Show THE ALLEGED DOODLERS The indictment of two of the exse lectmen of this county was the logical sequence of the indictment of the furniture fur-niture agent who was charged with corrupt cor-rupt practices in the furniture deal If he was the briber they were the bribed The Herald has repeatedly called for a full investigation of this scandalous affair and theprosecution of every person against whom there is evidence of guilt It is therefore desirous desir-ous of seeing the whole matter probed to the bottom The particulars of the exorbitant prices paid by the county for the furniture fur-niture sold by Mantin Hayken as agent for the Chicago house he represented and the statements of local dealers as to the actual value appeared in The Herald with full details from day to day So also did the acocunts of the peculiar factics of the county attorney in connection with the affair and the manner in which his movements were known to the parties whom he sought to implicate in the steal And at no time has The Herald defended the alleged al-leged boodlers or sought to shield them from charges of corruption but on the contrary has demanded a full inquiry and the punishment of the guilty Now that indictments have been found against three persons charged with an offense against the laws the work of investigation should go on and be made complete Every other person implicated in the crime said to have been committed ought to be brought under ithe legal searchlight Let no guilty man escape However the mere statements of the agent Hayken alone ought not to convict con-vict anybody It will not legally and ought not in the public mind Until the accused have been heard in their own defense common justice will demand de-mand a suspension of public judgment If that is a defense of the exselectmen The Herald defends them but to that extent no more |