, 1875-12-03
Louia Monday. Tho pena! sun7 wns A1ed It
9lo,o0o. anil tho surc.ies approved wess y. Z.
Dow aud u. II. Mum,

D. L.
Dow aud u. ii. Mum.
When JURY WILL DK CALLED.
Tho question Of whom petit jury wit! bo call
ell for Tho trial OF tle mhisky cases has been
moot one for somo tino, and several CONFER
e'lces hare been hhl between the District Attor.
noy, tho Collector, Judga B.odgest, and other
Government officials, tho result uf which has
no. ttanspred ~ to partlcnlArs further than
that It las generally bonn thouKht bast to post
pouo all tho trials until utteE tho t,n1idays. In
order to ecttle tue n1Attor the Dlstric: Attorney
viii. III tic ootn,ng In or the C1u.t this morn
lug. m1ka formal motion for petit Jury, an,1
u1Hn blodEat: will decide it thon m the:o. /:
il cu:ltely p.ohabo that ho will Bos tho tims for
t!I" Jury ut jar. 4 or tllesaaboutA.
Itls understood by tho Dar TINT there Ia hardly
chance OF judge btodgotsA being Able 10 i.et
oarcs, evon II ihoy wsre put OF ~ before r.1;cd.
huh therefore tnoro 10 evory feAson to axpect
that ths arrangement with Judge Hopkins, Of
tho Western District Of Missouri, wilt be carried
oo: ~ ostors 70 iutims'cd @ u these columns Tue
proro,aiM L. 10 to have Judge HOPKINS nj. for tho
tr1a! uf the evil calendar while Juug8 Uiodgett
trios tho whsfv men.
TIE bottom OUT or nuyon.
\ f." Day. aKo tho senaasionat r1luot wss
tti6 cltj, bad gono 10 Washington To inquire
about III auRs4essment made on the Whinky 1:;us" in
Chicago. The anpio trnth Of tho matter Is that
the gentlemen in question had an account with
tno Government running back OF tho fire Of
li7l, and they were dcsiTous Of huv,ng tho
msttcr cfosed up. and went On 10 300 about it,
ATTEH1T To 1lPLlcA1E KEHM.
:. among tLe sfh'!mony introdnced heforo tho
rataar CURIOUS statc OF thugs In connection
With Jacob Rehm, HtloBe name haa continually
bsou myaterioualy o,nuccte1 with the Whisky
Hing OF Chtcs9o. The trnuractiou grew ou1 of
the derost Of coma $50 barrsls Of uhiAky In
ri lin I1nt
Company for storage. A. the requett Ut ths
d.noaIt2rs. lhe hIbY, or soma OF ii, uaa 1aaio
deliverable to tho osder Of Noaweil G. M.E,e-
tea'l, On tho common form of receipts usbd by
| tAo Company. ln tie couFee OF iha iuveHti-
CATIONS made bT tho Special Agents it was found
tuat non1o Al Of tho etanls uaed on the barre!s
! IN tue DOCK Comphny'B warehouse hll bsau
returned to tho Collector Oh cFascd aud destroyed
BY totHen k Ea8sman Gn tho occasi1n pf THAR
esnptytng tho contents Of the barre!s into tho
FA!R or dumps OF their rectafying hulsp,
Ihis Wan ~ araNard GloTing for tae impi.
Gated Parties, for It clearly nut the whisky in
tho reAlm Of crnukednoas. iuasmueh "a it ia uu!te
impossible to cot ouos csko aud koa, it too--to
destroy cartntn stamps aud yet baTe them on the
!onrkot the1eafker. II ehowcd pretty clearly thAt
the daugef and the llssiter mtst lave besn
IN It " toaethcr. 10 provo tbeso alleged fueta
tho Government oficors brough: bsforo the tusy
Mr. Charles Il. Dusphy, Secretary Of the dock CON
/ panT. but Eecufe1 from hun hardly anything
more than tue bare faeta Of tho case. Ey somo
lEauFoFtehce or delay ID getting tho inlO.ma-
! tioIs the Governments officers did hot succeed 10
sei1ng tho whl"ky referfcd to, and therefore tue
indictments. which might otherEise hare been
lnsoa upon ltB capture, fol through.
The connection sought to be established be-
tweon Nj. Kehm and shth transaction was that
be was alleged TO have boeu tho owuer Of somo
q! the goods aa bought Of tho distiIlers but tho
niIssing Links to proyo THAI fac. woro not foxnd,
and, consequently, it is due to 1r. 1lehn to say
that not only naa he exonorated on that count,
bn. LIS Innocence IN that regard MAY have help.
% him through one or TWO other tight piacas.