The Indicted Bribe Takers

New York, 1895

A Serious Charge Against the District Attorney's Office.

The indictments against William Goeller, Jr., and Thomas Holcraft, of Jamaica, for taking bribes for their votes, and giving bribes to other delegates to the last Democratic county convention, were before Judge Garretson last Saturday on a demurrer interposed by Counselor Weller. He takes the ground that the indictments have been found under a law that was repealed two years ago. The court was not materially assisted by the argument of the District Attorney, and the whole of the work of finding out whether the indictments are good for anything is thrown upon Judge Garretson.

The West End Leader, Counselor Merrill's paper, says:

"It is generally reported that the indictments were not drawn in the District Attorney's office. Why was this? What has the county a District Attorney for?"

This is a serious charge, and the people want an answer from the District Attorney.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 11, 1895, p. 1.