The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-24
TURNING TIE TABLES.
The Old Usited State, Monitors Supposed to
Have Been Sold to the Prusyian Government
and the Suits Growing Out Of Them Seek
ing eatisfactioa for Alleged Malicious
Prosecutions and Indemnity for Du-
rance Vile in Ludlow Street Jail.

. Protean pertnaclty IL characteristic that may
very happily be applied to many cases coming be.
fore courts for adjudication. The spirit OF It'll
cation has In fact, wonderful longevity case that
Is often supposed to have received It's final Quetus
In one court very suddenly turns up In another,
though In q form often bearing very little resem.
blanoe to the original suit. To this peculiar class
OF cases belongs suit In which Captain John
Graham was the original plaintiff ana Antonio
MILAN and Carlos Dominique were the defendants.
The whole thing. as viii be remembered, grew out
OF an alleged sale OF
MONITORS ron THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT.
So frequently In connection with the various llti-
cations following upon the heels OF this alleged sale
has the story however, been written up that 1t is
only necessary to present the story in epitomzed
form. FIRST of all then the story runs that Antonio
MILAN came here nom Peru during the whilon un.
pleasantness between that government ana spain,
bringing with him large sum in Peruvian bonds,
and claiming TO have been authorized to pur-
chase oy the Peruvian government some
of Ecuador, ana residing IN this city. The two
fell in with Captain Graham. There was q good
claimed, the Captain sold to MILAN and Dominiguez
the monitors JnondaQa and Agamentlcus, and was
paia by tue former 100000 nj Peruvian bonds, on
account. The balance that 1t is said was to have
been paid was not lOrthcsming. ana the result was
SUIT. NUMBER ONE
which was brought In the superior Court. Succeed.
Ing the Complaint warrant was Issued for the arrest
lof MILAN ana Domn guez, and they we're duly taken
INTO custody on April H. 1866, and through lack OF
800, 600 bail lodged for fifteen days
IN LUDLOW SreEEr JAIL
At the end OF this time the case came on for trial,
and the complaint was dismissed on the ground Of
want QiIlrsuictiol. Following this result Captain
GranahPlnsu.n. ell directly similar proceedings Ill
the United States Circuit Court, being
SUIT NUMBER TWO.
dlsagreeablc feature, at least to MILAN and
Dominiguez, i'm connection with this latter was
their arrest and second time being turned over
to tho kind hosptaiiDes Of LuiloT Street
jan, in default or $4,000 bail, and where
they remained during period OF forty-tH0
days, VIII en- they were discharged by order OF Judge
Batchiord. Ii was meantime decided by the Judge
that III the case OF 0omngue1, he being consulate
representative or another government, the court
had no Jun sdction. Since then Dominguez has
died. Milan however, still lives, and has just
brought
SUIT NUMBER THREE
which Is an action against Captain Graham for
alleged malicious prosecution aud false lalpiisOn
ment. This last suit was entered upon yes
Nor Court. There Is formidable array or
able counsel on boih sides and the suit promises to
last several days. The counsel chosen to open the
case said That the only account that had ever
given OF the SiC0,000 paid TO Captain Graham was
That $4,000 OF II was paid as
BRIBE To GIDEON WELLES,
Wne secretary OF the Navy, TO secure the purchase
OF The monitors named above at a low figure. or
course this was only the colnsel's statement. But
lite was done beyond this opening address to the
jury me examination Of witne Will begin tlis
interest viii b. elected additional to those developed
rla