, 1874-02-06
THE PE1kIN REVENUE SUITS.
.spscia& Dfsuatth to 7Hf Chicago 1F76H7es

THE MATTER IN COURT.
spnusar1K1p, ILL.,, Fob. 5.--Tho United statos
District Attorney yesterday called up tho case of
tho United States ngnnyt David r. Thompson
ind others. Which IL tl,p same suit in which lie
fao1 1ay before yesterday, except tint 1t is now
brought to recover under tho now bond givon III
1858, TIT required BY change In the Revenue
law, and tho penalty sacd Tor is 81, 171.33.
HARPER on THE STAND.
As this IL ono Of tho coses in which Tho
bond wnB stolen, John J. lIarpor,
ox-Collcetor, wau placed upon tho
witncsA-utantl. lIo testified substantially
TINT lo assumed tho dutinH Of tllo Office OF Col
lcctor Of tho Eighth Illinois District, on Tho 1Ht
Of July, 1860 that soon afterwards, Gen.
Dloo,niloll tho tllen Supervisor Of informal 1ev-
cnno for tic State, told him that certain penal-
tics wcro duo the Government, from tho disti5lor
les at pekin, aud thut ho would hnyo to sue for
them, aud that certain books and papers upon
Which ho would hayo to rely had disappeared
from tho Collectors Office ut pokn. Mr. Harper
said ha took tho bonds OF tho tlistillors
then in his safe in tho Office in
Springfield, with him TO his house
il, III paao; and llc tloro nalo II tr11o md gon-
was September, 1865, and tho penal sum III tho
lIond Which WAS lit this case E20 QUO. Tho sig
unt,,r,B 10 tho bond woro David Il. Thompson,
princlpul; John u. Mcintyre Janles 4. Aicarow,
Jnuoa Whitfield, nl.d Abram Mayilold. ic also
tool tho date or tho approval Of the bond ly tho
Assessor Of the District, WHO was Col. Dudley
Wickerehnnl. Flo causol this contract to he
copied by htr. 1Iazet Il clerk III his law.ofllce,
with whobo assstanca he' carefully
proved to be true anl genuine. Tie abstract
wus made In duplicate. One copy WIS aent to
tho Commissioner III Washington.
lIo produced tho nbstract 1nalo Of tho bond in
this case, and daid III tho course Of business ho
tyre, atsd TINT the original bond was signed BY
their genuine sgnas1sro Mcftrow. wllen lle
signcd thu bond, waR u stotekoaner, and
waa M dismissed from % his placq @ } for o59as sgns;
tlle law. After being dismissed, Ito denied
having signed tho bond, and Harper went to
l,elsli Will, tic orisina! bond, showed AicGrew
the signature. and atctirow tAon and there ac-
Touching tho otlor signature, lie gayo no evi,
lcnce. He swore positively that tho original
bond which was stolon was NIL regular and gon-
nine, that tho copy ho produced was IL true copy
Of the bond.
connononAr1vE TESTIMONY.
ueu. Bloomfield corroborntod Harrcr:H teHtl-
Hlo1.y, 20 far rs it relAtea to tho conversation
coucornng tho bringing OF tho suit, and ns to
tho dismissal of AIct&ow.
Alr. Hazen said llo n,ntlo It copy Of tho ab-
stracts, md ho compared thoin With tho original
bonds. Tho abstract produced WAS tho ONO ho
copied OF tho bond in this caae. ( ..
hLr, Castls Baw tho copy Of tho abstracts boing
made In tho Office Of lIarper & Castle. mud heard
The parties reading md comparing them.
Col. Dudley Wictose'lam, tho Collector at tho
time, was cailcd anl showed au nDstract If tho
bond which ho had nato Of it i'll September, 1868,
previous. It was found to ngroo nearly or quite
with tho abstract 1nndc by Harper, aud
lIERT: THE CASE RESTED.
Although these caAcs have boon on the docket
since 1861, it WIS noyor discovered until last
nght thut Col. WicEeral,an had I'LL abstract of
lhe missing bonds. lIo Ind boon neglected in
connection with tho matter, aud overlooked.
Thiu will llolp to clear III, tho matter. YIp tcs-
timony i'll this caHo will tlo..btlGss be reproduced
in each Of tho cases nj they aro called. TlliH
suit in to recover tic deficiency tux, ~ previously
explained,