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Show MB APPEALS 1 10 IWSEVELT lUests President to I Rifii a fmt. Waifs on His Chfof Accuser ill Tr Fair DGa,in9 as to IB Charges. I "tes His Former Letter aud His Complete Vindication by Jury, 1 and the Evidence, f 1 t--JVSHrXGTOX. June 13. .Tames MM N. Tyncr. who was removed Iff from ofllee as Assistant Atlor-t Atlor-t nty General for the Postolflce Ifpartment during the investigation of he department and who -was recently Sled and acquitted by a jury, has ad-Eed ad-Eed the following letter to Presi-!tnt Presi-!tnt Roosevelt, gin November, 1W3. on the strength of rtaln charges contained in a report, by u Bristol UK- Fourth Assistant Post-nUer-Grneral, ou gave to the press of he country a statement to the effect that 'etoVs corruption In the case of Assistant ftlornev-Gcneral Tynei; 1ms gone on for Onnmber of wars." and after referring to -J as the 'chief offender." you say tliat o my cafo "the corruption took tho form if favoring get-rich-quick concerns and HralUr schemes; In other words, the 'rlmlnals whom It was his (my) sworn "civ to prosemte, paid him (me) for permission per-mission to llc?co the public unmolested." Wter tlius giving your ofllcial opinion as 'Wef Magistrate of the Nation, as to my SjUt. von referred to the lact that there mo three Indictments pending against ne, ami you called upon the jury to do is 'duty. Par-Reaching: Consequences, fxo verdict of Jury nor sentenco of judge buld have had such far-reaching or irremediable irre-mediable consequences for mo as this ox-raordliiary ox-raordliiary official proclamation of guilt iy you, and the ordinary machinery of njllce 13 probably powerless fully to ectlfy the Injusllco done. Immediately ion swlnjr your charges In tho press I iddres3l vou a letter protesting that on he men? rav-so of Sir. Brlstow you had Krlfbt without at least llrst giving ine j chanco to be heard In my defense or jrtttiout confronting me with the charges Ibt the evidence, thus prematurely and TrsEnly to prejudice me and perhaps forever for-ever Mast the good name and character .iilileh for nearly eighty years I have en-davorcd en-davorcd to establish. I Has Had Bay in Court. tjtwhen I wrote this letter I had littlo tlopi that a merciful and Just God would ;r?ire my life long enough to enable me to Jifc a jury of mv peers, and I wished bendy to record what I believed to bo a ilAlh-lKd prDtfSt against your unusual, mjust and arbitrary fiction. Fortunately, 3 Suve navr had my day in court ahd, ac-torJInp ac-torJInp to tlie law of the land, have es-Itilillsbftl es-Itilillsbftl my lnnm-i-iico of any crime or 3f any misconduct in ofllee. Tho jury, without a moment's hesitation, pro-scmicc-d me ' not guilty" on all the Indlcb-aents. Indlcb-aents. Appeals for Fair Dealing. it Such a verdict in u trial brought in good f:llh weald ordinarily be a sufficient vindication vin-dication of an accused party; but, unfortunately, unfor-tunately, in tills case your official proclamation procla-mation of my assumed guilt has such -j?f kht-and Is entitled to have such .irelsht-tliat to many it practically over-Tvlti over-Tvlti the verdict of the jury. 1 notice teat many of your friends do not hesitate itony that vour verdict given before trial m more to be relied on than the verdict or court and Jury given after trial. Against huc'i Injustice I have no recourse, .wept by appealing to your sense of JlJht and fair dealing. Tver's Charge Against Brislow. Vn.my lc"Ucr t0 ou ot December 2. 1903, ,nntlmated, briefly, that your action was ioi uiiu wiuii, :tnu inai you vouiu noi ! taken the course you did If you had Mtti misled and deceived bv Mr. Brl report. I ciiarged that his report Teased the lacts, garbled the evidence, noted the records, made untrue state-ts. state-ts. and was In every way calculated IMead and deceive you, as well as tho c. I now reafilrm these charges, and II your attention to the fact that it longer merely my statement against Brlsiow's. but that witness after wit-on wit-on the stand for the Government in tnal denied the accusations in his lu ad document after document the Government, files disproved his Ken. ' ys President Was Deceived, o not mean for a moment to question Bood faith and entire sincerity of proclamation; I wish merely to cm-. cm-. tho fact that you have Wn dc- i1"? X)?L. )'our hiudablo zeal for i troon decency has been im- Every Charge Disproved, u accuse me of "gross corruption"; attorneys for tho Government con-l,: con-l,: "If claimed any such charges bo-i bo-i I 3ury; .you charge that I was .by crlmlpalH not to prosecute ' ,: ,ot a scintilla of evidence was VVus,aln s,lch a charge, nor was is c document produced to show spe-violation spe-violation of duty. Bvciy chargu in nJi,l?repork 1,1 anywise reilecting ne i,as 'wen disproved by tho recent -dlsnrov.d not by virtue of the vor-l- nswP,rn evdenco of the Govern-to Govern-to own witnesses. Asks President for Justice. ti tU.V .l0 you 1 Traycd that my r hl! ,owr" mlRiit be spared a..,! i fL.?0,lv,nSPt! tho American pub-nv pub-nv ae,MUi,v rnlcf .aslBlratc. that sK i(lvt "?e.11 honest, honorable rolsHiard,in t,,c :,5ht of God tho i ,'.i, S r,ftnl:'n hours are few. imutot oonirt, h?use '? ln oraw and-with irrcS Cu 1 ,iwa,t irom daV to day H cannot e?oUm tUmmom nevortlwles. 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