The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-08


Gen. White as collector FOR the two
districts embracing the Evansville and
Terre Haute, with headquarters at Terre
Hsute, and retaining Gen. White as collec-
tor. great number of prominent gentle
men from Indianapolis telegraphed to the
department at Washington, urging
Gen. Veatch's retention, but no at
tention was paid to them and Gen.
Veatch steps down and out under
very embarrassing circumstances, but to
judge from appearances be will be offered
the position of deputy collector, with head
quarters a. Evansville; that Is if the Evans
Williams will keep still, and not talk too
loudly against the benefcence of the great
civil service of the government. Gen. Veatch
says that he is in no mans way politically,
and under no circumstances will he be a
candidate for governor, and can
not imagine why he is so
summarily removed. He intimates that
Gen. Hunter is a politician and may be a
candidate for congress, to be vindicsted, and
as Gen. White is in his district he may ask
his support as a remuneration at the next
election. John W. Bingham, of whom
was expected great revelations incul-
pating number of high OFF,
Gals, who was before the United
States grand jury yesterday, emphaticslly
stated that Gen. Veatch had done nothing
to his knowledge to warrant any imputa-
ton of dishonesty to him or COM
plicity with frauds. It was rumored
that Gen. Veatch had been been in
dicted by the grand jury, but there is no
Veatch is indicted it will not be by the testi-
mony of Mr.. Bingham, but by those who
were under Gen. Veatcb, and who have al
ready been proven guilty of deceiving him
| and bssely violating his confidence.
BINGHAM's TESTIMONY
before the grand jury yesterday can not be
fully told without violation of conf
dence, but this much can be said that there
will be cracking among the tall timber be-
fore long. While Bingham does not impeach
Gen. yeatch's honesty or implicate him in
the frauds, what be told leads In high
of grand juror, "No one
knows where the thing will Stop
Henry Clay Ely, said to be the editor OF the
Holy Ghost, a sacrilegious paper, who is the
main man In wholesale liquor house that
is said to have dealt in the crooked,
and excited the wonder of attorney
and iurymen. His house handles
upwards OF a million dollars worth of liquor
| year, and one side of the house is said to
| Re straight and the other "crooked," but
nothing has ever been found to warrant
L
| frauds. Ely, who looks like a lad of nine
| teen, but is older than he looks,
asked more questions than were
| asked of him, and he was allowed to take
up the innocent line OF his travel to the
holy city of Chicago, where his testimony is
needed He has been at Milwaukee, st.
Louis and Indianapolis, and now finishes
up his tour of testimony at Chicago. From
what could be learned of the action of the
grand jury Veach Is unscsthed, so is Mr..
Partridge, but McGriff is under cloud.
1t Is now stated that Judge Drummond,
United States circuit judge, whose circuit
composes the states of Wisconsin, Illinois
and Indiana, will be here on the 7th inst,
and may be called upon to sentence the
prisoners in the whisky cases.
II. B. Snyder yesterday withdrew his
plea of not guilty, and plead guilty in the
whisky ring operations.
HOW HILLS CASE Is CONSIDERED AT HOME
The Evansville Journal Of yesterday has
the following: Detective Jim Hill is charged
with receiving hush money, and it is said
that IL will be proven that he received Q
blind to the movements OF the
ring-Sl00 per month from the
Binghams and $50 from Kingston
1t is intimated that Kingston and Bingham
will testify to this. On the other hand the
revenue men are firm in the belief that Hill
Is innocent. Alter nOt1c6 Dad been received
of Hill's being accused here, General Vestct
suspended him from the service last Friday
He informed Hill that indictments would
probably be returned against him, and adj
vised him to get bis friends ready tor bal
and to stand by him. The next morning
"a bench warrant and deputy
marshal arrived in this city fol
him, but he had disappeared. Mr.. Harry
Vestch advised the deputy to telegraph tt
indianapolis if he felt uneasy and have Hill
stopped. A deputy was consequently de-
tailed to meet Hill at the depot, but failed
to recognize his man, and returned to the
marshsls Office in despair, to nnd that Hill
had given himself up to the marshal. Be.
fore he left this oity he pledged himself by
everything sacred to Gen. Veatch that ht
| Was innocent