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Show MAXWKl.lS DKl'KNSM. Tho Uein;iiitdct' of tin' Thin DociimeiiL TlitMiciuM'al Fulls liuck on His; Misfortunes lor Froti'ct ion. ANtt THINKS Ills "LONO. VAl'lltmi. and sAi-KmriNU smtvich." ouuur 10 DKCUUNl'LU IN HIS t'AVOU. j lit) Formers that n t.cnlilo tJruntl Jur) 1 uveal lit;iicd the Alh'gtd Vcculattotu. linl t hiiriti'M the llontimt itilli ctio Aulliurttip ol Illn ui's. ('f(.'?i:.r'i( f,-H iNti.'imii.v'j rllCUAI.lt.)- Upon my sneiiou, and with tin-aid tin-aid ot tho Ationwy general, on tin-cli'siin: tin-cli'siin: d iy ol tho last session, enn-fca enn-fca direeteil the leiiHlalive rtppro-;triation rtppro-;triation for the territory ot Utah, amounting to to theili pirt- inenl ot justice to defray the- expense.., of the courts. Thereupon I had a correspondence cor-respondence with the attorney genera! as to when that appropriate m w.i available and was iiUorinod lloa it would le aailab!e. ou the comnieneo-ment comnieneo-ment ot the next fiscal year, 1, at the same lime, receiving instructions at-to at-to ho v rt ipiisitions, should be mad", And (hat further instructions would he forwarded. An c-timate w.w tubinittM to the department of tho probable, funds netdid, $ IS, it VI , to defray the expenses ex-penses ot tho July term of tho id district court, that being lite term in which tho Mountain Meadow massacre massa-cre was to come up for trial. I asked that such an amount as the department depart-ment should deem proper borcm-ltui, in response to wliich I received i draft for the estimated sum, $l;i,LM. He fore 1 had used any part or portion of that money, in conformity with instructions, 1 conferred with the iii.lgei. clerks, commissioners and district attorney, as to their apportionment apportion-ment of that amount, the result of which conference w.u that thu district attorney waa to receive $3,"V); liis deputy,' P. V. Whedon, $l,ii; n1(. fxir ivmniifjioiK'rt, $ UV each, and three clerks $1,0 J each, thus showing t'al'ince that I could relyiipon of $lo7V. of. which sum I hid dmwn 'or fM,iY. Then followe.1 instnic-ions instnic-ions from the dep irlment of juti ;e, to the ttVcct thai jurors and witness. s should bo paid undi r t ic territorial statute, in conformity with whi :i, orders were Usiud to Yi!!iam rfu.kin. I directed Dt-puly .1. P. Crvws to mak. cut returns strictly in accordance with the factH, and forward me triplicat- :here,f, having it distinct'y to appear ou the witness rolls what smouut oi witness tees had or ha 1 nut been p lid. The triplicates on tilo in mv oili -e -how t::at such directions wern Jul-lowed, Jul-lowed, i th y are t t'r.'j. .iV. These returns have uot been ver:li-l bv me, ! nut I w.ll refer to said Cross' conduct j her.'AUer in an-wering his statements. I T.iis amount ofiio.T'.O, leing all t: e funds to bo relied up-nn f r d -fraying tne expenses tor the ensuing fiicaiye.ir for lue eutire territory, necessit Uetl on my part the adoption uf one of two p ans wuich presented theuiselves. viz.: eitner to close t'ue curls in the utner two dL-tricL; close the penitentiary peniten-tiary after turning the pris-ners V, or to get aside a portion of that fou l iif$13.i""0, tor the benefit of t:ie First md In i rd districts and the penitentiary, peniten-tiary, which Utter course I pursued, fne expense of cirr-inc on the penitentiary peni-tentiary wai nearly $ I, -VO per mouth. Had I not adopted tne plaa I did. the mis of jut if1 wpio in H inifrr.fijrath, l unviLs at targe and the authority of the government seotled at. Tne relative rela-tive importance of the several districts ind the maintenance of the penitentiary peniten-tiary will appear from the following: Tne judgments rendered in the last fiscal year in the Second district cuiirt, .isp er reports on file made by the district dis-trict attorney, amounts to $20,0n0; in the Fm district court $10 "", and m the Tnird district court ?vJ,iV, aa n&ir as can be remembered. Tiie criminal imporLtnce of the aevnrai lietricts is in the same ratio. Then taking into consideration the expense of maintaining the penitentiary, it will be seen that I would have merited ' cerjuire had I appropriated tills fund almost entire to one case that of John D. Lee in which no convictions convic-tions resulted from the trial. If there exist any errors in the accounts for the July term of the Second district court, they are chargeable charge-able to Jerome B. Cross, and made by him wilfully, knowingly and maliciously malici-ously to injure me. I have seen nothing but those alleged triplicates before mentioned. Exhibit "" is here submitted and attention called back to exhibit "C," in the matter of A. G. Paddock. At the earnest request of my predecessor, pre-decessor, M. T. Patrick, I retained Mr. A. G, Paddock in charge of the j penitentiary, although at that time the office wa? a sinecure, there being no prisoners within its walls. But he having a family, and being in very reduced circumstances, his case I regarded re-garded as one deserving recognition. My retention of him would save him house rent and fuel, and when pri-sonpra pri-sonpra were within its walls he might by good management be enabled to eke out a subsidence for himself and family. I most emphatically dtny that Paddock ever furnished one ration or one pound of coal, since I tiave been marshal, to the Utah penitentiary. peni-tentiary. On the contrnry, I have receipted bills from the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain coal company and from Gentile merchants lor supplies of every description for both prisoners, guards and Mr. Paddock and family. 1 here reler to a long outstanding account, contracted before I was inducted into office, by Paddock, which account I paid at his solicitation. His accounU have been BUfipendcd and have been the puhject of much correspondence, now on file in the department, to which reference is called. I (was co npelled to) discharged him (on account of falseness and incompetence as well as) in consequence of a cowardly cow-ardly attack on me m circulating a petition, while in my employment, for my removal and his appointment. (Judge Hemingray ig knowine Ui this as well aa the entire Salt Lake city bar.) Without entering into details, I Qfmy most solemnly everything in the shape of allegations against me contained con-tained ir. tho lidavit of Arihur Pratt. Said Arihur Pratt has ha I a settlement, and his statement, written writ-ten and signed with his own hmd, that he is indebted tn the mrs.i in tho amount of over S'.'OO, is on file :is ono of tho records of the , e. Knowing to this are Fred. LurU.-v and S. Sprague. lie ( IV.'U ) wan paid Jfo fur the recapture ot William on. I discharged him for impropriating money of a man whom he had arrested ar-rested (Florida, depu'y aherill, ie knowing to this), and then r-len-jng him. Prall had charged thai I re reived a bribe from John Sharp and Urigham Young. I think cither of the) laltrr gentlemen, ulihough Mormons, nnd tionifiuuently bearing no goid will towards mo, would ro fate this bribery charge, And I nnike the name denial ia to tho allegations contained in the aflidavits and statements ofJ-rnme i P. Cross, where ih ' u ll cl on mv li'Mlciiil mlegniy. Hut . wherein he i Ciotp) 1'e.fcis to e.'ilaiu aeeomils ol i (lie July f. no of oi'nt lor tho vnu s, if ilu-iv Khould bo an) tiunr wrong m those mvtuihls, I charge ll to ho Iho niahciou-i act ol n lid I'ro-s, done for the puipo-,e of iniirilig me. With reference lo his assertion, tlml he had clnoe of my hooka lit itny time, this is uuiialiti'dly lalse. He acled hiniply as u copyist and n-it-anl. lr. A. tv. Smith has acled as my jninciii.il deputy at headquarters, Sill Lake, city, and ever ninco my induction in-duction uilo tlie oMice ol manual, and up lo and including this time, Ims been in exeltiMvn charge of my booki and oltice business. Now with leleience to Mr. Cross' statement about a ccrtah' mine. The first paytnent made towaid the ur-chase ur-chase of tlutl mine, to the, amount ui Sl.oiHi, 1 kirrowi.i horn Mrs. Kuiu-iiuv Kuiu-iiuv Smith. Tho balance to complete aul purcbaso was UnTow-d by me lioiu Colonel Imios A. Wall. The Imoks referred to as not having been produced belure. the grand jury were examined by a sub-coin nut Ire ol that jury composed of three members mem-bers thereof, named Keid, Moiil and one oilier whose name do not now recall, and their report was to the etleel that thev found everything corn-ct. With reference to tho September term of the Second district court, there have, been no accounts fur-wardid fur-wardid bv tho deputy in clmige, William Siokes, 1 having iu-.tnu i. d liim to aw.ut the rtctiuu of tho first couiptrollerof' llui L'nited Sutes treasury treas-ury upon the July account. This, because Iho appropriation was a new our, a new programme, and no precedent pre-cedent npuii which to base future action. ac-tion. James P. Crow was aeijt lo Ite-wer to avis'. Marshal Stoken in making up thoe accounts ,r that term. 11,., sa d Cnwtt, having hecii guilty of ! nv. ,-,.,,.(,, ihr.Me-h J.ii.L,,,,-,,-,. I previous occasions, Was warned that any fiyther oil'eiiso of tlie same nature na-ture would reeult in hisdismissnl. Not-withntanding Not-withntanding this warning. Cross got beastly drunk while unthisduty, conducting con-ducting himself in u rmioriously disgraceful dis-graceful manner. Knowing that this would eauio his removal, when calieil to my attention, as it eeitainlv would he by Judge Bon in. in, he (Cross 1 sul-slilnud' a Iraudltlenl voiictur for $74, sig:ut.l by one IVit.-rvm, a hotel keeper w:io had been U)arxhni: jurors, winle said voucher s!iou!d h ive ben :-n,d by Cipt. Vand, rsh.v of Camp Cameron, lie (Cnos) w s a's nrny to t:ie fili.ig of another fraudulent Voucher, signed by mi" IJ. L. Sptvir. lor alleged attetidanco as a bail.il. My attention having loeu at onco ca!!eil to these facts by Marshal lokes, I thereupon dismissal Cro-s. As to tiie atthlavit of 11. L. Porter, wherein he ptales that he ever was a deputy marshal, or mv Kfck keeper, or fiat 1 am indehttd t nim l-. ine amount of one dollar, or any ot ler allegation lii.it rt il-vts upon up-on my orlici.d cnaracl-.r, I proiiouuco untrue. All other a;hlav;s or statement, made by any pers. n or p-ri ns whomsoever, which charge me with any corruption or nulfea-ance in oihee, I ni'Vt earne-Uy deny the truth of, and eh ilh-nge the proof. Now, in conclusion, I m ly l-c p-T-miltevl to sum yp and arrive at the animus which iias pnunpud the-r cowanlly attacks on m To the beot of my knowledge an I belief, upon up-on my haered honor, and upeci my ni'xt B-'Iemn oa'b, and ttio l-hef of ail my friends in I" tan, and their name is legion, as m it by inf. rre.l when I slate that I have Ih-mi e ili-d upon two dilteretit linns t-j represent the entire lit utile element in Ulan as their delegate to congre.-s, in opposition opposi-tion to Hi Mormon noiuineo, there h:i3 been oii;.iieUT i..., tiie purpose of whhh h s hi en t-seduce t-seduce from my side persona, to !. arrayed against me in llie prmlu tion of iueh infamous ciiarg'-sas mignl rc-iult in my remov.il froiii the olli -e of qiarshal of tint territory, and I charge that said ring, in this p-TJeru-lioa of me, is inciud and prompted and egged on, as well :is stipp'jrted '; the Mormons f' it:iht my bitterest enemies. This charge mny not at this time be susceptible of proof, yet iu making it I feel that I not only utierthe truth, but echo the universal sentiment senti-ment of the Gentile community of Utah. A- G. Paddock, chief of this ring, who should fee grateful lo me for keeping Iho wolf from his door in iiis direst extremity, is the aspirant for the marshalship of Utah. The other affiants were, aB has been shown, employes and deputies of mine. Paddock proposes as their reward to provide for them when lie obtains his coveted appointment. It ia represented in Utah that his cousin, Senator Paddock of Nebraska, en-courages en-courages him in this raid upon me, promising his senatorial support. I cannot believe such a prostitution prosti-tution of his position, with personal per-sonal knowledge and tlie most rigid investigation of the facts, on the part of tiie honorable senator. I would deem it out ot place and not at all pertinent to this defense to refer lo the sacrifice I have made for my country. So far as my record is concerned con-cerned ns an officer of the civil service ser-vice oft:, e United States up to this time, it has been without blemish. I have long expected bucli a move as has now been made against me to emanate from that territory, and nhouid it be crowned with success on the part of my enemies, I can but resign myself lo the truth of tho old adage, that "everything is fair in war." On my first introduction into Utah as a government official, my disposition disposi-tion was to simply execute my duty as such, without fear, favor or a flection, flec-tion, "with malice tow'ards none and charity towards all," but those people at once gave evidence that ho good will could exist on tiicir part towards me, and for the reason only lhat their attempt. to obtain a convert and insfrumcnt m mo met with a decided rebuff. I became at once ostracised socially from their midst, pnd tlie target among others for their most malevolent and deadly thafts. I am free to admit that when attacked it is my nature to fight hack, but the Gentile community will bear me out in the assertion that tho contest on my part lias been open and above board, unsought by me. When the government saw fit to change my status fn that territory, by ennftrring on me the marshalsuip, a position not sought for, nor asked for by me, those fce.ings at once assumed as-sumed an inereised intensity on the part of that people, and which has finally culminated in lids cowardly raid. With all due resprut to my superiors, I feel myself justified, in view ot long, faithful and sacrificing s'Tvice to my ountry in in hour of perd, in demanding that no o- p irtc t-'ptimony he pcrmitkd to iulluence my ease, either pro or con. Iiok nothing bjt fairmss and justice. At th's distance 1 labor to a certiin ex Cent at a disaii vantage-. Should the depaitnient sen fit to to entertain tlie consideration of ilmse charges against me, I would at-k that they be investigated on the. 'round, where everything would be favorable to the elucidation of tho truth, and nothing but tho truth. ihat tlie department appoint a competent ngout to thoroughly silt the matter in Salt Lake city, with power and authority to hunimoii wit-uersi wit-uersi s and take tentimony buth tor and acHiit tne. Should (he dep irlment fee I (Mil i. trained to i;ivo cansid'Talinn to this r ( ewdcue,-, 1 then ask time to produce counter lent innmy. 1 will add that uch le-ilimony will lenult in a complete refulation. (Signed,) Gi:o. It. Maxutu,, U. H. Marshal, Utah. |