, 1874-02-10
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Disnrreemcnt Of the Jury i'm One OF
thc Dihtiltery CnseH at SpriEaHfaeld-~
Another to 1so Given to the Bnry .Eo-
Day--Ex-Col1ctxor tlnrrcr's Tcsti-
ulony In the Latter Casa--"h0 kaas
the Mining Wotds4
Special Dfapateh Ia Tie Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 9.-Tle jury in the
case OF the Unitod States W.. D. T. Thompson
woro callod tonight, aud discharged by Judge
Iroat, they having failed to,agroo. It ia reported
now that they atood seven for the Government
aud five for tho dofondant aud this 10 doubtless
true. Tho other case against Thompson is now
baiug argued by tho counsel, and will bo givan
to tho jury tomorrow.
,uANpEn's TESTIMONY
differs little from TINT giyen III tho other case.
except i'll tlliB Ho tolls how tho bonds wero
originally stolen. lie says that iu the early part
Of September, 1871, he wentt bisl!omoin Elpaso,
Smith asking him to come down immediately,
which ho did. Smith told him that during bis
absence he {Smith) had gone to Lincoln, H.,
and while away some Que Ind gone through tho
Office. Smith aaid tho rccofis and everything
s ssS rsas sos fat &c sss'pf bonds i might e tSs Ss
pokn diatillora wero missing. Harper says
ho examined aud found tho bonas Of Thompson,
Mcintyre. aud others gone. He instituted sttics
search and inquiry, md then called upon Gen.
"
came hore, and month WAS spent In tho search,
which waB fr1,itlesB. Harper sayH he then took
the copies Of the bonds which lio had and de-
noBited them In Q scaled envelope, property
marked, In the vault OF the State National Dank:
On his roturn heso ho went to. tho bank to get
tho copies which ho had loft there, and after the
most careful search le failed to 1ind any Of
them save the one which he gasein hia testimony
In the other cago. He says no ono hnd ncceRs to
these copies except hia chief clerk, Smith, and
k1,orH H1artt HArGY. both OF
whom, by tho way, wore on tho Htand, and ouch
Hworo ho did not take them. Tho duplicate
copy of the bond in this case, which was sont to
Washington, had been returned to Wilson, and
Harper teatiticl to 1t as being tho one ho had
nude, and that 1t vaH q true copy OF the bond.
In this case, his testimony regarding tho sure
tioa WIS precisely the Same. Harper has IN
opinion as to "
VINO GOT TIE cop1Es OF THE bonds
which were in tho State National Bunk. Ho
aays that Inst August ho was approached and IN
formed TINT II he would surrender them he could
got . largo amount OF money. Your correspond
ent desired, naturally, to lnow who nude the
proposition, aud Harper, while declining to al-
swer directly, lott tho unmistakablo Impression
OH my nniud that 1t was Smith, the clerk.
OF course 1t Ia now plain to be Hean that an issue
III to
WHO Is THE GUILTY PARTY
in the whole transaction huH alisen tetWoon
Harper nnd Smith. Indeed. uarpura frlonds
say that Smith took tho original bonda, aud Us.
sert that there iB evidence to provo it, aud OF
course Smith denies it, % ho sworo to,day Ao
did not take tho copicH. II he dig not. WHO dld'
ROMANS oil open question:. Col. Wilson, tho
District Attorney, IL prosecuting thcso casos. md
las displayed grout ability. Ills speech to"lny
waa pronounced lnastorly ohott.
Libel suit In Philadelphia.
pu11,AprLpu1A, Fob. D-Oharlos @, Gray,
Democratic nominee Tor locoiver Of Iaxes. to-
div H1n1 Col. E,ioCl Z. GrC0uC, publisher OF the