New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-21
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WASHINGTON.
Five-Tweuties Ca,,ea

Flve.TWeuttes Called In.
! WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The Secretary al
the Treasury calls for IS, ,OOO, 900 of the Ave.
twenty bonds upon which interest ceases
July 90. The assistant treasurers are or
dered to pay the May interest without
rebate.
Rumsred Cabinet Changes.
Among the later rumors of Cabinet
changes is one to tine effect that Attornev
General Williams will soon retire from his
present position. He does not absolutely
deny the truth of the report, but admits It
is probable he may before long engage in
other pursuits. Some of his most intimate
friends say the indication is he will resign
at the end OF the present fiscal year, if not
sooner.
Investigating the Postal Contract Swim.
dies.
The examination by Commissioner Inger-
soil into the charges against Kinds, of be-
ing implicated in the recent mail letting
frauds, was resumed this afternoon. The
government counsel announced they had
no more witnesses in the case. The counsel
tor the defense wished to show that the
accused possessed an unspotted character
and reputation uAsOiled.
The government counsel replied that
character was the worst kind of evidence.
because the law presumed good charactee
until the contrary was shown. The de-
fendant could offer testimony only to ex-
plain. or divert from himself the case OF
the prosecution.
Alter the argument the commissioner
said that the proof of character in . mere
preliminary examination of this case was a
sort of constructive diversion of IaW-it
was not relevant to explain to his mind
the facts in the case, although it might
properly be brought before grand iurv.
The counsel tor the defense complained
that the United States held up their holy
hands, and objected to evidence being OF.
fered to show the purity ofc haracter of the
accused, and also to an examination of the
preliminary affidavits on which the charges
we're based.
Counsel insisted to know what the offense
was distinctly charged against the defend
ant Counsel for the government said thew
had presented tho testimony to the commits
sioner. and left the whole matter to his
discretion. They had shown the probable
cause for holding the defendant in the
Rathrock, Floyd and Channel cases. Coun-
sci for the defendant argued there WAS
no evidence to show that Kinds had
offered or given money, or procured
money to be offered or given to in
tiuence any government officer in, the
legal performance of his duty, therefore NO
offense had been committed by the defend
ant under the law and he should be dis
charged.
The commissioner said it was in evidence
that Kinds and kittle were co partners in
the matter of procuring mail routes; that
the acts of kittle met the approval Of
Kinds, and that they shared the burdens
and profits of the cO-partnership Kittle.
from his own testimony, was an accomplico
in the frauds, and attempts to bribe officers
of tho POstotfice Department, but that testi-
mony, uncorroborated, ought not to convict
Kinds before grand jury.
The commissioner remarked it was not
his function to say that Kinds was guilty;
he was only to inquire. was there a probable
cause? In law the accessory before and
after the fact became principal, and 60 it
was with Kinds. 1t was the province of the
jury to say whether he should be convicted
on the charge: He then held Kinds to bail
in the sum Of $500 to await the action of
the grand jury. The bond was ther given