, 1875-12-28
CHICAGO no7~S4o COMMENTS.


Of counsel for tho deirnse in S. Louis, Ml!wnu-
kce. and other places. which I,avo been carefully
reviewed by tho abls lawyers who will appear for
tho tpaictGd Chtcagonrs, but it does not arpear |
that ttcy haso Jet settled upon the limo Vi llich
will t,e carried into court.
Tho four rncmbets Ut tho Bar who are to do
fend moAt Of the EhiHky caser arc said to be
Mcssrs. Goudr, svctt, Sidney smith, and Heck
With, tho latter gentleman to be kept In the
fnoat private background, and not to he produced
exeert Rt consultations ThoAo gentlemen arc
credited With having far different idoas one from
another on tho rroper method OF making tho de-
fenBo. Smith il said 10 prefer to make = SQUARE
light on tho
CossT17r71osAL1Tr nY THE nEyESuE LAW,
snd 10 contesl that question to the bitter end
before attempting any othor defenBe Whatever.
Another gentleman is rAd to hayo brpacAed
tho pEopuAltloh Of making I'm big pool - buy
prominent Chicago ols:o holder, and through
bin 70 control tho bead Ut the Gosernmcnt 1t
IL not clearly understood how mich It would
take to accomplish the pnd nanod. but It Is
coEtaln that tlliB method of c'usng IN tho s1ilea
Wae grayely argued, and NAV bot got have been
abandoned ~ hardly feaxitls. Tic commitment
to tho Chicngoan In making him the object Of no
much eolic'sutc and ia assumiu; On lsia behalf
SO gruat influence over tho Executive IL
rather moro thau counterbalaucsd b9 tho back
handet1 einp at hia character implied iu raising
tue money on the assumption that there would
b no difficulty in placing it properiy vbea opco
In hand.
It In known that = special meeting nf "gentle-
men undtr cloud together with some Vi their
at orne:s. waA held ut North Side residence
lew nlEnts ago for tho pu, pose Of conaiaaring
WAYS AID MEANS
ont Of tue present troubles. At thnt meeting 1t
"ss decaied. after much consultation, to talso
purse OF CSC. 900 fot presentation 10 = Cnlcago
these tubecrited. The gentlemen WHO wore
Irceent at thu meeting will bo rcaHed to lrRrn
that IHg Tn1ECsE has a list Of tho su1as ofrcrod
to be paid By each subscriber.
AZ tue ranle discusalon. after tho matter bad
been settled aB to tic man who wns to got tho
sso.oo9, dist'!!Or knxlous!y inquired, "uow
about -? What must be haye:" And au IN
aetsa tsst'sier " toke rP promptly "oh hos all
Ou Applying to tho gentleman last referred to
yebtetaay. he Waa Inclined to doubt the rumor,
and SAIL that II any naan raised money for bin,
h1 "aatcd to have hl1u como 10 Bea him just
uuce.
MORE rnosA1c METHOD
Of lying out Of tho scrapea has been invented
BY gel:Ir.naa once in the Government serJ.ce
Tor tue LsueA. OF re:tidexs whu are III t1onb.o
II ID au Ingenious method OF defonse. sud III
tF,ecia! caaeH. rheu heoed by good stin sweat
ing, msv prove cisoctive,-or, shther might
prove useful were the Government cases less
strong than thcy aso- It IL 10 be known 10 this
connection that rectflere IN conpounding cer-
tain wneB and liquors rso dist.lIod water ar
necessary to produce uerfect put,tv and to nvod
sha tA'ns which egen !a*o Water has In d slight
deREcc. Thls dsst.lIod water hns been
made It nunbor OF p!nces outside
.n' IN for ss nsar u ueoa s i nsy Tin fsa b. saSi
that sonao Of tho Testimony sdduced against roc-
tltiers Wss for 1llici.ly. sec1otly. and asfaly
dumping liquors brought to their houaas IN bar
re's wituout s.slnps aud dumped Into their WITS,
tnnoane' IT dral Of night Another variation
was to tAko properly ssauped bastoIs from the
dittlilcry TO- tue 1ectlfylus house, dump them,
aud lnEts them back 10 refill in the absence Of
tho Gauset or storekeeper. In carrying out
this plan. It TAs ncco-saEs sometimes to take
hssse!s through the stsee-s 1t hight, and Haye,at
tImca the men engaged IN tho tranHpor.aslou
e,tsInosswern caught by tie Government sgens.
Lula was notably tho caso With the Cochssn dis
illery and the Hu.chiua rectlfyiug house,
in Tho trial OF which casos it was
dNofn that the proprietor was speu several tines
dsiyiue his teau, from his dstiierV to the other
oud oi tho route WITH pa. Lagos Of liquor In bis
aud back empty. III cases like tless it il I'm.
ders.ood to be the intention OF tho rtct,4er5 to
cnuie into court prepared to Bsear TINT the Brah-
1tGuus barrels Contained distilled water for CON.
"xpect to mako this paFutS,lar dodge work Ill
tbs way through, but thor will attempt to sxesr
at much as possible OF the liquor OF on the
watos scoro, aud some ot thom viii 10 PREPARED
With toa,iuiony which will bu plonl1ful in ala!,-
tlly. il not satisfactory iu qunlity.
ASoFHEn AND 4 aiMriKA METHOD
OF getting out Of trouble is 10 p0 practced by
ono or two Q! tlo indicted partscs wofst OH in
ticnar. who has becn, AZ " we're, o.erwhaluled
with oVidpnce, Ia quietly making hl8 ar1augo-
ments to change hia res!ueuco. WItllih 4
fow "ceks hc has como to tho CONCLUSION
that I'LL his struggles will bo in vain,
aud ho has accordingly been dlsposiug Of bls
Euota and chaatess atl1 pusaluE Tho proceeds
thereof into portable form Like m .4honor-
ab1e 1asn he il pad to hare dci'essted enough
funds H. q lEsends lApda to rsmbursc his bous.s~
taep. whu arc responsible mnn. FRIDAY last tho
gentleman 1n queston drew out Of Lank 9b,GOJ,
and took Il hotue with Altn In gteenbacks. From
what he SAID tboto il good TettHoa tor believing
that, "hpu Jau. II cou1oa around. It will ind tho
dlstillee {or rect'tieFl on different side of TIM
1lotsot 1tlyer from tho United States District
Couit for tho Sorthe1u District Ut tlllno,s.
TIE suRlEs.
The composition Of tha 0rapd Apd petit
jur1es for next torm ia tue Unlted States Coull
has now bceu detetalined. aud nothing touaius
but little tIme to insure ulcir prescuce aud
tho oeg.nuipg OF rho long-looasd-for trials.
FRIDAY afternoon, Just as Jn1ge BoJsctt "as
about to lease, he called on Coauis,lonrr lloyue
to rrn" Tho naues for the Gra1,d Jury which had
hecu ofdeESd. II Nas necessary to make tic ae-
lcct!"I At that ti1no, because tho Judge, having
his plln4 intent on Chthtmas. tnI act iutend to
return to buBluehs uutit Wednesday. In thia
stats OF tho case, and with eye 10 the necesut-
~ Of haHte, CommtHsioAer l1oypa brought OUT
Lis Little box Of ballots. With nanses on them.
aud sent for Commissioner PTosldfuot, who wHs,
however, not to bs ionul. Without waiting
for anybody tho drawing wns proceeded wlth
then and snere, and "blie the amtAbln Philip
dtsw tho uamcs from tho box, Fred Colo put
tlu,A down on paper. aud the Judge passed. upon
their ilsneAa Qua by ono. Ia this oil hand way
tweuty- three nAlas "cro drawn mud the !st put
nsn tho banda Of the MARSHAL It ID Understood
that .Lope ot tho members were from, Co0k Ccun-
ty, aud that they "esu GenaEalty ste Gottor claAs
OF farmers. 1t il ce taiuly to TO hoped lint tile
make M Of thu body may ie rat 0Fy boz auna
thcre viii usldo,.htedly bs gttat weigh: OF ts-
aroaslbfl'ty resting upon IT. While thora Ia no
reason to doubt the houesty or talruess Of
the ncLAoa Ut drawing. yot It would
hayo boon Iu0re in cont0lanco wllL
tho Importance Of she matters which
vii. coma before tho jurs. Il not quito 40 much
haste and iuormaiti Ind boeu nocessa1y. 1t
put4 Ms. Iioyuu III M awkward place also, De-
causa II tho jury, whet! assembled, shall prove
to bAve doubtful character or two Oh the lIst,
be will te unjustly and hololY blamed therefor.
whereas il the usual threa Commissioners hAt
prepared tho lss, lie responsibility would Ut
h. j,b0u .3iplh1t