Show LATEST TELEGRAMS SCOVIJLLE vs HENRY lawyer Scoville Writes Marshall Mar-shall Henry dow i sAnd Liar s-And Wives him a Little Wholesome Whole-some Advice Washington 28Scoville sent the following communication to the Post tonight My attention has been called to the published interview inter-view with Marshal Henry and 1 desire to correct what may be a false impression in the public mind from a statement of the marshal as published He says Mrs Scoville got 200 for her witness fee and put it down in her pocket or words to tlut effect The fact was she got i 5102 and that two dollars only went down in her pocket the balance bal-ance being used to pay our board bills The marshal has the figures in his office and his deputy having paid the moneyit is hardly just that he should make such a statement Jt becomes material whether the f is placed at the right or left of either figures when counting money anal we CO < notlike to be prejudiced by any mistake in that respect The marshal also seemed to complain that the law of this district allows defendants witnesses to be paid by government The same law that allows the marshal I his compensation out of the public treasury allows the payment of these witnesses fees and he has no more right to complain of it than I have to complain of his drawing his pay from the public treasury I think the witnesses for the prosecution prose-cution will cost government throe times as much as those for the defense Signed GEO W SCOVILLE |