, 1875-12-03
INDIANAPOLIS.
GENERAL 6Q4FHIEE.

!spt:4al dispatch so 1hs Chicago 7rfbane
tNptAsAroL1a. Ind, Dec. 2.-The plea Of gull
ty of John ". Bingham in the United States
Court to-day took everybody by surprise. 1t
was understood TINT tho BinGharns would make
fight. As 1t is. thcy hare surrendered prop
crsy to tho amount Of 9G0. 1000, and s1e now con-
feaHod criminals aud bankrapss.
DEFoaE THE onAND JURY.
Immediately after the plea wad entered. Ding
ham NRa released on lis own recep,uizanco,
Ho went at ouce boforo tho Grand Jury,
aud Is understool to have naae .
clean breast OF Tho ling business, hIs stay occu-
pylng most Of tho afternoon, 1t Is lnovn that
Lis Etatomnut be'ose tho Jury duplicates I've or
Elk perAoaa who have not ret been mentioned in
connection With the operations Of tho Riux
Several tthaso ayo old Govornmen. employees
Of the First novcnue District. now ont Of ollcc,
but residing IN the district. It is supposed that
they Mil DO indicted Tar the sane oIanto as
those now Ia trouble, vlz.. for oouspiring 10 de-
fraud the Government and for aocup.inR bribes.
BoNEr ru1So THAT GEN. vEATcu Is PROBABLY u1Ap
ABOUT.
4 gentleman vho, by reason Of bis connection
With sLu crooked whisky trials in this State, Ia in
position to knav OF whom 10 spcaks, ASSURED
= representative Of tho journal so-day that, in
the revelations Of John ". Bingham, thcre il
nothiug which CAD By any possibility reflect upon
tho official integrity Of 0sn. Veatel, Collector
for the First District though divers other OIL
clals ara implicated with Irregularities that have
prevailed there.
ito ths Assotf1ttd Prtu.1
BINGHAM ACKNOWLEDGES THE CORN.
1Np1ASApo1IB, Dec. 2.-JoAn 3. Bingham
reached this city from 81. Louis tblB morning in
charge Of the Marshal of Missouri. Whom
brought before the Court to-dar, Gen. 6hacket-
ford presented an affidavit OF Mr. Dlpgham's
setting forth In detail tho cause Of ILLS detention
ut st. Louis and hls inability 10 bo preseut In
porson on tho 30th OF November, tho dAss aet
for his trial. This 1o:nmcuL altar selatI,g tho
whereabouts Of tho dalen1aat up 10 tho 25th Ut
November, continues that It tho date last meu-
tioasd Mr. Bingham was in attendance upon bin
n;G:usF nd "ho .nIs1 s1 tsn1o ;srou''y , i'll " Pa
consent, or coun,vancv, Or that Of his astornoSs
surrendered him into tho c1hloly Of tho Marshal
OF Missouri. in which dssttci thero wA4 ~ in.
aictu,ent Ee1dfnG agAluat him prior 10 thA. re-
.u1nod b' tbs 1ndiana Court; that ho wss tahcn
to ut. Louis, whcrc, bong comparative etran-
ger. tie was uuablo 10 Eivs u nsw boud, and
Consequently could not fecuro hls release mud hh
hero III person At the t'mo dos1Runted for tho
hearing of Ills case. In vses oi thoao facts, tho
bond Bot aside. and himself released OH tho
hsme rocogulzauoe, ~ 1t stood prior to Nov. 50.
Tho affidavit concludes with positive denial
Of auy intention on tho defendants part. OF thAs
OF his counsel, to rsfpstrate . fraud upon tho
Court.
Al tho conclusion Of ths reading Of tho docu-
nout, the pislrict.Alsotney oforIng no objeo-
lions to tho ssstu.nenis set forth in 1t. and ac-
qutesc!ns 10 the reauost that the forfeiture Of
doteudant's bond be set asids, tho Court accord
inSly 10 directed
Altar diHposiug Of this matter. tho dsfendant
withdrew his plea OF not guilty ~ tue tiye sepA-
ratio indictments pending axainst him tor sio!a-
tiop of she Revenue law, and outetud \
plea Of guilty. This znovo WAS entirely
unexpected, ~ defendant hl8 protested hia IN
nocsnee Of tho charges pseferled against h,m.
state sdst Tho evidence ag1nss hln u g strong
that any defense would b8 trultlesa- Mr. Blog-
ham has baen released On hia osu recognizance.
10 await tho sentence OF the Court, which. IN All
pIobsbllty will NOT be entered before tho laat
OF uezt week.
oTHvA CASES.
Thusnday ne1L tho casss of those paEtfss uu-
dor Indictment Who have expressed their intsa.
tton Q! s1andioY ttlAl m.ll have : hssfi1g,
Of guilty In tho interim. Tho condition
Of ME Gordon Dlnghsu.. who IL lying " u
Patoka, IL reported 10 oe verr clltteel, which
necessarily de!Aya Tho disposition of hia case.
Tue snprositlon IL TINT he will pu1suo tla same
toutaa ~ that OF hla brother, J, w., ~ above
stated.
DkvgLopMKNTs lxPkcr.p.
Giuoe hiA raleass. MF. UloshAm mas 9oae ba-
ioro tho Uuised 6tAtas Grand jury. now iu Eos-
slou, aud It II believed will unbosom hlmsell
Of matters in his knowledge which will cause
0ther hasrts to btaSd, and that In localities not