New-York tribune., 1875-11-13
THE WHISKY CAMPAIGN.
THE BATTLE AT ST. LOUIS.

THE BATTLE AT ST. LOUIS.
JOYCE BEGs TO BE sENTENCED-HoWARD AND
nEILERMAN PLEAD GUHrY-fIFIY BARRELS Oh
WHISKY TO HAVE BEEN BOILED INTO COURT
GUNTuER's CAsE-THEoDORR TILT0Ns THRUST
AT M'KEE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12.-Since the conviction and In
generation Of special agent Joyce at Jefferson CITY
for completely in the revenue frauds, strenuous ell
forts have been made to have him brought before
the Grand Jury in st. Louis. The suppositon was
that he is possessed Of knowledge which would ma
terially aid in defining the exact degree of cu-
pabty of tho st. Louis cOnsprators, and
would be the means Of bringing to justice
certain persons now under SUSPICION against whom
conclusive proof is lacking Joyce stated few days
ago, that he knows nothing of Importance to the
Grand Jury of this District, and even in case he had
TO use his own words he would be shot before he
would peach" Yesterday, however, motion was
made 10 have Joyce delivered to the Marshal OF tins
District. Strenuous objections were raised by joyce
and his counsel. The Court delayed ruling on the
motion. and this morning the following was filed:
And now comes the defendant in his own proper per
son aud pr1ys the Court for leave Withdraw the mo-
ton for new trial hereioiSe ea ana G aS soye t case e
be passed upon him, John A. Joyce
The Court decided that this motion takes prece-
dence over that for his delivery to the marshall and
will pass upon it tomorrow
In the District Conrt for the Eastern District this
morning the cases Of Jno T. Howard and Loms
Kcllelmann, under indictment for completely with
the whisky frauds were brought to a sudden con-
clusion by the men pleading guilty. They were
both United States gaugers, and there were TWO liz
dictments against each Individually for signing
false gaugcr's certificates, and three JOINT III
dictmcnts with Others for conspiracy TO
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peared as counsel for both men. In behalf of
his clients he withdrew their former pleas of mot
guilty and entered pleas Of guilty" to each in
dlctment. Kellermann's was set for trial this
morning. and the prosecution was prepared to intro
duce rather novel and sensational species of evil
dcnce against him. One of the indictments charges
him with having issued double bumpers on fifty
barrels Of whisky, and his duplicate certificates on
the same number were in possession of the court
dated within three or four days Of each other certl-
fving that the stamps had been destroyed. Tho
Government also had in its possession Fifty barrels
of whisky bearing the same numbers with the orig
ina stamps undestrOyed and ready for use the thrd
time. These barrels were ready 10 be rolled INTO
court and exhibited TO the jury as evidence OF the
faseness of the certificates that the stamps BAD Deen
destroyed.
Arthur i;unther, Revenue Agent was brought into
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him for receiving money for failing TO report frauds
in whisky and tobacco. He entered plea OF :" not
guilty. and gave bond in the sum OF $4,000.
John McFall Louis Kelleman, aud John f. How
ard. gangers. having been indicted for violation OF
their official duties the Ds!rict-AttOrney filed pc
titon against them and their securities for damages
on their official bonds. To this petition Their coun-
sell ex-Cov. Fletcher, filed a demurrer. which
was argued last Monday, and, on the request OF
Judge Treat. was further argued on last Wednesday.
To-day Judge Treat rendered his decision, sustaining
some points of the demurrer and oyerrung Others
but as the demurrer to the whole petition,
Judge Treat decided that some of the breaches
were we'll assigned tho demurrer must be overruled
The result was that the United States took leave to
amend gener lily, and file new petition within
twenty days.
An amusing incident occurred at the lecture OF
Theodore Tlton at the Mercantile Library Hall to-
night. connected not remotely with the Whisky Ring
business singular as il may seem. The Globe Demo-
crnt of which Mr, William Mckee is senior proprle-
tor, having several days ago published some bitter
reflections on Nr. Titon, IN the attitude OF moral
teacher that gentleman the early portion of his lee
ture referred 10 the circumstance with the observation
that the criticisms of The Globe Democrats editor
might have come with better grace from some
public censor not under criminal Indictment The
tumultuous applause which followed evinced to
greater extent perhaps tho feeling OF repngnance ana
Indignation entertained by the public for the mem
bers Of the Whisky Ring than any particular sy m
pathy for the speaker