Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-03
THE WHISKY FRAUDS.
The Case Against the Binghams in In.
diRna-JOhn W. will Make Hearts
Bleed i'm Places Heretofore
Unsupported.
The Suits i'm Wisconsin Ex-senator
Carpenter After Two Chicago
Journals for LIbeI-A Re
esIeiiranI Witness.
JOHN W BINGHAM ACKNOWLEDGES


/ JOHN W. BINGHAM ACKNOWLEDGES
THE CORN, AND WILL UEBOsOM
! INDIANAPOLIS, December = john
| w. Bingham Tesched this city from st.
| Louis this morning, in charge OF the
| m@ishsl OF Missouri. When brought
Def re the court 70. day, General Shack
! 6ltord presented an affidavit Of Mr..
| Bingham, setting forth In detail the
cause Of his detention at st. Louis and
his inability to be present in person on
the thiItieth OF November, the day set
for his trial. The document, after re-
lating the whereabouts of the defendant
up to the twenty.ffth Of November,
continues: THAT 81 the dale last men
t1o0ed Mr. Bingham was in attendance
upon his brother, who lay ,Ei1rsly i'll
at Patoka, and while there his s.. Louis
bondsmen, without his knowledge, con-
sent or connivance, or that OF his altor-
neys, surrendered him into the custody
OF the marshal Of Missouri, in which
district there was an indictment pend
ing against him prior TO that returned
by the Indiana court; that he was taken
to st. Louis, where, being a comparative
stranger, he was unable to give new
bond, and con: eqUently could not secure
his release and be here ia person At the
time designated for the hearing of his
cause" In view of these facts the
defendant asks to have the forfeiture of
his bond set aside and himself released
on the same rec0gniZance as it stood
prior to November Sd" The affidavit
concludes with positive denial of any
intent on the defendant's part, or inst
OF DIS counsel, to Perpeirate fraud upon
the court at this point. Att the conclu-
sion of the reading of the document the
disir ct prosecutor interpreting no objec.
lions to the statements set forth in it,
and acquiesciDg in the request that the |
forfeiture Of the defendants be set aside, |
the cOUra accordingly so directed. After |
dispOsing of this matter the defendant |
withdrew his plea of not guilty to the |
five separate indictments pending |
against him for violation of the revenue |
law, and entered plea of guilty. This |
move was entirely unexpected, as the |
defendant has protested his innocence |
of the charges preferred against him. |
Those who ere in position to know, |
however, state that the evidence against |
him Is so strong that any defense would /
&c fruitless. Mr.. Bingham has been re-
leased on his own recOgnizsnce to
await the sentence of the court,
which, in all probability, will rot |
W OClO1C IuC la5L VI u6AI
week. Thursday next tue csses
OF those parties under indictment, who /
nave expressed their intention of stand
ing trial, will have hearing in the
event they don't put in plea OF guilty
in the interval. The condition of Nj.
Gordon Bingham, who ia lying i'll at Pa
loka, is reported be very critical, which
necessarily delays the disposition of his
case. The superstition is that he will
pursue the same course as that Of his
brother, J. w. Bingham, as above
stated. Since his release, Mr.. Bingham
has gone before the United States Grand
jury, now in session, AMI, it is believed,
viii unbOsOm himself Of matters in mis-
knowledge, which will cause other
hearts TO bleed, aud that in localities not
heretofore susI ected Of any irregulsrlty.
The result Of his disclosures will be
awaited, and some startling
revelations may be expected. Hiram !
b. Snyder, another of the parties in
dicted by the grand jury, has entered q
plea Of guilty.
MORE WHISKY SUITS AND A LITTLE BIT
OF LIBEL.
MILWAUKEE, December I'm the
case OF Taft & Weiner to-day several