, 1874-03-20

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HUNTING FOR TRAITORS.
The mystery which surrounds tho Common
Council coup d'etat thickens. Tho mir is full Of
rumora, which keep Dan O'Hara, Buffalo Miller,
md Mr. Heaing busy. They arc all will o tho
wisps, however, which lead theRe gentlemen into
swampB and bogs, and then eludo them. AID
Foley, who is Of tondor years and slight OK
perienco, but aspires to be = 1cadorf has felt
deeply bis responsibility in the matter, and has
neglected his billiards to play in this now game |
which he docs not underatand, aud In |
Which aono ono has discounted him. |
Several times the explorers hayo discovered
fresh tracks Of the traitors, and havo been on |
tho very edgo OF finding them, whom they would
loao the trail. Buffalo Miller has stopped on his
road to Joliet to help In tho search. Dan 0flara
woars an ominous and oracular look, aB IT no
know something about the traitors which lo
wouldn't divulge yet, and all tho while Count
Bismarck is as disconaolate and mysterious in
the "Dastie" !" as WAS the Man in1 the Iron
Musk. For tho first timo, ho has got nut
he can't crack, and tho great organizer, who
laid every wire himsolf, aud waH psosont
himself to ace to the performance, cannot UNDER
stand how 1t was seven Of tho puppets failed to
come out aud dance the German. Every morn
ing lo solves tho problem, but every night his
aolution is conclusiye1y shown to DO wrong, and.
Instead Of getting nearer to the anawer, every
day he gets farthor away from 1t. On Tueaday,
1t was morally certain that five Of the traitors
we're Stout, Hildreth, Cannon, OBrien, mud
Murphy, and that these five wero do
srous to have the now Court-Houso
started Immediately, to which Culterton
was opposed. Preparations were Immediately
made for thoir execution and intetmont. The
graves were dug and tho soxton secured, and
Tom Foley ind prepared their opitaphs
Wednesday morning, however, it became evident
that these five were not tho traitors. Mr. Hes-
Ing had tried Il new why OF working out the
problem. md found that so. 900 Ind beon raised
by tho Law -aud- Order party to purchase votes
for Dixon, and that the money was paid to the
Aldermen Of the Peoples Party. On this
new line OF operations 1t was dis
covered that tile traitors were Peter Mahr,
II. B. Bailey, Richardson. Lynch, and schmitz.
The first five, therefore, were granted reprioves,
and Mr. Hcsing mndo his preparations for the
execution Of tho last five. Thursday came, and
| the wind changed again. Tho first five disap-
peared. The second five disappeared nlso. At
! tho Council meeting Monday evening, Kehoe
Jonas, and McGrath were abaeut, conae-
| quantity they wero eafe This left twenty
two undor suspicion. counting Hichard-
Bon aud scharner; hut ten Of these
Lad aaucezed through aud come out truly
loyal. It was in order, therefore, to select
six moro traitors from the remaining twelve for
Thursday and six for Friday. Mr. Hesing was
preparing to do this. but was interrupted by
procession Of tho whole twenty-five. They came
up to tho Dastile singy, and individually assured
him that tloy voted for Cullerton. More than
thia, they individually expressed their desire te
make a1idavits to that effect!
This was new development which 0tr. Hesing
had not looked Tor, and, as ho turned 1t over ii
his mind, the situation resolved itself into Home
thing like the following: At the cauous in th
"Dastile," all the Peoples Aldermen had raisot
both hands to Heaven, like tho oonspirators ii
the " HuRuenots," and ewore to stick to th
party. They had gone to tho Council meeting
J aud al cast their votes for Cullerton, to whic]
fact they we're ready to mako oath. Right Il
} tho faco Of this, Dixon had received nineteel
! voteB, although there were but eleven Dixo1
men present, and although ons vote be
J longing to DIXON had beon counted to
Cu1lorton. This now situation WIS sutticion
; to distract even Mr. Hesing. This WAS plle
. nomenon in voting which he had never vii
nosscd before, and II this kind Of arithmetic
going to prevail hereafter in Common Counc
elections, upon whom or what can We place II
lianco7 When tho voters are aN right, but vote
count In this fashion and figures got 60 uttor1
doprayed that "a gets changed to ~, and
makes it's appearance as -, and nobody an
!" everybody roady to swear it ian't to blame Il
: it,-no wonder that tho great chlettain III utter
mystiaed and dumbtounded and that Foley d
= clares lie has never seen anything nke 1t
tho whole course OF hlH life, aud that d.
y O'Hara shakos bis head aud looks more oracul
II than ever, mud TINT Buffalo Millor giving up tt
conunarum In sheer despair, turns round at
~ resumea his journey to Joliet. In q preyio
10 article we intimated that we could feel no syt
~ pathy for AIr. 11esing, but We do begin to
- moved little. The least that he can do ia
- tako hia Aldermen before Notary and get Il
IL atlldavlts TINT have been tendered hm, aud til
u aona for Winston ooolbaugh, nountroe, J
~ Forrest, and the rest Of tbs Peoples Party, d
~ have them critically examined, after which th
u SHOULD ho fled away III tho IIatorioal Hocio
H. for tho warning OF future Ohteftains.
90
T. THE BTATE-pn1NT1Nu FRAUDS,
ta In the yoar 1872, as appeara from tho teatln1o
Oil taken by tho Investigating Committee at spsi1
o" field, A1aj. Dailhache, Of tho Stale Journal.