NJ S. O's. who cursed their men back
70 their posts.
Look at this animal" said the Sub
adar
But. Subadar Sahib--~--- ocgan the
lad
But nothing" snapped the old sol
der Worthless and miserable one~---~-
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day docs not commend itself rs a
mode of existence for very long. For
a day or two the novelty of the situa-
ton. and the change from strenuous
rceimental life. kept us amused. but
from the third day onward our one
ann in life seemed to be to get through
the time somehow
From the moment We got up to the
end of the long tropical day. there was
next to nothing TO do. The NEST ex-
acting rife inspection will not last
more than half an hour; ranges had
been taken on everything ran2eab!e
months ago: there was no room for
drill: and when all you have to re-
port is that there is nothing to re-
port, the compilation does not take
long
There remained our one daily excite
ment--the telephone. Shortly after
breakfast. and again just before din
ner the adjutant rang up from head
quarters 10 ask If all was well. The
telephone. laid by our own Sianalers,
was extraordinarily bad. SO that
though only few miles away his
voice sounded thin and indiStinct. and
rs h had five other pickets to talk to
besides his ordinary routine work. his
natural impulse was TO make the IN
terview as short and sweet as possible.
Not so the pair on the Pinpoint: the
adjutant was our one link with civ
iliZation. the only European voice we
heard. other than each others, from
days end to days end. and We made
the most childish excuses to prolOng
the conversation.
We took it in turn: II Whittall
spoke in the morning. I had the eve
ming chat. and so on The bitter feel
ings with which / listened TO the most
fascinating one-sided conversation going
on between Whittall and the adjutanI
were only eQualed by the hatred knew
to be in Whittalls heart as he stamped
about the room during my turns.
1T all sounds incredibly childish.
know. but Whittall used to excite
me almost to fury at times. The adju-
tant gave us what news there was in
the Civil and Military Gazette. or any
local scandal. and my companions
method of carrying on the conservation
was something like this:
Really? Mo- -. You don't
say. Well. bless my soul, is
that-Go on. you're pulling my leg,
Not that Mrs. Elliot who was
in Pindi? . Evans? No. certainly
not; he's too young! =. Quite -
At times I got to such pitch that
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Half a minute" I said, lets have
his story"
AS a result, some minutes later, with
the Subadar and the man who had
fired, / was examining the spot.
screened by a dozen Sepoys well out
In front.
There was nothing much to see.
Lal Din's bullet had grazed the rock.
leaving a clear-cut leaden track, but
ff there had been any one sheltering
behind 1t. the rocks kept there secret
close; there was no dent or track.
Just as We were about to signal the
covering party back, however. stopped
and picked up O short length of grass
rope. and the scornful remarks the
Subadar was about to let fly were
frozen on his lips 1t might have been
a piece from one Of our packing cases,
blown out of the Enclosure. or 1t might
have been a fragment from the grass
sandal of q Pathan tribesman.
Anyway, 1t was enough to silence the
Subadar. There was nothing else to be
seen. and as It was growing dark
which meant 1t was growing danger
ous-1 recalled the men.
whittall was fully dressed when got
back. and directly We were alone. apollo
gized handsomely for his late behavior.
We literally fell on each others necks.
Whittall was convinced that the ap-
pearance OF the Pathan scy was con-
nected with an experience Of his own a
couple of nights back. when he woke
up and heard somebody in the room.
The somebody. when challenged. van
iShed mysterioCsly and silently. He
was certain that the two visitants were
connected. II not the same man.
was more sceptical. but the whole
question was a vital one for US. A spy
who could get into our sleeping room
could cut our throats-and would do so
without the slightest conjunction
Looking at 1t from q wider point Of
view, what would happen to the detach-
ment. deprived of its brains" In such
a fashion. or even the main body. at
the mercy OF q gang Of expert snipers
on the hill The problem kept US en-
ploycd all evening, and We turned In on
the best of terms again.
Reinforced by the "Blighty" mail next
day. and q fresh supply Of foodstuffs,
with some old journals that the mess
had done with. We went through three
fairly hlisSfui days. but there we're signs
that things were working up again. To-
ward the end OF the third day the
storm broke
never knew how far got ON Whit
tails nerves. but do know that he
grated on mine 10 IN extent almost I'M
believable For one thing. he sang. He
knew. as far as can remember, only
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Col william A. Cook. we'll known
Washington lawyer. as special assistant
attorney for the United States. to-
gether with Col. George Bliss OF New
York. B. H. Webster Of Philadelphia
and Col George B. Corkhill. the dis
trict attorney, at this time appeared for
the Government, and the interests o!
the defendants we're taken care Of by
Bob" ingersoii. Samuel Sheilabarger
Mr.. Chandler. J. Hale Sypher. jeremiah
M. Wilson and Enoch Totem
The information charged: THAT on
the first day OF October, 1878. at the
city OF Washington and within the
Jurisdiction of this court, the said
Thomas J. Brady. John l.. French
william II. Turner. together with
George l.. McDonaugh. Samuel r
Brown. and certain other persons TO the
attorney aforesaid unknown, knowingly
willfully. fraudulently, uniawfuily and
corruptiy did conspire. combine. confed-
| crate and agree together. between and
among themselves. 10 defraud the
United States OF America out OF large
sums Of money. In amount 10 the at
torney unknown" etc.
! This action was tried by Judge
| Walter b. Cox. and after being before
the court for six weeks the information
filed by the Government was QuaShed
Col Cook, who was responsible for this
| method OF procedure. afterward said
| There has always been q doub. as "a
whether an information would lie In
the District"
In the meantime Den. Brady had re-
signed from once, NJ had Mr. Mcdrew,
the sixth auditor OF the Treasury, w.
had charge of the post once accounts
and J, L. French was let out 0f the
! service
| The second trial began June =. 1892
| and the jury included. Foreman. VIII
| liam Dickson, real estate and claim
agent; Matthew McNeiiy shoe dealer
John B. Mccarthy, printer; Edwin J
teacher. Edwin ID Doniphan. shoe
clerk william Holnead, grocer.
Thomas Martin. barber; George w
Cox. dealer In mems furnishing goods
Hugh =. Murray. clerk, Zaehariah To.
bfineT, broker Brown and Martin were
coi0fed men. The John u. Mccarthy
Was not our old newspaper friend.
Outsiders have always had u queer
idea Of the District OF Columbia IL
speaking Of the difIieulty OF selecting
the Jury one publication gave vent u
the statement that ~ would be an eas,
matter In almost every other city. HUI
Washington ts a city IN which politics h
almost the only employment and .
cass like this agitates every stratum 0l
society, There IN no commercial III
manufacturing class uD0n which Il
draw tor M impartial Jury Every per
son either has an ONCE or wants one
1.-THE Trial continued until September
~, when the jury brought In 4
verdict aG0uitting all the defendantl
except Miner and Rerdeii. who were
held guilty, This verdict Judge Wylis
later set aside Miner and Rerdel
were granted new trials, The sfo,indi
being tins unreaapnnbleDeha Al The Yer
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BIZ JOHN CLaGETT PROCTOR.

- ONE TINE ago 1, was stated In
substance that Washington vas
credited with more prisoners In
~ the Federal peniteYssiaries than
any other city Of its size In the
United States Msnifestiy this Is an I'M
fair statement. for II che viii sop long
enough TO give the matter even pass
iag thought. ne will realize that many
prisoners tried in our courts urder
tinted States statutes and convicted
end sent 10 Atlanta and elsewhere
never we're legal residents Of this city.
bit on the contrary lived and voted In
one OF the forty-ei2ht States OF the
Union at the time Of their conviction,
End hist 50 happened, as IL were. o De
brought 70 1usice and tried In the courts
here.
The location o. the Government In the
District of Columbia Is what adds 80
greatly 10 our reputed penal colony, and
10 COUNT VIII always Keep It al nigh
marx.
The stAtnent cannot BE- refutec that
many cases which are tried IN our courts
ere strictly thu result VI ofienses COM
rli.te6 against the National Govern
nent such as robbing the mails. etc.
These and many other crimes which are
tr.ec here as matter of fact may have
only az incidental connection with the
city ltSelf And 80 When one speaks
q! - large number III our residents
bring forc,Djy OBTAINED behind grated
coofs. 10 allowances IL evidently mace
for our cl0Se connection with the Ped
sral logetIme1i, which today has on Its
rolls here up~afo u 80 900 employees.
Furthermore. II Is safe u say that
many persons TIED here never nav the
tity except when brought here by the
nlaf@DSI foE ts!ai and about all the city
Goes Is " furnish the judge ana the
iury, anc even IN some caees the former
hln%N IL appointed from one u the
EisUs
This furnishes the main reason why
Our courts are 80 frequently Ia the
public eye ttlf result u trying some
prominent person for taking advantage
- ms public Office 81 tor violating aJine
y lDilc trust strictly Of b Federal char r
EAtef Tiar court record IL Just tuli III
such cases IN the past and 40 DOUBT the
future VII .)foV!de uA proper share
tDo This ilaA been going Oh since LGf
Government moved here in 1900, and
VIII continue until 1t decides " Hl0gs
elsewhere winch viii probably be never
However II iE "a PHEASANT thought "
itei nlat out vi most everything goof
u Esd GyiFleE n G0tnpenAatiHg feature
snd TIE great trials which have beer
stagtc taste at3c those which ere stiI
Ceing staged here at ieast result Ia cen
L.rifsY Att. nllos. ot thf city and IN nifk
!GR SINE very Interesting reading 10
TIE p4glc.
one ~ tne greatest ~ the Fedsfb
TRIALS 70 c0rns before the local courts
GIG which almost n.onopyiiAed TIE tiH'
81 one bfaT.ch tor nearly tYo years Wa
tie ce!ebtated Star Route tFtsi Thu
uisl of rather these trials. " be- exact
fpT there aerc asYetal~bsgan ia 1873
euo 30 n0t rad unui 1893 and bef0r'
/ isey gu through most ssetyDjoy VA.
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the whole matter before you for
action"
Later. Mr.. Dickson said that on
August %. he vas approached with an
offer Of $4,000 by an ofiiciAl con-
nected with the Department Of Justice
II he would vote for the conviction Of
Brady and s. w. Dorsey. He stated
he was told by the man who approached
him that he represented the Attorney
had likewise been approached, but that
the sums offered were small. In q
letter subsequently sent by the jury
foreman TO the Attorney General. he
referred specifically TO q special agent
OF the department. rs the one who
offered the bride TO influence his
judgment and verdict
One OF the outstanding features OF
this trial. and which proved rs well as
10 be in the following trial. was the ad-
dress Of the lecturer. orator and lawyer.
Col, Robert q. Ingersoll the great as
nostic, On the morning when he closed
his argument, standing room In the
court was at . premium. The crowd
Wylte said, There Is q large audi
ence this morning."
While the trial was In progress the
grand jury was busy hearing witnesses
and taking testimony. and q number
OF additional indictments growing out
Of the trial resulted The members Of
the grand jury were; Elias 8, Hutchin-
son. G. w, Lohr. Henry Semker. r. G,
Eckloff. C. A. Lemar. r. A. Schneider.
w, b, Muller, Jacob II, kengla. Howard.
q, keyworth. william NJ Hamilton.
George Tr,lesdell. Charles Schruth,
James w, Tyler. IL, Clay Stewart. An
tonic Sousa. Richard Hopkins. Robert
Q. Edmonston. John II, Chick, w, a.
Brooks II, A, willard. w J. stephen
SON. James u, johnson and William :
Roose.
Some Of the additional indictments
named Ex-senator William Pitt KEEL
iogg. who gave bond In the sum cf
$4,000. George v. Mlssrale, Thomas J.
BRADY, Marshall q, Gender and J, IL
Walker,
Warrants were also issued BY the
Police Court, upon affidavits. for Frank
II, FALL Thomas 3, FSeote, Arthur Payne
and =. c, shaw
The warrants stated IN effect tina.
Fail employed N,ote and Payne IA IN
fiuence William X. hrown 10 vote for
the aequittal Of the defendants by offer
Ing him $4,000 shaw was alleged Cd
have approached juror nnnlphan with
an offer of $500 10 vote tor the acQuit-
tai Of tho parscys,
Even same Of the newspapers were
brought into the case when 4 motion
was argued by Judge Merr.ck 10 cite for
contempt Of court, for publishing aeu-
awe Language. A, q, Buell.. editor of the
Capital, alSa rule tor Buell. helm,
Hack, RinswaN and b. W, hFads, the
trustees at the Critic, and MIR, Harris.
one III the editors Ut the latter paper
The Puilce Department Was not ~
be lett out Ut the trial, and after the
smuke had cleared away, Effective
George q, Miller Was among those re-
mased for taking toe much Interest IN
the Ease.
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dict and the dragging Of the bribery
matter into the elaboration OF the jury
room by Foreman Dickson.
The trial had not ended, however,
without The accusation nf jury tamper~
Ing. and even the Judge used very strong
language IN referring 10 the attempts
said 10 have been made He aaid that
members Ut the jury had spoken 10
him regarding their being approached
about H." as the court did moi than
want Ia interrupt the course Ut the
trial and the argument This thing
has grown" continued the Judge. and
within The iast - hours. Il seems these
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wolves who are around the jury have
become mercer and more determined,
| felt such indignation that felt ain,ost
like advising the members ot tho jury,
who spoke 10 me, IA shoot the man ON
tho spot villalhry Of this kind.
sroundfel.sm III that degree, deserves
no mercy l wish To adv,ac the jury To
repel with seorn and indignation any
their virtue and integrity, uive them
no quarter, spufn them with the end 1T
your thea There arc no baser vermin
that ihteat the earth"
Foreman William Dickson " the fury,
rising from hts scat. said After this
case Ia ended. your hanof, ! shali lay
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Regarding the attempt 70 fix the Jury.
remarkable conclusion was advanced
by II. II, Wells. special counsel in charge
Of the bribery investigation He said
the Government could have no interest
in ortotng the jury 70 convict, and that
the attempt TO erioe william Dickson.
IL made. was only for the purpose OF
seeins u members Of the jury could be
bought"
ONE Of the big climaxes came
on November -. when PreSsden,
Arthur removed fron, Once Marshal
Henry. Postmaster Anger and his as
siStant. Foreman NJ u Helm az the
Congressional Record. and CommtS-
ssoner and ex-senator George Is.
spencer. Government director Of the
Union Pacific Railroad
On december the case again came
10 TRIAL before Judge Wylse, and II must
nave oeen very Interesting from the
start. because Juror Vernon went "a
sleep and had 10 be aroused BY one OF
me nAiiinS A little later. Jnlror Giu
became sick and the case had 10 De
adjourned for the day, Then came aecut
tne oisscst surprise 81 the trial when
Monuoru c, Rercen Withdrew his
pea Threw himself upon the mercy
ufy to all facts within his Snowi.
edge touching the Conspiracy, In his
subsequent testimony he gave AN ae-
count OF an interview With ncrSey,
whose secretary he had been. when ne
vo'a tne !Atter he would do everything
W nctp nm but commit perjury, a.
winch ne said Dorsey replied, what
uoeS that amount 20 when friends
tate Is AZ stake Rerdel. fo- O>NiS
SAKE, don't ruin me and my fanily.S
Wnile the nnal trial Mas pguSreSsins,
William Dickson Mas Indicted and later
TAKEN INTO custody by Col Perry Car
Ssm a celebrated k>eal Republican we,
Fo Naiueian In the days when Wash.
mgten had k>cal suffrage, p,ekS.>n Was
politician himself although ef the op-
psSite party
On June IL, isss, the day eesNrv the
case ended, JurI Vernon, when ths
jury entered The e<sN. kNNksd wildly
aoan0 and thea turning Aeeut with
q siekly gN>Nn. fell IN tI HE Was
placed IN The charge " III q, I, Saw
ess After II Was announced that the
deetaf had given HIM two " shsSe
drinks ~ brandy, ne wax declared AN
txht" and teek his plaee with tae
Jury,
The following day q verdict Of ne,
suutS Mas rendered ana the star RNNts
case wAS elVusht tc q cswA tSG a.,
though other indictments We're hlv,aghs
IN. no further cuNrt ActAM seems %
have eeea taken. and even q nslse
pInseQM Mas entered IN al the MsSAse
straw-haad cases
Jusise wylte. IN dtSmlSSins The Jury,
said "TM have esen Mage than sin
maaths engaged IN this TRIAL MANY VI
SoA have aeeulsAtkaas VI yuug aNn
which Snu have heen obliged ~ negteel
during that resk,d Though velW verdict,
0 course. wlll eeats dissatisfaction ~
many, Vet ha,tns been selected aeeagSi.
Ms 10 the tesa,s M Law and having