The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-19
The wbiss. ' Ring.

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collector in Charles w. Ford's office ii
1878; remained until that officer died, ant
continued with Mr.. Mcguire in the sam,
position received money from Megrue
Thorpe and others, and had repeated con
versations with Joyce with regard to 1t
he said 1t was all right did not know
then who constituted the ring, and heard
from Joyce and Megrue that the money
was for political purposes subsequently
learned from Mcdonald and Joyce that the
ring consisted of Megr',e, Mcdonald,
Joyce, Collectors Ford and Mcguire, VIM.
Mckee, Avery, Patrick Newcomb and the
gaugers, and the storekeepers received
money weekly from distillers Ulric and
Frasers, Rusby, Tenscher and others had
few conversations with Mcdonald, but
the tenor of his instructions were to keep
the distillers down as low as possible and
not let them make ''crooked" whisky to
any great extent this was in 1871 knew
of the coming of agents Brooks, Brashear,
Yarvan and Garrit some days before they
came, and informed the distillers and told
them to straighten up under instructions
of Joyce the main part of the money re-
ceived from distllers was divided into
seven parts and the division made among
Mcdonald, Joyce, Mcguire, Newcomb,
Patrick Mckee and myself the store.
keepers and gaugers were paid differently
in various sums and by different persons,
Mr.. Concannon, who was deputy collector
Ia 1878, also received sums ranging from
800 to $500 per week during the first part
of the present year had conversation
with Mcdonald, at planter, house, in
which Mcdonald said he wanted So, 900 to
remunerate some parties in Washington,
for information received from them |
raised the money and threw it over the
transom of the door of McDonalds room
as agreed upon with him ; was present
when 81 300 was given by Joyce to Mckee
at the Globe office; Mcdonald said to me !:
"This is a sacred thing and you must keep
it secret" replied, that would do moth
ing to injure myself this was just before
Mcguire became collector, in November,
1878 when Joyce was in California the
money was divided by Mcdonald up to
1878; it YVES divided into five parts after
that into seven; l had conversation with
Mcdonald in regard to his testimony be-
tore the grand jury last May Mcdonald
told me l must stand firm, that it would
not amount to anything and we must stand
by each other l told Mcdonald after he
had testified that he failed to recollect con-
siderable, and some things he did not know
anything about; both Mcdonald and Joyce
said that was "all right"
On discrimination witness thought
he might possibly have SIC, 900 or $4,000
as his share of the ring fund, and said he is
under indictment for conspiring to defraud
the government, for perjury, and for the
violation of revenue laws. He made up
his mind to plead guilty to all indictments
against him, except the one for perjury,
some days before he did it. He had no I'M
Outstanding with any one as to what will
be done with his case, and no promise of
any kind was made to him. He believes
be stated to the grand jury that Mcguire
was one OF the parties to this conspiracy !;
didn't know he had told Mcclure that he
had stated nothing to the grand jury that
could injury or implicate him.
MDoNALD's ooRRUpTIoNs.
A Washington dispatch to the Republi-
can gives text of the affidavit of ex-Su-
pervisor James Mari, dated February 10,
1870, detailing Supervisor MacDonald's eff
forts to corrupt him (Marr) and MacDon-
AIDS open avoyal of his intention TO use
supervisorship, if he obtained it, for black
mailing and swindlng purposes. The
same affidavit accused Macdonald OF cot
ton swindes in Memphis during the war,
and of direct relations with the rebel Gen.
Roddy tor the purchase of cotton within
his lines at Il low figure, to be smuggled
within Union lines.
IN MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19.
At two p. III. the jury in the case Schltz
T. Bergenthals, after being out 25:hour, re-
turned verdict of guilty. The offence
charged was the omission to enter ship
ments of spirits in form. A motion made
for new trial in the Moeller case was ar
gued and taken under advisement by the
court. The case against Robt. Rlemert
and Leopold Worth, proprietors of Memo
nee distillery, was opened for the govern