| Show Tr tR W ITtS TO T Protests Vigorously Against Ag ills lb J Unjust and nud nd Arbi Arbitrary Action ASKS THAT JUSTICE JUSTIE BE DONE Verdict of or Sot Not Guilty Guit Guilt by b a Jury Jur is I Not ot Adequate Vindication In a Case Casc Like Ills Washington June Jima 13 lames N Ty T tier mien lI who ho was wall removed from an as IA ono nl attorney Mineral for tur or tho lie thee teo department during Ito tho ion lon of ot the tIm department md who lio f re Ie recently C tried and Ind acquitted by b a A Jury lies has addressed l the tho following letter to President Roosevelt In iti November 1003 on the of ot certain erlin charges contained In 11 a report by hy Mi Mr h the fourth assistant 1 l you gave to tu the tho Iress of or tho the u It I statement to the tho 1103 effect erect that bout gross gloss corruption la lii thu ease oase of ot Moat Ala ll t lies hUll gone gOlo on un for tor a n number of ot yours 1 tooth and after refer Ieter 1111 to tu 0 mo as UA the chief offender oren lor you yon 01 say eny that hat In Iii nil lily II cu eilIO the tho corruption took the form of ot fa voting and similar In other words SOrda the criminals whom It Il was his my sworn duty lIlt to prosecute paid him hInt himme himml me ml too for COI permission to mere tho Iho pub PIllo lIt lie II unmolested After ACer thus giving your opinion as an 11 duet chief of n the nation us Ils 11 to my ow III guilt you ou referred to 01 the 1 fart act that wrt were three Indict mentH nien t c pending og 1 to gio I oct me 11 und it nI you OU called 0 I upon ii tho I julY j ill to tn I do 10 Ita It I ta duty chit Itt ty No Nn verdict of Jury filmy nor lor of judge could Ime liae beth luul such MiCh or Irremediable consequences for Cor me 11 Ut as UN n tills this extraordinary of guilt by hy you OU amid the ordinary ma mn machinery chinery of lt Justice Is probably powerless fully tolly tul to i edify the hoe Injustice done Im Immediately 11 mediately upon seeing your OUI charges In Inthe II the hi pi ess I 1 addressed l you a u letter I tor pro iro protesting testing that on un tho ho mere of oC Mr Ir you hail had no mm right without at It least giving me nie u a chance to bo be In my lY defense or without con confronting fronting me Inc m with wih the charges or the ev cv evidence 0 hence II tInts thim 1111 prematurely und anti rashly to prejudice me le and perhaps forever blast t the good name abbe Mi and lne character which tot for nearly 80 SO years clra I 1 liMo endeavored CI to en eR h When Shen 1 I wrote this letter I hail had hit little hope that a merciful anti Just Juel God Clod would pare my life le long enough to tl en enable enable able me to face tare II n Jury of my may IY p perc ers anti and andI antiI I wished to record wat I be he hl helleved to be he a Il deathbed against your our unusual unjust and Ine arbitrary ii toe III loti lon 1 I have now IO haul had my tIny 1 In court and according to the lie law of ot tile the land him 1111 have hll established oi my nw Inno cence of ot any crime or 01 of at any 11 mIcron duct In The Iloe Jury without a mo 1010 moments 10 ments men Ill hesitation pronounced mo nto 10 not loot guilty on 01 au toll nil al the tho Indictments Such Stub a it I verdIct In a n trial brought In III good faIth Clith would ordinarily be hoe a I sum sufficient dent vindication of ot an accused party hut but unfortunately In this CUSP URl your of official tIdal proclamation of 01 my assumed guilt has such Ilch weight and In Is I entitled to 10 have such stich weight that to many mal It 1 practically oven overrides Ides 1 the Verdict er of ut thin the jury I notice that hat nany of ot your om friends do titi not hesitate to to say that lint your verdict given before the trial IB too moro morn to tn ti be he ic 11 led on o than han tho ho verdict of ot court jury jur given after litter rIni Against such sucio In InJustice Justice I have no o recourse l except by br appealing dealing to tl Jo of or right anti and In lii my I letter to 0 you OU of ot Dee Dec 2 J 1003 1903 I 1 Intimated briefly that your our action wan laK IK unjust and 1111 wrong Mill and that t you 01 OtI would not have ha Ie taken akan tak 1 tho he course 1 YOU vou did Itil If you 01 hail had hlll not been misled anti and deceived 1 by y Mr 11 report I 1 charged that thal lois hil report relIant Ked tho lie facts garbled the evidence misquoted tIm tho records made untrue II lit rue statements to to I conch tc unit and 1111 WIS ns In Iii 11 every Iel way WiY calculated to mislead and Inel deceive you 01 as us IA well wel ns as 11 the lie public I Inow Inow now nol reaffirm these charges antI ami I call ul your 0 l attention at to the t he fact CIt that t hoi t It I Is lit no Ito 10 longer louger merely merly my 1 against I Ia Mr but hit lint thal witness after witness on all tho ho stand for Cor tho tim govern mont In II my trial denied the accusations In 11 lila his report document after doe doc document dol from Crom the government lies flies 1 8 die dis disproved proved lila his charges I 1 do rio not mean for 01 a n moment to 10 the good faith entire sin sincerity eeriLy of ot o your proclamation I wIsh merely to emphasize tile the fact that you have havo been deceived and that lint your laud laudable laudable able zeal tot for public and In decency loots ben been he n upon Ulon You accuse e mo 10 of ot gross corruption the lie attorneys for Cur the hoe government con coti constantly COl declaimed l any ally such audi charged bo top hoOf tore fore Of tho he Jury jur You charge that I wits was WUI paid by b criminals not to them thI hem not flat a n of ot evIdence offered to sustain such n a charge tour nor was a it single document produced to show Aha special favors to swindling dehorned or a 0 single of ot duty charge In the lh report In on mo ma Ions has been oils dis disproved Ils proved by toy h the recent trial disproved not nt by virtue vir tie of ot tho tIle verdict hut by hy of oC the lie own witnesses wit In iti 11 my I letter to 0 you YOI I prayed that lint my toy life anti and mental powers might bo ho spar allan spared ed ol 1 until Int ill II I had convinced 1 the thi e American Aone 1 mica mu public In and a you as magistrate ton gi st rate toll all n my tnt nn acts have hae been hern honest loon hon honorable hUI timid and In the tho th sight Ight of ot God lod od und anti man loan 1111 My y remaining hours hour are few feit CI 1111 though my m iii house hOIPo Is H In Ill II or order orden den der und anol 11 with wih clear I from frol diy tl to day In do tho thin Irrevocable sum summons UI mons nevertheless I cannot daM cloia my IY oyo yes without first appealing to tn to you Mr President as ll my I duet chief accuser er to 10 en eli Il deavor In Ii no M tar far as too II you ton cnn nn to tight the toe tingly wont gront done wrong me nie which you YOl have hn |
