LANCASTER DAILY INTLLl6EN(Mt WEDNESDAY APRIL 19 1882.
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WEDNESDAY EVEN'O, APBIL 10, 1882.
Mileage.
Time out of mind public officials have
abused their privilege te draw mileage..
Congressmen and legislators take it and
ride en free passes, and officials of all
grades, being allowed it, avail them
selves of like favors and include "travel
ing expenses," net incurred, in their
' 'contingent expenses." Aforetime coun
ty commissioners here who stretched the
law te fill their pockets were brought te
account by the county auditors, and in
the present examination of local abuses
the latter named beard will find the
abuse of their mileage allowance by con
stables a prolific source of profit te them
and of cost te the county. The con
templation of the law is te pay officers
mileajje for miles actually traveled, and
if they travel the same fifteen miles te
serve a dozen witnesses, they are only
entitled te mileage for once that distance.
An examination of the constables' bills
will show the auditors that in many In
stances the mileage is charged for each
witness and ten times the amount has
been drawn that the service
earned. Se, tee, when the same
witnesses were te be subpoenaed
in a half-dozen different cases,
it will be found that as many subpoenas
were divided around among as many dif
ferent constables that each one could
get mileage, though one could have
served them, and we have reason te be
lieve that in such cases very of ten one
officer does serve the whole batch though
the half dozen each get credit and draw
pay for it. It will be very hard te make
the public believe that this division of
spoils is net deliberately designed by the
constables and aldermen te whom they
bring their business. In a case of some
years age we found ten subpoenas for the
same witnesses te the same hearing di
vided among ten constables, and they
had been served indiscriminately by one
or two of the number, but the officers
" put in :' for ten-fold costs. The con
stables will probably say like the alder
men that they have a technical " right "
te de this, and that nobody has a " legal
right" te question it. Seener or later
the public will find relief against such
confederated schemes of plunder.
Legitimate Inquiries.
Alditek Reed : ' Were net these sev
eral commitments made for the purpose of
multiplying the costs?"
Alderman Spurrier : " That is a ques
tion you have no light te a&k."
Tli is brief colloquy illustrates the
whole inquiry into the business of the
local magistrates. The alderman dis
putes the right of the auditors te ask
their question because of his own disin
clination te answer it. Since such pat
tern was set for lower officials as the
multiplication of cases by Mayer Stauf
fer and of indictments by District At
torney Jehnsen, the business of increas
ing criminal business for the sole pur
pose of making costs has flourished as
never before in this county. Had Stauffer
dared te go en with his libel suit against
the Ixtelligexcer the whole business
would have been shown up then in court,
and had tiie court checked Jehnsen in
his avaricious and outrageous conduct,
the pernicious practice might have been
cut up by the roots before every ward
constable had get at it. Whether the
auditors have a right te ask the question
or net, the public are asking it and have
answered it, for that matter. They have
served notice that they want the office of
alderman run en a little higher plane
than solely te make costs for the incum
bent at the expense of the tax-payers,
and if anybody thinks this notice has
net been heard nor heeded let him watch
the amounts of the next monthly batch
of aldermanic bills.
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The Parden of James' Murderers. -
The slayers of Jesse James, in Mis
souri, were pardoned by the governor of
the state in the same hour that they
pleaded guilty te the charge of murder
ing him and received their sentence of
death for the crime. It is net an edify
ing exhibition. Gov. Crittenden had for
his reason for pardoning self-confessed
murderers, the fact that he had prom prem
ised them pardon prier te their crime,
and as an inducement te it. He, there
fore, appears as an aider and abetter in
an act which is admitted te have been
a murder.
Every rational reason for the pardon
is taken away by the confession that the
act was murder. If the governor con
siders it te have been murder, he must
consider himself equally guilty with the
convicts, as they acted admittedly under
his sanction ; and he can hardly take a
mere lenient view of their offense than
the convicted criminals have done.
Ne doubt they de net consider that
they were guilty of murder ; and neither
does Governer Crittenden. Yet they
have admitted, by their plea of guilty,
that the law se denominates their act,
and the governor is supposed te be the
conservator of the law. If they had
gene te trial,' claiming their innocence,
and a court and jury had decided against
them, they then might have appealed te
the governor for a reversal of the ver
dict, and he might with a better face
have exhibited himself as agreeing with
them in their view of an act which he
had invited them te perform and offered
them a reward for doing. But it is a
graceless thing te see a governor of a
state pardoning self-confessed murder
ers; ev(n though, and all the mere,
that he had summoned them te murder.
Judge Black discussed the Irish ques
tion at the Grattau centennial celebra
tion at Baltimore in bis customary vig
orous way. He finds a solution of the
relations between England and Ireland,
net in Irish independence, which he de
clares te be impossible, and of question
able advantage if possible, but in home
rule in Ireland. That Irish independence
js impossible is clear enough from
the overwhelming power of Eng
land and the certain disadvantage
te her of having an independent nation
at her side. Her welfare requires union
with Ireland, and her power enables her
te maintain it. But she needs te have
the union a peaceful one, which it can
be by being made satisfactory te the
weaker power. The control of their
home affairs by Irishmen is all that they
can reasendjlyrequire te cencent them ;
'and with her superior strength, England
can safely and advantageously make this
concession te secure a peaceful union.
Se thinks Judge Black, and the majority
of men, outside the disagreeing people,
think with him.
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Police officers who "depend upon
the alderman " te make out the bills
which they themselves swear te will find
" the alderman " like the fox who lest
his tail in the trap anxious te have no
tails the fashion.
" If the record shows " that the al
dermen and officers are confederated pub
lie plunderers, mere pestiferous than
tramps and mere expensive than va
grants, then " it must be se."
. Eichholtz is "a constable appointed
by the court "a superior order, as it
were. Make a note of this and see if he
continues te be a "constable appointed
by the court."
Farmer Butler's fences are sadly out of
repair.
Andy Eiciiheltz gives the game away
nearly as frankly as Jee Samson. The
people are "tumbling " te it.
It would be only neighborly and could
de no barm te let Butler have the Lancas
ter county delegates.
The " red-het " editor of the Exami
ner calls the " clerical " editor of the
New Era "Cogliestro," and the "clerical"
editor of the New Era calls the " red-het' '
editor of the Examiner " Dalgetty."
These able editors will have te supply
their thrifty employers with biographical
dictionaries as well as spelling books.
Heartily as we approve and sustain
the investigation new in progress by the
auditors they will de well te abstain from
saying what they are and are net going te
report. Geed taste and geed policy alike
demand this. They should net announce
their verdict until the facts are all in, and
the law has been expounded.
The Republicans of Wolfe's county
have declared for Beaver ; " Jim" has
every delegate from his congressional dis
trict ; Heyt derides the idea of anybody
else beiug nominated, and the Press con
cedes that Beaver's election is certain.
The Butler boom seems te be lest, strayed
or stolen, and Mitchell " caught en" just
in time te be left.
In his anti-tariff speech iu New Yerk
Senater Vance said : "Who knows the real
condition of the Weed Screw company ?
Its products are protected by a duty of 11
cents en the pound, or about 400 per cent.
Its stocks is said te be worth 4,000 per
cent, and the shares are transmitted by
will as a precious heirloom. If protection
raises the wages of all men it is useless,
for it would leave us precisely where we
started. If it raises the prices of the pro
tected laborer and lowers the prices of
the unprotected laborer, then the law is
unjust and unrighteous'. "
Is the North American Review for May
Carl Schurz discusses the transition state
of parties ; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps tells
what Revelation reveals ; Lt. Cem. Gor Ger Gor
riuge has a much hotter article en the
navy than most that is written en this
subject ; Wm. II. Malleck has a muddy
philosophical and religious discourse with
" A Solitary," and Gail Hamilton slashes
at the failure of medicine, religion and
law te successfully treat the Garfield
sheeting. By far the freshest and time
liest contribution is Sam Ward's " Days
with Longfellow.
The Wilkesbarrc Recerd, in an editeiial
that will read very well after Beaver's
nomination, declares that he "will simply
be a tool te execute the orders of the dy
nasty he has se faithfully served iu the
past." " As the representation of a
dynasty which had made it impossi
ble for such as he te become aspirants
for position en their merits has disgraced
the state and brought the party te the
verge of ruin, we must urge that every
sacrifice of individuals must be made te
kill and root out this power," whose prac
tices are the issue " at every primary elec
tion poll and at the general election in
November."
The 392 National banks whose charters
will expire between this time and the end
of next February have outstanding some
$68,000,000 of notes, one-fifth of all the
greenback currency, secured by some
$75,000,000 in bends deposited with the
treasurer of the United States. If they
be net authorized te renew their charters,
they must liquidate their affairs, and
either retire from business entirely or reor
ganize under the existing previsions of the
statute. In any case they must liquidate.
They have lent nearly $150,000,000 te
business men in every part of the coun
try. These leans must b9 collected in.
Fer the time required te go through the
process of reorganization every portion of
the business of the bank must be stepped,
and Congress should certainly at an early
.day give premise of stability te business
by considering the renewal of the bank
charters.
In his North American article en the
navy Lieutenant Commander Gerringe
lays the blame of the actual condition of
the navy upon the bureau system of our
naval administration. During the five
years, 1875-79 inclusive, the United States
spent en their navy an average sum of
$19,157,239, while Italy spent en her navy
an average sum only of $8,214,578.
" Every pound of iron and every piece of
machinery that enters into the construc
tion of an Italian vessel-of-war is pur
chased out of that country, while the ma
terials that go te create an American man
of-war are all made in America. We have
every advantage ever Italy, except in the
cost of labor, and in this we are net at
great disadvantage, for in the United
States labor-saving machines tend te
equalize the cost of results as compared
with ether countries. If our naval admin
istration had been efficient we should to
day possess an effective naval force denble
that of Italy. Instead of this, we really
have none worthy .the name, while Italy
ranks third among the naval powers in
effective fighting vessels. Austria-Hungary,
with one-fourth of our expenditure,
has built up a navy much mere efficient
than ours."
BLACK ON IEELAND.
THE YOKE or POLITICAL, MOXUAGK.
The Effert or England teBednce the People
te IlUterate Barbarism Charging the
Government With Atrocious Ty
rannyWhat Can be Dene?
The celebration of the centenary of the
Grattan declaration of Irish independence
at the Concordia opera house, Baltimore,
last evening, was largely attended. Numer
ous prominent gentlemen were present.
Among them were Judge Jere S. Black,
the-orator of the evening ; William Pink
ney Whyte, who -presided ; William E.
Robinson, of New Yerk, who also made
an address, and numerous prominent local
and state officials. Mayer Whyte made a
brief speech and introduced Judge Black,
who was greeted with the wildest enthu
siasm. The various Irish uniformed so
cieties of the city were present in the au
dience. Letters of regret were read from
S. S. Cox, B, McLane, J. G. Blaine and
ethers, who expressed sympathy with the
Irish cause and the State Land League,
under the auspices of which the. meeting
was held.
Judge Black said that for seven ceutur
ies Ireland has worn the yoke of political
bondage. During all that time, except
one short interval, she has net been per
mitted te make any laws for the protec
tion of her own people in their persons or
property. What they call home rule,
or the privilege of local self-government,
is wholly denied them. Their affairs are
entirely directed by another power,
whose orders aie executed by agents and
overseers sent upon them for that pur
pose. Such a government is sure te be
administered without the smallest regard
for the rights, interests, feelings or wishes
of the people who are subject te it. The
want of home rule in Ireland is the want
of everything else. As a consequence of
that privation she. is oppressed, degraded,
wsulted, steeped m poverty te the very
lips and overwhelmed with afflictions which
make her peculiarly what senator iiayara
has called her, the " Island of Sorrows."
The general notion is that England and
Ireland are united kingdoms. But there
is no real union, There is a connection
made by force ; they are "pinned together
with bayonets." Ireland is net governed
according either te the common or statute
law of England, but by special legislation
made for her alene. In effect, the British
government, which is a limited monarchy
at home, becomes an unrestrained and ab
solute despotism when it cresses the chan
nel ; and the exercise of this unbounded
power through all the centuries of its ex
istence has been marked with the coarsest
cruelty and the most heartless oppression
that this world has ever witnessed. If the
Irish had been inferior te the race which
trampled them down, their fate would
seem less hard. But intellectually and
morally they were greatly superior ; their
civilization, science, art, ana general in
telligence were much farther advanced.
The deliberate and long continued effort
of England te darken the mind of Ireland
and reduce her people as much as possible
te ignorance ana illiterate barbarism is a
most shocking part of the story.
Tne Land Question.
Judge Black next took up the land ques
tion and said that much of the present
trouble was due te the unnatural relations
between the millions whose labor culti
vates the soil and the landlords, small in
number but great in power, who stand
ready te snatch away the fruits of it as
seen as they are gathered. Judge Black
spoke of this land, formerly owned by the
Irish, as having been taken from them.
He believed m the sacred right of prop
erty, but the existence of that gigantic
monopoly, clothed with the privilege of
desolating a country and starving the in
dustry of a people, was the saddest fact in
the history of the human race. Except in
Ireland, all nations of the earth had been
making some progress. During the last
forty years the population of ether coun
tries had doubled or trebled,but in Ireland
the number had been reduced from nine
millions te live, and of thbse who survive
the gieat majority were suffering the last
extremes of want and necessity. When the
bleed of that unhappy people cries from the
ground, the British tyrant cannot answer
like Cain, "Am I my brother's keeper?"
The rulers of a nation are its keepers, re
sponsible for its fate, and these men have
an awful account te render. But each
defeated effort te right themselves was
made an excuse for the infliction of new
outrages. Whole districts were depopu
lated by the process which they called a
clearance that is, the destruction of all
habitations and the expulsion of all ec
cupants, accompanied by circumstances of
the direst cruelty. .Political opinions ad
verse te the government were sure te call
down its warth and malice. Even the
fidelity of the people te their religious con
victions the highest virtue that can adorn
any human character was imputed te
them as a crime and punished se barbar
ously that it cannot be thought of with
out detestation and horror. I deny that
this was in any true sense a conflict of
religious opinion. Let no Protestant slan
der his church by asserting that its doc
trines contain any warrant for persecuting
these who dissent from it. Ne Christian
man, with a conscience of his own, ever
thought himself authorized te force the
conscicnce of another. English bigotry
was merely simulated te cover English
rapacity.
What Can lie Dene.
But what 'can we de for them ? Hew can
we help them in this fearful strait ? We
have no right te come between England
and her subjects by any kind of force or
violence, for that is prohibited by the law
of both countries and by treaty stipula
tions. But you have ways well under
stood of giving moral comfort and mate
rial aid whieh break no law. The most
devoted adherents of the British ministry
acknowledged that the success of their
Irish policy is mero endangered by your
opposition te it than by all ether causes
put together. A Land League merely
Irish they can easily repress, but a league
with its roots en this side of the Atlantic
will grew te be a power net merely formid
able but fatal te the ascendancy of the
landlords.
Judge Black went en te tell hew the
present attitude of the Land League was a
new era in the history of the contest.
Agricultural labors resolved that they
would net work for their enemies, and
tenants said they would voluntarily pay no
rent without the distinct assurance of some
permanent and substantial relief te the
country. It was the grandest labor strike
en record. The association was perfectly
lawful. It spread panic among landlords,
middlemen and bailiffs. The contest de de
eoned as it grew mere intense. Seme of
the landlords took new views of their duty;
the League pressed its appeal te the heart
and conscience of the British nation, and
se a great revolution took place
in public opinion. A new Parlia
ment was elected, which included'
among its members the boldest and most
eloquent leaders of the League, and a new
ministry came in solemnly pledged that
Ireland should have justice without denial
or delay. The Parliament assembled and
it seen became evident that the ministry
instead of facing the great question of the
day like men were anxious only te shuffle
out of their premises. The land act of
1880 was a mere abortion. Ne attempt
was made te sustain it. In less than a
year it ceased te live and was buried out
of sight. Something had te be furnished
in place of it. In spite of all warning
and against the steady pretest of the wisest
men the land act of 1881 was elaborated
and brought forth. Again all hopes
were disappointed ; the new act exas
perated everybody and made the antagon
ism between the parties mere deadly than
ever. The leaders of the people besought
them net te swallow this stone, .which
they were offered hi place of the bread
they had asked for. They exhorted them
te maintain their attitude of passive obe
dience and keep up the peaceful strike
until its object should be at least in some
measure accomplished. Te the unan
swerable wisdom and truth of this advice
the government had nothing te oppose
except brute force. The League was
called a conspiracy ; its petition for jus
tice was declared te be a revolt ; its meet
ings were dispersed ; the members of Par
liament who bad claimed fulfillment of
the ministerial premises were arrested ;
five hundred leading men, distinguished
as advocates of justice te Ireland, and
guiltless as the child unborn te any ether
offense, were kidnapped, dragged from
their homes and thrust into prison.
Atrocious Tyranny.
Fer a longtime Europe has seen no tyr
anny se atrocious as this. Within half a
century Russian despotism has net prac
ticed that kind of cruelty, even in Poland
en a scale se gigantic. The Turk has been
en his geed behavior ever since the Greek
revolution. It is mere than a hundred
years age that the bastiles of France used
te be filled with the victims of personal
and political spite. The English govern
ment is mere despotic than all the rest.
It is a mixture of feudal barbarism
and Oriental duplicity, harder te bear than
mediaeval tyranny. The hand of Gladstone
is heavier en the heart of Ireland than the
sword of Henry II. De net forget that
these sufferers are men of upright, honor
able and pure lives ; they suffer because of
their geed character. ie man liaoie te
be condemned according te the law is ever
smitten against law. The worst rulers are
content with the regular machinery of jus
tieo .when they desire te suppress actual
crime. It is only against the innocent
that they employ the agency of the brave
and the kidnapper. The very order te
seize these men and keep them im
prisoned without a trial is proof conclusive
that they have done nothing worthy of
death or bends. Fer aught I can see, the
kidnapping of five hundred innocent per
sons for net believing in the land act was
as lawless as se many murders. Thus far
I have spoken of the case as it stands be
tween the British government and its
subjects. Unon this we can only assist
with our voices in making up the judg
ment of the world. But recent events have
given us a mere particular interest in the
subject matter. American citizens have
been kidnapped as basely as the Irish pa
triets- What will we de about that? I
knew net. But if we submit te the insult
we must acknowledge that England is the
master of Ireland and America both, if,
en the ether hand, we call that lawless
power te a proper reckoning, she will see
the necessity net only of discharging her
American prisoners, but of making full
and ample reparation, lest a worse thing
come upon her. The release of the Irish
will necessarily fellow, for England cannot
afford te admit that she has yielded te
fear what she denies te labor.
What is te be the final outcome of the
struggle ? It needs no prophet te foresee
that Ireland is deemed te total destruction
if she be net supported and sustained by
strength outside of her own. Jiut if we, the
American people, shall perform our duties
fairly and well, and if our government
shall net attempt te shirk out of its public
responsibilities, the hope is a reasenuie
one that some of ns new here may live te
see Ireland "redeemed, regenerated and
disenthralled."
PERSONAL.
ilr. William Ward, of the Chester
district, is the only member of Congress
from" Pennsylvania who voted en Monday
against the Chinese bill.
The Czar has accepted an offer made
by the nobility of St. Petersburg and
Moscow te protect the Imperial family
and maintain order at his coronation,
Emilie Leisset, sister of Princess Rcuss
and a celebrated circus equestrienne, died
in Paris yesterday, from the effects of be
ing crushed by a horse which she was ex
ercising in the winter circus.
Among the first prizes wen at the deg
show in New Yerk, yesterday, was one te
Samuel J. Tilden for a smooth-coated
St. Bernard deg. 1,261 dogs were exhib
ited for show and competition.
Senater Hill, owing te the condition of
his health, will net be a candidate for re
election. Governer Colquitt's friends
have already inaugurated a quiet but
earnest canvass in his interest as Mr.
Hill's successor ; but the governor himself
is far from being a well man.
Maiiene called a meeting of all the lead
ers of the party in the Legislature last
night. He made a speech, in which he ad
mitted that he was whipped, but said he
was net defeated. The outlook was dis
cussed, and it was agreed te endeavor te
pass a resolution providing for the Legis
lature taking a recess until July, and if
that cannot be done te adjourn sine die en
Monday.
General Fitz Jehn Perter is getting
ready te go te Congress again with his
case. He says he does net care for the
pay, but he does demand, for the sake of
his family name, that he be restored te his
rank in the army, which was that of
colonel. He will have a bill introduced into
the Senate at an early, day, and he thinks
that justice will be done him, and that
finally the measure will pass.
President Arthur gave the second of
his official receptions last evening. The
members of the diplomatic corps, senators
and representatives, with the ladies of
their families, were received between the
hours of 8 and 10 o'clock. The lower
fleer of the White Hense was thrown open
and the conservatory illuminated for the
occasion. The Marine band was stationed
in the vestibule and played selections dur
ing the evening.
Governer Heyt appointed Charles H.
Stinson te succeed Judge Ress en the
bench of the Thirty-eighth Judicial district.
The Republican lawyers are mainly pleased
with the appointment, but a number
would have preferred the appointment of
B. Markley Beyer, but none of them
cared te assume the responsibility of
urging a Democrat. Governer Heyt, it is
said, would willingly have appointed Mr.
Beyer if the responsibility could have been
shifted en some of the Republican lawyers.
Ex-Attorney General Lear was also urged
for the appointment. Mr. Stinson will
beyond doubt be the Republican candidate
for judge in the fall. He has been a prac
ticing member of the bar since May, 1819.
In 1868-70 he represented the county in
the state Senate, He was speaker of the
Senate for one term.
LOSS OF THE KODGER3.
The Search Steamer Burned and Sank in
the Arctic Regions. .
The Herald has the following :
Irkutsk, Siberia, April 18. I have this
morning received startling news from Mr.
Jacksen, the special commissioner sent in
search of the Jeannette's survivors. He
apparently forwarded the dispatch by a
courier. It ran as fellows : " Frem the
banks of the Aldan river, April G, 1882.
I have just met a courier bearing dis
patches from W. H. Gilder, the Herald
correspondent with the Redeers. whom
the courier had accompanied from Koly Kely
msk, en the Eelima river te Verkhoy Verkhey
ansk, 400 miles north of Yakutsk. Gilder
had made a journey of 2,000 versts among
the Chuckches. He was sent forward
with the news that the Redgers bad been
burned and sunk ; that Lieutenant Berry,
with the officers and crew, thirty-six in
numbar, are at Tiapka, near Cape Serdze,
and that a vessel should be sent for them
as early as possible."
SQUIRE SAMSON AGAIN.
HE COMES UP TO THE HABK SMILING.
Is Catechised by the Auditors, and Betlrcs
In Geed Order Proceedings In Yes
terday Alternoen's Examination.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
obedience te a summons of the county
auditors, Alderman Samson again ap
peared before that body and, he was cat
echised at some length in regard te his
adminstratien of justice.
In answer te questions put te him, he
said he had never bad before him any
cases of persons charged with jumping
freight trains or unlawfully riding en rail
road cars. He said he did net knew where
the parties were arrested, or who were
complained against by Edw. Kautz, police
man at the Pennsylvania railroad depot.
Jehn Jenes and M. Light were arrested
for malicious mischief. There were three
witnesses in each casejbut none of the cases
were made out, and defendants were dis
charged. The alderman said he did net always
give the warrant of arrest te the officer
who made the complaint ; he uses his own
option in such matters ; sometimes it is
net convenient for the complainant te
serve the warrant.
Mr. Reed When arrests for drunken
and disorderly conduct are made, what de
the officers de with the parties arrested ?
A. If they are tee drunk we commit them
for a hearing at some ether time.
Mr. Reed. Is there net a city ordinance
which directs that all persons arrested by
city policemen for drunken and disorderly
conduct shall be taken before the mayor
for hearing ? A. Yes, sir.
Mr. Reed And yet the officers violate
the ordinance and take the offenders be
fore aldermen for hearing, because there
by the fees may be increased. Have you
ever seen any of the city policemen drunk?
A. Yes sir, I have.
Mr. Reed Then they ought te have
been arrested.
Mr. Samson Ne ; when I saw them
drunk they were net disorderly.
Mr. Reed De you keep a clerk in your
office ? A. Ne sir, net regularly ; I make
all my own entries, but sometimes my
sons fill up the complaints.
Q. De you make the entries in your
docket at the time of the hearing ? A.
Net always ; sometimes I make them a
few days later. The docket shows the
charge against the accused ; some of the
warrants issued in my early practice de
net, but later ones de. Sometimes names
of witnesses are put en subpoenas after
they are issued.
Q. Hew does it happen that all the
cases brought against a number of boys
by Mr. Stauter were dismissed ? A. Mr.
Stauter, who is an old man, was very much
annoyed by boys who stelo his fruit and
otherwise troubled him . He made com
plaint en information furnished by the
neighbors, but when the hearings came
off they failed te identify the boys.
Stauter afterwards shot .at and wounded
one of them and complained that felonious
assault was made against him. He then
made complaint against another gang of
boys, bat could net identify them and
they wcre discharged.
Q. I see Emil Aust is complainant in
a great number of cases, charging assault
and Lattery. Who is he ? A He is a
music teacher,and boys are in the habit of
annoying him.
Q I see B. Simmons is prosecutor in
six cases; who is he? A. He was at the
time the complaints were made running
an engine ; don't knew where he is new.
Q. Who is William Titus ? A. He is
constable of the Ninth ward.
Q. He is prosecutor in six cases of ma
licious mischief in one day. Hew docs it
come he could net sustain any of his
cases ? A. I don't knew.
Mr. Reed. It seems te us that when an
officer makes complaint he ought te have
sufficient evidence te sustain it ; and if he
don't, he ought net te be paid. It is all
right enough fcr officers te prosecute
offenders and de all they cau te preserve
the public peace ; but they should be
sure they have a geed case before they
make complaint.
Te this sensible speech the alderman
made no answer. He was asked under
what law he sent men te prison for seven
days for drunken and disorderly conduct.
He answered that the law limits the pun
ishment for the first effeuce te an impris
onment of net" mero than 80 days, the
magistrate having discretionary power te
make the term less.
This closed Mr. Samson's investigation
for the day, the auditors intimating that
they might want him again after they
shall have heard the constables.
Constables en the Stand.
Censtable Andrew Eichholtz was ex
amined yesterday afternoon and testified
te his part in the aricst of the nineteen
tramps disposed of by Alderman Spnrrier
in September last, as recited in that mag
istrate's examination. He said the arrests
were made en complaint of Mr. Mussel-
man, JJr. Musscr and ethers. Musselman
lives near Witmer and Musser near Smoke Smeko Smoko
tewn. The arrests were made at the latter
place. Officers Leman and Kautz were
with the witness when the arrests wcre
made. They had no warrants because
thre was no time te get thein. The con
stable in the locality had been complained
te prier te the complaint entered at Lan
caster, but he made no meve in the mat
ter. The tramps were all drunk at the
time of the arrest. Witness did net
knew whose land the tramps were en, but
knew the owner was one of the complain
ants. The tramps were brought te town,
and some of them taken te prison
and ethers for a hearing. Alderman Spur
rier keeps witness' accounts, and the county
solicitor frequently strikes items from his
bills. The constable could net explain
hew it was that Shay has the cases ei
Munson charged with drunken and disor
derly conduct and malicious mischief with
costs all through, while witness had his
case for. larceny with costs all through,
though he was arrested en all these charges
at the same time and place ? Witness had
been censtable of Lancaster township
three or fenr years, se appointed by the
court, and he gees into the county te ex
amine the reads te see that they are in
geed condition. When witness makes two
or three complaints against one person it
is all right. Sometimes the officers have
te go two or three times after witnesses.
Then they divide the mileage and put some
en cachsubpoena. Witness always depends
en the aldermen in making out his bills
and does net believe he would get into
trouble. The witnesses summoned at the
hearing of these cases wcre from Stras
burg and some below. It would take all
day in serving the subpeenas. The con cen cen
stabeo could net tell from recollection hew
often he subpoenaed these witness, and
when the court record was produced show
ing the names of witnesses, Mr. Eichholtz
said he might have subpoenaed allot them.
The record shows 36 witnesses te convict
19 tramps at a cost of $264.48. The whole
cost of this conviction for aldermen, con
stables and witnesses was $602.24. The
constable couldn't explain hew it happened
that the names of witnesses appeared in
different colors of ink.
At this morning's examination Constable
Eichholtz stated if the record se indicated
he was prosecutor in the nineteen tramp
cases under consideration. He had brought
up at least fourteen of them en the 3d of
September. Six cents circuit mileage was
charged in each separate case, though the
prisoners had been brought up in two
batches. The officers had a geed deal of
trouble and made several trips before se
curing the tramps. When Mr. Reed asked
the constable whether it was right te
charge mileage in each of these cases as
though the arrests had been made separ
ately, Eichholtz said he thought se or he
would net have charged it .
Mr. Greider Did you have warrants
for these tramps when you arrested them ?
A. I had net.
Mr. Greider Then I don't think you
had a right te charge any mileage at all.
Officer Leman Examined.
Officer B. Frank Leman was examined
this morning. He answered the leading
questions in the negative. Could net rec
ollect hew many of the tramps he had ar
rested near Bird-in-Hand ; had no war
rants ; placed them in the jail te save the
trouble of bringing them down te the sta
tion house ; this was en Sunday ; they
were brought in in two , or three batches
and b reught in en farmers' wagens, by
some of .the officers, the ether officers re
maining behind te make further ar
rests ; Mr. Eichholtz was one of them.
Witness knew nothing about Eich
holtz making 20 of these arrests all in
one day ; Eautz was one of the officers ;
did net knew whether Shay was - along.
In cases of several complaints against a
man, witness charges for complaints and
warrants separately but net for mileage,
and when it was pointed out that the bill
showed charges for mileage in each case,
Leman said the bill had been made
out by Alderman Spurrier. Of seventy
eight complaints and cemmittents in these
cases, witness was unable te state hew
many he committed. Officers arc allowed
a fee of fifty cents for each commitment ;
witness charges for a commitment sent
up by the alderman, while the ac
cused was in prison : thinks he is entitled
te it and that the solicitor qvill bear him
out in this. The record was produced te
show that Leman, Eichholtz and Mussel
man wcre all prosecutors against Jeseph
Quinn, one of the gang. Officer Leman
did net remember whether he had been
one of the prosecutors, as he depended en
Alderman Spurrier te make out the bills.
Witness could net tell hew often he had
L summoned the witnesses in these several
cases, nor could he tell hew it was that in
the discharged cases there were six or
eight witnesses tbree of whom were officers
tbe cases could net be sustained. The
officer had testified as te where he found
them and the condition in which they were
in at the time. Officer Leman stated that
he could net remember any particulars of
the case in which he had made complaint
against Themas Cennell before Alderman
Dennelly, also against Wm. Clark en the
3d of November, also agaiust Geerge
Liney en the 28th of November, all of
whom were discharged.
The officer stated that he had heard of a
peel of business among policemen before
he became an officer, but knew of no such
an arrangement new.
Mr. Leman then gave at length his con
nection with the cases against Geerge
Thompson, et al., suspected of the lar
ceny of postage stamps. He stated that
when he went te Zicgler's tavern and at.
tempted te arrest the gang, without a
warrant, Mr. Ziegler resisted him and
would net let him make the arrest ; the
men then get off and Thompson was the
only one captured. He then went te llar
risburg, Reading and ether places with
warrants for the arrest of the ethers, but
did net find them. He had net charged a
cent of mileage in these cases tbat he was
net entitled te.
Mr. Greider Is it net a custom for offi
cers te give each ether warrants te serve
for the arrest of accusad persons ? A. I
don't knew that it is a custom ; they some
times serve warrants for each ether. It is
sometimes impossible for one officer te get
near an accused person, while another offi
cer would have no difficulty in making the
arrest.
Mr. Reed Is it your practice te go be
fore aldermeu and make complaints. A.
Ne, it is net ; you will find very few com
plaints made by me that are dismissed.
Constable Shay's Tettlmeny.
Officer Shay, of the Eighth ward, was
the next witness examined. He answered
negatively the five leading questions.
He assisted in the arrests of some of the
tramps in September last ; they weie
taken te the jail ; had warrants for some,
but did net knew the names of all ; was
net prosecutor in any of the cases against
them ; executed some of the warrauts ;
was down there twice ; sumo of the offi
cers were down oftener ; don't knew that
three were 78 prosecutions brought against
14 tramps.
Mr. Greider The bill shows that you
executed the warrants in eight of these
cases ; you made but two trips and yet
you charge mileage for 138 miles. Is that
correct ? A. If it is en the bill it is.
Don't recollect who the prosecutors wcre
in these cases.
Mr. Reed When you arrest live or six
poisons at oue time de you charge mile mile
age for each ? A. Ne : net exactly.
Mr. Reed But you bill shows mileage
charged in each case. A. If the bill
shows it I suppose it te be correct. The
alderman makes out the bills. All larceny
cases are taken before the aldermnti : the
mayor does net hear such cases.
THETOUKISTS.
At the Opera Heuso Lant Night.
Mestayer's " Tourists iu a Pullman
Palace Car '' railroaded through several
hours of boisterous mirth at Fulton opera
house last night before an audience thaf
might with comfort have been seated in
the parquet, but which was scattered ever
the room in spots. Fun ruled the hour,
and laughter and applause ran riot during
the .continuance of the performance,
which, by the way, was drawn out te an
unreasonable length, and might properly
have been cut short half an hour earlier
than it was. The people seemed te enjoy
it, however, and this fact probably en
couraged the management te keep it up,
for " there's nothing in it," and it might
just as well step ene place as another.
The first scene has been entirely re-written
since its former production, the
second, whilst devoid of essentially new
features, is funny, and the third i.s posi
tively dull. The music was of small
account. The little man with a voice like
a calliope distinguished-himself by the
savage style in which he assaulted the top
notes and sang round the key without
ever striking it ; Mestaycr acts bis songs,
ana you are net expecieu te nonce
whether he sings them or net ; Leng's,
voice sounds as though it had been trained
in a cellar, and that a very deep one.
Miss Vaughn's contralto is rich and pew
erf ul and her German and character songs
were capitally done. The only really ex
cellent voice in the company upon the oc
casion of its former visit, that of Miss
Kellogg, was conspicuous by its absence.
This little lady whose highly cultivated
soprano did se much te enhance the
musical merit of the previous performance,
left the company some time since, and the
less of her veic i is at once apparent in the
qaality of the music as rendered in last
night's performance. It is a kindness te
Mr. Mestaycr te remind him that he cannot
expect te support his show en its past repu
tation, and that te maintain a full measure
of public favor he must " keep up with
the precession" in every particular.
Committed Fer Trial.
Peter Robinson was before Alderman
Spurrier this morning en the charge of
larceny as bailee, he having obtained
goods at the stores of Hostetter & Sen
and Myers & Rathven for the purpose,
as he stated, of making clothing, after
making them he disposed of them and then
fled, but was caught. He was committed
in default of bail for trial at court.
Literary Entertainment.
The Haven Literary society connected
with the First M. E. church, of this city,
will give a frce entertainment consisting
of music, recitations, &c, in the Duke
street church, en Friday evening next.
APEIL COURT.
THE REDBLAn QUARTEK SKSSIUNS
A Much Mixed Case Frem Willow Street.
Cem'th vs. C. S. Herr, felonious entry.
The testimony of B.F. Greff, esq., was
that last year he -resided in West Wil
low, Pcquea township, in a building
in which is a store and posteffico
kept by the defendant. On the night
of the 19th of December his part of the
house was entered and an overcoat, an
undercoat and a geld plated watch with
silver chain were taken, together with a let
of deeds,a promisiarynete,4c., which were
in the coat pockets. When witness retired
en this night the doers between his apart
ment and that of the defendant were lock
ed. The next morning defendant sent for
witness and told him that his store bad
been entered and a large quantity of grec
eries, postage stamps, fcc., stolen. Herr
went te the safe and stated tbat it had
been blown open with powder. Witness
saw no indications of powder having been
used.
The commonwealth sought te prove that
Herr had told different stories as te what
had been taken and from the way that the
locks between the store and GrelTs apart
ments had been broken it could have been
done only by some one going from the
store into Grefl's, and further that the
building was net entered by the shutters as
alleged by Herr.but that the fastenings were
forced from the inside, and also that Herr
had said that he thought he cenld telj
where Grell's goods were. The shutters
were brought into court and shown te the
jury Rep. A knife was found in the
shutters the next morning ; one was pro
duced in court, but the witnesses swore
that it was net the one found in the shut
ters.
Fer the defense, C. S. Herr, the de
fendant, was called ; he testified that he
knew nothing whatever about the robbery
uutil the morning afterward. Witness then
explained hew the house was entered from
the kitchen, the shutter of which was
broken. That night the thieves opened
the safe and stele $1G7 in money, 3, Q00
stamped cigars, a let of dry goods, to
bacco, raisins, sugar, etc. Some time
afterward Greff began te insinuate that
witness had committed the burglary, and
in a few days Samuel Bewman came
there with a search warrant and
made a thorough examination of
the premises,, but found nothing.
Seme time after the burglary Greff came
te witness and told him that for 9100 he
would settle the suit. This witness would
net agree te, and Greff then said he would
fix it if witness would give him a receipt
for the rest of his year's rent ; he finally
agreed te settle it for $40 ; all of which
offers witness refused ; witness did tell
some folks that no money was stolen, 'as
he had reason for saying xe, he being tax
collector and did net want every
ene te knew it ; when the burglary
was first discovered witucss thought
the safe had been blown open,
as he saw something which looked
like powder at the safe ; he afterwards
gave up that theory as he believed that the
tine stuff was borings from the hole in the
safe. After the burglary witness offered
a reward of $300 for the burglars. The
kuife produced by witness is the one
which was found in the shutter out of
which it was taken by Greff.
Several witnesses testified tbat they
heard Greff ask Herr for money in order
te scttle the case.
Jeseph Erb testified that at a lata hour
en the night of the burglary, while en his
way from Lancaster, he met two men with
a wagon heavily leaded coming from the
direction of Herr's store. Henry Yeung,
a blacksmith of this city, testified tbat the -hole
was made in the safe at the right
place te effect the lock se as te open it. It
looked as though it had been made with
an instrument for that purpose, and by an
expert.
Jehn Dunge plead guilty te taking a
small sum of money from Michael Mc
Sbane, while both were drunk. He was
sentenced te 30 days imprisonment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills :
True Bills, Antheny E. Lechler, em
bezzlement ; Jehn Obetz, keeping a gam
bling house ; Elias Aument, larceny as
bailee ; Geerge Greff and Jehn P. Eilbern,
disturbing a religious meeting ; Geerge
W. Mc Alpine alias Harris, carrying con
cealed weapons, felonious assault and bat
tery and attempting te rob ; David L.
Shirk and B.F. Stewart, fornication and
bastardy.
Ignored, Samuel Hemsher, adultery with
Samuel Tayler for costs; Antheny E.
Lecbler, ( two cases ) embezzlement ;
Miten Elliett, fornication, with county for
costs.
Wednesday Morning. In the case of
cem'th vs. C. S. Herr, charged with felo
nious entry, the commonwealth this morn
ing abandoned the case, as they did net
think there was sufficient evidence te ask
for a conviction. The court said they
agreed with the commonwealth, and did
net think there were any circumstances te
warrant a conviction. A verdict of net
guilty was therefore taken.
Cem'th vs. Lewis Sanders, larceny ; the
defendant was formerly an employce
of the Shober paper mills, at Slackwatcr.
lie was charged by Jehn A. Shober with
having stolen a felt or paper-mill blanket
from the mill, which he took within ene
year. The felt was found in the possession
of Jacob Lutz, who gave him a let of fish -for
it. Lutz could net tell whether it was
four years age or within two that he re
ceived the felt, but at the time Sanders
went te the paper mill and get it.
The defense- was that Sanders never
stele any felt whatever, but he had been
given several pieces during the firstL
seven years that he worked for Mr.
Shober ; he was also given three worn out
felt blankets. In 1873 he traded one te
Jacob Lutz for some fish. Several wit
nc-sses were called who testified te the de
fendant's previous geed character.
Jehn A. Shober was called in rebuttal,
and he testified that the blanket charged
as having been stolen was net one or any
part of these given Sanders. With a
I search warrant in January he found mere
felt at banders house than he had been
given. The jury rendered a verdict of
In the case of Jehn Albert charged with
adultery the district attorney stated that
he was unable te prove the defendant te
be a married man. Beth the defendant
and commonwealth were willing that a
verdict of guilty of fornication only and
net of adultry be taken. This was done,
and the defendant was sentenced te pay a
fine of $50 and costs.
Cem'th vs. J." H. Obetz. of Manheim.
The defendant, who is a saloon keeper in
Manheim, was charged with keeping a
gambling house. Several witnesses testi
fied that they had played cards in the de
fendant's saloon. The defense after hear
ing the testimony made no defense and a
verdict of guilty was taken. The defend
ant plead guilty te selling liquor en Sun
day and te miners. Sentence was deferred.
in the case of B. F. Stewart, charged
with fornication and bastardy, a verdict
of net guilty was taken, as two years had
elapsed before the indictment was found.
Jacob Reinhart, of this city, plead
guilty te assault and battery en Officer
Ceyleand also with resisting the same
officer. On the first charge he was sen
tenced te pay 5 and costs and en the lat
ter te pay a fine of $50 and costs. In the -f
case of false pretense against the same de
fendant, a verdict of net guilty with
county for costs was taken, for want of
evidence.
The grand jury returned the following
bills :
True Bills : Isaac Bebman, fornication
and bastardy ; Tillie Schaeffer and Ernest
Schaeffer, assault ; Catherine Schaefier,