The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17

become o LUCRATIVE source OF revenue |
for grown persons. At the railway |
station of Dieburg alone 20, 600 pounds |
Of this seed were shipped, and single
broker, r., is said to have shipped
eighty hundred weight, quantity
which, as we remarked above, was
formerly amply sufficient to cover all
the demands of the trade.
The use of colchicum seed in the
adulteration of beer, therefore, would
seem to be proved beyond the possibili-
ty of doubt. IF they do these things
in the green tree, what shall be done /
in the dry?" If such be the case in
Germany, what may not be expected
| of brewers in America?
| The Investigators.
The members of the House of Rep
resentatives appointed under reso-
luton of Gen. Butler to collect the
testimony relating to Judge Durelrs
administration of the Bankrupt Court
have arrived in the city, and will en-
ter Immediately upon their duties.
These gentlemen occupy high posi-
ton in Congress, and are regarded as
able lawyers and of very Independent
character. The chairman, the Hon
orable Jerry Wilson, of Indiana, is a
gentleman of remarkable frmness,
pertinacity and perseverance as an in
vestigator, and has proved great ter
ror to evil-doers in Office and high sta
ton.
The Washington correspondent Of
the st. Louis Republican thus graph
cally describes him:
Both these committees were headed
and their work conducted by the Hon.
Jerry Wilson, of Indiana. Hence l
write him the great Investigator. The
F popularity of Judge Wilson's method
of investigation is that it always re-
; veals something, and that somebody
always gets hurt. Now, men who hurt
+ are always popular. When the public
. appetite for blood has been sharpen
ed from day to day by seeing the
knife of the newspapers brandished
| above the head of derelict public
| servant, there is always reaction of
: nausea and disbursement consequent
Y upon failure to see blood drawn by
], the judicial lancet of investigation.
f People hate to be disappointed in
their estimate of a fellow creature:
thus, when we have deliberately con-
cluded that man is Harlan or a
Ben Butler, we dislike to be told by q
: bland committee chairman that we
y were mistaken, and that our supposed
Z. heavy villain is only the first old gen.
C tleman with bandits boots on, after
) all,
d BORN FOR THE WORK,
It Therefore the man who shows US
d occasionally q real live corruptionist
II with the rare brand of cOngressiOn-
, al committee of investigation upon
/ him, becomes the popular idol because
!, ministering to popular want. Thus
n Judge Wilson is popular man. All
d there was that amounted to anything
lie in the dreary siege of last winter was
4 embodied in Wilson's report. Their
lc Congress sent Wilson out to see what
ty sort of judge the United States had
ut in the district of Kansas, and the re-
Up suit is we are to have a new judge
re And now, before this letter can reach
10 you, Wilson will be on his way t.
lg New Orleans to see about Durell
I'd This willy little Hoosier ex-judge i
tie becoming a sort of terror to the evil
doors. He is already pretty wei
Mt known, but not nearly so we'll know
IN as he will be shortly. So have beel
nc for the last few days quietly engage,
ne in taking his photograph, in sections
r and, having completed the series, vii
er now present you the tout ensemble
tn Judge Wilson is born inquisitol
nd He could not we'll avoid finding GU
i'll things if he tried to, because his TEN
.e, permanent and organization are sue
X that the truth would gravitate to hiI
on much as golddust clusters about
tie globule of quicksilver in the amalgan
is Probably wilson's strongest point a
n, an investigator is Unborn hatred &
lrs shams and his cool FLOODED relentless
OF ness in the sacrifice of them Til
IN, essential difference between him an
oil Grandpa Poland is that grandpa car
OF not believe hrs senses when he is cor
Try fronted with the modern infamies {
er. legislation, the executive or the judic
is airy; while Wilson, wholly and utterl
ely judicial from head to foot, unsyn
is pathetic and as impervious to the az
'ps peals Of sentiment as the plaster car
vi Of Abe Lincoln in the capitol bass
nst ment, understands the possibilities ,
lay villainy and appreciates evidence o.
&c, fercd. -..-..--.,.
AaS PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JUDGE
~ WILSON.
on In personal appearance the gre,
nm investigator is no less remarkab
~ than in respect to his attributes.
of will scarcely essay to describe hin
act Imagine five feet six in height and OF
in. hundred and twenty pounds in weigh
ew bundle of wire and vigor; a face |
,ns incisive as lance head; the who
his suggesting that four hundred pount
err Of physique and ton Of brains h
nte been trained down to light weigh
mo This pugilistic metaphor is not on
ms suggested, but suggestive. The ane
nm dOte is worth telling, because it wi
nh fit right here: ~.
Some years ago, before Wilson can
sed to Congress, he was on the bench
hat Indiana, and once holding court,
mt dings came that New York and Mi
ead souri, had invaded the sovereign Hoo
.oi- pole State in the redoubtable pers,
nm. of Michael McCoole and Joseph e
the burn, followed by some FIVE thousal
ms cut-throats, together with few I
.ase porters for the metropolitan pre-.
pht The Judge ordered his grand jury
I'm. indict the aforesaid, and at midnig
,ra- sheriff and posse were dispatch
ago win pehch warrants. Mlchaei "
,ers in the house of an honest farm
per 9osepn was sufprised the next MOI
had ing approaching the neid OF pattie
the buggy; brought into court, the hg
nds weight Judge commanded the hea
At weight prize nghters 70 stand up a
| at toe the scratcn; ~, nat SAID tnt
the guilty or not guilty.!