, 1875-12-02
CHICAGO.


CHICAGO.
MUNN's ST. LOUIS INDICTMENT.
WHAr ia SAID IN norm siDEs.
About TIC only matter Of interest ID The Fell
erai building yesterday was the indictment Of u.
". Mum, who WAS Of courao we'll known 10 al. |
The pros+nt officials by hls former counection
with thorn AZ snperviaor Of intoruAl Revenue !os !
this dlsrict. Tho general subject Of the guilt
or lnnocenoe Of Num- formed the ssaple Ut tho
day's conversAtion In al the Offices md tbs
shades Of opinion we're as various az tl!r ave1k'
ers. 1t would be too much 10 Say that tae Gov-
erumont ot'Icere a1 aotl singular beloved IN tho
Innocence Of Mum but the average opinion
maybe set down u somethinx lika the following
:" Well, thatn rough OF Munn Isn't it Z toeInH -
il they had him tlelty tight. don't 1t I"
The indictment aSAns. Col. Mum wAs Bent in
duplicate to Dis.rict-At.orncy Ward. aud arrived
late Tues,lAy Afternoon. II was Of coura. ae~
comran,ea b7
cII-wAknANr ron auxS's ARREsT,
and tho latlor docu.pont was ,,laceI in the hands
Of Deputy United States Marshal for serysce.
There secured, howovcr no particular nec1 for
any extraordinary haste, inasmuch As tho re-
sFoudent had bear iur snma days engaged In she
trsa! OF the Blake-Thomrsou case before Judge
ltogors in tho Circuit Court. Tho DIR was Gn
au4ricious ono for Interruptions, taasHuch ~
juror in tue Blake cAae was alck, aud
Htsie or 10 p,ogI:Hh was tnaae in the
tr.a! 1T tho case. It seemed. upder these cir.
cua1staocse. tatlor unnecessarily rough to drag
sluun Away from his tsta., a,,d. consequently.
Assistant District Attorney Uu,ke teleRralhcd to
tue uigt1ct-Attornoy ut TT. Louis asking hin II
alonoay uns early enough for Col. Munn's als-
ro2rAuce thoEe, ut tue eAme titnn informing hisu
that his absence Ut thu time would ncriJlblv
dAtnaBs M important casc aud that ho would. II
permitted. 60 before Judge Dlodgass here apl
en:or into recognizanrcs TO ap3sar ~ ~.
i'olm Monday. Up to the time tho Of
Icu VAS cluaed last eyoniug M reply
Eal bcen received from 1t. Louis. hut
o,c IL expected this morning. and II will proba-
big b.: TO ilto cfers that there IL no ob}ccttan 10
the aEzau,{e,nent proposed. In that case, Col.
Manu- will appear before Judge Budget this
morning. But. IN the other haEd. # tho re4icat
IL not farorably conAdeted. ho will leave FIR 81.
Louis to-day and abandon tho blake casa fnr
time to lis fate. There gecuB by the way, to ba
o sort Of fatslitv abuut tho SUIT in question.
First, juror gets himse! Indicted then coan-
aol follows Huit, nnd afterwards auo:bar l1o:'
falls eck Aid delays 1natters. 1t w.ll take 8
special tun Of luck to Gnsh tLe oaae At all.
TIE INDICTMENT.
| Durug tho dn7 , reporter sought 10 500 ths
| indictment III which Col. Munn's pamo figures
IN tho rlidst Of legal rhraseoloeiss; aua., With
| uod to glean tl.e following facts reiatfro tor:
That Col. Nuan Is cha,god NTH pleclstly tlse
| Fnno odenRe as tint to winch Col. J. d. Jo3co
| rlcadcd guilty at Jefferson, Mo-. viz, ncstactiug
to tnaks reporta OF wh1L he laess concerutug tl1e
| CROOKED doiDGs Of certain dia:illorr Tho Law
fnakca such netioct almost as E'uct, crime ~ q
| participation IN the frauds themselves. Tho
fact. on WHICH the Indictment wpro found have
| been substantially aet forth III there co'umns
heretofore and are thas somebody kicked VI a
| row about tho eAgatown distiloFy. anil tho mat
tat whs referred to Supervisor Mimi. for ra!ost.
| Tho Government e.2octs to PROVO that Num-
| siderable crooltednoss, but that 10 report
| To that efcot MAS ever received flo:u
hun by the Department at Washington. This IL
scconpsod for BY she assertion that : sboat q the
ttino tho examination WAS going OIL, D. Z. Limo
gar, 4 FREUD, pnt tucr. aud cout111it OF Slunn,
won't TO IT. I,onis and saw tho paEscs in that
city Interested IN Ila suspected diatil!ory. aud
they "ea. him" xhereupon to went bs,k to
mum, and the rapport wAs uado oUt 10 tit tile
caas Tie ioycrn ment clstms that it cau provo
tiIat Lluegsr received money to suppress tho re-
port. Or alter 1t to suit the dlssillers PURPOSES
and. fusthsr, that it can provo that Ltuesas
passed OVER fair GhArs Of The Hpoil to Num-.
| This testimony WAS adduced bofore tho Grand
Jury in tho District Court hcru put long aco. and
tho facls shown ~ 1eso stated: bu! ino ot1enso
WIS ono 60 mixed ~ to tho matter Of iuriadIc-
tou that it Was doom 81 the bettsc policy Ia nlloW
tho Indictment TO 10 brought whtre slo odoast
was chiefly comltted. II the nouuY waa takeu
by Liuagar, ns the agcut Of Mum, In 81
tEps aud IN W. r.. b .c, hin Int sss{sf Ssn9f
| seem to bring tho otfonso properly under u!
jurisdiction ot ilo MISS 5tlr, Court. oven though
ihc neglect to make tho report wAs IN 1tl.nola
and IN reference to d!slllery In this staso.
1 REPORTER CALLED ON cot. MEAN
laat eyeuing at his residence, No. 45S Wos
Adams strcet, and sought 10 ncluro sorne IN
formation about the case. 4nd the charged made
| 10 the Indictment. TITO attempt wAB not 0ysrl
l "a! a. T..
tcrviewsd. 1Io was NOT dlsposed, he said. t.
mako known bis defenae II prosant. Tho onI,
statement that he cared 10 mako MAS tic genera
ono Of lnnoeenoo, aud teadluosa 10 proceed Al
onoo to 81. Louis and prove that fact On trial.
Not ent,roly satisfied with thid compAraslvel
meagro statenenk ct tho lRttor tho rolIorte
made his way to tho house OF gentleman know,
to DO ...... -.
FRIEND OF COL. MINIS
| and a warm believer in bis lunocouca. Him h
asked several questions, Knd rnt down th
answers ther,to, which are herewith suoasap
tally yet forth.
is, orter (after tho usual praise Of the wealth
er)-I 500 tbst they have indicted COL Mun'
,lr. lilies. tlaoy succeeded in getting bill
aKalnst hn1.
N.-Do you know what the eEiulnhlt'es alless
Alr, H-r1e indictment states, substantially
that Mum discovered CERTAIN frauts In TT. Lou
sud diiut rep0rt thenl
N.-What Gind OF fsauda3
aIr. INSTRUMENTATION iu liBu!lory, 10
lleyc. It wls like this, as l understand it
Mum wont down 10 St. LoutA on sotno businoa
or otIIor, and while hr WIS thege he Honiuao'
heard OF things going cruokei III Dusos's place
|, | and 10 wont there Vii BY himself, and found nj
sorts Of rottonntss IN tho way tho place wa
run, 40 s:orekoeFet, for instance. and lots q
other rrooaoa things. TAon MUM turned tll
matter oyos to tha local ollscsss. and .epotto
1lgA. straight to tbs Commissioners what iln ~"
K.-l}ut l thought YOU sald he WAs iuascte
for llot reporting lsia dlscovories7
Sir. ll.-And tell you he did report than, IN
II As cotnos to trial le will show 1t ~ as1aiGnt =
dogs leg. e..
:, H.-What WAS tho reason. then. that hs vi
indIctod3
Mr. ll.-Juss simply because bs did repol
what he saw,--becauss ho made tho lirBt st
that WIS over made tu that 1ttng,-pecaueo b
began the TOW that has GUIDED In tho conviction
Of some Of those tsllows, sud tho general staAss