Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE. [ARTICLE]

A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE.

A Well-Authenticated One, Concerning Which the Republican Bloody-Shirt Howlers Are Silent. [Associated Press Telegram from Washington]. E. B. Wiegand, examiner in the Department of Justice, in his testimony before the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, described the novel method of securing funds to conduct a Congressional campaign. The aspirant was Paul Strobach, whom the Senate failed to confirm for Marshal of Alabama while Turner was United States Marshal in that State. Witness said: “Strobach asked to be appointed Deputy Marshal, explaining he was anxious to make a canvass for Congress. He secured the appointment, named a number of assistants, and went through the district making arrests, that fees might be obtained to pay the expenses of the campaign. Strobach was defeated. He came to Washington and contested the seat. ” The examiner said many poor men were arrested in Alabama by Deputies on the charge of chopping wood on. public lands. These men were often compelled to sell their small possessions to pay the costs of trial. They were taken in some instances more than one hundred miles, forced to go on foot, and then discharged and allowed to retfirn home as best they could. Some of the arrested men died from want of food and exposure while walking to their homes. Their families also suffered, having to dispose of their means for acquiring sustenance to pay the costs of the’ trials of the arrested parties. Instances were cited where the examiner investigating the offices of Government officials was threatened. N. A. Wilson, now a receiver of public moneys, had attempted to shoot himIn Covington County, Alabama, witness said there was scarcely a man who had not been arrested, and could not recall a single case where a prisoner was convicted.