Show THE SHAMEFUL PACTS FACTS REMAIN WK WE are accused of upholding conspiracy because we denounce the course pursued towards collector NV jones in condemning him contrary to evidence and denying him bail pending an appeal from a palpably unjust verdict rendered by a jury picked from his adversaries ver saries such perversions of our sentiments and of our position posit lion are always expected we e are accustomed to them and would be surprised if our assailants should by b chance present our I 1 views m a truthful manner ive we would as soon look for temperance in a rum hole or honor in hades the position which all the lying in the world cannot change is this that a defendant has been found guilty of bribing a united states deputy marshal when the evidence showed that the person alleged to have been bibbed was not an officer of the united states in any capacity that he informed the defendant he was not that when the act for which the defendant has been heavily sentenced was ca commenced it is conceded the so called officer held no official position whatever and the public prosecutor and the then marshal entered into a conspiracy to make the defendant a criminal when he be would not have been open to such a charge but for their connivance whatever just people may think of the act of mr jones they can but abhor and despise the low cunning and disreputable trick by which he was officially entrapped into a semblance of an offense against the law for the purpose of concocting concoct ing a case against him to be prosecuted by the chief parties to the scheme nor can they approve of the injustice which thrusts the vacti victim in of the plot into prison while an appeal is pending to test the validity of 01 the proceedings against him all the opprobrium heaped upon the defendant and all the untruthful charges against this paper will not affect in the smallest smal lesti degree the damning damn ing facts which wore were developed in this prosecution they will remain of record to the everlasting discredit cfall of all engaged in the shameful prostitution ution oi of law and justice |