The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-04-04

Swearingen and GoddelI, who were
recently arrested on the charge of
enlbexzling the funds of the B. 4 II.
Road, adan examination before Judge
Tracy at Burlington on Tuesday last
on motion to reduce the BAIL s. C.
t5tie M detective, who has been
employed q the road for the past six
months ostensibly a. q conductoHrwas
the first witness who was examined.
The substance Of his testimony was as
to the manner in which the embezzle-
ment had been managed.
From the concluding part of the pro-
ceedings, published in the Hasck'eye,
We make the following extracts:
At this point Mr.. Swearingen handed
to the Judge his bail bond, $1,000, and
signed, as remarked by the Judge. "by
Peeties roProsonting probably half a
Ffhfaalon dollars" and there being no
objection made ON the part Of the At
tOrneys representing the State, the
bond was approved BY the Judge, and
the action on habeas corpus, withdrawn
SO far as concerned Mr.. Swearingen.
and he WAS released.
Mr.. Swearingen was then, to the sur
prise Of ever one, placed on the witness
stand by the State, and Immediately
after he had commenced testifying, at
the request Of Mr.. Browning, counsel,
for the defendent, the Judge admonish-
ed him as to his rights and responsi.
bilities in the position in which ne had
now been placed, and that he was not
bound to give any testimony which
would tend to criminate himself, that
If he did so it must be with the clear
and distinct understanding, that he
must suffer the consequences of so
doing.
Mr.. Swearingcn then testified that
he had been six years on the C.. B. &
@. and B. 4 NJ. X. r.; that he was
employed as ticket agent for three
years at the Union Depot in this city
for all the roads centering here EXCEPT
the Cedar Rapids Road; have had
several conversations with Goddell
about the use of tickets in such man.
ner as to defraud the road, but cannot
remember the conversations exactly.
but about six months ago he first ap-
proached mo with suggestions in re-
gard to this matter. He proposed to
bring back tickets to me unpnnched
and wanted me to sell them over again.
He was to get them from the passen-
gers on thS train and we divide the
profits. hen His Honor asked him
to ten whether Goddell made the
approaches to him or him to Go1dell.
Swearingen, said, 'sGoddell approach
ed me, but ! do not recollect what
he said, the subject Of the conversation
was about buying back tickets.'
nps0cfssApH Nm Ind re-, vvn AYNsI II
dell ever brfMg back tickets and desire
you to resell them 2"
2 Answer--Yes, sir, he did this several
times. This being continued for five
or six menths altogether
The proseenfiQn being over. MIR.
Browning. ON bohalf Of the defense,
refihed, out of delicacy for the wit
-ness$ peculiar position, to examine
him, and there being no f1rther wit
nesses to examine, his honor. adjourn
ed till "a. N. next day, Mr.. Goddell
being relnanded to the Sheriff's
custody.
The New York Herald, which al
ways has much more regard to the
signs OF the times than for the welfare
of the Republican party, compares the
present predicament Of the Democra-
cy TO the old Rocky Mountain hunter.
who. in describing his encounter with
s grizzly bear, said Il thought had the
ugly varmiHt, from the lead had fired
into him but when had smashed my
rifle over his head, and he knocked my
knife from my hand, and had closed
oIlsmc and brought me to the ground.
! felt discouraged, and gave the yell Of
a man who wants assistance This.
says the Herald, well expresses the dis
couraging want Of success which the
Democracy have steadily experienced
'.from the collapse Of the Charleston
Convention Of 1860 to the State elec-
tions of 1851" All their strongholds
of slavery Were demolished their pro-
longed warfare on reconstruction came
to naught and then turned up the a.
founding Tammany Ring deyelop-
ments, and completed the discourage
ment Of the party. Even their unex-
pccted hash Of success in New Hamp-
shire last spring only served TO call ont
the old traitors like JEFF Davis, and "a
provoke an extended popular reaction.
beginning with the Republican victory
In Connecticut They can hardly wish
for another success Of that kind. and n
they do, there is no prospect that they
will get II. Their boastfnrs are only
like boys "whistling 10 keep his
courage up a
Good temper i, with people depend
ent upon good health, good health m.
on good digestion, good digestion up-