The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-10-10
MORE OF MoIINE RADICAL PERSECUTION

Attic late session of the grand jury for
this county, some very queer proceedings
took place. Very little regard seemed to be
had, by the majority of the jury, as to the
probabilities of conviction, or the credibility
of the evidence, at their exparte examina-
tons; their principal object appearing to be
to End bills and cast disgrace and discredit
upon somebody, no matter whether their ac-
ton could be sustained in the circuit court
or not. In some cases, they went through
the farce of voting several times on the same
case. They would take a vote ON it, and,
finding it beaten, some of the runners would
hunt for little more evidence, and then
| take another vote. The result showing that
they lacked the necessary number to find a
| bill, the fuglers would hunt for more wit
nesses, and so on, until they got votes
enough for an indictment. This was done
| In more than one case.
One of the cases to which we allude is
that of John Porstman, against whom, on
| the earnest efforts of two of the Moline
| grand jury men, (Worden and Sieklesl two
| indictments were found-one for perjury, in
swearing in his vote, at the corporation
election in Moline last spring; and the other
for fraudulently voting at that election
Both these indictments were found against
the advice of the peoples attorney, and both
! were quashed when they came into court
not for informality, for they were properly
drawn,-but quashed on the facts as alleged
| connected with the case, the Illegally Of the
election, &C., &c. The truth is that the las
corporation election in Moline was illegally
held, and the corporation officers now hold
| ing office under that pretended election, arr
| Illegally holding their Office, and all Their
acts are illegal, the taxes they collect are il
legal, &c, &c.
These Porstman cases, together with the
! beer and billiard-table cases noticed by VI
the other day, make IL Moline radical cases
all cases of persecution on account of beer
| OF these IL Moline radical Maine-law cases
have been disposed of, and Moline has go
| q judgement for SO on these six cases, viz
George Smith, for keeping biliard-table
| Two of the Moline cases were quashed OF
| the facts alleged. Two more Moline case
were beaten because of the informality o
the papers made up by her lawyer Brown
ing) and the Justice who certified the papers
In the other case the jury disagreed. Fiv,
cases not reached, go over to the January
term. Sweeney & Jackson were counsel fol
the defendant in the case where the jur,
disagreed. Hon. Alfred Webster was coun
] sci for the defendants in all the other cases
/ How do the tax payers of Moline like thu
way the radical temperance squad are run
ming the machine in their town? Clever
cases of persecution from Moline ON accoun
of beer, and judgement for Moline in onl
one case, and in that only for so! Hun
dreds of dollars for Moline sax payers to for
| up to pay for this radical temperance nor
sense. How do the Moline-temperance
Supday-la radicals like it, as far as the
have gone? How do the people general
like it? 1t is fair sample of radical man
agemest, where radicalism has complet
control, as in Moline.