The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-16
The Boss Tweed Case.
The Court of Appeals IMAM
ixaous that Cumula-
tive Punishment
is Illegal.
They Order His Discharge.
He will be Re-krrested and
Tried on new Suits.
Crops Injured in California
by Rain.
Terrible Storm at Quincy
Illinois.
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Great Destruction of Prop
erty.
One Man Killed and Many
Persons Injured.
One Man Killed and Many
Persons Injured.
The Dreaded Grasshoppers
Appearing in Enor-
NOUS Numbers.

ALBANY, June l5.-The Court of Ap-
peals has unanimously reversed the judg
ment of the supreme court IN the case OF
VIM. NJ. Tweed and has ordered his dis
charge.
The judges hold that the writ of haDeas
corpus has always been construed in favor
of and not against the liberty of subject
and citizen, and the reading must be the
same whether the benefit of it is invoked
by the purest and best citizen OF the state,
or the greatest sinner and the one most
worthy Of condign punishment. The law
is no respecter of persons. and, guilty or
innocent, nobody can be deprive of liber-
ty except by due process of law. The writ
of habeas corpus is as available to the gull
ty as he whom the popular voice would
condemn.
| The judges say that no warrant can be |
found for cumulative punishment upon
conviction OF the several offenses charged |
in single indictment, the aggregate pun
ishment exceeding that prescribed by law
for the grade of offenses charged. The
rate as claimed by implication calls for a
single Judgment for all the offenses charg-
ed in the Indictment and of which the ac-
cused is convicted. 1t requires that often
E ses Joined shall be of the same grade sub
ject to the same punishment-that Is, not
punishment of the SAME kind, but the same
in degree.
! New YORK, June 15.-The news that
} the court of appeals had finally decided in
favor of Tweed, and ordered his release
from the penitentiary circulated to day
through the city with great rapidity and
!. for the time takes precedence of the Beech
er trial Sheriff Conner has taken every
+ precautiOn to secure the arrest of Tweed
Immediately upon his discharge. Deputy
Sheriff Magonigle, furnished with an order
of arrest in civil suits, has been stationed
' on Blackwelns Island for several days, and
! will arrest the ex-Tammany chief before
e he has long enjoyed his newly found libeI-
y ". Unless be is provided with securi-
n ties to the amount of $3,000,0OO, he will be
d taken to the Ludlow street Jail, and even
4; if he could supply the amount Of bail, it is
I. understood he would again be taken into
Ee custody on another suit in which an equa
r. amount of security would be demanded
The order of arrest in the civil suits i:
signed by Judge Davis, who was the pre-
siding Judge at Tweeds trial.
n SAN FRANCISCO, June l5.-Advices from
a. a. the interior report great damage of grain
both cut aud standing, in the northern ant
southern portions Of the state by the rain
AT which still continues. The grass in man
70. localities is ruined The storm is unpre
en- cedented for this season of the year.
NE NE Quincy, ILL.,, June l5.-This city wa
lp- visited last night by a most violent thur
eli der-storm. 1t began to rain about five o
nj clock, but at seven the storm had consiC
og erably abated At eight, however,
EE heavy bank of clouds arose in the west au
rs, came rapidly over the city, accOmpanie
with high winds and lightning. Th
clouds discharged vast torrents OF waite
ED flooding the streets and causing grei
nes damage to cutters and culverts. III
Oh Oh storm increased in fury until o'cloc
INC 'nt When it assumed the proportions OF to
sor nado The path Of the tornado presents
M hn- day sad scene of wreck. But one ma
r nn was killed, though several were iniure
bat The damage to houses and barns is est
Nv mated at $4,000 Several bridges al
for culverts on the railroads leading into Il
the city were washed away.
oss- QUINCY, ILL.,, June l5-The north al
NOT northeast parts of Quincy present sor
u, VI picture after the storm OF last night. Ou
'he houses are leveied in every direction, al
rec, uprooted trees, demolished fences a
' ' streets carried away by the food make
as sight sad to behold. Miraculous as
ond may appear Notwithstanding the V
ON. lence of the tornado, the extent
univ territory over which it swept a
each the vast damage 10 proper
MED only one life is reported lost, that of 10
ALLY MEME, a well-known brick maker, and
Ar9n sIl member Of the board of supervisors. L
storm came up about o'clock and p
. ceeded from the river and the extre
northwestern limits of the city in an aim
J, due easterly course. About y O'clo
when the wind was at its fercest and
done the most damage to the property, \
Menne, who owned a brick yard in
p stricken section and lived adjacent there
eD went out with one of his men to protec
lot of dry brick with boards At the til
:, it seems, sheds and timbers were be
10. blown promiscuously about, and some
short the flying debris, striking him. fractu
his skull and produced almost inst
death. This was the only loss of life,
m indeed, with only trifing exceptions,
only injury to persons whatever report
9 Property did not fare near as well, las
4 scourged sections show this morning.
least a hundred buildings, most of IL
substantial structures, show the effects
- the storms fury-some slightly, but N
ID seriously. Roofs have been snapped
- carried away and riddled; heavy "
a. have been driven in, and in not few
stances stout brick buildings have b
q transformed into unsightly piles of br
" mortar and broken timbers. The Jacl
- Il School, at the corner of Eighth and '
& J streets, a two-story -and-a half struct
we'll built, and having stood Tor years
|, notable monument of the storms viole
w Web, b. only portion of its first story rem
hus re- standing, and this is buried in the dt
nmecf anG !. of the roof and upper stories, The b
of sus- OF DIR. Smith. on Filth street, one OF
. first to feel the storms volume, is a
ss lplete wreck. 1t was two story