Show TIM tile murrax MURRAY investigation E THE tim M C u i ji T j APPENDIX cy jan SO issi issa i fru fro J J b 11 i a as I 1 representative f framm frama A the state ol 01 kentuck kentucky y a appeared buforo the committee andaas and wast wasi examined as follows PY lytho lythe chaitrman L t 10 td 10 i 1 what brict 6 fentum kentucky do ou represent in 14 tills this rp ss I 1 A I 1 represent t the anth e fi distract n fqy ay itis it is a part antof arnof of the 0 district t brict which I 1 roar c ante 1 I in th fo arty burtu allu con ap I 1 gresa tn haye hate V 6 you yoa kr se sin bin congress congles S 1 A this term in ni my other I 1 teim terni terna pentad dented dent rent liken pent ted cd the butr dt i Q lu in w I 1 r i of f th chetat the tat tucky tacky Is thad that xa district s arlot iod idd locate locale ca A abin akin I 1 the portion of alie th eState ta Q 1 Is it re inot ram Rat mau man ra th Y ao k f d vt h V gress lapi lopi wenty wendy targe h in f tny iny I 1 believe belicic keil kebl 1 t with 1 montgomery which is t t tle tte ulyes mires theM rest ling lint af f it iiron tiron wm M M a bl blue e crass grasi county tute tuge rest df ue the coun tin lle in n my district wp weme a 1 tit alt idt ide bluegrass gr grass gnass ass counter and L lank irk lark Couii Co autt antt auty tv was was aadi addi ithe yar year before last ilist tram fram mr alid khu Wil and ard tive live of the ghe I 1 mountainous cou counties 0 were cur c cut tit off four being attached a tac kled wied E to 0 mr blac rus rau pau pah I 1 t thee the mountainous MORP abnous ere ero euit ekit cioff four of them beut beuc elt eit sittah attached tah edff coir lr thompsons Thomp sons l IV nh r Is district 1 aminee iou you have haye b een h 1 batye in congress aggress have ou beer been ii f affie isten ue of any duy abuses 0 or r in the states 1 ates Mars haai faai ald aid andt df united lutcs ducs deputy debuty diar riar epal V A J I 1 A ehn I 1 w erst ersi eress cess 1 ans vas a adem cler 4 md bok ba bov 1 I had never held heid any pul pui public ore and aud as no ah abed wita t agle manner of cond acting actins bu busl amin s nc I 1 kli kii ethew wl scarce scIrce scarcely ly quy anyone oddin in AN ven soon I 1 began ft get et 1 I add A colw pla pia ning ining of the conflict canil ifa A e uti nar shaik hais hals athey were gi the law lav in iry nic Q in year yean edn was wd wat A atha Ta atvas atsas ial in I 1 tn ial fai 11 these complaints yete vete vere so 6 nuan ngAn crous erous and the anses s to bb 0 ot such it a petty yetty character but so frequent that I 1 con eon clu ciu C 1 ud dedo deao fd take taue the mauer mayer to soma s 0 tit tia ill liy of olf my friends friend I 1 do nov liot kron kroy but t that t I 1 the 11 re it first not i knowing that I 1 oti oil rit toc tor have bave gone gone ro td i i the department of justice justic hady and android andt oid old him of odthe the arrests that had hadl e pl tord iora uch such offenses of elises ag J fol foi ia int illig IL a hect of tobacco tot bacco mall t a on his farah amy would arrest eliat tl manin pike county ts as tar mr as iney they could get from louisville andrake and aud take him to louisville stopping on the way and putting him inin over night in jail and that too tas taa being bel bei done by such sudi drunken druiken ae deputies As one man of tile the name of wyatt who 0 4 conspicuously section athe co country I 1 recommended d a jeneral general t nal on for sueh guch jp vetty 94 afis acs where for instance stance e a affia man n had lidd bebi beed arrested on a carh warrant ant aut for iok an aa offense that was two or lire tire lafee years eyears old such ads as selling a pint phit of IV whisky ky or r fl a bev pounds of tobacco O 9 af that character I 1 tha thought 0 lix lit that if a get gen larl lari could b be granted a n ted and a new nev ore ort ormer ommer er of wings N started r A in kentucky y it would give sat iseal i loff rne ane at large I 1 said sald til att this hse men en weye svere being harassed in a way as liable ca lead to a serious trou brou trouble a the president very politely that L should get the names ol of ane parties parti api aal 1 4 he lre re referred ferreI ferrel fernel me to the Atto atlo attorney rhey getal general 3 ecal etal eral the woe atil 1 general heard beard me lne patiently ansi anji re furred me to the at attorney ol of kentucky tucky fyfo wo wasi irad at 1 00 time vir sir iha Wha teton feton I 1 had never met mr whar tort tori jin jintle the had bad written me subh such a olat foat acri teri tetter yetter when I 1 was elected cougras that X presumed perhaps A little 0 on a hl his hib 31 ankie aukie tw e fy as well weil as aa my own to alla alia vant yant trouble fil iii kle ble that might ha brewi browl brewing m Kentucky from these annoyances boyanc noy ances es so I 1 myself to him told k know the clawes aames names and ard residences and arld ofte offe rises of persons clai cial avith these cs and t that t I 1 was seek adek seeking seeking ing a general amnesty an fn for them isaid I 1 said sald 1 li hoped that N would mesh information an and if he bo fco con 8 re recommend J sueh such ad milt bestjr 1 I ne devoir receive received ed ant any any reply to let iet to ter ten the thing thin went an far some aume time tinne I 1 ine ime letteer lett iett ber tr still came ili in to me from ts of my rny district rodin foran A stineo lar aber 4 casts cases efthia kind A man named dd adams living j n letcher county u atthe at the farthest frit flit al arrested on aMir rant raut in which lie he vas yas was not named at a all ali 11 hut but which V cli contained his brothers ther then namo name lle ile lie pro tested that he be was not named in n the warrant 1 he could coula identify himself by bl his but he was no not allowed to do so go lie ile wd was taken akean all the way was from frond his homel to of louisville and ano of course a as fedon on as he identified h himself i self thereto therein fun jun was fa dismisses andal andai to gg g home ahls ethis owal expense 1 I suppose that if yi you ou were to look th through rg h the accounts of bf the marshal W gilld find that thuu thebes the tes fes were anfor for that arrest A case ease of that klud kind was wag considered a very annoying thing thin for a federal official to permit mid I 1 had to complain about ita at that time I 1 had never met mett mr murray nor mr wharton Whar ton tou I 1 dir did complain to the attorney general and asked for fop an investigation matlon mation of that that whole matter t i i al llave lave have I you yon A copy of the letter which you sent to ito the attorney gen eral 1 t S A I 1 donot kno iv thata have b but hut tit lit I 1 suppose it ishii is on file nie in the department of Jn justice stice lam 1 iam I am quite sure that I 1 wrote to the attorney general orif uoti noti talked very freely urging an investigation of tho the whole business and saxing gayln sayin that doubtless there was Io something methin wrong down there I 1 did not know who was responsible but I 1 knew that there vv was was ras something wrong w hen men could be arrested in Letcher county and taken to JLouis ille a distance of over 0 cr two hundred mUes going lug inc ri ight night past the otrice office of rv stoner for there was a coul roner 1 at time at london which is about one hundred and fifty miles from louisville e J Q and anid within fifty miles mileson mi lesof of the tho place of arrest arrett A and fifty nifty miles from louisville toi to where whelo that manavas man was arrested in letcher county ile he would have to rido aderon unhorse on horse back from letcher county through london as ft a rule ruie in order tu ret get Louisville to if course urse ursa one could go around lon lonk r don but the ordinary course of travel would be through london there Ther was ia united states commissioner there at that time the deputies would not stop there to have tile the preliminary pre examination of a man maa but hut b ut i would mould vou von id tako him to louisville ta egami ex amin ii ed there the commissioner at london could davd bo and the man over yr if he were found not guilty could nave have discharged him and lt net tho the nan oan td back home the man himself would have the benefit of being 1 hus bus to have bave his witnesses therould the there roand round and of being able to gim nond hond 01 course the farther these deputy marrs marls hals hais poor follow fellow away from hoine homme the worse orf off ho he was waa in the wap way of pyu pru curIn witnesses drvie 5 boond Tu esam tiling thina hap bened Pene dAf aai if a man was arrested in fiad flad floyd county or pike county ar blagof ili lil munty the marshals would take taue him through mount sterling sterlin where there was a commissioner atwould and would bring him to louisville which one ili lil I 1 hundred ind red and twenty tive five miles beyond alou rit let sterling and would charge mileage for r themselves and guards and p prisoner r er it seemed teemed to me antl tanti it was so 0 pr presented td to tomo tomm antl fc that tire object was v vs to rua nua up costs I 1 complained as I 1 tho thu thought tight light to the fountainhead fountain head bead wien when when I 1 I 1 went to thep theR the presidents resident he ile referred me as I 1 say to the and genberg referred me moe to mr wharton to geta get a list of the names and residency residences w rud and dd anses of persons charged artith these petty yio TIO L lations of law 2 but nothing no thina was done atthe atlue national convention which met at cincinnati in 1876 hen whai ben mr hayes hayea was nordina nominated ted for the presidency 1 I was introduced to mr murray and I 1 think to mr warton for them than first ti timo ino inc mr murray complained tome tomo particularly faiia bout about this investigation saying that it was calculated to ilo iio him harm Q what investigation une vile which the had bad instituted in his office A no jo the one thata had llad asked for he led me to believe belleve ther there ewas was nothing in the matter but the continued complaints that I 1 received and the fact that I 1 had alread already v its asked d an in me to stand d I 1 told hini him I 1 had not nothing lillig aga against lusti iusti him personally hut hat bat tha that t tilee there was something going ough his deputies in my district unquestionably and th tha a I 1 could not ask to lo have hav e the investigation stopped I 1 said that I 1 had asked for the investigation and tl that thad bat so far as I 1 was concerned it should go on A short while atter after thap that mr george glorge K X chase as I 1 understand was appo appointed to go to kentucky and maliq make an anve hinves ile lie qa lied upon me an and d informed me mc 0 ot liis lils 0 saying that he was theao theman man appointed appoint io go anthe asked ms me to ma make v sonie some su suggestions I 1 11 po told him that gulhati knew WA I 1 had heard oom from pom my co atla atia fits W him this Iett letto 6 ITOUS 11 J L i D 1 aj july 15 1866 sir tn in guad lo 10 av with your request quest that 1 should gle git ginyou vou you ou the names of some persons ili in my district who could aid you in a 4 discovering tse ise 9 erin enin g regularities it if any 11 have bave li heen been practiced where partle partie lieb js ab were tive tike to chat char chard divit with infractions of the united states inter nal nai revenue laws I 1 have to say that thal I 1 can only naly n y foo ado persons who give you as I 1 app e all the information desired cone conc concerning concerting concerning erting the tile object of tour your mission you should go 90 to to london ky andl ault after co consulting n gulting suj sul ting with witch mr CB fairs united states courtr call such persons for examination as r he mayaimme may maya iame lame r yoa noa yoo should see ara aia AT wood of maunt stealing kierlin Kt erlin ky who was then a commissioner commission errand abd and inform Ju forill him of the result investigation of the matter referred to u lit lri ablo xhi thi ietter letter lie ile doubtless can cant name persons p whom you examine li ii 11 vu suggest ug jast gast gest that your investigation should co cover covet the following points as a well weli as others which may ly suggest themselves thero thein selves to you dainel namely whether persona have ave been imprisoned in jail pl puca cass were examined into ortT or tried led whether persons arrested live have bf been ep taken say to louisville or other distant points anen ther r cases could have deen been examined into by a t cited 40 I 1 states commissioner who woo maa mai raa caa nave vere sere ye I 1 sided near to where tae the arrest airest vs v made who could haw barc held oyer over admitted to bau bah or discharged the party parti arrested whether person armested arrested mus must t be taken defore before the officer issuing the vanka warrant git dit fa fon for c examination regardless ardless of expense expense inconvenience ana and hardship attending such a course this I 1 understand ia is the ruling of the united states district attorney for X kentucky en tucky and I 1 desire to know lay what authority he makes suph ue hau ruling in Je dequire quiro quire a statement statements from the united states sties district attorney for kenta kentucky I 1 lIOL lial ital giving the names county ol of residence res by what N lat bat deputy arrested bv Ma warrant was issued before whom examination was field disposition made of the person arrested dr rea reg reed teh ieh teb froin to july na ai 1 M in short hive nave the district attorney and the marshal done no nore pore more than their duty uty j jolin JOHN D wimps 1 jt 11 mamber q aber of Con congress greis grell i ninth district ventu kentucky eav t I 1 air irek Ir G GK 4 JK chase tl y of justice odid Q did you ou to the alie letter ietter itter t I 1 r I 1 A ther was no ye response necessary ii ahac heo beo beon been c complaining for soule some a po t the e department of justice action had been taken until along n guly july when mr air hase chase base was designated ignatee to 0 g go to kentucky to mae all an investigation ion lon ablhad asi had asid for I 1 the he investigator which led to chaps chaas chases Cb aPS aas appointment I 1 I 1 suppose he thought I 1 lio ilo points ints 0 he called e I 1 upon alron lne ine inand i j and these were the best I 1 could give him ahad I 1 had no b prejudice lu 14 the ca iv 1 I had hati no osite asire tj to dinjar lile zile alie moan roan mil mii nel nei t or the district a torney attorney bg but sa s1 simply vp t 5 if it q oe DC done eu dung dLug drunker d deputies out with bunk warrants warrean tp arrest men for no pui pul ppe pp e seemingly u ay iy tha than to run up ap the government Q you spoke of af drunken deputies noli pois nug dug apa a X di tny ia ailts res acs yata ai elihn man watt aneer flevel aw him wt hut I 1 understood blut ha was Y s the marshala lUAr shara right hand llian tha tb mountains WAS in my in district find tind I 1 could war oj him bem being drunk nearly everywhere I 1 heard of him i p J yo lly liy s PC a of lank blank ht t do by ta that at A I 1 never pw naty any of the blank aivar Ti var rants I 1 ants but my moy w M tha way ay thalar that thai arieas lets bets were ivere madg was wag this they had dri arl ori ants nants tia that t yere faele vere issued in inthe trofie tr the tho prisoners be ic returned to 10 louisville N e and no ilo names ames were inserted antho warrants war nants nanta u autu ot tu t the he deputies go where they arnest arrest a luan inan ws a change all ali and could dould iUnd aln ain a witness or two who wanted to go to louisville at the gov erni eminent nent neut ur expense pense pease then they 4 1 d put tho tiie mans mads nar nat narue e iq in thom tho warrant and ang arrest him that is is wv understanding of the way it has been beeb aone done fo for r years neals and ican acau I 1 |