, 1875-10-17
Intense Excitement ana 1nu1gna.
ton in Rockford
some Of the Charges Made Against the
Indicted Parties.
Alleged Dragging Of Man to Secure an
Af1dayit> from Him.
The Case to Be Brought to Trial Is
Speedily as Posaible.

| Special Dfsoa&sh to The Chicago Tribune,
RocxFoRD, ILL.,. Oct. 16.-The excitemeu
occaa;oned by the action Of tho Grand Jur
relative to the Early-Storey matter is not in th
least abated- On the contrary, the publication
in The TRIBUNE md Inter- Ocean brought th
matter before the public in tangible shape to
tbs ti1at time. aud, at this writing. IT is the
ENTIRE TALK OF TIE CITY.
| There are some who think that the Times is a.
! badly fooled in this m1tter AZ it Was will
the forged lettera. upon which it's drs
scandalous article was based; there are other
who imagine that Storey, and Wilkie, and Flynn
actually conspired together to crush Misc Earl,
forever; and there are others who think The
whole affair Is grieyuus blunder, nnisunder.
standing all round.
Feeling the importance Of presenting the read.
ers Of The TRIBUNE With an unbiased statement
as to the feeling in Rockford, I interviewed Bev-
e1al OF our most prominent citizens to-day.
some-by far the majority expressed their in
dgnation in an unmiatakabe manner; and,
unless Wilkie and his accompIice explain their
conduct va1y shortly, Rockford will be too warm
to contain them. Thero are others, however,
who are inclined to hope that things are not
quito 80 bad as they seem, and may yet bo
cleared up.
THE pRoaPTNEss IN COMING FORWARD.
Tho promptness with which both the PARTED
10 tnle scanoaiona ana1r gave themselves up to
toe autnof1tiea Friday morning has been COM
mented upon, ,-some constituting this as an indi-
cation thnt Storey means to back M his hire
lings. and fight it to the bitter end while others
ueGlAte tf ~ u PROOF OF tne1 confidence in being
aDlo 20 clear themselves.
TIE CHARACTER or SOME OF TIE CHARGES.
IL; - aaaluon TO me evidence already made
PUBLIC, it Is confidently asserted that, beside
~ Ie. of.pe1y me deiendants we're guilty OF to
opt@in 9us oesHeo Auoanto, tneV, ~ one case.
~ nnkBea anao, auo tnen made him s1ga an
al9aylt- al9 lnls statement appeared IN the Rock
.oku 4u 1egtsHT, anu ls generany supposed to be
tar t1ue' 1ue noose once Kept ny the man Jepson
t1no VI tAe ma1n "l1neeeee], us situated
4oout mles rom hockfo1u, On the
hiSn* *1kee 1oao, ana, at the time
~ quesI0n, vas notorious as 81 aas1gnation-
iasoe7 ano a1so as 5esort 1or numerous bad
cna1actels; one OF tae points that W1lkle i
W. "anteo 10 ptove WAS, shat Hiss early had
eone 70 sals estaonshnent With certain gentle
neo.-"e o1 tnese gentlemen. 1t Is alleged. be-
I9e ,Me 40 1ess Pefsouage than the Hon. n. G.
NMne;, lawyer, whose moral character hero
kmore had been unimpeached Mr. Warner is
slneie Ren1ieman. and declared. on being inter-
rogated py your reporter, that never In hia life
oad ne ridden IN buggy with Hiss Early. !
THE CAsE TO BE Ar ONCE PUSHED. !
u y more than probable that the case viii be |
'lou8nE up a. thls term OF Court and 1t is gem
'tanY supposed shat both parties 8re mastering /
- otces WIZ 9le" 90 maKe most bitter fight. |
n 1ne one a1ae. an enrageo fathsr, *hose heart |
- = o!eeuns 1or a1nehter whose character, until
'oafsely and brutally aas2iled in the Times, was
'no!enished, and Nho has been still further
[ouaoeo o5 tae aoofta7e attempts to rob her Of
That Which not en1iehes them,
AID 1p8kea her poor indeed.