The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-11-25
Gtlsgraphir.
Revenue Robbers,
Further Revelations OfthGSt Louis Ring
Disti22ers WHo Might Haze Been Honest
Forced Mto CROOKED Paths LA-
6ev Penalty of Seizure.

ST. LOUIS, November l8,-To-day was
a very solemn one for the Whisky Ring,
and ifevery thief who has been stealing
from the Government through theagency
of the ring is not convicted, It will not be
for the want ofsufiicient evidence, The
Government is piling damning testimony
mountain high against the despoilers of
the Treasury, the testimony of every
succeeding witness going to show. that
Che infamous combination was deeper,
broader and thicker than the shrewdest
suspected, aud embraced men considered
the very soul Of honor
The revelations to-day involve several
who have not figured heretofore in the
ring. One of these was Colonel William
Grosvener, the political Camp-follower
and wandering jay yhawker, who appeared
recently asa Republican campaign speak
or. Yesterday Grosvenor published in
the New York Herald what purported to
be true account of the Whisky Ring.
About his first sentence was ut began
by bribing newspaper man." and as a
peculiar, not to say humorous, coinci-
-dence is the fact that it was in evidence
to-day that while managing editor OF the
old Democrat here he received bribe of
one thousand dollars to suppress certain
articles derogatory to Con. Mcguire, the
Republican candidate for Mayor.
The Globe Democrat of tomorrow will
contain lengthy card in reply to Gros-
venor from j. B. McCullagh, Managing
Editor of the Globe Democrat, in which
.Grosvenor is denounced in terrible Bit
ter language, accusing him of every crime
known to the decalogue.
The testimony involving one Stilson
iHutchins is not considered strong by his
friends. His paper, the Times. has been
unmeasured in its abuse fthe ring.
Babcock, the immaculate, Private Sec
retary of the President, has been handled
to-day, as on yesterday, without gloves.
Nearly all the witnesses testified that it
was understood that Bah was in the ring,
and letters from him were exhibited, as
were also letters from Avery, Holt and
Rogers.
The funny episode of the day was the
letters of Mcdonald to Commissioner
Douglass, introduced by the prosecution.
The letters were quite enthusiastic in
themselves, but assumed humorous
phase when it leaked out that the very
men who assisted the virtuous Super
visor in his distillery inspection were his
Gonfederates in crime.
The Court room was uncomfortabiy
crowded all day. Many notable people
were present, including Gen. Sherman,
Dan Voorhees, and Levi P. Luckey, AS
sistant Private Secretary to the Presi-
dent. Mcdonald was the coolest man in
the Court room, and sat through the case
unblanched by the stories of his own dis
honor as told by the witnesses.
Judge Treat arrived early, and without
delay ordered the case to proceed. More
important developments are expected TO-
morrow.
1t appears now that Colonel Joyce did
make an effort to flee the country last
summer. He made secret and hurried
trip to New York, and was in the act of
stepping on board Liverpool steamer
when detective put strong hand on
his shoulder and persuaded him to stay.
He had been shadowed without knowing
it. The full facts will be published soon.
Two Treasury detectives, ]. M. Butler
and ]. M. Mason, arrived from Washing
ton to serve the Government in the
whisky prosecutions.