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CORRUPT COURTS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Copy r ight 1904 , by PETER M. SULLIVAN.
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PARTIAL CON T E NT S .
Thi s B ook pr oves : That a con spi r acv o f (60 )Ring Repub l ings of New Y o rk headed by ( 1 4 ) Supreme
Cour t Judge s in pe r secut ing the i r v ict im comm itt ed su c h
cr ime s as Bribe ry , Perju ry , Extort ion , Grand Lar
ccny , Anarchy and A t t empt to Murde r .
That such consp iracy i s a band of s ecr e t Anarch
i sts ,and that Pre s ident Roosevel t t ook h i s oath of of
fice from one of t he se Anarch i s t s and now sc re ens t he
w hole c r im inal bunch from publ ic exposu re .
That afte rward s the County At to rney a t h i s office
in Oklahoma City , O . T . at tempted to murde r the sam e
v ict im , and the lead ing Ring o ffi c ial s o f the t e r r itory
prot ec ted t he i r pol it ical pa rt i san and at tempt ed mu rde re r f rom prosecu t ion .
That the C iv ic Fede rat ion ot Oklahoma City then
filed c riminal charge s w it h Pre s ident Roo sevel t again st
(4 ) of the se Oklahoma Out laws , and the P re s ide nt 1 ike~w i s z
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p rotected them by f‘
send ing the charge s back to
t h em se lve s tobe the i r ow n Judge s .
Mot ive s , pic tures and cor rect names are given .
I t ’ s a B ook of Fac t s .
ATTORNEY P . M . SULLIVAN ,
Vict im , Author and Publ ishe r ,Oklahoma City , 0 . T .
CORRUPT
NOT E .
The v ic t im and write r of th i s book was born in a
log hou se , and of I r i sh parent s who p ione e red the fo r
e sts of Steub en county , N ew York , and the re f rom the
wi lds of natu re.
hewed out a home for t hemse lve s .
When ten years o f age t he v ict im commenced h i s
l i t e rary care e r by learn ing to read from “Webst e r s
Spel l ing Book , pu rchased wit h the proceeds of a sheep
pe l t t hat he had sk inned from a she ep found hanging
dead in a stump fence .
And a l t e rnat ing between work ing upon the farm ,
study ing by the l ight o f th e logs in t he fi r e-place , and
teaching school in wint e r , he progre ssed so that
on June 1 0 , 1 869 , he was admitt ed to pract ice law- in al l
t he cou rt s o f h is nat ive s tate .
He i s now clo s ing h i s l i t e rary caree r by sk inn ing Jughand l e judge s , Ring Pol it ic ians , posthumou s Pre s ident s
and such l ike paras it e s , who are pollu t ing publ ic mora l s
and de s t roy ing nat ional l i fe .
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HIS B ook show s : That R ing Pol it ics w as the in i
t t ial po in t of al l the c r im inal ity he re expo sed ; and
t hat b l ind ob ed ie nce to he r c r iminal mandat e s d isgr aced
al l the se Judge s , Gove rnors and the Pres ident of the
United State s , whe reby , in stead of t ransmitt ing to pos
te r ity a gl i sten ing pyramid of int egr ity , they leave be
h ind a debauched hove l of in famy and shame .
Th is N ew York Consp i racy of S ixty named cr im
inal s , cons isted of h igh Stat e and Un it ed States Judge s
and offic ials ; and by a cr iminal u se of the ir office s , they
robbed the vic t im and some of t h em at tempted to mu r
de r h im to h ide the i r s in s and shame .
The re we re Fou rt e en Supreme Cou r t Judges in the
plot , and the i r ow n Court reco rds p rove them gu il ty of
su ch c r ime s as Opp re s s ion , Extort ion, Pe rj ury and so
forth up and dow n the l ine of cr ime .
Th i s i s the first band of Ring Pol it ic i ans , cons ist ing
of Jud ic ial Robbe rs , Pe rj u re r s , A ssas s in s , Secre t Anar
chi sts , Crooked Gove rnors and a Corrupt Pre s ident eve r
run down and exposed in America .
Gr eat c r im e s are l ike o the r great th ings , they gr ow
f rom smal l beginnings And in orde r to show how the
pe rjury and c r imes of t hese great c r im inal s s tarted
and grew , we wil l now ment i on a few of such compar a
t ive small beginn ings :
NORTH Tonaw anda , N . Y . i s a thr iving Comme r
cial and Manu factur ing p lace , hal f-w ay betw e en Bu f
fal o and N iagra Falls . The vict im p r act iced l aw the refor seve ral y ears. and there , seven years ago these
c rime s and th i s pr ivat e war began .
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JORRUP T
In 1 897 , the republ ican party concluded to have the
v i l lage o f North Tonawanda incorporated unde r a C ity
Gove rnment , and the v ic t im was depu ted to prepare t he
nece s sary C har te r , wh ich was sat i s factor i ly done . And
as u sual in such case s , the pol it ical p lums we re parce l led
out be fore t he new City was or gan in ized .
T he all otm e nt of pol itical f ruit w as l ike th i s ;A s s em b ly m an Wa r ne r was to be r e tur ned to the
A s s em b ly . Hi s l aw -
pa rtne r , M r . L i nd s ay w as to
be m ade R ece ive r of the Ge rm an Am e r ican B ank,
a bout to fai l . T he B aldw i n b r o the r s w e r e to have
the C ity A t t o r ney sh ip, the victim w as to be its
Judge ,an d so on d ow n the l i ne the s e lecti o n w e nt.
B ut it so happe n e d the B ank d id not fai l an d
the R e ce ive r sh ip w as not de l ive r e d ; the n M r . L i nd
s ay chape r o ne d by h i s pa r t ne r , A s s em b ly m an
Wa r ne r,m ade a d ive for the C i ty A ttor n y sh ip ,
w h ich they had so s olem n ly p r om i s ed t o the B a l d
w i n s . B ut l ike the p rod igal , L in d s ay s oon r etur ned
em pty-han ded .
T he pol itical plum chance w as the n fas t g r ow
i ng pai n ful l y le s s ; s om ethi ng m us t be quicklydone o r a l l hope of ga the r i ng f r u it f r om that c ropw ould be lost an d for eve r gon e .
So the re s o u r ce f u l A s s em bly m e n cam e t o the
vietim an d a rgue d ; tha t i na s m uch as h i s pa r t n e r
had l o s t both h i s pr os j'
nc ti ve J o b s , an d he h im s e l f
m ight be d e fea ted for r e -e le cti on , the y ough t to ge t
$700 , for the Judge s hip ; an d of c our s e the. W oul d
he J u dge d emur red to that p r opos ition .
The n the A s s em b l y m an cha f i ng und e r the
d e fe a t of hi s S 70 4 ) , s c he m e ,r e turn ed to the L e
gis
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l atur e i n a “get eve n s o rt of m in d ; an d havi ng the
pas sage of the N ew C ity Char te r in char ge , hechanged the sam e so as to defeat the Vi ctim ,
an d
gave the City Judge sh ip t o hi s -$
par t ne r M r .
L i nd s ay .
An d of. c our se such t r eache ry‘ i n ce n s ed the
victim an d caus ed an i r r epar a b le d i s rupti on be
tw e e n him , the . A ss em bl y m an, an d the R i ng pa rt
of the r epub l ica n par ty .
Shor t ly afte r thi s a t tem p ted b r i be , the vi ctimw r ote an d fi led a chattl e m or tgage , an d by m i stakew r ote “
on e car t$ w he r e he shoul d have w r i t te n“tw o ca rts ,
$both ca r ts n ot be i ng w o rth ove r Five
Dolla r s ; an d w he n the m is take w as d i s c ove red he
c o r r ecte d the e r r or at the r e que st of both par tie s .
A t tha t t im e the A s s em b ly m an an d R i ngR epub l ican s w e r e i n the pol i t ical Sadd le , so theyim m edia te ly f o r m e d a Con sp i r acy to r ui n the .Vic
tim by tw is t i ng an d to rtur in g thi s l egitim ate change
a bout the dog carts i nto a c r im e of un law ful m util
a t i o n of r ecor d s , w h ich i f true , w ould have fur
h i she d the R i ng an excus e for imp r i s on i ng an d
d i s bar in ghim .
Then t he Consp iracy commenced act ive ope rat ions
by Mayor Smeaton and C le rk Cramer (o f th e new c ity )borrowing $90 , on t he i r j o int not e f rom the Stat e Bank ,wit h wh ich money they b r ib ed t he mo rtgagor (Mr .
W'
ambach ) of t he dog cart s to swear to su ch fal s e
matt e r about t he change of the m ortgage as wou ld send
the vic t im to Stat e s P r i son and d isbar h im .
ABNER T . HOPKINS , w a s then d ist r ict attorney
of Niagara County , and is on e of the Consp i rato rs and
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Perj u re rs‘he re ; He knew al l abou t th is b ribed te st imony
and used the same upon w h ich to ind ic t and t ry t he v ic
tim for such dog car t change .
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOPKINS ,Consp i rator and Pe rj u re r .
All t he se b ribe ry fac t s came out upon the t r ial and
Ju ry acqu it te d the v ict im in l e s s t ime t han it take s
the reade r to pe ruse these fact s .
SOON afte r such pe rsecu t ion of the v ict im ,t he
W W City el ect ion t ook place . an d t hen h e pr inted al l
thes e b r ibe ry fact s on a C ircu lar and had a Copy placed
in eve ry o ffice and hou se in the City . And of cou rse
the re su l t was , t hat th e Mayor , Cle rk , Lindsay ,Warne r
and al l th e Conspi rators and R ing pol it ic ians went down
to an ignomin iou s de feat .
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Then the Consp i rat ors and R ing w ent w i ld w ith
rage , and commenced t ry ing to inve igle the vict im out
of h i s home in the m iddl e of the nigh t to kil l h im ; but
fail ing , the Mayor and C i ty C le rk , w r ith ing unde r the
l o ss of the i r money , the i r o ffices and repu tat ions , they
came to the vict im ’ s house at 1 0 o’cl ock at nigh t and
there made an at tempt to shoot and m urde r h im , bu t as
fate w ould have“
it , no b lood wa s shed and al l l ive to
bear the i r par t in th is statement of facts .
THE last c r iminal e scapade of the Mayor and
Cle rk bu rned l ik e ho t i ron in the marrow“
‘bone s of al l
the C onsp irator s , so they organiz ed a n ew plo t by h i r ing
a Thug named Hale , to do the vic t im up . He had te
centl y arr ived from Troy , N . Y ., w he re he w as mixed
up w ith the pol it ical murde r of Bat t Shea .
T he Thug sec re t ly watched unt i l h e caugh t t he vic
t im alone go ing th rough the United State s Post Office
on Sunday afte r a pape r , and the re he at tacked h im
from beh ind and d id h im great bod ily inj u ry be fore he lp
came . The re w as no law that cou ld pun i sh the Thug ,or these othe r at tempted mu rde rs , as the R ing and Con
spi rator s cont rol l ed the Court s and run the town .
And then , to he lp the would-be murde rer s out, the
R ing pape rs pub l i shed al l k inds of l ie s abou t t he attack ,and twenty of the Con spi r tors lead by M il l ionaire James
S . Thompson , ra ised a sum of money and gave it w ith a
gold watch to the Thug , for thu s at tack ing a decent
c it izen and violat ing the c rim inal l aw Since w h ich
t ime the Thug caused the death of a young gir l , then
murdered h is w ife and committ ed su ic ide .
JUDGES A ND CONSPIRACY
SUCH pe r secution a nd c riminal conduct cost the
CORRUPT
Ring many re spectab le vot e s and much pol it ical pre st ige ;so the le ade rs became alarmed , and Senator El l sworth
o f Lockpo rt , N . Y ., (the n P re s ident p ro-t em o f the Sen
ate ) began act ive ope ra t ion s to regain lost ground .
And soon t he Consp iracy was increased so that i t
had Sixty membe r s The last acqu i s it ion , cons is t ing of
a Unit ed Stat e s Judge , Fou rteen Supreme Cour t Judge s ,United Stat e s Attorney s
,U . S . Commis s ione rs and oth
e r s in h igh offic ial rank , and al l Ring Repub l ican Pol i
tician s .
The se Judge s soon plo tt ed to have t h e v ict im
brought b e fo re them upon fal se and f ict i t iou s charge s ;and the re by d is regard ing al l law and ev id ence , theV
would scon run h im th rough t he ir Jud ic ial Mach ine and
drop h im out at t h e ta i l end de spoi l ed of h i s money and
r igh t to work at h i s pro fe ss ion ; and thu s done up , he
would be p ow e r l es s to expose any more of the i r c r ime s
and bood l e plans .
They calculat ed the i r money and powe r wou ld kee p
such Jud ic ial cr ime s out of th e pape r s , and the ir offic ials tanding wou ld b e a sat i s fac to ry answe r t o any th ing the
v ict im cou ld say or do again st them ; and then in a short
t ime the i r c r ime s wou ld b e looked upon as the me re
vapor ing s of an At t o rney w ho had only rece ived what
h e de se rved .
NOW to work the ir p lot o f ru in a s a l ready ou t
l ined , t h ey p rocu red a woman of i l l r epute f rom the
B a rbara Coast s of Buffal o and induced h e r to fal se ly
t e s t i fy t hat sh e had not been paid a ce rt ain $350 . by
th e v ic t im coming out o f an as sau l t ca se .
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SUPREME JUDGE KRUSE ,
Conspirato r and Pe rju re r .
The v ict im w as b rought into Court be fo r e th e ab ove
named Judge and the re charged by the affidav it o f that
woman with not hav ing paid he r th e mon ey ,w hich meant
that he had s to l en it ; t hough she had remained qu ie t
abou t i t for nearly a year s ince r e ce iv ing it , and unt i l
the Ring and it s Judge s want ed to ru in a man with the
fal se t e st imony of a harlot .
Judge Kru se was then se eking r e -el ect ion , and
O s s ian Bedel l . the r ing’ s ch ie f comm ittem an wi th h i s
Counse l , Ex-Judge Lewis , were in Cou rt se cre t ly d i
r ecting t he pe rsecu t ion ; and see ing the Cour t d id not
fa l l down on t he preconce rt ed plan to rob and ru in the
v ic t im , also that Judge Kruse earned h i s r e-e le'
c t ion byh i s in famy there to be done .
As aga inst her affidavi t the'
v ic t im produced .a nd
read the affidav it s o f fou r un impeachab le men show ing
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in de tail the fact , that th is same money had been paid
to he r abou t a year b e fore that t ime . Wh ich affidavit s
ent it l ed h im to have the charge foreve r d ismissed . Bu t
tp make such d ismis sal w ould knock out th e Consp i racy
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s grea te st p l o t , l eave the V ict im fre e , and de feat
Jud ge K r use for re e lection ,
So not be ing able to ge t the charge d ismiss ed , the
v ict im demanded h is l egal r igh t of a t r ial by Ju ry on
the is su es ra i sed by thes e affidavit s .
Now the se consp i r ing Judge s knew , that i f he w e re
g iven such j u ry t r ial , he would prove the fact the mon
ey had been pa id ; hence to save themse lve s and the
R ing from the open shame of de feat , and to s ecure the
fina l ru inat ion of the vict im , also to p romote the r e-cl et
ion of Judge Kru s e , they had h im make a w r i t ten deci s
ion depr iving t he v ict im of h i s r ight t o a j u ry t r ial ; con
tr ar y to the Statu t e and Common law of the Stat e , and
contrary to the l aw of eve ry c iv i l iz ed count ry on earth ;wh ich de c i s ion was al so made , so that the Judges and
Re fe ree s they wou ld appo int could make the law and
fac t s against t he v ict im and the reby rob and ru in h im .
AND , to carry out such p l ot , Judge Kruse sent
the matte r t o be t r ied by a ’Re fer ee named Hen r yH .Sey
more of Bu ffalo , who i s a jury Commis s io ne r there , ap
po int ed by the se Judge s , and a consp i rator and pe rj u re r
he re proven by th e reco rd . The R ing and Judge s in
New York have seve r al such fe l lows all ove r the Stat e ,w ho ac t as Re fe ree s in ca rry ing ou t t he i r c riminal work ;as powe r or pel f , o r pol it ic s may demand . There fore
y ou see they are a se cre t ly o rganiz ed band o f r obb e rs ,w ho u se the powe r of the i r h igh p os it ions to cove rt ly
plunder the peopl e and s olidi fy themse lve s in pow e r .
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The Re f e r ee went through with the farce of a t r ia l
tak ing much of the ev ide nce against t h e v i ct im in h i s
ab sence with no on e to repre s ent h im,
A nd when the
ev idence was c losed , the d irec t t e s t imony of s ix w itn es
se s showed that t he money had b een paid to t he woman
from -the Barbara Coast ; be s ide s th e ev idence of al l
the w itne s se s on both s ide s o f the case cont radicted he r
in nearly eve ry mat e rial part icu lar : Sh e al so cont ra
d icted hersel f in many such part icu lar s be s ide s she wa s
shown to be so l oath some that h er de sc r ipt ion cannot be
g iven he re .
Now , i n o rder for t h e Re fe ree to make $ a dec i s ion,
he mu st fir st make findings o f fact from th e ev idence to
base h i s dec is ion upon . So he made Twenty findings ,
al l of wh ich were fal se ; some o f th em were cont ra ry t o
al l the ev idence on both s ide s of the case , t he rema inde r
were wit hou t any ev idence for or aga inst them,
pure fab ricat ions .
And upon such find ings , he'
deci ded t he v ic t im had
stolen the money , and for Refe re e’ s cost s and al l h e
mus t pay abou t $ 1 000 . Yet the se Judge s dare no t in
d ic t and prosecu te h im , becau se they k new he wou ld
Prove h i s innocence i f g iven a j u ry t r ial ; and would also
p rove the i r gu il t in th i s consp i racy .
The re fo re to comple te ly r ob h im and protect them
selve s , t hey mu st prev ent h im from get t ing a j u ry t ri al
and have the ir ow n Judge s and Re fe ree s t o make t he
fac t s and l aw of t he cas e , and r e l y on screen ing t hems elve s by keeping it out of the pape rs , and away f rom
t he peopl e as al ready stat ed .
NOW , be fore the robb er s cou ld get the vic t im’
s
money unde r t he Re fe r ee ’ s dec is ion, they mus t have one
of the ir Judge s to con-fi r m i t in Cou rt , so they brought it
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on for such pu rpose be fo re Sup reme Cou rt Judg e
Ch ilds .
SUPREME COURT JUDGE CHILDS ,
Conspi rat or and Pe rj u re r .
On t he argument against t hat confirmat ion of th e
Re fe ree ’ s re por t , t he v ic t im po int ed ou t f rom the ev i
dence the fal s i ty of al l the s e twenty findings of t h e Re f
e r ee , and pla inly showed that he was be ing robbed by
the Re fe re e . Notwith s tand ing , the Judge knowingly
and fe lon iou sly , and to carry out t h e gene ral plot of
Jud ic ial robbe ry inauge r ated by United State s Senato r
T om Plat t ’s r ing,confirm ed the whol e o f the se falsehood s
in a bunch and pronounced t hem all sol id t ru th s ; whe n
he pe rsonal ly knew from the reco rd they we re a l l fa l s e .
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T he Judge wrot e and fi l ed h i s dec i s ion on such con
fi rmation and in it , he inse rted s ix new l ie s agains t the
victim so as to de feat h im in the Court above in ca s e he
appealed from the confirmat ion . And thus Judge Ch ilds
made h imse l f the fath e r of ( 26) Jud ic ial l i es proven by
the reco rd , and put toashame al l the l iar s of the world
back to and includ ing the Ancient A nnan ias .
THE vic t im had to submit to be ing thu s robbed and
b randed as a fe l on , or take h i s chance on an appeal
from-
Judge Ch ild’ s dec is ion , so he appealed and thereby
j umped out o f the fry ing pan into the fire,land ing into
the cruc ib le of five R ing Judge s made t o orde r by Sen
ator T om Platt ’ s Pol i t ical Mach ine of New York .
Thu s the se Judge s out$ r ivalled al l the Jud ic ial in
famy of the world s ince the days of Pont iu s P ilat e and
even raised t he blush o f competitave j ealousy on h i s
che ek, he having be en dead for ove r e ight een hundred
years . Specrfic at tent ion wi ll be cal led to them late r on .
A few days afte r Judge Ch ilds had committed the
foregoing in famy , he fe l t a s though a l i tt le more could
b e done , s o he came back afte r t h e v ict im and h i t h im
again by mal ic iou sly and unlaw fu l ly o rde r ing h im to
give $1 000 bond‘
on appeal or to -j a il .
And becau se he d id not g ive the bond or go to j a i l
a s soon as des i red , the Consp i rator s had Sup reme Cour t
Judge Wh ite come into the Arena and unlawful ly orde r
h im sent to j a il at once . So m igh t made r ight : And
Ring Robbe rs Rul ed the Roost : bu t they neve r succeed
ed in land ing h im in j a i l .
THE robbe rs now we re ve ry hungry for the l it t l e
dab of money they w e r e going to ge t f rom the vict im ,
and w e re not w il l ing to w ait unt i l the Appe l lat e D iv i
s ion of the Supr em eCou'
r t at Rochest er had'
gone th r ough
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the p r e tense of hear ing the case on appeal and confirm
ing the robbe ry .
So they t r i ed to p re vent an appeal by having Ref
e r ee Seymou r se tt l e and o rde r the case on appeal w r i t
t en and p r inted in such w ay that it made no sen se and
w as only a j umb l e of words ; they calcu lated such a
cou rse w ou ld cau se the the v ict im to abandon h is case
and then they w ould ge t his money righ t qu ick :
AND to he lp that scheme along , they had the mat
ter b rought up be fore Danie l J . Ken efick, anothe r ready
made R ing Judge of the Supreme Cour t . And afte r the
imposs ib il ity of w r it ing or p r int ing the case w as show n
h im in ful l de tail , he orde red the same to b e r e-w r i t ten
s igned by Re fe r ee Seymou r , and fi l ed in ( 1 0) day s , or
e lse the case w ou ld be deemed abandoned.
JUDGE LAMBERT
Consp i r ato r and Pe r j u r e r .
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CALIFORNIA BANDITTI .
IT was then Sep tembe r 1 900 , and the v ict im had
publ i shed h is Cal i forn ia Conspi racy show ing h’ow Mil
l iona i r e Murde re rs , Si rens and Senato rs wi th h ired As
tass ins had made ove r forty at t empt s t o mu rde r h im ,
wh ile he was Enrol l ing Cle rk of t he stat e Senat e the re .
In that book he mixed the c r ime s o f t h e se Jud ic ial
Junk deal e r s wit h the Cal i fo rn ia Banditt i , and af te r it s
publ icat ion the Consp iracy de t e rm ined upon h i s swi ft
ruinat ion withou t wait ing fo r the se Judge s to do it on h is
appeal case . Bes ide s the Junk Deal er s , they had the
m il l iona i r e mu rdere r s to h elp them in the i r p lot s to s e
cr etl y ru in a lone ind iv idua l who neve r had done them
harm , only t o stand pat on h i s r ight s .
JOHN E . POUND , U ,S . Commiss ione r , N . Y .
Conspi rato r and Pe rj u re r .
THEIR new ru inat ion scheme was planned and
worked out as fol lows ; At that t ime W . B . Simson , an
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at torney , th ie f and perj u re r , re s ided at T onawanda , N .
Y . , and the persecu tor s had h im ge t h i s c l ient Goodman .
a Jew , ( aga in st whom the vict im had a j udgment o f
s eve ral hundred dolla rs) to make a fal s e compla intcharg ing the v ic t im with a cr iminal v io lat ion o f the Un i
t ed Stat e s Bankrupt law .
The v ic t im was arr e sted upon such charge and
taken be fore th is Commiss ione r for a prel im inary hear
ing . Goodman and h i s at torney we re the only witne sse s .
The Jew had an abort ive idea that he could
send the victim‘to pr i son and thef
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eby in some way he
wou ld ge t r id o f pay ing hi s ,judgement.
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A nc'
. Simson
was the general too l and handy m anm
of the Ring work ing
for i t s favors , such we r e th e i r mot ive s .
The only incr im inat ing ev idence given by t he Jew
w as against h imsel f , by cont rad ict ing the Court records
and the reby committ ing pe rj u ry : And the same was
t ru e of At torney Simson , who den ied the cour t records
in a cr imna l as saul t case then pend ing against h im by
a m arr ied woman , thu s committ ing perj u ry .
Simson was t hen , fo r more reasons than on e , anxiou s
t o have that as sau l t case d i sm is sed from the reco rd ; so
the next day he secre t ly appl ied t o Judge Kru se who
ordered t he case d i smis sed from the reco rd , thereby de
f r aud ing the v ict im ou t o f $75 , he be ing t he oppos ing
at torney with that sum due him .
Furthe r on we wil l show how Judge Kru se denied
such orde r and cont rad icted h i s own cou r'
t r ecord in sa id
case t o prevent a j udgement against h imse l f for mak ing
such an unlawfu l o rde r , and thereby commit ted wil fu l
pe rju ry .
N ov;7 t he r e was not a part ic le of ev idence bef ore
Commis s ione r Pound to show that any c r ime had beenc ommit t ed , except the ev idence of Simson and Goodman
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wh ich showed they each had commit ted pe rju ry be fo re
that United Stat es Commiss ione r .
Bu t accord ing to the clamor o f the Sanhedr im , th i s
new Pont iu s P ilat e Pound cruc ified t he v ict im betw e en
the se two pe rj u re r s and he ld h im to answe r to the nex t
grand j u ry withou t naming any cr ime , and then tu rned
the pur jur e r s l oo s e t o roam and glean in t he fie lds for
othe r v ic t ims who dared to d i spu te the powe r or expo se
the c r ime s of R ing pol i t ic ians .
‘ The v ic t im ’ s case soon came on be fo re the Un it e d
State s grand j ury , and the R ing’ s a t to rn ey Brown wit h
h is depu ty M r . Demp sey were the re t ry ing the i r l eve lb e s t to have h im ind ic ted upon the ev iden ce of the se
p e rj u re rs , and at the same t ime -we re scre en ing the pe r
jur e r s f rom prosecut ion by w ithol d ing the ev idence of
the i r gu il t f rom t he grand j u ry .
For the purpose of p revent ing the se Un ited Stat e s
at to rney s from having the v ict im ind ic ted , al so to make
a record agains t them and t he w hole R ing fo r future
u se,he drew up a l engthy a ffidav i t w ith ful l detail s
w h ic h , among othe r things showed ; that the se U . S .
D ist r ic t At torney s we re p ro tect ing the p e rj u red tool s o f
the Ri ng from ind ictment , by re fus ing to p r e s ent the
ev idence of t h e i r gu il t to t he Grand Jury and a t the
same t ime we re u si ng the ir ev idence to have the v ict im
ind ict ed .
And as s oon as oppor tu n i ty affo rded , and in the
p re s ence of abou t on e hundred and fi fty pe rson s (manyof them be ing Grand Ju rors) , t he v ic t im read that affidavit i n Open Cou rt , wh ich exposed the whole consp i ra
cy ,and the cr iminal u s e t he s e U . S . Dist r ict Atto rney s
we re mak ing of the i r h igh o ffice s ; and he asked the
Cou rt to make an o rde r requ i r ing them to p re sen t the
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ev idence showing the gui l t of thes e pe rj u re r s to the
Grand Jury .
That affidav i t w h ich d i rec t ly charged thes e tw o
United Stat e s At to rney s w it h part ial ity and cr ime done
in the ir Offic ial capac i ty,opened t he eye s o f t he Grand
Juro rs , and start led both the Cou rt and it s A t torney s .
Such a cyc lone in t he Jud ic ial farce , comple te ly
bewilde red the ac tor s ; and it was some t ime b e fo re the
Cou rt gathe red su ffic ient ne rve to dec ide t hat t h e v ict im
s hou ld be prosecu ted upon t he ev idence of the two pe r
jur e r s , but that t h ey should go free .
JOHN R . HAZEL , U . S . DISTRICT JUDGE,
BUFFALO , N . Y .
Consp i rator and Pe rj u re r .
The sp i te and revenge p romot ing the farce w as
p l ain ly seen by the Grand Ju ry , and it lo st no t ime in
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vot ing not to ind ic t t h e v ict im ; and thu s fo r the th i rd
t ime in h i s pe rs ecu t ion h e pract ica lly proved the l ibe rty
of the poor i s only safe in the hand s o f a Ju ry . And
e spec ia l ly i s t hat so in N ew York,whe re T om Plat t ’ s
Jug-handle Judge s admin ist e r t he law .
From a cr iminal s tand-point t he last plo t to ru in
th e vict im was qu it e wel l planned : He was to b e ar
re s t ed and pro secu ted upon pe rj u red t e st imony,
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be fo re
John R . Hazel of Buffalo , N . Y . who was so re c ently
ra i sed from the ranks of a common Ward Po l it ici an , t o
the h igh office of a Uni t ed Stat e s Judge ; by the pol it i
cal powe r of bo ss Plat t , for the pu rpos e o f robb ing the
poor and do ing pol it ica l wo rk for the R ing .
As a mat te r o f pat r io t ic du ty and h i s tor ical fact,
w e pre s ent the p ic tu re o f th i s Judge , and lat e r on wi l l
s how how he commit ted w il l fu l pe rj u ry by deny ing al l
the reco rd s o f h i s ow n Cou rt abou t that mot ion and the
othe r tw o perj u re r s .
AP PELATE DIVISION INFAMY
These Kings in c r ime , hav ing thu s me t the i r W a
t e r loo , and be ing comple te ly routed on the i r ow n camp
ground , we re ve ry angry and deeply humil iat ed . Ye t
und ismayed , t h ey los t no t ime in pu rsu ing t he v ict im in
the ir p lo t of ru in be fore th e Ring Judges of t he Appe l l
at e D iv is ion at Roche ste r , N . Y . whe re by Judge -made
fact s and Jug-handle l aw t hey j ud ic ial ly robbed h im of
h i s money , honor and r igh t to work and l ive by h i s
p rofe ss ion .
The Judge s of that Cou rt we re Wil l iam H . Adams ,o f Canandaigua , Jus t ice p re s id ing ; Pe te r B . McLenn an ,
of Sy r acuse Pardon C . Will iams , of Wate r town Frank
C . Laugh l i n and A l fr ed Spr ing , of the Bu ffalo D i s t r ic t .
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And they have ju r i sd ict ion ove r ( 22) Count i e s out of
(61 ) o f the State .
The pr inted re cord upon wh ich the se j udge s we re
p re sumed to base the i r d ec i s ion was b efore them . I t
contained (20 ) fal se find ings of Refe ree Seymour , the
(6) l i e s of Judge Ch ilds , bes ide s (3 3 ) cr iminal l ie s and
c r ime s in the br i e f of the Oppo s ing a t to rney , Mr . Ladd .
Making (5 9 ) p r int ed fa l s ehoods fo r t he s e Jug-handle .
Judge s t o sa i l around in reach ing th e i r gu l f o f s hameand
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debauchery .
A ND . to br iefly recap itulate some of the se fact s ,and the i r c r ime s we stat e : The record sho w ed that al l
t he witne sse s on both s ide s o f the case cont rad icted
M i s s Johnston ( from the Barbara coas t o f Bu ffalo ) on al lthe main po int s in the i r ev idence , and the main po int
l i t igat ed ; b es ide s she cont rad icted he r s e l f to such a
mate rial and flagrant ex tent that he r ev idence was se l f
ev ident ly fal se f rom the re co rd . I t was a case of
th i rt een w itne s se s aga ins t on e , and that one (he rse l f)s hown to be fal se by he r own te st imony . Bes ide s he r
phy s ical cond it ion was shown by h e r own evidence to
such that it can not b e p r inted .
JUDGES CONSP IRACY .
THE consp iracy of Judge s t o ru in the v ict im i s
now plainly seen ; i t i s al so p lainly se en how Judge
Kru se fir s t robb ed h im of h is r igh t to a Ju ry t r ial , so
that Judge Ch ild s cou ld la te r on rob h im of h is money
and honor .
I t i s al so pla inly seen ; that by reason o f the exal
t ed po s it ion s , supposed learning and honor o f these A ppe lat e Judge s , that a cr ime committed by them is of ten
thousand t ime s greate r moral turpi tude , than when comm it red by any of th e p reced ing l e s se r consp irators .
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And by read ing the fol l ow ing page s i t w i l l be mo re
pla inly seen ; how the se A ppe l ate Judge s fe lon iou s ly
confirmed al l the forego ing cr ime and robbe ry and made
themse lves a party t h e re to ;and then commit ted the cr ime
of Perj ury , by deny ing t he i r own Cou rt reco rds und e r
oath to prevent a money j udgment again st t hemse lve s
fo r hav ing commit t ed such c r ime when sued the re fo r .
The se A ppe l ate Judge s by confirming the robbe ry
orde r of Judge Ch ild s , t he reby swal lowed the whol e o f
the se ( 59 ) l ie s in on e gulp and dec ided they were a l l
sol id t ru ths . Bes ide s t hey dec ided the ev idence o f on e
se l f-confe s sed perj u re r and d i s eased cou rte san out
we ighed the ev id ence of r eputabl e witne ss e s .
They al so dec ided t he v ict im shou ld not be g iven h i s
natu ral,l egal and con sti tul iona l r igh t of having the
que st ion a s to whe the r or not he had pa id that ( 3 50)dol lars t r i ed by a Jury .
They made such unlawfu l and mal ic iou s d ec i s ion
becau se ; t hey knew he could and would prove , and a
j u ry would rende r a ve rd ic t t hat he had paid the money
And that wou ld de feat th e i r sch eme t o ru in h im accord
ing to the p l ot of Plat t ’ s Ring robbe rs and pol i t ical p ros
titute s of New York . And they at tempted t o h ide t he i r
dec is ion f rom the peopl e by re fu s ing t o writ e or g ive
any reasons for i t , as requ i red by t he i r sworn and legal
du ty , and t he law of t he Stat e .
Again : They dared not t ry to writ e an opin ion ex
plain ing away t he se ( 59 ) l i e s , for t he minut e they
touched them , t h e whole robbe ry scheme woul d have
expl oded , knock ed o ff th e i r Jug-handl e heads , bu s ted
Tom Plat t ’ s R ing , and k il led t he goose that was lay ing
the i r go lden eggs .
BESIDES the fo regoing , t hey fur the r at tempted to
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t r ia l , wh ich would p rac t ical ly condemn them , they
p revented h i s ind ic tment and he ld h im in b e fo re the s e
j uggl e r s to b e ru ined upon the i r final dec i s ion on the s e
d i sbarment charge s .
Reade r j u s t th ink of a man in th is God -given count ry
chased an d pe rse cu t ed by a band of consp irato rs and
pe rj u red Judge s , unt i l h e is w il l ing t o submit t o b e in
d ict ed upon a fal se charge in o rde r t o get a j u ry t r ial
t o p re se rve h is honor and get away f rom such pe r s ecu
t ion .
ON May 1 0 ,1 897 , thi s same S imson was attorney
for a poo r old Dutch woman,named Lou i sa Lohman , he
had col le ct ed $1 600 for he r on a judgment , one hal f t h e
t h e money was he rs , t h e othe r hal f h is .
He stole the ol d woman ’ s $800 ; and about fou r
years th ereafte r , whil e t he v i c t im was thus be ing pe rse
cuted he found out Simson had s to len that money , so h e
immediate ly swore out a warrant for Simson ’ s a rre s t
upon a charge of Grand Larceny .
The R ing and i t s Con sp irators fi l le d and cont rol led
al l the o ffice s , so t he warran t coul d not b e s e rved un t i l
a ft e r Simson had rai s ed th e $800 ; and th rough the
Ring ’ s Postmaste r, Wal l em e i r , the mat te r w ith t h e ol d
woman was se t t led by pay ing h e r part of t h e $800 .
Afte r t he capture of t he th ie f , t h e tool s of t h e Ring
immediate ly flocked to h i s re scue . And Atto rney Reb
adow , of Buffalo (3 Repub l ican Commit teeman) whoknew al l abou t Simson s teal ing t hat $800 . could not be
made to answe r any que st ions in Court te ll ing what h e
knew abou t the Grand Larceny .
DISTRICT A t t o rney P enny , of Erie Co. , in s tead
of p ro secu t ing , prot ected t he th ie f and pros t itu ted near
l y al l t he funct ions o f h i s H igh Office in doing so ; con
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s equent ly S imson w as tu rned loose a s a t h ieving P ara
s ite upon a sto ic pub l ic .
A PPE LA T E DIVISION AGAIN .
AS furthe r fact s t hat chain the se Appe l lat e Judge s
fas t to t he pub l i c wh ipping pos t of in famy . we show
the ir c r im inal omm i s s ion of swo rn pub l ic and o ffic ial
duty as fol lows
That soon a ft e r th i s las t ep i sode abou t Simson , the
v ic t im prepared v e r ified d isb arment charge s against h im
based upon that $800 . grand larceny c r ime Aga inst
D i s t r ic t At torney Hopk ins based upon h i s misconduct
and c r imes h ere in ; and agains t Att o rney Ladd for t h e
(33 ) l ie s and cr ime s contained in h i s b r ie f her e tofored e sc r ibed .
The v ic t im fi led t he s e charges in t h i s Appe l late
Cou rt and asked the Judge s t o p roceed w ith d isbarment
charge s t he r eon , the same as was be ing done agains t
h im , t o the end al l should b e t rea ted al ik e be fo re the
l aw
_Of cou r se the Jug-handle Judge s re fu sed t o prose
cut e t he se charge s becau se ; Messrs Ladd , Sim son and
Hookin s were the spec ial tool s o f t h e Ring and the
he lpe rs of the se Judge s in pe rsecu t ing the v ic t im .
Bu t to b e as in famou s as pos s ible t he s e Appel late
Judges appo inted th i s same consp irator and perj ur e r
Hopkins to pro secu t e th e d isbarmen t charge s agains t
t he v ictim . th e reby misusing th e powe r of the peop l e ’ s
Cou rt t o spec ia l ly insul t a man aft e r robb ing and di s
honor ing h im .
And then the Judge s hunted around fo r several
days to find an e ffic ient t ool to do the i r b idd ing and
final ly w it hout the knowledge or consent of t he vic t im ,
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they arb it rar i ly appo int ed Joseph W . Tay l o r , of Roche s
t e r , to go through wi th the farce and make-bel ieve o f
tak ing the ev idence upon the charge s and repor t t h e
same to t hem for confi rmat ion .
This Re fe ree was the longe s t , l eane st , smoo the st
and sl i cke s t t ool in the who le cr im inal t ru st and robb e r
comb ine . He was also the menta l supe r io r of any of
these Judge s , or any othe r member o f t he new robb e r’ s
roo st .THEY had only two cha rge s upon wh ich t hey r e
l i ed as an excu se to d isbar the v ict im .
Fi rst ; t hat he had mal igned Judge s Kru s e , Ch ild s
and Re fe reeSeymou r in h i s book , whe re in he had pub
l i shed t h e fo rego ing fact s abou t them .
Second : that he had sto len $3 50 . for wh ich they
dare nor l e t h im be ind ic ted and hav e a j u ry t r ial .
They p roved t h e fi r s t cha rge by introduc ing the
book in ev idence . The v ic t im d i sp roved i t , by t e st i fy
ing and prov ing that al l th ings contained in the book
we re ab solu te ly t ru e ; and no on e cont rad icte d h im .
N e ithe r Judge s Ch ild s , Kruse nor Re fe re e Seymou r
cam e
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into cou rt becau se they knew they were gu i l ty ,and dare not submit t o a c ros s examinat ion .
T o p rove the second charge they offe red the pr inted
case on’
appea l in ev idence . The v ic t im obj ect ed to
such evidence upon the ground ; he had a natu ral , l egal
and con st i tu t ional r igh t t o have t he witne s s e s agains t
h im brough t into cou rt whe re he might c ro ss -examine
them .
O f cours e the Re fe ree ove r-ru l ed such proper ob
jection and the reco rd on appeal was re c ieved in ev idence .
The case was then c lo sed and reported to t he Jug-han
dle Judge s , for final act ion , and d isbarment .
But by the t ime the mat t e r came up be fore t h em,
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they found out t he obj ec t ion to th e p r inted case shou ld
have been su s tained . A l so t hat i f t hey d isbar red him
u pon such i l lega l ev idence , he could ge t t o th e Court of
App eal s upon such ev idence . And they must not give
h im a chance t o appeal , for th e Court of Appeal s wou ld
not su stain t he i r c r iminal conduc t in t hu s robb ing a
man .
SO the jugg le r s sent the case back to th e Re fe re e
to t ake t he ev idence of Mis s John son , for t hey mu s t
have s ome k ind of ev idence as an excu s e fo r di sba r ing
h im . What a d i sgrace i t i s t o th e nat ion . A robbe r
band of Ring Judge s re so rt in g to and re ly ing upon t he
s ol e ev idence o f a pe rj u red ha r lo t to h ide the i r c r ime s
for J ud ic ia l ly robb ing a man .
Now , she had been l iv ing in open forn icat ion eve r
s i nce she got he r whack out of t he money produced by
Judge Chi ld ’ s robbe ry of t h e v ict im , con s equen t ly they
we re afra id he r recent unsavory conduct m ight b e
b rough t out on c ros s $ examinat ion , bu t the re was no oth
e r cou r s e l e ft , so t hey b rought he r int o Cou rt , re ly ing
upon the l ankey Re fe re e t o ke ep he r shame off t h e
reco rd .
And the re b e fore the Re fe re e , with h im to h e lp
he r , t he poo r un fo r tunat e creature at tempted; t o h ide
he r s in , bu t inst ead of h id ing , s he exposed it , and com
m i tted two sep e rat e c r ime s o f pe rj u ry as foll ow s
Fi r s t , because on Feb ruary 25th ,1 90 1
, be fo re a
Ju st ice of the Peace she had te st ified that she n eve r
was mar r ied , and then on March 23 r d, 1 90 1 , be fo re t h e
R e fe re e she te s t ifi ed that he r evidence be fo re the Ju st ic e
was fal se ; wh i l e th e t ruth is , he r ev idenc e be fo re t he
Just ice was t rue .
S econd,becau s e on March 23 r d , 1 90 1 , b e fo re t he
Re fe ree she t e st ified th at she was marr ied on June 1 0th,
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1 900 , wh ich was fal se ; as she was not marr ied unt i l
March 22 , 1 90 1 , t he day be fo re she came into Court .
Such fal se evidence was g iven to h ide h e r i l l ic it
conduc t wit h B radfo rd s ince June l 0th, 1 900, for she
and the pe rse cutors knew t he w itne s s e s we re in Cour t
to prove such conduct , and unl e s s the same cou ld b e
h id , she would be exposed on t h e re cord , wh ich would
de s t roy he r ev idence for t h e Ring ’ s d i sbarment scheme .
Ye t she i s nowhe re so gu i lty of moral te r pitude as
Hopk ins and the o the r pe rsecu tor s , who induced he r t o
ge t marr ied and then to g ive fal se ev id ence abou t i t ,wit h the vain hope of bo lst e r ing up he r charact e r on t h e
reco rd to s e rve as a pre t ex t for t h e Cou rt t o hang i t s
intended d isbarment orde r upon .
The v ic t im then o ffe red t o cont rad ic t he r t e s t imony
by te s t i fy ing i n h i s ow n behal f ; that he r name was
s igned to he r marr iage record in he r own hand writ ing
t hat he made a ful l and comple te record of he r mar
r iage from the or iginal , which showed sh e was marr ie d
on March,22nd ,
1 90 1 , and he offe red such copy in ev i
dence along w i th h i s proposed ev id ence . The D i s t r ic t
A t t orney obj ec ted to hav ing t he chie f w i tne s s o f th e
p ro secut ion contrad ict ed by showing he r pe rj u ry , and
the Re fe ree ma l ic iou s ly and un lawfu l ly su stained suc h
obj ec t ion .
He then offe r ed in evidence t he or ig inal r eco rd o f
he r marr iage and th e ev id ence o f t he m in is t e r wh o
mar ried he r t o show sh e was not marr ied on June 1 0th
1 9 00 , (as she had t e st ified ) bu t on March 22nd , 1 90 1
fo r the pu rpose of impeach ing and le s s en ing t he we igh t
of he r te st imony ; to which the D ist r i c t At torney obj e c t
ed,and was su sta ined by the Phon egr aph of t h e Ring ,
i n othe r word s t h e Re fe re e .
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The Re fe re e knew that such evidence was a death
b low a imed at the ve ry gizz ard of t he pe rs ecu t ion ; and
that i f he r perjury was again sp read upon th e reco rd ,al l t he soph is t ry and vene e red reasoning o f t he Jughand le Judge s in th e state could not galvaniz e it into a
pre sentab l e appearance . Hence hi s debauchery in
keep ing it off the reco rd .
WHAT a mocke ry of Ju st ice fo r th e s e o ffic ia l tool s
of t he Ring to t hu s unlawfu l ly bu ild a wall o f p ro tec t i on
around an unsavory witne s s , so that he r fa l se te s t imony
might se rve the ma l ic iou s pu rpose of di sbarr ing a m an .
I t s eem s t hat such conduct i s enough t o shock the mor
a l sense of al l who read t he se page s , and to a rou se the
peopl e to t h e dange r that con front s them by the malad
mini s t rat ion of j u st i c e in th e Cou rt s of Ring Judge s and
thei r Re fe ree s . Whose l i fe , l ib e r ty or prope r ty i s sa fe
in the Cou rt s of New York , or any whe re e l s e , whe re
Ring Judge s admin is te r s the law ? And t hey are ad
min i s t e r ing the law to a ve ry large extent al l ove r “the
land of t h e free and th e home of t he b rave .
$
NOW , t he paymen t of that money was t heonly real que s t i on in the case and upon i t t hev ic t im t e s tified ; t hat he paid he r that same$3 50 . Mr
,Lane . t he oppos ing at to rney , t e s
tified ; that he saw the v ic t im count out andpay her t hat same $3 50 . He r ow n phys ic iante s t ified ; t hat sh e to ld h im the vic t im pa id he r$3 50 . The Ju st ice of t h e Peace te st ified , thatshe showed h im some money and t old h im ‘ she
got i t f rom Mr . Sul l ivan out of he r case s .
Mrs . Alexande r , of 25 7 , Semaca St. . Buffalo ,t e st ified ; t hat sh e rente d l iv ing rooms o f he rand du ring the t ime she l ived the re she t oldh er that she had got t en her money from Mr .
Su l l ivan . Eva Har r is a l it t l e th i rte en year ol dg irl t e st ified ; th at s he slept in the same bed
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wit h Jul ia and B rad fo rd for a week be fo reChri s tmas , 1 900 , and that Ju l i a told he r t hatshe had got $3 50 f rom he r lawye r (m eaningt he v ict im ) Bes ide s upon he r final exam inat ion , Miss Johnson t e st ified that Mr . Sul l ivanhad paid he r th i s $3 50 and he r ev idence i s s ore co rd ed in the stenogr aphe r
’
s‘
m inute s .
So he re i s the ev id ence of six unas sa i lab le wi tne s se s
showing that t h i s s ame $3 50 in d i spu t e had be en paid ;be s ide s Mis s Johns ton he rse l f t e st ified that th e same
money had been pa id to he r by the v ict im . The re fore
i t i s pla inly se en ; the per se cu tor s fa il ed to prove any
o f the i r c harge s were t rue , but on t h e cont rary t he ev i
dence p roved t h em a l l t o b e fal se and m al ic iou s ; N ot
withstand ing Re fe ree Tay lor dec ided an d report ed to
t h e Judge s , t hat t h e charge s we re a l l su stained by th e
ev idence .
And accord ing to t he p rev iou s decre e o f the Ring ’ s
Judge s of t h e Appe l lat e D iv i s ion , they fo rmal ly con
fi rmed th e report of the debauched Re fe ree , and the re
by dec ided that the v i c t im had st ol en t he money . But
t h ey re fu sed to d i sbar h im , becau se (as y ou shal l se e)they could work greate r inj u ry upon h im by su spend ing
h im from p ract ice unt i l the i r fur the r'
or de r , wh ich t hey
d id .
IF t hey had d i sbarr ed h im such de c i s ion wou ld
have be en fina l , and he c‘ou ld have appealed from it to
the Cour t of Appeal s ; whe re i t would have b een r e
ve rsed ,becau se it was cont rary to a l l t he ev idence on
bo th s ide s of t he case .
So they s imply su spended H im from prac t ice unt i l
t h e i r fu rth e r o rde r , becau se he could not appeal f rom
t hat,as i t was not final , but was s t i l l pend ing and le ft
Open in t he i r Cou rt for fu rth e r o rde r , wh ich orde r they
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despo il ed h im of h i s money ,they fixed the i r dec i s ion so
i t could no t be appeal ed from ; and in the se d isbarmen t
p roce ed ings they do the same th ing , and even commit a
c rime in orde r t o do so. .
They seem to take al l the precau t ion of c rack smen
or bu rgla r s to cover the i r t racks and ke ep f rom expos
u re . They n r es e r ve the same mum mon th abou t the i r
dec i s i on s th e sneak th ie f doe s abou t h i s c r ime s . They
dare not offe r any Op in ion for the i r unholy deci s ion s ,b ecau s e they know the re i s no hone st reason to give .
Af te r t h ey had t r i ed to murde r and rob h im , thes e
Judges de te rm ined to rob h im of hi s law l icense so that
h e mu s t l eave the State in orde r to make a l iving .
DOES not such low w i cked conduc t coming from
such h igh place s,ou t r ival and pu t to shame th e conduc t
of al l t he world ’ s land p i rat e s for boodl e ? Was i t no t
as bad as h ighway robb e ry for t h e se Judge s to take
away h i s money . h i s hono r , and h i s r igh t to p rac t ic e
law and make a l iving , wit hou t ev idenc e , bu t cont rary
to al l the ev idence on both s ide s of the cas e ?
Nowhe re in the h i sto ry of c ivi l iza t ion has such an
aggregat ion of cr ime and pe r secut ion eve r been shown
to ex i s t by the Judge s and law powe r of the land . And
w hat a bl ight and degraded shadow it cast s on the hor
izon of th e great Empire State of New York $ It put s
t o shame al l the p ret en se of ju s t ic e and t he p rotec t ion
of t he c it iz e n in the Cou rt s of New York Stat e . I t en
t ite ly ou t r ival s the pers ecut ion of Cap tain Drey fu s in
th e French Cou rt s .
A r e not nearly al l th e h igh Judge s o f thi s count ry
placed in o ffice by the powe r o f Ring Pol it ic ians ? And
hence are not al l such Judge s as cor rup t as th e se R ing
Judge s o f New York ? And can such a debauched con
JUSTICES A P PELLATE D IVISION 4 th DEPT . ,N . Y .
P ete r B . McLennan Pre s id ing Ju st i ce Al f red Sp r ingFrank C . Laughlin Wm . H . Adams . P
.C
.W i l l iams
Conspirators, Perj u re r s and Anarch ists .
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d it ion of the Jud ic ia ry remain , and the l i fe of the nat ion
b e pre se rved ? And can th e peopl e o f th is great nat ion
affo rd to over look or al low the c r ime s he re po inted out
and proven to go unred re s s ed and unpun i shed ?
THE foregoing Jud ic ial Tru s t and Cr iminal Com
b ine , having thu s robbed the v ict im , he moved to New
York C ity , t he re to t ry and work ou t a l iv ing for h im
se l f and fam ily . And in t ry ing to do so , and to r ecov
e r h i s money the band had robbed h im of togethe r wit h
damage s , he sued twenty of t hem in the Sup reme Cou r t
in New York for damage s .
The compla int aga ins t t hem contained ove r on e
hundred al legat ion s and was ver ified by the v ict im . I t
was -based ent i re ly upon th e fac t s , unlawful act s and
cr iminal conduct of the de fendant s in th is great c r im i
nal t ru st .
The s eperate fact s and ac t s of th e d iff e rent mem
be r s , o f the comb ine conside red as a whole , clearly
proved the exis tence of the consp i racy ; and t he whol e
comp la int was p rovabl e by the re co rd s made and p ro
ceed ings t aken against t h e v ict im by the d iffe rent mem
b e rs of th e c r iminal t ru s t or consp i racy .
PERJURED JUDGES , E T C .
AND as the compla int was sworn to so t h e answ e r
of each o f the se de fendant s mu s t l ikewi se be sworn t o ,o the rwise the pla int i ff would be e nt i t l ed to h i s
j udgment again st t hose who d id not s o swear to h i s
answe r .
Tha t ve r ifica t ion mat t e r plac ed t he d e fendants be
tween the d evi l and the dee p s ea ; for i f they d id not
deny the al legation s o f the complain t unde r oath , they
would by such fa ilu re to d : ny , admit th e i r gu i lt i n‘th e
consp i racy , be s ide s t hc v ict im would then be en t i t le d
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to take a Judgmen t aga in s t them forAnd i f they den ied any of the mat e r ial al l egat ions
in the comp laint in t he i r sworn answe r s , they wou ld
comm i t'
pe r jur y by swear ing t he i r denial s were t rue ,when they pe rsonal ly knew they w e re false , and cou ld
b e proven to be fal se by the a fore sa id reco r ds and pro
ceed ings .
Bu t they knew they could neve r b e succe s s ful ly
p ro secuted for any pe rj u ry they might comm itt in swear
ing to t he i r answe rs . Becau se ; t he consp i rato r Sey
mour was depu ty ju ry commis s ione r at Bu ffalo , and
when t hu s act ing he had the se l ec t ion,and manipula
t ion and drawing of both the Grand and Pe t it Ju r i e s ;wh ile t he s e Jug-handle Judge s cont ro l led al l the cou rt s
whe re the pe rj u ry was commit ted .
Henc e t he re cou ld be scarce ly any chance of the i r
p ro secu t ion and conv ic t ion , unle s s there w as a gene ra l
upri s ing o f the p eople again st them , and that was hardly
pos s ib le w i th the i r great infl uence with the new spape r s
t he re , and the i r powe r to que l l any at tempt wit h the
pe opl e t o pun ish t hem .
Bes ide s t he ru ined and boyco t te d v ict im was then
four hundred m il e s away at New York C ity , w i t h
scarcely any prospecto f h im eve r re tu rn ing to Buffalo
to ins t i tu te c rim inal proceed ings again s t t hem for any
furthe r c r ime they might commit .
So unde r t he se cond i t ion s each of t he whol e twenty
de fendant s came bold ly and defiant ly to the front , and
made and se rved the i r s eparate swo rn' and ve r ified an
swe r , and fal se ly denied the re in , many of the mate r ial
al l egat ions in th e complain t agains t them .
And they each and al l the reby commit t ed square
t oed and flat foot ed pe rj u ry,wh ich i s provab le agains t
t hem by the cour t record s made by th emse lve s in pe rs e
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cuting the v ic t im . A nd h e s tands r eady to prove t hem
to be gu i l ty as he re charged be fore any fa i r j u ry o f
twe lve men in any par t of the Un ited State s .
The consp i rator s thu s sued a r e named asfo l lows : John R Haz e l , U . S . Judge ; JudgesWil l iam H . Adams , Al f red Spr ing , Frank C .
Laughl in , Pet e r B McLenn an , and Pardon C .
Will iams of t he Appe l late Div i s ion at Roche st e r , N . Y Judge s : Hen ry A . Ch ilds
,Fred
e r ick W . Kruse , Danie l J . Ken efick, and JohnC . Lambe r t , of Buffalo , N . Y John E .
Pound ,i
U . S . Commis s ione r ; Charl e s H .
Brown and S . Wallace Dempsey , U . S. A t
tor n ey s ; Abne r T . Hopkins , Dist r ict A ttor noy ;Henry H . Seymou r and Joseph W . Taylo rRe fe ree s ; Car l ton E . Ladd and W . B . S im scn ,
A t torney s ; C . B Penny , of the TonawandaN ews , and Abram Goodman the TheosophicalJew .
TO br iefly il lu st rate how some of the se de fendant s
swore knowingly and fal se ly to t he denial s in the i r an
sw er s and t he reby commit t ed pe rj u ry we state ;Judge Wil l iam H . Adams , pre s id ing , fa l se ly
denied in h i s sworn an swe r ove r (4 0) of t h emate r ia l fact s and a l legat ion s in the complaintagain st h im , and the se o the r A ppe l r te Judge s ;and fal se ly den ied and contrad ict ed t he reco rds o f h is ow n cou rt wh ich , proved such (4 0)a l legat ions aga inst h im we re t ru e , and that h i sden ial s the reo f we re fal s e : And fal s e ly den ied any knowledge or info rmat ion the reo f suffic ient to fo rm a be l i e f as to t h e t ru th or fa l s etyof such fo rty a l le gat ions in th e comp laint ,when he pe rsona l ly knew that al l of t he a l l egat ions in t he compla int were t ru e and t hat h i s
(4 0) den ial s in h i s answe r we re al l fal se ; andthu s Judge Adams commit t e d ove r (40) cr ime sand pe rj u r i e s in on e fe l l swoop .
The sworn an swe rs of the o the r fou r Appe l
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late Jtudges namely : Sp ring , Laughl in , W ill iams and McLennan were on the same l ineand contained in sub stance the same fal se den ial s and perj u ry as the answe r o f Judge A dams .
So i t i s ev ident wit hou t argument ; That al l thes e
Appel lat e Judge s mad e and in se r t ed in t he i r sworn an
sw e r s many mate r ial and fal s e den ial s of the allegat ion s
in sa id compla int aga ins t them , and then knowingly and
fa l se ly swore that such den ial s in t he i r answer s we re
t ru e ; when they personal ly knew that such den ial s we re
fal se and unt rue , and that t he al l egat ion s in the com
pla in t aga in s t t hem we re t ru e .
So here i s t he undeniabl e and conclu s ive ev idence ;p rov ing that t he se Judge s u sed the i r o ffic ial pos i t ion s to
r ob the v ic t im by unlawful proce ed ings in t he ir cou rt s ,and when he su ed them for such mi sconduct and c r ime s ,t hey each fal s ely den ied and cont radict ed in the i r sworn
answe r s the i r ow n court reco rds and p roceed ings then
on fi l e in the Cle rk ’ s o ffice . Did c iv i l iz ed humanity
eve r b e for e hear o f such vic iou s conduc t and unm iti
gat ed pe rj u ry ?
P eOpl e : Ju st th ink of the se grea t Judge s of the
Stat e of New York openly and defiant ly add ing the great
cr ime o f pe rj u ry to t he i r many othe r s in s and cr ime s,
in the ir figh t t hrough the i r o ffic ial pos it ion s to ru in an
a ttorney , whose on ly offense was that of expos ing the
misdeeds and cr ime s of corrupt Judge s and othe r cor
rupt Ring Pol it ic ians and offic ia l s .
JUDGE HAZEL’S pe rj u ry i s shown in th i s
w ay He know ing ly and unlawfully made andin se r ted many fa l s e den ia l s in h i s sworn an
swe r,cont rary to h i s pe rsonal knowledge of
such den ial s , and cont ra ry t o the records andp roceed ings made by h imsel f in h i s ow n Cou r t ,
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and he fal sely den i ed in h i s s a id answe r . t hatthe v ic t im eve r made the a ffidav i t and mot ionde sc r ibed on page 20 of th i s b ook , when hepe rsonal ly knew that 1 50 pe r sons ,
$
then inCou r t , and h is Cou rt Record s wou ld cont rad ic tsa id fa l s e denial s , and he t hen swore t hat suchdenial s we re al l t ru e , when he knew th ey we real l fal s e ; wh ich fal se swear ing was wil fu l andco rrupt pe rj u ry . And i t i s ev id ent t hat hecomm i t t ed such p erj u ry t o ke ep from admit t ingh i s gu il t in t h is Conspi racy , and to p reventthe v ic t im from obta in ing a judgmentagain s t h im .
JUDGE CH I LD ’S sworn an swe r to th is compla int
fal s e ly de n ie d
That he had eve r wr it t en any opin ion whenhe confirmed Re fe re e Seymour's r epo rt ; andfal se ly den ied that he o rde red the v ic t im topay into Cou rt mo re t han $750 . And fal se lyden ied t hat he had any knowledge or in fo rmat ion abou t the same su ffi c i en t t o fo rm a bel ie f .
Now at t he t ime Judge Ch ild s made t he forego ing
fal s e den ial s , he had w r it t en an opin ion and th e same
was fi led with the Cle rk and made a Cour t Reco rd ; and
a copy the reo f had been se rved upon the v ic t im by th e
Oppos ing at t orney , be s ide s such op in ion had be en pr inted
in the record on appeal , and u sed in t he Johns ton cas e
by the Jug-handle Judge s at Roche ste r , N . Y .
Bes ide s h e knowingly and fal se ly cont rad ict ed th e
reco rds o f h i s Own Cou rt made by h imse l f , w ten he
den ied any knowledge or in format ion su ffic ient t o form
a be l i e f, becau se such record s fu rn i s hed the conclu s ive
knowledge of the same .
So here i s t h e undeniabl e ev idence proving ; That
when Judge Ch i ld s made t he se fa l s e den ial s in h i s an
swe r and swore they were true , he pe rsonal ly knew they
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SO he re i s t he conc lu s ive ev id ence showing and p rov
ing ; That Judge Lambert knowingly and fal se ly in
s e r ted in h is sworn answe r fa l se den ia l s and the reby
commit t ed w i l l ful pe rj u ry .
JUDGE KE NN E Fi CK ,t o ca rry ou t h i s part o f t h e
t ragedy in ru in ing the v ict im made an unlawful orde r
s tat ing t he re in
That i f th e de fendant (mean ing the v ic t im )d id notwrit e Ou t the case as se t t led by the Re f
e r ee and have h im s ign i t w ith in t en days thent he case should be deemed abandoned .
SUPR EM E COURT JUDGE KE NN E FICK ,
Conspi rato r and P t r jur t r
And when s u ed for mak ing th i s un l aw fu l o rde r as
h i s part in t he Conspi racy ,the Judge fl atly and fal se ly
den ied th at h e eve r made the above d e sc r ibed o rde r or
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any par t of i t : while at the ve ry t ime h e madesuch den ial s in h is answe r , h i s above orde r was on fi l e in t h e
Cle rk ’ s o ffice ; and by such fal s e den ial s and fal s e
swear ing the Judge committed Pe rj u ry for the same
reasons h i s fe ll ow consp i rat o rs d id .
THE cha in o f pe rj u ry made by Unit ed Stat e s A t
tor n ey s Brown and Dem psey , U . S ; Commis s ion e r
P ound and D i s t r ict A t torney Hopk ins , i s s o long we can
only spare space t o ment ion a l ink and say ; They al l
cont rad ict ed unde r oat h the Cour t Re cord s they he lpe d
t o make in pe r secut ing the v ic t im , and such Cour t Rec
o rds prove t h em '
to be gu ilty O f pe rj u ry ; hence they
sh Jul i al l be incarce rat ed in stat es pr i son .
CON SPIR A’
I'
OR. Ju ry Commiss ione r and Re fe re e
Seymou r only made (20) fal se findings cont rary to h i soa th and aga ins t t h e v ic t im ,
and when su ed for t h e
same ; he fal s e ly den ied i n h i s sworn answe r t hat h e
eve r made any of such find ings , and thus he committ ed
w i l fu l p e rj u ry , wh ich i s p rovab l e by t he cou rt records
he he lped to make .
ATTORNEY L ADD , only commit t ed (3 3 ) l i e s andc r ime s in h is B r ie f to the Appel lat e Divi s i i n t o dece ive
the C ou rt , and wh en sued t he re fo r he fal se ly den i ed al l
such l ie s an d c r ime s , t hough th e record prove s h im to
be gu il ty ; and thu s poor Ladd swore away h i s sou l and
c ommi tt ed perju ry .
AND GOODM A N the Theosoph ical Jew , and Penny
the Phon Jgr aphic E i i tor , i t’
s enough to say they are
pe rj u re rs the whole y ear around .
A ND S IMSON the l i w est on e of these pe rj u re r s,
s e rve s a t th e tail end o f th i s cr im inal Octapus , a place
t o wh ich he fitl y be longs .
SECTION (96) of the P enal Code o f the State of
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New York says : That a per son w ho swear s tha t any
mat t e r s tat ed in h is a ffidav i t or othe r wr it ing i s t ru e,
wh ich he knows to be fal s e , i s gu i l ty O f p e rj u ry .
IT take s n o spl i tt ing o f ha ir s to p rove such fa l se
swea ring , for t h e documentary ev idence p rov ing t h e
same s tands ou t as pla in as the tower ing he igh t s Of
mountain peaks ; and the law dec id ing that such fal s e
swear ing IS pe rj u ry ,i s a s cl ear as l ight and as ce r ta in
as death and taxe s .
And s ince these de fendant s commit ted t he great
c r ime of pe rj u ry , no excu s e o r de fense can be made fo r
them in re lat ion to t he i r o the r cr ime s he re in stated ; fo r
by the fact o f such pe rj u ry , t hey have proved bey ond a
doubt the i r eve rlast ing in famy , and the absolu te ce r
ta inty O f th e i r gu il t in al l t h e in famy and C r ime here
s tated or imp l i ed .
In ot he r words ; I f they had been gu ilt l e ss ,they wou ld have admit t ed the s e fact s and cla imed they
we re al l innoc ent ly done . Bu t as soon a s t hey den i ed
the i r ow n Cou r t Reco rd s and proce ed ings , t h ey p lead
the i r ow n gu ilt , and the reby placed themse lve s in t hat
Pi l l ory of In famy , from wh ich t h e re is no e scape in t h i s
world what eve r may b e the i r chance s in t he wor ld t o
come .
I t i s we l l know n that c r iminal s be long ing to the
same Clas s u sually s tand in and he lp the i r pal s out
when caught , and accord ingly the v i c t im’ s damage cas e
w as moved from New Yo rk C ity by a Corrupt Judge
t he re, to Bu ffalo to b e t r i ed by the consp i rato r s th em
selve s .
Then the v ic t im moved back to Bu ffalo and pr inted
a b ook conta in ing 1 1 5 page s g iv ing a ful l de tai led ac
count of such cr ime s wit h i l lu st rat ions . And tope rman entl y e stab l i s h a h i s to ry of the se cr im e s , he took abou t
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tw o hundred Of such book s to the Cour t hou se in Bu ffalo
whe re some O f the s e Judge s were hold ing Cou rt and
the re gr atutious l y d ist r ibu ted to them , t he Supe rv iso rs ,Alde rmen and var iou s o fficer s al l o f such books . And
he so d ist r ibuted Two Thou sand such book s th roughou t
the State to Judges , Attorneys , Banke rs , Bus ine s s men
and Law Student s o f law school s . And the Judge s
neve r made any rep ly to such Open charge of the i r
gu il t .And in January 1 902 , he se rved a sworn Copy O f
the book wit h a complaint descr ib ing such perj u ry upon
Thomas Penny the Di st ric t A ttorney of Er ie Coun ty at
Buffal o ; and so s e rved the Grand Ju ry o f Erie County ,then in s e s s ion , and reque s t ed both the At torney and
Jury to i ndict'
e ithe r t h e Judge s fo r Pe rj ury , or the vic
t im for l ib e l l ing them , as one or t h e othe r we re ce rtain
l y gu i l ty by the r ecord and the book .
But the D ist r ic t At torney knowing these Judge s
we re gu ilty of Pe rj u ry , he re fu sed to p re sent e it he r the i r
c rime s o r t he v ict im for l ib e ll ing them to the Grand Ju
r y ; and the Jury l ikewi se re fused to do the i r duty and
inqu i re into the se c r ime s . And the reason was,they
we re al l cont roll ed by the powe r of R i ng pol it ic ians, and
Jug-handle Judge s .And thu s t he D ist r ict At torney knowing the gu i lt
of the se Judge s, aid ed and abet t ed them through his
O ffice in avoid ing exposu re and pun ishmen t ;’
thereby
making h imse l f an A cceQOr y to al l th e c r ime he re ex
posed aga in st t hem , and commit ted the furthe r cr ime Of
wil l ful omis s ion Offic ial du ty . And such i s a p ract ical
i l lu st rat ion of the cr im inal effect and work ing of Ring
pol i t ic s unde r Plat t ’ s bos s and Ring rule in New York .
And it i s ve ry close ly dup l i ca ted al l Ove r the United
State s w he re the R ing rul e s .
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B e s ide s t he s e Gr an l Jur o rs v i i l ate l t h e i r oath s and
made themse lve s l iab l e to c r im inal pun is hment in r e
fus ing to ex imine in to thzs e c r imes ; and a l l by reason
o f the powe r o f s ecre t R ing P . l ~.ti cs and t h e powe r of
the se pe rj ur ed Judg e s .
DIT T RICT ATTORN E Y PINNEY ,
Acce s so ry t o a l l t he C r ime s of t he s e Judge s .
A copy of t h is book w a s pre sen t ed t o th r ee d iffe ren t
Grand Ju r ie s o f Er ie County N . Y . and t hey re fu sed t o
ind ict t he v ic t im for l ibe l or t he Judge s for pe rj ury ;while i t i s se l f ev id ent t hat e ithe? th e y or he are gu i lty .
So he re are th ree g rand j u r ie s cons is t ing O f S ixty
men w ho are moral ly and cr im ina l ly debauched by th e
powe r of Ring pol it i cs in o rde r t o p rot ect t he se Rin g
Judge s f rom exposu re and puni s hment .
And we a larmingly submit ; That when so many
Supreme Cou rt Judge s and othe r h igh offiic ia l s are t hu s
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proven to be gu il ty O f t he great c r ime s he re exposed ,
and when they are run down an d chased into a grand
jury room and th e re find prot ection . by t he pro s t i tu t i on
O f a d ist r ic t at torney ’ s o ffice and Six . y grand jur r or s ;a cr iminal cond i ti on i s p re sented that i s no t only alarm
ing and d i sgrace ful t o t he state O f New York, bu t the
whole count ry .
H IGH -HOLDER HOOKER .
The Ring hav ing demonst rated i t s powe r to cont rol
and d t bas e g rand j ur ie s fe l t bol d and st rong , and con
c luded i t was t ime to have the v ict im ’s case
for damage s aga ins t t he s e Judge s d ismis s ed , s o it
b rough t t he same on be fore that t rue and t r ied r ingst e r
Judge Hooke r .A fte r t he j u ry w ere sworn to t ry the case and the
v ict im had spent some t ime in stat ing the Cou rt Reco rd s
that proved the pe rj u ry and cr ime s O f these Judges .
and t he ju ry we re becoming eagerly inte res ted in the
s tatement o f c r iminal fact s , Judge Hooke r. inte r ruptedand a rb itr ar l y ,
de spo t ical ly and cont rary to a l l l aw and
j us t ice , d i sm is s ed the case without al lowing th e v ict im
to in t roduce or g ive any evidence whateve r to prove
t he se c r ime s again st t he Judge s .
Be fo re Judge Hooke r d i sm is sed the case , he knew
a l l about how t h e se fe l low s had pers ecuted the vict im
and robbed h im of h i s money ,h i s honor , and h is r ight
to make a l iv ing by prac t ic ing h i s pro fe s s ion . So by
d i sm iss ing th e case unde r t he se cond it ions , he com
m itted moral pe rj u ry and proved h imsel f tobe satu rated
w ith more moral turp itude than al l these ot he r Judges
and c r iminals he re comb ined .
He is th e same Judge Hooke r that was charged
w ith j ud ic ial c rookedne s s in t he B i s se rt pol ice case .
And i s now char ged w i th pos tal fraud s and fe l on ies in
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the B ri stow repo rt . Be s ide s the State Bar As soc iat ion
i s a ft e r h i s Jud ic ial sca lp fo r such infamy . He i s more
igno rant bu t no more cr iminal than the remainde r of
the se Jud ic ial High -holde r s . Thus one by one the se
cr im inal s are com ing to some bad end .
BOYCOTT .
The vic t im having thu s‘
found that h e was boycot ted
in both the c ivi l and c rim inal Court s of N ew York , he
t r i ed to ob tain re l ie f and make a l iving by l ec tu ring and
sel l ing the i r infamy publ i shed in h is Book f rom the
ro s trum .
Accord ingly he rented the El l icot t Theat e r a t Bu f
falo,N . Y . , for a s e r i e s of Lectu re s and a dve rt i sed the
same by cu t s , dodge rs , and b ill s Bu t on the n igh t for
the firs t l ec ture , t he Theat re Manage r sk ipped to Can
ada, the doo rs we re sa fe ly locked and t he gas cu t out.
The vict im cannot prove the se Judge s h i red the
manage r to sk ip , or t he gas to be cu t ; bu t he can prove
by the i r ow n Court Re cords that they are each and a l l
gu ilty o f pe rj u ry , and should the re fo re b e impeached
and impr i soned .
He then t r ied to ob ta in Hal l s in t he count ry vi l l age s
of Er i e County for h i s l ectu re s and found the boyco t t
the re sure and comple t e .
PENN YAN , N . Y .
Then he went a hund red m i le s Eas t f rom Buffalo to
Penn Y an in Yat e s County and the re obta ined a hal l
and adve rt i se d a lec tu re ; and no soone r was t hat done
than the pe rsecu to rs fixed the i r tool s , and the boycot t
b egan,bu t t h ey we re no t abl e to clos e the hal l on h im ,
though they kept many from at tend ing the l ec ture .
He sold seve ral books at t h e le ctu re and in t he
town,and then procured a man to go be fo re t he Grand
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And by such re fu sal and ob ey ing of o rde rs , the
Juro rs v iolated t he i r oath s , commit ted a c r ime , p re
vented the exposu re of t he R ing ’ s at temp t t o mu rde r
the v ic t im , prevente d the exposu re of th e s e Judge s
rat ificat ion o f such at temp ted murde r , prevented the ex
posur e of the ir Pe rj u ry and o the r c rime s , and thu s
suppre s s ed al l the se c r ime s , t hat are noth ing l e s s than
Anarchy and a new spec ie s O f Treason , al l o f wh ic h
would have come out in ev idence upon the t r ial of th e
v ic t im for l ib e l
And so the re in the farme r County of St euben , th e
R ing proved it s powe r to cau se Grand Jur ie s to prot ec t
R ing Cr iminal s f rom prosecut ion .- And for t h e fou rt h
time in th i s pe rs ecut ion , the Ring cau sed Grand Jur ie s
t o rat ify and confi rm th i s att empted murde r o f t he v ic
t im and al l t he P e rj u ry , Anarchy , and quas i Treaso n
h e re expla in ed .
WHAT se r ions ques t ions t o the mor al and bus ine s s
world to kno w ; That a band of Jud ic ial Robbe rs and
Pe rj u re rs are mak ing th e dec i s ions t hat guide and gov
e rn the peopl e of the g reat Stat e of N ew Yo rk ? And
wh ich Dec is ion s are u sed as aut hori ty by nearly al l the
c iv i l i z ed world ? And how aw fu l i t i s to know , that ih
s t ead Of pun ish ing t he s e at t empted mu rde re rs , t h e se
Judge s consp i red and robb ed and ru ined t he same v ic
t im,t he i r b ro the r R ing Cr iminal s sought to mu rde r ?
How dee p and b road such que st ion s g row as w e
cons ide r : That the Jud ical funct ion o f our Gove rn
ment pe rmeat e s eve ry indu st r ial , soc ial and re l ig iou s
avenue of l i fe , ove r-r ide s Leg is lature s , Gove rnors and
Pre s ident s . d i spose s of l i fe . l ibe rty and p rope r ty ; and
i s t he re fore t he ve ry guard ian of t he peopl e and l i fe O f
t h e nat ion ?
How immense and immeasu rab l e i s the ev i l worked
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by th is Repub l ican R ing ? I t cau sed these fou rtee n ( 1 4 )Supreme Court Judge s of New York to corru pt them
se lv e s , d isgrace the i r famil ie s , d i shonor the Stat e and
rob t he Law of it s v irtue . I t cau sed these Judges t o b e
hu rl ed f rom the moun tain tOp of Lu s t re and Fame to
wal low at t h e fee t of debauche ry and shame .
The comb ined s in , c r ime and wickedne s s o f al l the
money Trus t s , Comb ine s and Boodl e r s of the land , do
no t equal in moral tu rp i tude and gove r m enta l dange r ,the bane fu l influence
,inj u ry wrought
,and that wil l b e
wrought by the s e and othe r R ing Judge s th roughou t the
Coun t ry . And i f suc h i s t rue , then how powe rl e s s ar e
w ord s t o de scr ib e such woe ful cond it ions,and how
se r iou sly they affect Eighty Mil l ion s of people ?We do no t cou rt the ru in of the se ind iv idual men ,
but we do court th e ru in of t h e Ring that placed them in
O ffic ia l power and then caused t hem to u s e t he powe r to
commit t h e cr im e s he re exposed . Becau se we know ,
t hat these po l it ica l and j ud ic ial fact s e s tabl i sh the dead
l ine of l ib er ty and the approach ing end of c iv i l r ight s
for the poor and power l e s s .
And becau se we know ; That fo r th e l ast fi fteen
years both the Stat e and United State s Court s have
b ee n packed with R ing Judges un t i l a r ich pe rson can
not be pun i sh ed for c rime , and unt i l i t i s now im
pos s ible for the poor and ob scure t o Obta in the i r lega l
r igh t’s when Opposed by Ring Pol i t ic ians , Tru st s or Mag
nate s , -
Or when a Ring A t torney i s opposed to an hone st
independent man . The Cour ts mu st b e pure or r evolu
t ion mu st ensue .
4 ) Supreme Court Judge s o f New Yorkhaving l ead the Six ty Consp i rato rs that robbed
and attemped to mu rde r t he v ic t im , and t hen boy cott ed
h im in al l the C iv i l and Cr 1m 1 na l Cou rts so that h e
could not obta in any redre s s , i t was pla in that in o rde r
t o l ive and work out l i fe ’ s p roblem h e mu s t l e ave h i s
nat ive State and go to some o the r place .
So he boarded a West e rn t ra in and landed in Okla
lahoma C i ty,Okla . , i n February 1 903 . The re h e was
s oon admit ted to practic e law upon h is untarn i she d Law
L ic en se f rom Cal i fo rnia , and in a few day s he was act
ive l y engaged in the c e l eb rated Hoove r con sp i racy
case .
And , as u sual in su ch cr ime s , the pr inc iple acto r in
th is consp i racy was a woman ( named Harr is) , w ho
with he r hu sband and two young daugh te r s had con
sp i red to de fraud and ol d man named Hoove r of al l h is
p rope r ty .
In a br ie f word , sh e l e ft he r hu sband and daugh
te rs at home and went forty mile s t o th e o ld man ’ s ho t el,
'
and the re th rough fal s e p re te nse s , in a sho rt t ime sh e
had h im so ent ranced and entangl ed t hat he marr ied
and Deeded al l h i s p rope rty to he r upon the same day
She in the meant ime having got t e n a fake d ivorc e for
t h e purpose .
Then she began the freez e -Ou t proce s s , and in
l e s s t ime than i t took to cap tu re t he O l d gent , s he had
h im frozen out and le ft s tand ing on the cold bar re n
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edge of pove rty and gr ie f , by rea son of which , b rain
feve r was super induced and in a f ew days h i s body w as
l a id in the City of t he Dead , h i s sp ir i t gone to it s
make r .
Duringhe r e scapade she was charged w ith havingcommit ted many cr ime s among wh ich was pe rj u ry .
And as Ralph Rame r was the County At t orney at Okla
homa C1 ty , i t was h i s duty to procure he r ind ictment fo r
such pe rj u ry . But in st ead of do ing so , he secret ly d id
al l h e could t o prevent he r ind ic tment : Notw ithstand
ing the vict im qu ie t ly secured he r ind ictment for th i s .
pe rjury from the Grand Jur y in Ju ly 1 903 .
MURD E R FACTS .
In a short t ime t he reafte r the v ic t im went to the
County At torney ’ s Office and the re reque st ed h im to ex
amine a complain t and autho r iz e a warrant t o i s sue
t he reon : It was t he sworn duty of the County A t
torney to examine al l such compla int s , and i f found
su ffic ient t o author i z e a warrant to i s su e . But in stead
of examin ing th is compla int he immediate ly and in
great ange r sa id he wou ld d ism is s t hat damned Hoove r
ind ic tment , and o rde red the vict im to get ou t of h i s of
fice and shouted that he would ge t h i s gun and shoo t
and k il l h im .
The County At to rney and vict im were scarc e ly ao
qua in ted and up t o t hat t ime neve r had any unpleasant
words, so the vict im did not expec t , and was not pre
pared for such a recept ion ; the re fore he started to leave
t he o ffice , and the County Attorney hurr ied to a de sk in
h i s Office and th rust h i s hand in a d rawe r to find hi s
gun; bu t not find ing it t he re , be ru shed back acros s the
O ffi ce to anot he r de sk and the re found his revolve r and
as soon as he got it in h is hand he turned ashy pale .
CORRUPT
By that t ime the vic t im had got ten near t he doo r
l ead ing out of t h e o ffice , and the County A t to rney t hen
and t he re pointed h i s revolve r at t he depart ing vic t im ,
and swore and said he wou ld shoo t and k i l l h im and
call ed h im many vi le name s : At t hat j unctu re the v ic
t im ’ s cl ient Margre t Fay ru shed to t he assai lant and so
ob s t ruc t ed h im that he could not immed iat e ly shoo t, and
in t he meant ime t he v ict im got out of s ight and out of
range o f th e As sass in and h is gun : A ft e r Wh ic h t h e
County At torney swo re to$
M r s . Fay t h at i f th e v ict im
eve r came into h is o ffice again he would ge t h i s gun and
shoot and k i l l h im , and that he wou ld k il l h im any way .
The County A t torney . was se c re t ly angry becaus e
th i s woman had been ind ic t ed in he r consp i racy to de
fraud this O ld man O f Seventy . Bu t up to t h e t ime of
h i s attempted mu rde r , the v ic t im d id not know of such
ange r , and d id not even su sp ic ion that t h i s Office r of th e
Law bo re h im any mal ice or i l l-wi l l whateve r .
And thus ar e bri efly told the sal i en t fact s of th i s
att emp t to commit cold-b looded murde r ; and now we
wil l b r iefly s tate how the l ead ing R ing Repub l i can s of
th e Te rr itory protect ed th i s R ing Cr iminal from expo su r e
and puni shment , so as to keep t he Mach ine in good r e
pai r and reput e for fu tu re pol i t ical work and cr im i
nal u se .
THE County At to rney was d isqual ified from prose
cuting th i s c r im inal cas e becau se he was the de fendan t
SO th e v ict im embodied al l the s e murde r fac t s in affida
vits and appl ied the reon t o Di st r ic t Judge Burwe l l , O f
Oklahoma City , (as a Cou rt ) to appo int a spec ial A ttorney to pro secu te th i s at tempt ed murde r case . Th e
Judge re fu sed t o make any such appointment , and fal se ly
cla imed the law did not au thor iz e h im as Co'
u rt or Judget o do so : And to t ry and sh i ft the blame O f h i s d e r i l ic
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t ion and turp itude , he argued t hat theGove rno r alonehad the power t o make such an appo i n tment .
UN ITED STA TES JUDGE BURWELLAccu sed o f Consp i racy , Etc . , E t c .
Now t he Oklahoma Statut e s say :“That when the
County A t t o rney i s unab le to at t end to h is du t ie s,t he
D i st r ic t Cou rt m ay a ppoi nt some attorney to t emp orar i
l y act in h is place .
$ So it i s ev iden t that the Coun
ty Att orney be ing d i squa l ified to act , that he was as
much “unable t o at t end to h i s du t ie s as.
t hough h i s
back was broken , or he was impr i soned in t he pen it entiar y for h i s att empt t o murde r .
Then u nde r th is pla in law and the se at tempted
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murde r fac t s , wh ich we re al l l egal ly known to Judge
Burwel l , the que s t ion i s ; Why d id he not do h i s pla in ,moral and ‘l e gal du ty , and appo int some At to rney t o
pro secu te t h i s at t empte d mur de r ef, when he knew that
hi s re fu sal would impede and ob st ruc
t the prope r and
due admin i s t rat i on O f‘
t h e l aw , and he lp to sc re en and
p rote c t th i s gu il ty Coun ty At torney from p ro secu t ion
and pun i shment ? T he answe r i s pl a in . Ri ng Pol i
t ics .
Again , the O rgan ic Act of Oklahoma Te rr ito ry
says “Distr ict Cou r t s pos se s s aut hor i ty to redre s s
al l w rongs commit ted again st t he laws of the Ter r i to ry
affect ing peop l e or p rope rty .
Now Judge Burw e l l knew , t hat the law neve r grant s
powe r or au thor ity , bu t that . suc h grant carr ie s w ith i t
all inc idental pow e r n ecces sar y for it s execut ion . He
knew th i s O rgan ic Act gave him the pow e r to' redre s s
th i s wrong and cr ime , and to do al l t h ings neces sary
to p ro secut e t h i s fe l on , such as cal l ing a Grand Jury ,appo int ing an at to rn ey t o pros ecu te h im , e tc .
, e tc . SO
the que s t ion s a r e : Why d id the Judge vi olate th i s Or
gan ic Act and h i s O ffic ial oath by re fu si ng to appoint an
a ttorney to red re s s t h i s wrong and pro se cute th i s fe l on ?
Answe r as above , Ring P ol it ic s .
To again show that Judge Burwel l had powe r and
au thor i ty t o appo int an at to rn ey to p rose cu te th i s fe l on
we say ; That among the nece s sa r y adj unct s of a Cou rt
of gene ral j u r i sd ict ion a re those of Clerk , Crie r , and
P rosecut ing At to rney . And when any of the se O ffice rs
are unabl e t o ac t by rea son o f s ickness , absence o r d i s
qual ificat ion ,t h e Judge and Cou r t ha s inhe ren t pow e r
to appo int some compe t ent pe rson to t empo rar ily pe r
form the i r du ty to the end , t hat j u st ice may be admin
CORRUPT
by a Ju ry . And thePol it ica l Rct of the se ind ictm en ts
then so publ ica l ly appe ar ing , a l l p ro secut ion o f the'
oth
e r Democrat ic o ffic ial was d ropped l ike a hot potato .
GOVERNOR
AS soon as -Judge Burwel l had. thu s'
b locked the
p rosecu tion of t h e County At torney , t he v ict im la id the
ma tt e r b e fo re th e C ivic Fede rat ion of Oklahoma C ity,
and the Fede rat ion s e le ct ed a Commit tee of -Thre e pe r
sons , who went next morn ing to t he Cap i tal C ity (Gu thr i e ) and t he r e pre s ent ed the whol e mat t e r w i th affida
y i t s p rov ing such at t empt ed murde r t o the Gov
e r nor .
The Committ e e expla in ed to the Gove rno r how
Judge Bu rwel l had re fu sed to appoint - ah at to rney - to
prose cute t h is at tempted murde r case , and to pre sen t i t
to t he Grand Ju ry wh ich was then in s e s s ion . The
Commit t e e fur the r expla ined how many offic ia l s at: Oklahoma Ci ty we re in l eague w ith c r im inal s
’
and t ough s
and as a con seqti ence cr ime was runn ing rampant‘ and
co rrupt ing the moral s of the c ity , and t hat t h i s County
Atto rney wou ld not pro secu t e the se c r im inal s,
The Gove rnor expres s ed h imsel f as great ly shock‘
ed’
at such cr iminal cond it ion s , and pa r ticul a r i l y . so a t
Judge Burwell ’ s re fu sal to appo int an at t orney to prose,
cut e the County At torney . He promi sed to appo in t
some at torney to prosecut e th i s Case be fo re t h e GrandJu ry then in se ss ion ; and
'
to wr it e and l e t the Commit t e e
know the nex t day what h e had done in th e mat t e r .
The Committe e n eve r rece ived t he prom ised l e t t e r
f rom the Gove rnor , and he al so fa i l ed to appo int an a t
t o rney to p ros e cut e th i s fe lon , and as a p re sump t iv e
consequence he was no t ind ic t ed or pun i sh ed .
Th e Organ ic Act of the T e rritory , It’
s s tatu te s and
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h is o ff ic ial oath al l requ i re t h e Gove rno r “shal l take
care that the laws a r e fa ith ful ly execut ed . And when
t he Judge re fu sed to appoint an at t o rn ey , the same law
made i t the Gove rno r ’ s o ffic ial du ty to appo int such at
tar n ey , s o th e law wou ld be fa it h fu l ly execut ed . Hence
we ask : Why he re fused t o make such appo intmen t
and thereby al lowed - t he law to go unexecu t ed, and the
felon t o e scape ind ic tment and p uni shment ?
And we furthe r ask : I f t h i s fe lon iou s County A t
torney , had been a Democ rat ic hee le r inst ead of a Ring
Republ ican , wou ld not t h i s Repub l ican Judge and Gov
e r oor ,each have been wi l l ing to fa it h ful ly execu t e th e
l aw ? And wou ld t hey no t have immed iat e ly appo inte d
an attorney to pro secu t e the c r iminal ?
ACCESSORIES .
NOW, when b oth the Judge and Gove rno r re fused
to appo int such an at to rney , t hey lawful ly knew from
c red i tabl e and undi spu ted affidav it s that th i s County At
to rney had commit ted a Fe lony , by att emp t ing to sh0 0 t
and mu rde r t h e v ic t im . Bes ide s , t h i s cu lpr it has pr acti
cal ly admit t ed h i s gu i lt .
And the law say s T'
r at a pe rson who knows tha t
a fe lony has b e en committed and a id s or he lp s the
o ffende r to avo id p ro secut ion or puni shment , i s an A c
cessor y t o such felony , wh ich means that he i s gu il ty
and subj ec t t o c r iminal puni shmen t .
Now by rea son of t hi s Judge and Gove rnor re fu s
ing to appo int an at torney to p rosecu t e thi s fe l on iou s
County A t t o rney , i s i t not p lain tha t they have a ided
and he lped h im to avo id pro secu t ion and pun i shment,
and the reby made thems elve s Acce s so r ie s to his at
t empted murde r c r ime ?Pr ivate
.
persons can not o rd inar ily b ecome Acce s
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sor ies to f e lon ie s by s i l ence or inact ion : Bu t t h e r u le i s
d i ffe ren t as to pub l ic office r s whose duty it i s to admin
i st e r the l aw again st such o ffende rs,and espec ial ly
w he re t he i r du ty , and the i r mo t ive for not doing it , i s so
c lea r as~
it i s in th i s case .
CONSPIRACY .
Unde r the l aw of th is Te rr i to ry : I f tw o or more
pe rsons consp i r e to commit any act inj u r ious to pub l ic
moral s , to pe rve r t j u st ic e . or to ob st ruct the du e admin
i str ation of the law , su c h person s are gu i lty of the
c r ime of Consp i racy : And a consp i racy is usual ly
p roven by c i rcums tan t ial ev idence and th e reasonab le
i nfe rence s draw n the re from .
Now , unde r th i s l egal‘
defin it ion o f a Consp i racy“
and'
the u sual manne r of prov ing on e we say : Tha t
t he omis s ion and re fu sal of‘
Judge Burwel l to do h i s
du ty by appo int ing an at to rn ey to pro secu te th i s Fe lon ,al so h i s re fu sal to sugge st such c r ime t o theGrand Ju ry
and th e Gove rnor : Toge th e r w i t h the Governor ’ s ly ing
to the committe e f rom Oklahoma C ity , and h i s Omi s s ion
and re fu sal to do h i s du ty by appo int ing an at to rney to
p ro s ecu te th i s attempt ed murde re r ; togethe r wi th th e
moral and offic ia l we igh t of the se h igh o ffic ial s 'be ing
thu s th rown again st the p ro s ecu t ion of th is County At
torney,the s e facts have when taken and cons ide red to
ge the r cont r ibu ted to the same gene ral re su l t to wi t
That of inj u r ing pub l ic morals , pe rve rt ing ju st ic e , oh
structing the du e admin is t ra t i on of the l aw , and by
reason the reo f th i s Judge and Gove rnor are apparent ly
gu ilty of t h e Cr ime of Consp i racy in prevent ing the in
d ictm ent, pro secu t ion and pun i shment of the i r pol it ica l
part isan and th is at t empt ed murde re r .
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ATTORNEY GEN ERAL .
IT th rows some l ight and ce rta inty u pon t h i s con
spi r acy be s ide s i t s fai r t o say ; That t he Gove rnor ap
par e ntl y attempte d to sh i f t th e b lame of h i s own o ffic ial
m isconduct in re fu s ing to execu t e the law by appo int ing
an at t o rney to prose cut e th e at t empted murder e r , and
t o make such sh i ft he re fe rred t he mat t e r t o h i s own
ap po inted A t torney Gene ral o f th e Te rr it o ry , w ho
th rough h i s ardent de s i re to sc re en th i s part i san cr im
inal wrot e a le t t e r t o t he Oklahoma Committ ee , whe re in
h e so g lar ingly l ie d in h i s e u logy of h i s c r im ina l parti
san , and t r ied to ignore and pe rve r t all the at t empted
murde r fac ts , t hat he p lainly showed h i s pa rt i san pu r
pose and made himse l f absolu te ly d isgust ing for want o f
fa i rne s s , de cency and hones ty in t h e admini st rat ion o f
h is o ffice and the law : And h i s act s with h is o ffice
eas i ly bear the inte rpre tat ion t hat he was a Co-con spi r
ato r in sh ie lding th is County A t t o rney .
SELWYN DOUGLAS .
THAT it adds cl earne s s and ce rtainty to th i s c on
spi r acy t o s tat e t he fol lowing fact s : A f t er t h e Grand
Ju ry had b een in se s s ion Ten Day s and i t s work was
abou t done , i t was qu it e ge ne rally known that the vid
t im in tended to secu re the ind ictment of t h e County A t
t orney for h i s at tempt t o murde r . And then , i t s o hap
pened that t he County A t to rney appo inted h i s last law
partne r name ly , Se lwyn Douglas , Depu ty County A t
t o rney,who then fi l e d h i s appo intment and oath o f
o ffice w i th t h e Coun ty Cle rk , of wh ich , no revocat ion
has s inc e b ee n fi l ed .
-M r . Dougla s i s t he Reg ist e r of t he Un ited Stat e s
land o ffice at Oklahoma C ity , and the conceded R ing
CORRUPT
Republ ican Gene ra l the re . We do not say t hat he wa s
appo inted to manipulat e th e Grand Ju ry,
so t hat i t
wou ld ind ic t the prev iou sly men t ioned Democ rat ic offi
c ia l s , and wou ld not ind ic t h i s fo rme r law partne r
name ly , t he mu rde rou s Coun ty A t to rney .
Bu t we do say The Grand Ju ry heard th e ev idenc e
wh ich c lea rly p roved the Coun ty A t to rney was gu ilty of
an at tempt t o commit an unprovoked murde r : And
unde r such evidence the j u ry re fu sed t o ind ic t , only
lack ing One vote accord ing to report .
The day a ft e r the Grand Ju ry had adj ou rned , t h e
C iv ic Fede rat ion of Oklahoma C i ty cau sed th e arre st o f
the Coun ty At t o rn ey in the D ist r ic t Cou rt upon a cha r ge
of having wi l fu l ly re fu sed to p ro se cu t e the Open and
noto riou s gamble rs o f t he C i ty.
The law say s “i t shal l be t h e du ty o f th e County
At torney t o appear in t he D is t r ic t Court of h i s County
and p rosecute al l c r imina l act ions on beha l f of t h e Te r
r itor y and fu rthe r that he may appoin t a Deputy t o pe r
fo rm such duty .
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Now acco rd ing to the re co rd Mr . Dougla s wa s
Depu ty County At torney at t he t ime o f Mr . Ram ar’
s ar
re s t . And cont rary t o a l l t he duty devolv ing upon h im
a s such Depu ty and unde r such fact s and l aw , he wen t
in t o the D ist ric t Cou rt and the re , cont rary to such duty ,
openly de fended Mr . Rame r upon such c rim inal cha rge .
And a fte r he wo rked a l l day and hal f the n ight on
the de fense of su ch cr im ina l act ion , Judge Bu rwe l l
c laimed he had found a hole in the comp la int , t h rough
which t he County At t o rney escaped withou t a t r ia l on
t he mer it s .
The law prov ide s that o ffic ial s (l ik e Mr . Douglas )who wil fu l ly fail or re fu se to pe r fo rm the i r du ty a r e
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gu il ty of t he c r ime o f a M isdemeanor . Now by reason
o f such law and the fac t t hat M r . Douglas as Deputy
County At torney fa il ed to pro secute the de fendent Ra
me r , but de fended h im contrary to such law and h is
offi c ial du ty , i t i s apparent that he not on ly v iolated
h i s offic ial oath bu t commit ted the c r ime of a M i sde
meano r , fo r wh ich he i s l iabl e t o imprisonment and d is
barm ent.
Afte r th e forego ing,Mr Douglas appeared in an
othe r Cou rt whe re the County At torney was on t r ial for
a d iffe rent c rime , and the re h e took the w itne s s stand
and gav e ev idence in behal f of t he accu sed wh ich is
cla imed to be fal se . Now cons ide r ing al l t he se fact s in
re lat ion to Mr . Douglas,we ask , was he not appo inte d
Depu ty County Attorney by Mr . Rame r for t he pu rpose
of ke eping t he Gr and Jury from ind ic t ing h im for h i s
a t tempt to murde r ?
l UDGB BURWELL AGAIN .
AFTER the County A t to rney had been pro tected
from pro secut ion as he re sh own ,t h e C iv ic Fede rat ion of
Oklahoma C ity fi l ed charge s wi th P re s ident Rooseve l t
agains t Atto rney Gene ral Robe r t s , Reg is te r Douglas ,Judge Bu rw e l l and Gove rnor Fe rguson and asked fo r
t he removal from office of the Judge and Gove rnor .
The charge s conta ined substant ial ly t he same mat
te r and c riminal accu sat ions as he re in s tated agains t
t hem . And aft e r wa it ing for some months and noth ing
be ing heard from t he charge s , t h e v ic t im made anothe r
app l icat ion in Judge Burwe l l ’ s Cou rt fo r the appoin t
ment of a Spec ial At to rney to p ro secute t he at tempted
murde re r .
The fac t s and th e l aw regard ing these app l icat ions
had not changed. bu t the fact s su r round ing the Judge
CORRUPT
had changed . He was then cha rged and chased by th e
C iv ic Federat ion for hav ing made a wrong and mal ic i ou s
dec i s ion upon th i s fi r st appl ica t ion for t h e pu rpose of
prevent ing th e pro secu t ion o f t h i s pol i t ical part i san .
That dec is ion was the bas i s of all t he charge s made
against h im be fo re the Pre s ident and in t h i s book . And
unde r the forc e and fi re of such charge s he appo in te d
such an At to rney , t he reby actuall y admitt ing that h i s
forme r dec is ion was mal ic iou s and wrong, and that t hecharge s base d t he reon we re t ru e .
I t mu st b e cl ear to al l who read the se fac t s : That
Judge Burwel l intent ionally boycot ted t h e law and pre
vent ed i t s due adm in is t rat ion by re fu s ing to appoin t
anA t to rney to prosecu te th i s attemped murde re r for t h e
pol i t ical reasons h e re in stated and seen : And that 'he
never would have m ade such appo intmen t had he not
been chased and run down by t he se charge s ; futhe r that
he only made the same to t ry and hedge and h ide hi s
own t rack s of o f f ic ia l m isconduc t . I t s a pla in p ropos i
t ion,no futhe r s tatement ne ed be made .
THE Spec ial At to rn ey appo inted by Judge Burw e l l
had County At to rney Rame r brought int o Judge Har
pe r ’ s Cour t and the re ch arged with t he c r ime of s imply
po int ing a revol ve r at the v ic t im , in stead of attem pt ing
t o mu rde r h im .
That charge gave t h e cu lp r it t h e r ight to a j u ry
t r ial of Six men , and made an open ing fo r h i s j ud ic ial
wh it ewash ing,wh ich was speed ily done accord ing to the
fo l l owing facts and proce ed ing s 0
The law gave Judge Harpe r th e powe r t o s ec re t ly
se lec t a j u ry l i s t of Eigh tee n ( 1 8 ) name s from wh ich a
j u ry of Six men might be taken t o t ry t he case . He se
l ected such ju ry l i s t , but be fore t he s ix j u rymen we re
CORRUP T
that such Ju ro rs we re b iased aga ins t t he p rosecution and p re j ud iced in favo r o f t he d e fendant ; and by reason o f such prem is e s none of
such j u rymen we re comp e t ent t o fa i rly t ry t h ecase , and were no t such good and t ru e men ast he law cont emplated shou ld be empan n e l ed to
t ry c r imina l act ion s , and e spec ial ly that on e
again st t he County A t torney
That by reason of su ch fact s and cond it ions it was apparent that a t r ia l of t he act ionbe fore any Six o f sa id nam e d j u ro rs wou ld benoth in g le s s than a farc e , a mocke ry and afal s e pre tense of admin is te r ing the law andj u st ice , and that he (th e v ic t im ) wou ld not
s i lent ly consent to an y such conduct .
The a ffidav i t c l osed by ask ing as fo l l owsThat sa id j u ry l i s t b e vacated and se t a s ide ,and that a new and fa i r jury l i s t b e preparedby the Cou r t compo sed o f good t ru e a nd lawab id ing men w ho w e re in favo r of en fo rc ingt he law and pun i sh ing al l v i o l at e rs t h e re o fwit hout re gard to c las s , occupat ion or o ffic ia lpos i t i on .
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The re was no contr ad icticn whatev e r mad e to the
affidav i t and no de fens e or oppos it ion made to th e mo
t ion ; bu t as soon as the v ict im s tarted to read the affi
dav i t upon such mot ion , Judge Harpe r immed i at e ly de
m anded the same and s i l en t ly read i t and then inst ant ly
and cont rary to a l l t he forego ing fact s and t he law
ove r - ruled such mot ion,and know ing ly and unlawful ly
reta ined al l of su ch b iased , prej ud iced and incompe t en t
j u rymen from wh ich Six we re taken by t he de fendan t
and Judge Burwe l l ’ s Spec ial County At torney to t ry
t he case .
And as stated in t he affidav i t , t he t r ia l was an open
mocke ry of j u s t ice and the law from start t o fini sh wit h
t h e Spec ia l A tt o rney cont r ibu t ing the re to , by re fu s ing t o
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ca l l ove r ha l f th e witn es se s fo r the prosecut ion,and by
neg le ct ing to c ro s s - examine near ly al l t he de fendan t ’ s
w itne s se s , some of whom were t hen unde r ind ictment by
t he Coun ‘
y At t o rney .
Notwit h s tand ing th e Spec ia l A t tor ney thu s -wise and
othe rwis e he lped the de fendant out,s t i l l t h e ev idence
c lear ly proved t hat th e County A t t orney was gu ilty of
an u n provoked att em pt to m u rde r ; but t he Jury per
functor i l y pe r formed i t’ s pre sum pt ive ly prepared pe r fidy ,
and the Wh i te -washed de fendant wa lked out of Cou rt
t hu s l icen sed to fin i sh h i s at t empte d murde r .
T he Cou n ty A t t o rney cal l ing w itne ss e s ignorant of
t he fact s of h is case , bu t whom he he ld unde r ind ic t
ment , to he lp swear h im out, with the Spec ial A t to rney
t hu s he lp ing h im ou t , and with Judge Harpe r he lp ing
h im out by se l ect ing and re tain ing a ju ry t hu s shown to
be b iased an d pr e j ud iced in h is favor,pre sent s a cas e
of such apparen t f raud and corrupt ion , t ha t an hone s t
m n s icken s a t t he s ight .
A nd by reason of such fac ts , t he obj ect s and aims
of asp ir ing m en i n offi c ial l i fe , and what they w i l l do to
fur t he r t h e i r ow n po l i t ica l int e re s t by he lp ing the i r pol i tical part i san s int o o ffice and out of t roub le ; We contend
that i t i s as c le a r as l igh t and as ce rta in as deat h that
Judge Harpe r packed that j u ry t o Acqu i t t he County A t
t o rn ey a nd t he reby h e lp h is ow n fu tu r e pol i t ical inte re st .
We furthe r contend That at t he pre sent day Re
pub l ican o ffic ia l s are prope r ly ca l led R ing Repub l icans .
That by t he h igh - toned and o fficia l sample lo t he re pre
s ented , i t i s proven that th e Ring wi l l t h rough it’ s mem
be rs u se the ir o ffic ia l power to co r mi t any cr ime n ece s
sary to he lp each othe r out of c rime or t roub le , so as . to
ke ep the i r Mach ine in good reput e for pol it ical u se , and
that th e o ffic ia l s he re in Oklahoma are no exce pt ion bu t
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rathe r an ext ens ion o f such ru le , and that by reason o f
al l t he premise s expre s sed and imp l i ed , that Judge Ha r
pe r , Judge Burwe l l , Gove rnor Fe rgu son , A t to r ney Gen
e ral Robe rt s , and Se lwy n Douglas a l l d id t he w icke d and
unlawfu l t h ings he re in comp lained of again st them for
t he pu rpose of p rot ec t ing and sc re e n ing thi s mur d e r cus
County A t to rney from prosecu tion and pun i shm en t to
pre s e rve t he i r po l i t ica l mach i ne in good re pu te ft r
futu re u se and pe r sona l ga in . And that th ey are th e re
gu ilty of mora l tu rpi tude t han the County At to rn ey w ho
at tempted to murder the v ic t im .
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTThe Pre s ide nt re ce ived th e se charge s aga in st the
Ring cr im inal s of Oklahoma , and to cap the ( l irr ax , of
al l t he s ing le -handed of fic ial in famy s inc e the tr ea s r n
day s of Ben ed ic t Arnold , he sent t he se c r i n in a l cha r ge s
back to the accu sed A t t orn ey Gene ra l and Gov e rnor for
examinat ion .
He i s the only Ch ie f Exe cu t ive of a C l V l l l Z E d r a
t i on that eve r m ade pe rson s accused of c r im e the Judge s
in the i r own case s : Such savage , barba rou s conduc t
r ough - r ide s a l l d ecency and am ount s t o n o th ing l e s s
t han t reas on . The on ly de fense that can he m ad e to
such bold infamy i s po l i t ica l in san i ty .
When the Pre s ide nt s en t the s e ve r ified cha rge s
back to t he accu sed c rim ina l s to be t he Judge s of tht i r
ow n c r ime s , he out raged the who le m ora l and c r imina l
code of j u r i sp rudence and butche red the fundamen ta l
pr inc ipl e s of our gove rnment : He stabbed th e hono r
and fai rne s s of t he Nat ion in th e heart and ou tr ival l e d
the t reache ry o f B rutu s : He pu t to shame a l l th e
c r im inal s o f th e coun try and proved h imse l f t o be th e
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most dangerou s Consp i rator i n th i s whol e c r im inal
cate go ry .
He apparent ly d id the se th ings b ecau se he wants to
be e lec ted P re s ident , and knew th e inve s t igat ion of the s e
charge s wou ld prove the pe rsecut ion of the v ict im by
the Ring Repub l icans and the ir seve ral at tempt s to mur
de r h im , and that wou ld cos t h i s party many re spectabl e
vot e s : S ) to avoid such personal d isas te r,he as sumed
the powe r o f a Tyrant and made the se cr iminal s the i r
own Judge s,t hu s plac ing them in pos i t ion to again con
sp i re and in the execut ion o f th e i r c r im inal t ru st bury
the se charge s and the i r gu il t in some lone grave with
t he i r murde r ed v ict im .
IN NEW YORK
Through the Pol i t ica l powe r of t he se Jud ic ial De
bauchee s of N ew York and Tom Plat t ’ s R ing of c r imi
na l Pal itic ian s ,John R . Hazel a ward he el e r o f Bu ffalo ,
N . Y . ,was made a United State s Judge , and soon
t he reafte r he b ecame a c r imi nal Consp i rato r and Pe r
jure r , and then adm inis te red the oath of office t o Pre s i
dent Rooseve l t at Buffal o , N . Y .
In Novembe r, 1 90 1 , the v ict im ve r ified a Copy of
h is Book as charge s again st th e s e New York Consp ira
t or s and sent the same to Pre s ident Roosevel t The
Book show ed the actu al fac t s and cr ime s const itu t ing
such Consp iracy . and that t he Pre s ident had un'
con
c ious l y taken h is o ffic ia l oath from such consp ir ing and
pe rj u red United Stat e s Judge . And reque sted t he
Pre s ident t o inve st igate such accu sat ion and i f found to
b e t rue , t o rem ove the Judge , stat ing that it would be a
great in sul t to Am e r ica ’ s (80 ) Mill ion s o f people tohave t he ir Ch ie f Execut ive take h is oath of office from
such a c r iminal Judge unle s s he was removed .
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A t the same t ime th e v ict im al so s ent a ve rifie d
copy of such book as charge s to Gove rnor Ode l l of New
York and reque s ted h im to inve st igate the se c r ime s and
Consp i rators and pu t the boyco t ted law in ope rat ion .
Bu t the Gove rnor b e ing t he p ivo t of the State R ing and
the P re s ident the King-bol t o f the Nat ional Mach ine ,ne i the r o f t hem made any answe r or rep ly . The re mo
t i y e s in not rep ly ing and the i r c r iminal negl ect in the
admini st rat i on of the l aw i sl
a l r eady pla inly see n and
w il l more spec ifical ly appear as w e proceed .
A fte r th e fo rego ing fact s the v ic t im w ro te and
mail ed to Pre s ident Rooseve lt s eve ral l e tt e rs t ry ing to
induce h im to inve st igate the charge s made agains t
th i s Un it ed Stat e s Judge for consp i racy in o ffice and
pe rj u ry . But the P re s ident wou ld no t i nve s t igat e nor
even conde scend to the amenit i e s o f h i s o ffi ce by ao
knowledging the rec e ip t of any of t he s e le t t e r s , books o r
charge s .
And so in June , 1 903 , the v ictim mai led to Pre s i
dent Roosevelt anothe r Copy of h is b ook as charge s
p rov ing the c r iminal gu il t o f al l t he s e Ring Repub l icans
in o ffice and w rot e , prope rly enclo se d , and p rope rly
mai led a le tte r t o h im unde r a Spec ial Del ive ry Stamp
wh ich le tte r was a s fol lows
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ,
D E A R SIR $ The fac t that you have neglec ted fo r nearly tw o years t o inve s t igat e the s echarge s against Judge Haze l for consp i racy ino ffice , and pe rj u ry cau se s me to be l ieve that
y oudo not intend to do so , and in look ing fo ra reason I have conclued that i t i s based uponpe rsonal an d pol it ical reasons as foll ows :
You know tha t Senator Plat t i s at the headof the Ring Republ icans of New York , andth rough the c r iminal Judge s named in my book
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and othe r r ingst e rs h e cont rol s the Repub l icanparty of the Stat e .
And you des i r ing to succeed y our sel f asPre s iden t fea r that s hould you inve st igate th i sc r im inal Judge , t he New York Ring would refu s e
y ou t he Na t ional De legate s wh ich migh t de featyour nominat ion , hence you r re fu sal t o inve st igate th i s Judge and t u rn t he c r iminal ou t .
Again , you ne ce s sar i ly know that to inve st iga te Judge Haze l would be l ike inve st igat ingth i s whole c r iminal bunch , as the fac t s a re sob lended toge the r ; and that the exposu re of al lt he se h igh -t oned cr iminal s would su re ly defeatthe Republ ican party in the Stat e o f N ew York ,and that such cond it ion would have a greate f fect against t he whole party at the next P re sid n ti al El ec t ion . Hen‘ce y ou re fu s e to do
you r offic ial duty . We think such conduct i smoral , pat r iot ic and pol it ical cowardice
Mr . Pre s ident he re is some th ing for you rve ry se r ious cons ide rat ion : The ru le of common s ense and of Law says “That h e whosc reens one gu ilty of c r ime from exposu re 0
punishment , t he reby aids and abetts h im andby so do ing becomes an Acces so ry to suchcr ime and i s as gu il ty as the p r inc ipal c r iminalNow by reason of you r re fu sal to do your
o ffic ial duty and inve st igat e th e pe rj u red JudgeHazel , it i s c lear you have not on ly screenedh im from exposu re and punishment bu t y ouhave al so screened and protec ted th is whol ebunch o f R in g Republ icans in New York f romexposu re and punishment ; and the reby underthe above rule of common sense and l aw y ou
have become an A cces sor y . to . a l l the Conspi r acy , Perj ury and Anarchy descr ib ed in th i sBook ; and that the world shou ld and w i l l hold
y ou gu i lty as such Accessory .
The se are j u s t and fa i r conclus ion s draw n
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from the f i ot s s tated in my B ook,and f rom a
fai r cons id erat ion o f the a ims and obj ec t s of
men , and the ways o f pol ttica l l i fe at t h e pre se nt day Respectfu l l y You rs ,
P . M . Su l l ivan .
PR E SIDENT ROOSEVELT .
Pro tec to r of Conspi rators , and Pe rj u re rs .
The Pre s ident rece iv ed the fo regoing le tt e r but l ik e
al l E ight (8 ) l e t t e rs , Four (4 ) books and cha rge s s ent
t o h im show ing t he c r iminal gu il t of th i s United Stat e s
Judge and h is con fede rat e s , he neve r made any reply
t he re to t hough he has had ove r tw o year s in wh ich to
inve st igat e th i s c r im inal Judge .
NOW , as argument and fact s we say ; There is
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and reason show ; that the Pres ident by re fus ing to do
h i s sworn and offic ial duty has at tempted to h id e and
pro tec t from expo su re and puni shment the large st and
most dangerou s band of c r iminal s that eve r d isgrace d
any count ry . And for such moral tu rp itude and quas i
t re ason he should b e impeached and impr i soned .
A nd he re w e pau s e to ask ; Has the admin i st rat ion
of the count ry and the law , become so corrup t that t h e
P re s ident of th e Unit ed Stat e s wil l c r im ina l ly u s e the
pow e r of h i s hi gh o ffice for pe rsonal and part i san pur
pos e s ? The -fact s and reason h ere answe r Y es : And
that in do ing so, he sneak ingly robb ed Ju s t ice of he r
Virtue,and t rai led he r garment s in t he du st .
We fu rthe r say , a Pre s ident w ho could read the
facts of th is ind ividua l oppre s s ion , j ud ic ial robbe ry , and
the se gove rnmental cr imes , and not be moved to emot ion
and o ffi c ial act ion , must have a heart l ike Pharaoh , and
b e los t t o al l fee l ings of manhood , save that of pre s i
dent ial amb it ion w ith a dete rminat ion to grat i fy the
same at t he expense of all pat r io t i sm and cr ime .
Becau se ; he r e'
i s a de ta i l of cr ime appal l ing t o all
c iv il izat ion and dange rou s t o gove rnmental l i fe . And
w hen the Pre s ident of our count ry unde r took to suppre s s
and h ide thes e c r ime s from the pub l ic by re fu s ing to do
his offic ial du ty the reon , he proved h i s wan t of moral i ty ,the vio lat ion of h i s o fficial oath and commi tt ed a c rime
as much greate r than the se , as h i s o ffice i s greate r t han
that o f T om Platt’ s smal l Assemblyman w ho fi rs t
s ta rted th i s c r im inal bal l a rol l ing .
Unde r the se charges it was the sworn , o ffic ial , l e gal
and const itut ional duty of the Pre s ident to inves t igat e
the same , and i f Judge Haze l was found gu ilty to r e
move h im from o ffice . But when he re fus ed to take any
act ion or even to acknowledge the rece ipt of such
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charge s , he not only proved his offic ial d is cou r te sy , bu t
also pla i nly proved h is c r inging and cr iminal intent ion
to unlaw fu l ly scre en the s e R ing Repub l ican s of N ew
York , so that they-might have $ standing and power w ith
the peopl e to e lec t h im to the Pre s idency .
Now the se Judge s and other Conspi rators ar e gu iltyof the cr ime s he re in charged agains t them and the
Pre s ident knows it . And he i s l ik ewise gu1 l ty of pro
tee t ing them from exposu re and punishment as he re in
s tated : The re fo re he has rat ified and confirmed al l
the i r consp i racy and pe rj u ry , and by reason of al l the
fac t s he i s an Acce s sory to al l the ir cr imes ; and i s as
gui l ty as any o f the se pe rj u red Judge s or Thugs w ho
attemp ted to murde r the v ict im .
He i s more gu il ty than the w hol e cr im inal aggrega
t ion ; becau s e afte r he knew of the i r c r imes and that he
had taken h i s offi c ial oath from th i s pe rj u red Judge , he
insul ted t he whole nat ion by r e fus ing to inve st igate h im
for the reasons here in s tated . So it i s pla in that a Pre s
ident who screens a pe rj u red Judge as he re in exp la ined
i s unfit for the Pre s idency or any othe r o ffice .
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As furthe r ev idence and argument w e say ; That
having shown that the se cr imes s tart ed and grew fr om
t he d i spu te s be tween a smal l atto rney and a l e s s s iz ed
Assemblyman , unt i l they now inc lude the se m ighty
Judge s and the Pres ident of the United Stat e s , i s i t not
cl early seen ; That unle s s the peop le s tep in and stop
th i s c r im inal deve lopmen t , h is to ry w i l l re peat it s el f by
sp ide rs weav ing web s in parlors and palace s , and the
C it ie s ’ s t ree t s b ecoming carpe te d with the growth of
gras s .
And when a lone v ict im saved h i s l i fe and l ib e r ty
under such powe r fu l pe rs ecu t ion , and i s abl e to p re sen t
th is wonde rful cat egory of h igh cr im e s and o ffic ial c r im
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ina l s , i s i t not p rope r to say ; That i f the whol e t ru th
was shown , the peopl e would se e th e i r Count ry was only
r e s t ing upon a sh e l l of v ir tue , wh il e unde rneat h was a
bo il ing mass of pol i t ical co rrup t i on , l iable t o b reak out
at any t ime and reproduce the h i stor ic day s of Repub
l ios fal l ing th rough the i r ow n corrupt ion
The magni tud e and dange r o f th i s c r i mina l s itua
tion i s so alarming , that it s ink s t he pe rsonal degreda
t ion of the s e cu lp r i t s into in s ign ificance . And the rap id
growth of the s e c r ime s unde r the secre t powe r o f R in g
pol it ic s pla inly shows ; The de st roy ing influence of su ch
a band o f cr im inal s , and the pat r io t ic nece s s i ty fo r de
stoy ing su ch r ing powe r , in o rde r t o save t h e moral s of
the peop l e and the l i fe o f the Nat ion . Such fact s show ,
that i t i s now a que st ion of pat r io t i sm agains t per sonal i ty
and pol it ic s .
We argue : That when the Supreme Cou rt Judge s .
State and Uni t ed State s At to rney s , Unit ed State s Judge s
and othe r h igh offic ia l s , become so corrup t t hat a c i t i
z en in pr ivat e l ife i s able t o state and p rove the fact s
wh ich show such o ffice r s to be gu i l ty of Consp i racy ,Pe rj u ry
,Anarchy and o the r c r ime s h e re s tat ed , and
then the P re s ident of ou r Count ry sc re ens and p rot ect s
such c r imina ls f rom exposu re and puni shment by re fu s
ing to do h i s sworn and offic ial du ty as he re in explained ,
and al l such c r iminal cond i t ion s be ing t he o f fspr ing of
Ring Pol i t ic s , we submit that such pol i t ic s mu st be de
st royed o r e ls e i t wil l de st roy the country .
Should the que s t ion be asked ; Why the v ict im
alone out o f E igh ty Mil l i ons of people should be s o pat
r iotic as to attact al l t he se h igh o ff ic ial s , one pe r fec t
answe r i s ; He is t h e only pe rson in Ame rica t hat has
eve r be en so pe rsecu ted by such h igh o ffic ial s , and the re
by had such a pr ivi l ege and du ty t h r u s t upon h im .
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Much though t may be used upon th is p ropo s it ion .
Arid should the peop l e ask the P r e s ident , w hy he
has-
neglec ted and re fu sed for ove r tw o year s to pro secu t e the Con sp i racy and Pe rj u ry charge s agains t Unite d
State s Judge Hazel , w hat moral excuse or l egal de fe ns e
could he make ? Answe r None : Bu t he wou ld p robab ly
qu ibb l e and l ie and have the R i ng pape rs to attack hi s
accu se r , and the reby t ry to d ive r t attent ion from h imse l f
tothe lone and ru ined v ict im .
And s hould h e secret ly or pub l ic ly u se the pow e r of
h is o ffice in t ry ing to de st roy the force of the s e facts ,or to crush the vict im , the Amer ican p eopl e would not
sustain h im in such a cour se For t h ey are in favo r of
fa i r play to all , be h e Peasant or Pres ident . Cons t i
tutional equal ity i s y e t supreme : Arb it rary powe r has
had it s day : And he who employs the same to dest roy
another de st roys h imse lf , as the s e Jug-handle Judges
and th i s pos thumou s Pre s ident can he reafte r sorrow fully
ver i fy .
The reade r w il l ob se rve that the re i s no que st ion
he re o f pol icy, tar iff , 1 mpe r ial ism , gold-s tandard , fre e
s i l ve r or any gove rnmental que s t ion upon wh ich hone s t
men might d iffe r :'
But the pure and s imp l e que st ion
is Shal l a band of p roven cr im inal s rule the count ry
with the ir acce s so r ial Pre s ident to captain the ho s t ?
Now we candidly submit ; That the example set by
the c rime s of thes e Judges and the examp le of the
Pres iden t , i s mo re inj u r iou s to publ ic moral s and dan
ge ron s to the l i fe of t h e Nat ion than that of al l oth e r
c r im inals in the l and : That b e ing t rue , how can the
United State s be a sked to comm i t nat ional su ic ide by
plac ing the gove rnment in the hands of such pol itical
de speradoe s ? Ough t they not at leas t be compe l led to
prove , by due p roce ss of l aw , the fals i ty of thes e al l eged
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cr imes be fo re again be ing int ru s ted with the people s
r igh t s and prope rty ?
While we bel i eve the vi r tue and se l f inte re st o f the
peop l e w il l p re s e rve the Count ry fo r y ear s to come,
s t i l l in v iew of the gene ral c r ime and boodl ing through
out the land , and the fact that the c r ime s he re a re
t raced to the Wh ite House with su ffic ient le gal evidence
to convict t h e Pre s ident and al l conce rned , we th ink it
our impe rat ive du ty to God and Count ry , to pre se nt
the se fact s to the peopl e for the i r se r iou s cons ide rat ion .
Again , when a band of c riminal pol it ic ians cont ro l
ing the Stat e gove rnment of New York , u se the i r Judge s
to rob and ru in a man becau se h e had expo sed some of
the ir c r ime s , and then such c r im inal s are protect ed by
the Pre s id ent f rom exposu re and p un ishment , fo r the
pu rpos e of re ta in ing the i r powe r t o e lect h imse l f t o the
pre s idency , a re not such t raito rou s cond it ion s enough t o
fre e z e th e b lood o f f re edom , and fr enz ie the m ind s of
the peopl e ?
And when a man in pr ivat e l i fe i s compe lled toplow
through the Sea of c r ime and corrupt ion he r e to ld , wit h
the Pre s ident help ing to smothe r and h id e such fac t s by
a misu se of h i s o ffic ial powe r , i s i t not t ruth to asse rt ;Tha t a prope r cons ide rat ion o f such cr ime s and the i r
envi ronment s ; petr ifie s pat r iot i sm ; murders moral ity ;and cruc ifies consc ience in the c ruc ib l e o f c rime ?
And then , as a reward o f me r it for such pol it ical
R ing work and for futu re R ing u se ; Senato r Plat t of
New York and h i s con fede rate s so arrange the i r Na
tiona l Ring mach ine , that i t au tomat ic a l ly gr ind s out
the endorsement o f t h is marauder of moral i ty for our
nex t Pre s ident ; i s it not pla in : Tha t i f t h e fo re going
de ta i led in iqu ity and cer ta in c r ime , i s not suffic ient to
sat i s fy t he count ry of i t s dange r , and to enthu se the
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people to immed iate p re se rvat ive act ion , that then noth
ing but ru in can awaken the i r s lumber ing and confid ing natu re s ?
In othe r words ; When a band of Supreme Court
Judge s can chase a p r ivat e c iti z en through the State of
N ew York unt i l they r ob h im of h is money and _ honor
Th en in tu rn he chase s them into Fou r Grand Ju ryRooms,whe re t hey find unlaw fu l Ring
$
protect ion ,and
out of there he chase s them into the White Hous e w he re
the Pre s ident of the Uni ted State s unlawfully p ro tect s
them ; and then he appeal s such fact s to the peop l e ,and th rough the gene ral chase for money and it s dom i
nate powe r , su ch c r ime s are not redre ss ed bu t rewarded
by the people elec t ing the Chie f of the se cr iminal s to
t he Pre s idency , can w e not t ru ly say ; then and t h e i r
c iv i l r i ght s are lost , Tyranny is rev ived and govern
ment by the people p rove s a fa ilu re ?
In anot he r form : I f the R ing'
Repub l ican s can r e
t a in the administ rat ion of the Count ry afte r th i s expos
u re of the i r l eade rs , and e lec t a Pre s ident thus proven
to be gui lty of h igh cr ime , then w e must re luctan t ly ad
mit That t he ce r tianty of sat i s fy ing greed and obtain ;
i ng money through the se Ri ng thieve s , i s so wel l known ,gene ral ly rooted . and se t am ong the peopl e that
$
they
wil l shu t t he i r eye s in th e face of al l d ishonor for the’ce rtainty of gree d and gain .
And i f one should ask how th e Pre s ident dare r $
fuse to i nve st igat e t hese c riminal charge s against Judge
Haze l,when i t was h is sworn and offic ial du ty to do so,
one answer would b e : That c rime pe r son ified i s i l logi
cal and’
dar e do any th ing when the hope of gain i s lar ge
enough : And when theh0pe of gain o ffe red to an um
balanced and asp ir ing amb it ion was the nominat ion and
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e l ect ion to the Pre s idency o f th e United States , hedared and pol it ical ly d ied .
Ano the r answe r i s : He apparen t ly calculated the
poor,robb ed and ru ined v ict im could neve r gathe r
'
in
fluence or powe r enough to cau se h im any mate r ial
t roub le i f he d id so re fu se to do h i s du ty . And i f the
v ict im d id succe ed in mak ing any pub l ic no i se abou t
the mat te r , the R ing pape rs would s oon degrade h im
be low not ic e Bes ide s t he great powe r and d ign ity at
tached to his office , and th e natu ral d ispos i t ion of the
peopl e to su s tain the ir Pre s ident , would b e a su ffic ient
answe r and de fense aga ins t anyth ing such a poo r and
obscure man could say or do .
OKLAHOMA
Now , when the Pre s ident sent the se cr iminal
charge s back to the accused R ing Repub l icans of Okla
homa to b e the Judge s of the i r ow n gu il t , he actua l ly
prot ected them . And w hen he d id such an in famous th ing
fo r those who cou ld not vot e to even e le ct h im Pre s i
dent , how reasonabl e and ce rtain i t i s , that he p ro t ec t ed
the se Ring Repub l icans of New Yo rk w ho cou ld vot e
for h im , and who held h i s pres ident ial de st iny in the i r
hands ? A nd how unconcious l y he thus fu rn ished the
conv inc ing proo f of h i s own gu il t and infamy .
What greate r mal feasance in officce could the Pre s i
dent commit t han to make a Band of murde r p ro tec to rs
the i r own Judges ? And when h e d id so to h ide the i r
c r ime s to fur the r h i s pol i t ical amb it ion , i s h e not more
dange rou s to the Nat ion than any cr iminal t he Count ry
has eve r known ? And doe s no t h i s pro tect ion of the
R ing Republ ican cr im inal s of bot h New York and Okla
homa prove that he i s be t t e r fit t ed for t he Penit ent ia ry
than fo r the Pre s id ency ? Has he not been we ighed in
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that Pre s ident Rooseve lt has rat ified and confirmed such
cr ime s and made h imsel f a party the reto as he re in
stated : And common sense and reason says ; that by
t he i r s i le nce when so pub l icly accu sed , they have al l
acknowledged the i r gui l t .
So i t i s pe r fe ct ly plain , t h e American peopl e can not
aff ord to fu rthe r j eopard iz e t he i r b lood bough t r ight s by
plac ing them in the depos i t vaul t s o f su ch a band o f
pol i t ica l bu rgla rs . In ot he r words ; men who have
al ready violat ed the ir oath s of o ffice , t rai led the Jud i
c ia l Ermine in the du s t , and p ro s t i tu t ed the func t ion s o f
the h ighe st o ffice in the world , t h ey can not be fur the r
t ruste d , whe the r he b e a Jug-handle Judge or a Pos t hu
mou s Pre s iden t .
The c r ime s he re d iscl o sed a re too se r i ou s fo r c iv i l i
zation to ove rlook . Eve ry man , woman and ch i ld have
a d irect int ere st in th em ; bec au se t hey are l ike ly to
suffe r some such pe rsecut ion and inj u ry . Bes ide s i f
the se c r imes and c r im inal s are no t rebuked and puni sh e d ,
a prec edent o f Jud ic ial robbe ry and Pre s ident ial in famy
wil l be e s tab l i sh ed , t hat wi l l soon de s t roy the prot ect ing
vital ity and endur ing st rength of t h e Nat i on .
Unde r such cond i t ions c iv i l r ight s and pe r sona l
l ibe rty would soon be at t he capr ice of Ring -made
Judge s,only to be had at the pr ice of ab so lu te feal ty to
such R ing bos se s as Platt and Quay , with gene ral s e r f
s e rv ic e to the debauch ing powe r of money magnate s .
And when such t ime s come,which may be soone r
than expec ted , th en alas fo r the God g iven count ry of
Amer ica . A las $ for the pr inc iple of human equal i ty
bu i l t u pon the su f fe r ing o f revo lu t ionary Martyrs , and
sanct ified by the as sas s inated b lood of such men as L in
coln and McKin l ey .
Whene ve r as in th i s New York case , Republ ican R ing
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pol i t ic s become s o cor rupt that it wil l use i t s Judge s to
r ob and ru in a man“
in i t s Court s , for t he small pol it ical
r eason here s tat ed , and then th rough it s pol it ical powe r
cau se the Pre s ident o f the Unit ed Stat e s to rat i fy such
robbe ry , a condi t ion is p roven that i s appal l ing to con
t emplat e , and ab solute ly endange rs the stab il i ty and
l i fe of the nat ion .
And i f the R ing Pol i t ic ians nom inate such a Pre s
ident fo r r e-elect ion , wi l l they not off e r a p remium for
c r ime , and insul t the honor and inte l l igence o f every
c i t iz en o f the count ry ? And could o r wou ld any hon
e'
s t man who knows o f t hes e cr ime s vo t e fo r the r e-e lec
t ion of such a Pre s ident ? What a b raz en bunch o f fal s e
p re tense s such cond it ion s wou ld p re s ent to the world ?
And what would the prope r ty o f t he indiv idual or the
s ecur it i e s of the nat ion b e wor th under such cr iminal
rul e ?
And should he b e e lec ted Pre s ident ; would not the
fu tu re c r im inal s plead h i s c r ime s as an excuse and de
fen se for the i r own ? Would not the poor be j u st ified in
robb ing the r ich and t hen plead ing the c r ime s o f the s e
h igh-toned Judges and c r iminal s in de fense ? Where
would b e t he example fo r the v ic ious t o b e v i rtuous ?
The s inne r to be s inle s s o r th e c r im inal to ab stain‘
from
Cr ime ?What an endle ss chain o f c rimes and cr im inal s such
a catastrophe would produce . Noth ing in pre s ident ia lh is tory cou ld compare with such d isaste r , except i t
might be Cleveland ’ s Endle ss Treasu ry Chain ; whe reby
$2S0 , 000, 000 was so manipulated that many pol i t ical
paras i te s we re soon made M i l l iona ire s .
Having f he r e in unhorsed the str enous Rough R ide r
f rom the sk i rmi sh of San Juan Hil l , and c remated t he
Cr iminal RingRepubl icans of the count ry , we ask that
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some of the i r ashe s be take n to the u tmost part s of t he
earth,as proo f o f th e final end of Jug-handle Judge s ,
Ring Pol it ic ians , and espec ial ly Pre s ident s , w ho u se the
powe r of t he i r o ffic e to h ide the c r ime s of part isan cr im
inal s .
Now shou ld the Pre s ident unde r take t o de fend h im
se l f by denying any knowledge of these New York
cr ime s , such den ial wou ld b e fal se . Becau se the v ic t im
mail e d to h im unde r spec ia l del ive ry stamp s and re tu rn
not ice enve lope s some of t he fo rego i ng Eight le t t e rs .Fou r Books and se ts o f charge s de scr ib ing t he se c r ime s .
And the se l e t t e r s , books and charge s having b e
come a part o f the fi le s and records o f hi s Pre s iden t ia l
O ffice , common sens e and the law wil l no t al low h im to
deny the fact s and knowledge impar ted t o h im by the
fi le s and record s o f h i s ow n o ffice .
Furthe r , hundreds of such book s we re publ icly c ir
cul ated among the Ring pol i t i c ians o f N ew York and the
gene ral publ ic , in add it ion to wh ich the Ring papers and
Magaz ine s o ft en slu rred th e v ic t im and h i s book , s o
the se fac t s and c r ime s are a matte r of Nat ional no tor ie ty ,to wh ich gene ral knowledge Mr . P re s ident would not be
al lowed to p lead gene ral ignorance .
N ow , it i s evident wit hou t argument ; ~ That i f t h e
mat te rs s ta ted in t h i s book are t ru e , t hen the se Judge s
and the Pre s ident are the mos t depraved and dange rou s
cr im inal s in t h e land , and t hey should be fi rs t im
peached,t hen t r i ed in C ou rt , conv ic t ed and sent to
pr ison : Bu t i f t he book i s fal se , then the v ict im i s
equal ly depraved and he l ikw i se shou ld be t ried . c on
victed and impri soned .
And the Vict im re peat s ; That he t r ied to get Fou r
separate Grand Jur ie s in New York to ind ic t h im for
L ibe l in print ing th is Book the re , s o as t o ge t a chance
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to jud ic ial ly prove on h i s de fens e that the book i s a l l
t rue .
- And he st i l l s tands ready with ev ide nce an d
records to prove upon a fa i r Ju ry t r ial that al l t he s tate
ment s o f fact in t h is book are t rue, and contend s tha t
t h e comment the reon ' i s j u s t and fa i r befit t ing the i r
c r ime s and t hat t h e whol e i s h i s to r ical ly requ ire d . He
s tands‘
pat upon th e reco rd , he has no fe ars and ask s no
fav ors . Let t he b road -axe of t ru th hew t o th e l ine .
Le t j u s t ice be done though Rings , Judge s Gove rno rs ,Pre s ident s
,Vict im and al l fal l .
NOW , as to Gove rnor Odel l , h i s gu il t i s equal to
t hat of the who l e New York Comb ine . He i s t h e p ivot
a round wh ich al l po l i t ical c rooks c i rcul ate , wh ile Tom
P lat t tu rns the crank . He p r otec ted the se N ew York
c r iminal s i n the same way and for personal and pol it i
cal reasons the same as P re s ident Roosevel t d id .
They are an anoma lou s pai r : Ode l l re fus ed t o ex
t'
rad ite h i s po l i t ical fr iend , t h e ind icted Mis sour i boodle r
Z e ig le r ; whi l e Ro’
oseve l t whoopedup pol i t ical bumcomb eby demand ing t he ex t rad i t ion of h i s pol itical enemy
t he ind icted Missour i bood l e r , Kratz .
Thu s in a smal l way they bo th manu factured pol it ics : One by screen ing a Repub l ican , t h e othe r by pun
i shi ng a reput ed Democrat . One want s ‘ to be e lect ed
Pre s ident i n 1 904 , the othe r i n 1 908 : Each he lp s t h e
o the r , and bot h u se t he ir pol it ical powe r to'
prot ec t
cr iminal s for po l i t ica l pu rpose s .
A s fu rthe r fac ts t he v ict im stat e s : That i f t h e law
cou ld have a fa i r op erat ion in the Stat e of New York,
h e could conv ic t and send to Stat e s Pr ison all thes e
Judge s and the P re s ident for t h e cr imes he re in all eged“
against t h em : Bu t by reason of the Criminal . Rin g P e
phb l ican s cont rol l ing eve ry th ing in that Stat e and Ok
lahoma City ; th e law is b oyco tted : Ring c r im inal s go
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fre e ; Ju st ic e i s dead and bu r ied ; and honor i s hung upon the gal l ows of in famy .
ANARCHY
The whole sale cr ime s and open defiance o f law
he re exposed not only shows a case of qua s i t reason ,bu t al so p re sent s a case of t he wors t and mos t dange r
ous kind of sec ret Anarchy . For t he be l i e f and prae
t ic e of Anarchy i s not confined to ignorant , de luded
fo re igne rs , who open ly d isavow al l gove rnmen t by law
and some t imes go out and as sass inat e some prominent
o ffic ia l .
But Anarchy means : A de fiance and di s regard of
law,whethe r ope nly avowed or sec ret ly done : A con
d it i on of m ind whethe r ind iv idua l o r Col l ec t iv e , t hat has
no re spect for t he law and i s not gu ided.
by it . Such
i s Anarchy in it s b road pract ical sense and meaning .
So it i s se en Anarchy i s not confined to t h e ignor
an t $ red s $ of t he Czol gosz clas s , bu t t hat i t inc lud e s
t h e s e e du cat ed Ring Pol i t i c ians who u se t he power of
t he ir po s it i ons to carry ou t c r imina l scheme s .
And wh il e Czol gos z was a d iabol ica l c r iminal and
rece ived h i s j u st pun i shment , s t i l l h e was not so gu il ty
o f moral tu rp itude from h is ignorant stand -po int as th es e
educat ed Judge s and Gove rnor s are from the ir h igh
stand -po int .
Bes ide s he was not so dange rou s to t he we l fare and
pe rpetu ity of the Count ry as the se c r im inal Judge s and
Gove rnors are . Because h e only as sa s inated th e o ffic ia l
but le ft t he law wh ich soon fil led t he vacancy Whil e
those h igh o ffice rs have a s sas inated t he l aw o f Mi l l ion s
of pecipl e ,and le f t noth ing t o fi l l t he vacancy bu t sec re t
C rime and sec re t Anarchy , with gove r nmenta l de struc
t ion fas t c los ing in upon the he e l s o f th e i r c r im ina l wake .
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And Rooseve l t who now fil l s that P re s ident ial va
canoy fe l l he ir t o th e same not by the ball ot s of the
peopl e , but by the bul l ets'
of an Anarch ist ; and then
took hi s oat h o f o ffice f roman Anarchi st , then becameon e
“
of them'
by u s ing the power of his o ffice to pro
tect a whole band o f Anarch ist s from exposu re and pun
i shm en t b ecau se he want ed t he i r pol it ical powe r t o e l ect
h imsel f t o the Pres ide ncy .
And wh i le the P res ident was t hu s s ec re t ly protect ing
t he se Jud ic ia l Anarch is t s of New York , h e tou red t he
Count ry in f ree Pa lace Couche s pub l ic ly proc l a iming
the equa l ity of t he law and condem ing al l lynch ing A n
a r chi sts as gove rnmen tal enemie s . His plain buncombe,
hypocr icy and dece i t i s e nough to g ive t he world the
co ld sh ive rs . For al l se e h i s pe rsona l and po l i t ical
mot ive , and know that he has on e law for the poor and
ano the r for t he p lutoc rat , and that the se Jud ic ial A n
a r chis ts are more dange rou s to t he l i fe of t h e Nat ion
than a l l t he rape lynche rs in the land .
And as we reco rd h i s want o f moral cou rage and
hence h i s po l it ical deat h , l e t u s spread the _ m antl e of
char ity remembe r ing that he once s t ood forth_as a mon
um en t of independence and a : Hercule s of per sonal
b rave ry . But wh i le thus char itable , we must not sh irk
our‘
duty by fa i l ing to'
vote and remove from powe r t he
c r iminal Ring Repub l icans of t h e Count ry : Because
they are t he pr imary cau se of al l t h e c r ime here ex
posed be s ide s t hey a r e a menace to hones t government
and Nat ional l ife . Spe c ifical ly they are re spons ib le fo r
the robbery of t he v ic t im , the c rimes o f thes e Judge s ,t he rat ificat ion the reo f by the Pre s ident , hi s l oss o f
o ffice and pol it ical death .
This pub l ic i ndict n ent i s enough to s taggerp
mor
a l ity _ and cal l out t h e c l eans ing powe r of the Count ry .
P RESIDENT
I t i s an involuntary t ru st we have been fo rced to exe cut e .
The people a re the benefic iar ie s and the i r l ive s,l ibe r ty
and prope r ty are shown to be in constan t dange r by the
cor rupt Judge s and othe r offic ial s the Ring has fo rced
upon them . Even t he P re s ident h im sel f i s show n '
to be
corrupted and cm r ced by th i s Ring . W e hope and t ru st
that t h e pre se rvat ive power of t he Count ry w il l tu rn out
upon the t r ial of th is Ind ic tment at t he nex t e l ec t ion and
conv ict the se Ring Crimina l s , and thu s f re e Uncl e Sam
and let him again breathe t he ai r o f honor and a man .
ROOSEVELT was t he idea l of many clear head s
and hone st heart s : And as ide from h is l imel ight na
tu re and unbalanced amb it ion , he s tood the equal o f t he
ave rage Pre s ident . And had he s to od the te s t o f o ffic ia l
duty,re ly ing upon r igh t in st ead of migh t . noth ing cou ld
have d ivo rced h im f rom the heart s and vot e s of t h e
Ame rican peop l e .
Had he inve s t igated and exposed the c r ime s of
t he se Repub l ican cr im inal s ins t ead of pro t ec t ing them,
had h e s tood as a rock of'
r ight again s t t he i r powe r o f
wrong , had he done h i s duty , t ru s t ing in God and the
people instead o f Ring Po l i t ic ians ; Today he w ou ld be'
honored by h is country and e lec ted the next Pr e s iden t
of th e Unit ed Stat e s .
But when he pro tec ted the R ing Cr im inal s of New
York and Oklahoma the re was hisfi
fata l e r ro r . The re
he allowed h imse l f to b e caj o led by the s iren song of
R ing Pol it ic ians , and sold t he honor of the Pre s idency
for a mes s o f Ring pot tage . There h e de se rt ed the
land mark s of du ty and righ t . wi th the hOpe of sa il ing
upon the Sea of p lutoc rat ic luxu ry and po l it ical Rin g
powe r . The re he t hrew bo rh c and compa ss in
th e S f a , and soon found h imse l f bu he wave s of
pol i t ical d eath with no ne to re scu e e r i l ed amb i
L of C.
