, 1874-12-17
Present Status Of the Indiana
Extradition Case.
What Inspector Harper Saw at
Lafayette.
The Prisoner Held to Await the Action
Of the Supreme Court.

Tho arrest Of ono Il. Morton Mt Kont1ana, |
Ind, Friday lust, ut tho instance ot Ctief In |
srcctOr llar)ur. upon n roquiB1tion OF Coy,
Deyoridgo, OF tho charge Of attempted bribery,
has excited great dcnl Of attention throughout
tho Northwont, especially among deulora III
grain. TAe circumstances loading 10 tho nrrcst
hro vol known 10 tho readers Of TnE Ta1BuHE,
aB woll as tho Subsequent proceedings bororo tho
Indiana courts. Tho importance Of the case
hinges, not upon tho onormity Of tho crime
alleged to hnyo boon committed. but upon
tho rarity OF such offcnnca. Tise offonbo
with which Morton IL cllnrged ia said to bo tho
second ono at tho kind IN tho history Of the
country. caBea whorein roqniH'tion has boon
made upon eister State for tho apprehension
OF ctiminals arc common, whoro tho crimo coHl-
mitted haa amounted 10 renilontiary ofTonno
but this oaHe, under tho aw 1t nil Is proven TINT
iB expected, amounts to q moro miadomoanos.
which is puniahablo only by fno, not to oxceod
5000.
.Tug MroNTANoE OF THE oAsE
is further attcsted by tho fact that both sideB
llnvo appeared in court represented by tho beBt
legal talent Of tho Slate. Col. Do
Hart, who 10 ably defended Mrs.. Work
man in tho 1ato Uur1or trial ut
Metamora, in this State, and Judge Gregory, OK
Judge of tho Supreme Court of Indiana, con-
stitutea tho counsel for tho prosecution whiie
Judge Conrotl, with aasiBtantg. actod for the de-
forso.
Upon NIorton's arrest md Identification his
cotlusol applied for his roleaso under writ at
hhhoas corpus. This was argued for i've houra
before Judge Viuton at Lnfayotte. In tho hear
Ing hiB counsel commanded that le could not DO
hold on requisltlon from nnothor State, Oh tlio
ground TINT The tn oIe9so ta xag simply "a a
vor al tho Illinois authorities. and gave
them charge of tho prigoner. Morton then
took an appeal to tho supromo Court. IN tho
meantime tho Illinois authorities started with
| the prisoner for ChtcaGo, going overland to
| Lafayette to thiB city, the management Of which
WAS known to ho in aympathy with Morton.
After tho authorities had started with tho rris-
onor, tho Shnriff ut Lnfayotto received dspatcls
| uutu tho Supreme Court could act.
| HERE wAH A CONFLICT.
Tho Court had eivon tho prlaonor 70 the 1l'inols,
satlortias' Th'o 9g Coy; He9araks f ordered "a
| ette> Sheriff. Martona friendB took all
vantage Of tho conflict OF authority, and
! at once 4 posso Of officers Ta8 aout to over
taIo and arzest tho Illinois authorities aa kid
| nappers. The arrest was promptly made Ines-
| day evening, about 10 milos from Lafayette,
| mud tho officers. 1tossrs. Ruy and P,trdy, wore
dungeonea for tho uight. Yesterday nlor1iiug
haa hsa5s oSn s eago a ~ a9ns ns
| Hendricks. Tho prlaoucr was at onco remanued
to THAR carc. to be held until the record OF tho
wri, of lsabuna corpus could DO reviewed BY the
rss e'os W a1e IN s's'en haarnK a naneees tey
tic court auataius tho acfion Of Judge
| Ylnton, tho prisoner will bo turmoil ever to this
Static for trial at once; II Judge Finton's Do
| 10 ttn sill hn din-
charged, Of course.
| cu1Er-lHsrEcTog uAgrEn,
who has had charge OF tho entira caae, Was In
the city yesterday an1 was waited upon By .
preceding, aud waa OF tho opiuion that Morton
was but QUO Of an organized ring in the attempt
| tn briho Inspector Irwin. From wIlat lle had
eeon nt Lafayette, ho bollevotl that several prom
inont lnun Ia Indians. among otharR tho prosi-
dent of a railtoad, wore directly or indirectly
connectat with tho affair, and ho would not be
astonished to SEQ several lslinolsuns implicated
ut tho final rGckoning, from tho faot that no WIS
i'll receipt Of Inquiries BY telegraph! from q
3calar III grain III peoria Us to Morton's whcrc-
alots. etc. In tho prosecution OF Morton at
Lafayette ho said ho was approached in many
waye, md tlat sundry Inducements ucro offered
quito wealthy, aud surrounded by d largo cir
clio Of friends in equally Eoud circumstances.
11o describes him NJ being about feet high Of
dark complexion. with sharp or reunnlng faea /;
| Autnt Nv SGh11 u AHof A@5A@stnGos RiaA E1AtAo-
manly aad enjoying tho confidence and sym.
patiy Of tho boosters geaerally. II tho plan Of
which Marion is accused had proved successful,
mr. HRrpor believes ho would hayo roal-
izcd thorefrom about e;1,000 pcr day,
whlo tho nun brbod could have pocketed tho
additional sum Of $500 per day. In tho case SO
lar he has faund nothing against
oiEssRH. spnuANCE, PRESTON 4 CO.,
to wllom Morton las boon shipper. He re-
CARDS tho firm entirely clear Of any connection
with or knowledge OF Tho transaction.
II Morton is brought to tria1 In this city, Of
which, thcEo now sccms 10 bo bnt little doubt,
thero iy reason to belioyo that sonlo astounding
developments will bo n'ado. Members Of tho
Donrd Of Trado, who nboyo all others
rool IN intorout i'll tho result, ara
prodjcting ull norta of queer things,
based on facts which hnye como to light in tho
last fow days. Some ono will doubtless be found
upon the "ragged odge,"-at ..lcast, it is init
nlntcd that Morton will not want for compan-
ion III htH afcsiunR.
| pEi.Aya or THE INDIANA LAWs.
| Special DisEutch to Ths LH!tGao Tribune.
! LArAyErrE, Iud, Dec. 10.-Tio caso Of D. 4.
Ray, agent nr the State OF Illinois, with 1equHl-
tion for Il, Morton, thu Kontland grandmother.
on d clnrgo Of kidnapping, came, up beforo Es:
qniro JenGs this af.ernaon. Col. i. T, Doaart