, 1875-12-16
How He Informed the President thai
RristoW Was Dangerous Man.
Dissolution OF tho Bnbcocl< n1ili-
tary Court Of Inquiry.
Conviction Of Ex- -Daputy Collector Hill
at Indianapolis.
Scnator Morton Denies All knowledge o1
1Yhisky.Campalgn Funds.
:::ct-Attornoy Bangs Will Bo in Chicago
To-Day.
th'DONALp.

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w ~ =. nUsTI ~ 49,.
,., ,,,a.t,. M - NJ. :, ram 7,-3bun..
un -. ~ t5-. soccia dispsscb at ves-
,,.a,r f,or, ~. c,,y to Nuv York sta'oa ,hat
,,.ns..m ,,,a ,,,,, r,rt,a1 c.nfes.ton nf
~ ..,,t ~, ,,,a cun,lcity in defrald,ug Tho
tr.o ras..-,,,s,n s,rs your cor,ssponacnk called
.,,.a. 0an Mc1,on.Id Tonight, md had
~. .t ,,,,n,y;or ruh him in refer.
an,o "a ms allogtt confession. liz
s..,od ,ha. lin m ealted confession was fab
ric.t,or m.an mt Of whole cl1t.,, aud lie wi:h.
49,, .,,v o.re,cta at touudst,ou, uo dtatnd t.ut
t,o co,roanonaent NJ tho New York papera
.,,lad an tiun Yesterday and tlepirod at,
i,,,rv,ox and s.ucd him II hc tad
nv con,c,.ion. I, maks. He rerlcd
,h.t ho nn;tb,r hn.1 nn7 coufes.iou to make nus
od IN Ia ,n,ervieye1. and the curreppouaept
~ar, ,..v stating thai ho would c.thcr write ur
a,rro,,,on nr an ;pte-,icy. den. Me-
non.1a .,tr,butas tns so-ca,}cd confession
n tb;a tDrorviox. 1t. Louis papcr nun
,i.toa a rcno,taLt fntary;ow bctvcon Mcdonald
ard S,o.etnrv ],riatov. in which 1t Ia stato,l that
fan Mcdonald co,fcssoi to BecretarY Hrlsto1
tnnt IN raa ruilty Of frauds upon tic Govctt,-
mani .nd rnndo A nr,pos;tiou to conf roullso
!! III, INN. md that Secretary Drtbtow tla.iY re-
fn.oa nil eompromiao and demanded Melon.
nsd,s rc.rnston, Tho article further s,ases that
MI ,nado = eonYsss,on to Tho President
aud appealed for Executive c1smency. and that
| the prcident nron,tsed to consider tho matter,
hut tuat hzhtuiug struck tu St. Louis botore ho
had nm opnortuui,y. Gen, Mcdonald stated 10
vour correspouaeut that Tho coaversaton IT,
f,rre,s tn nboye ia nurs,y IMAGINATIVE, I1e saya
,h,t In dtd tAre . couyo,satf ,, witt, the Hocro-
| i,rv In nj. cfrect. lie discovered by mere
,r.,r, th,tthn scr,ntnry had nannts III this CITY
e1omn,nc ,,,o condition Of the revenue atra,ra,
o,d foo,,no that il Bas a reelection u,,on him
| n h.vo Auch m cxa,uluetiou pending
| ,,,t,ont h;s knowledse, be paado
j. trln tn Washington for tho purpose Of cousult-
Ing win Secretary Bnssoz and pses.deat GRAFT.
,,n ,st, n, Louis On ,be 10Th VI April, 1875, &aa
arrived IN Washington Apsil 2l' "a INC aas
OF bis arrival ho csllod on Commissioner
Douglass and informed hsca that tlloso investRa-
,ionn vcre beluc carried Gu LII Ut. Louis. Com.
~,.aiomur - pourIas, % oppressed bis astonishn,ont,
and said that slcDona'd mun1 no u1lssaGon' Mo-
Dauald assured him that 10 wna not. Douglass
fnmpsj up in m excited way and said
In vouI 90 OF aud SEQ Secretary
u" ""u" ~ Va nsoat ys.s.n
bsisto". ~ 'na', lsHenus.nss.s s~'
entered tho Commissioners Office and Eat down.
auraea esin md an unsxeea lie stated that
aSesslhl"g haa ooeu "aAsaA..n3 ~ o4s Mans~,,,
eecretary DFtstoF. ana' Wneo asKea w acuopt"4
w3lat Secretary Bzistom bad said, slated that
In could not communicate tile facts tLat
h.a ,.en at.to1 tn him by Delstov, On tho
~" 49," 80 oo5 N.non.,, ,,at nr;s,ow T.,
snofn1nH o. 'us -1a' .'uoon]'u ~ W. soo" ,, -.
the bFoakfast-sodm OF tie Arlington llo:s' sna
vas inv,tsd By Bris.o. to 4ako breakfast With
him. During breakfast ho had 4 couvetsa-
t,, w,,h r,ria,ow conoerntpe Inc pend.
s'oA "''N =. g. T.',,a l., ,..,,h
lnR tu'oat4battoh ~ "s neai'' - "a'
} Mcdonald Protested vigorously aRa1hst sucA 81
Investigation without i4is knowledge or co-opora.
Tim. Socrotory I3ris:oy assured lin that no Of.
, ,.,t.,, al - .,v of,o.Ia il, b,a ann.r
'opo' ~" -, '"s. ~ H.. 49, ,','.s,:.. 49,. 49,. =,
SsaoFy bah1f'ct ana lint ne'1ae3 MIA ho1 WY VI
his oIlIciAla weie inspected u hal
compioty in Tho fIaudh. Dobonasa ~
| tuEned Hooretety DssstoW tbat he Ind hll
, resignation wilton out aud lie was prepared t.
| deliver it. Secretary DrtatoW itnportunea htu
not 10 hhn1 III bin 1osigna:io,l. slu tleh lnada
l | proposition to Secretary UrlBtow 10 thls o0ect
1 ! Ihat. ilikteah Of eetzlnR tho dlstlllofle
o ut vt. Louis md to'eine,. tho dlatlller
Q to psy penalties aud lono thclr property
: bo would forca them to pay all rast doinaneu
i olea, thus showing him that tho Internal Hove
Il nue office could INT ho v1olated aud thus aoc1l'
/; Ing for the Government vast dobt taat "a
J. considered lost, nud afao largo revouu
0 fur tho future. 1histow llKoa tho plan
Aprsosod =. number q antesYle%a "e1o o.!., ~
- VIZ. nj II, 1., ,.1, 1oh ~ s.oatv a,ao,ssnH ~
IL isr;stns snnroyni II III ali of j,
dotal!s, Uu tbs 23i OF April alcDonst
y stated that 10 called upo" .hn tso.'aen
ne htatea 70 aae aaososas ~ Inat ~ -. H. '1,S,