, 1875-05-20

ly In poEtcs6lou OF Inc property. hfIa NOT she |
slightest suspicion La ontoftained that thoy t,hve
bcon guilty of any ts.ud. Bono ono Of the Gov
e1nmcut officials, ignorant Of tho high ttandin;:
Of .le firm sud Its nnchss'cuged integrity. started
d report nAch was utterly untrue, and which
mono who know tho hoaeo could havo believed
for moment. Afr. Darntau1s oniy appearance
In court nas ~ q witness yesterday.
ISAAC RuTEsilAusEn.
Tho preliminary e1amin1.ion Of isaac Rutes.
hau.er, the United states Gauges, befora United
S.atos Commissioner Hoyne. yesterday morning,
for conspiracy to defraud tho Government, at
tracsed large number OF peopto. Mr. j1lcssen /
and aIt. Hidne7 Bu,ith represented tae dcfcna- |
ant, wh:lo Mr. Dutka appeared On bohalf Of ths !
Govarnnent.
Mr. Jucaycn aakod for information as to tho
Charge.
Mr. Burke npsTcred that It rns violation Ct
tho Revenue laws. Tia principal tyldencu
againat Kasc.hauser was that lie lad made fafie
enl1ss in tie stamI-book which ho was required
to keep us Gauger. and making false returns Of
the sp!siu inspected and gagged Dy him also
rs 20 bis czimina! negligence in lesving h's
| brands IN tho poehcasiou OF the Eertlhets.
Ihs 1r1t nllnchs ce1led wM
| l.. +. N0TT,
| who testified substantially as follows: Am Dip
u; Collector Of tho First U:stict Of iI}i.H is.
| Know IeAac fsutcaaauser. lie Il tnits aI- Ia
Gauger. [Docu,ucu. nbown w.tneaa.1 Liza. ls
| tue return Of tpi-t. sauEsd " him TIM: he Is
required to make daiiy. t]ook eshhisca.l That
is . book coatains1a; rccifyin7 tt@sEts. Tho
| tlauEcr 1!lia out tic atntnrs, which Gu oa tho
barrel aid tho etuhs, which reul-in iu tho
| Look Thai IL lsutsstnusers book. !. re-
turned By lin to tho Office, nnd IS part e tbs
records. The ttuhs arc, or should sc. coEl-
piete record OF the Asssnps similar to clioc's-
book.
| evidence.
Cyo.t-ercnine,1-Ths only writing OF r;ntc.-
bausct'B recognize Oh the htubs ia his .igna-
ture Tho other Writing Ii IN n different hand.
| The Instructions to = GRuEer arc to Let = lis
stencils In his Own possession.
Q.-Arc not ntencls to ill lu s.ubs got!tn by
rectii1oIS Tor the convenience OF tue tt;tugerF
Al think 20. II ia not provided for bv .a~:
Redirect eraminatton-The clcrEt u zocsih-
eEn might til! up the stubs under lhc aupe sy1sion
Q.-uas il not boan lie custom In this district
fcs tho dauser to b. hsa's'ea by tho eaasAs Ill
| Glliug no tue stubs?
Mr. Juesseu thought tho evidences had bear
ing upon intept-i1d AWAY With tho presum1tion
: Tia Commissioner ruled it ont, but tho Wit
ness nuevered That he did no; know 1t t:Rd teca
doae 10 = matter OF Iact.
4. r. TrTTEy.
| srnrn: have examined chs Fcsnrn of RutoH-
! Lauser. 1t purports to 30 tbs report Of GrtttfH
eauecd BY him on tho G:h OF Ma3, 1876, for
i uulson T. Eastman.
. Q.-ssato whether you found tho packages
Upiouted to.
: AIr. Jucsaen said Tnttcn's recollection vas no:
> | ovidouco AZ to tho appenr1Ecc Of the PACKAGES.
! Q-StAte whether you Ea3 tho rncknEea II
. | co. where aud under whn: circumstances
Ar. Jucesen wanted tho barrels brought lhtc
= Court.
/ rus Commissioner considered that uscloss
T. and admitted tile testimony.
Witncss continued: touad the packagas =
Curpl,am i Sons. druggists daJ tototo yeater
day [.loudnyl. They, ware twenty-four full
Y1zed barre!s--tvo Of thoni etant7. lsutebhauan
IF reported that .hoJ each contained " vino EuI
i. lons and IL 50-1u0 proof gallons. Witness thrt
y enumerated the number o. Sino and proof gal
! Ions actually in tue ba:sela.] Tho total gal!on
70 a,iS3 o8-1G0 or 2.01s Gs-1O1 noro than ho 70
IL turned to the Collector. found that tho nuul
!; bcrs OIL tho stamp stubs eul5oaronaea % ekacI
~ placed on the bnrres tue !nT Ieln!rcs thnt tho
z shall bo cancelled with stencil. With tlto na1a
!. Of tho Gaugor OIL it.. ;lho stencils Of nntea
., hu,lsor wore found At Golson g. Eastmana plsce
4 y whero the packages camo from. llhe stencil
y we're rro}ucod by the wituesR.l NJ ona uhoul
III lave possession Of them bat tho GauEor.
~ ~ 1h0 cross.exh1ntnat!on Maa ION S & Anu tedlole
=. but developed notL,ng additional, Tussena ey
no dcnce not being Bhakan whit. Witness though
H. tho eiguatugu on tho stamps Was tho Ra!na .
that oil thu stub aud could not Say whether ia
STAMPS had heen usea On other battels I'LL
This c!osad the casa Of tho prosecution.
10. TIE pEFEssE
lis | offered no evidence.
Sir. smith contepded that Ii had not bee
shown that tho handwriting on tho sttmpn ".
tho defendants, aad therefore no case hsa bee
made against him..
Alr. juossen 4s!d thnt though 1t mas prove
thnt tho stubs had boon eigned sF nuisauatiac
In 1t waa admitted that they had beon h!!ed oat
d. somobody else and ho urged shat the Htsna!
n. might have been stolsu.
~ atr. Durto dill not make any argument, Baytn
~ merely tint ulo proof wan nuihcis'tt "a NAT ?:
IT. the loldng Of tho defendant to Wat thu act!o
he Of the Grand Jury.
.at Tho Commissioner hold Ruteshsuser In $6.o'
h. bail Tor trial,
10 10, Tbo proof against Watson, The other daus'
10 atrostad is allluss slcntiell with that again
1n- Ruteatauser. and hs alHo. wss accordingly he
TO for trial, giving the samo bail.
I'd.
Or 1OLSEh & EASTMAN.
!ho At9 o'clock In tho afternoon the caHa Of dt
Tho aeu & Eastmau sect.ders, WAS catlea the char
70. 70. against them being conspiracy to dofrau
Their clerk, rhllpos. was also asralEnoa vi
them ~ = party.
by agreement tho sTsdeuce given in t
w. morning WAS consids.ol ~ appylug In this cs:
~ +. Il. uuRNHAM,
svosn, Am In tha drug business; know O.
=" sen l. Eastman; haya purchasoa spirits ffc
st ,as them. A lot that lad bought WEB seized ln
place by tho oalcera, Monday. oo1son "as t
only Que with whom haYo talkcd in resasd,
prlceB. NeYcr mA1a any pufchasos t3ota u
yed EaAtmAu.
tcal Cross-e1anett-tanno s"es. sasd sao Ps W
cho eGes ssazso "eto ...s|. .ns sem' AA"'
uas 'AN1''4 :. p. HORT.