, 1875-12-30

innt4nIt RtEht-l}C7ser. trAno H. WtlkIet uo-
colsod at,tl mule tIr victims of "terriblo COM
rpiracv," rs tho om'nent cnunsci termed It, The
Jury. howeser. thought different. mil awarded
MsH EARLY ~. .oo0. ono Of The largest NUNS aver
awarded ia libel case In shs cnnntry.
rHx GAZE ~ TUE RurnrME cotRr.
Tic Court regatdcd tho damAReh too heavy,
and. on motion for n now trial Tn tin rln.ntn
rcnttinR FtD .010 Of tho aum. ovcrsoloa Tho mo-
tlop and entered Judgment. HtoFaY apEoaled,
anl Tho caso waa e,guea Oct. % IN tts s'upromo
claimed that the E9urt erred In refusing 10
AlI!.t t:ttimony Glowing "n Ab*epce oi
'ns1ie? % Mr. sto'cys !afs. |: erred
weekly, and weetly Times, nIl contsining
tllu s!etamatorY article. and dated the same day.
~ they constituted but nne newHpaper, to-wlt:
tho Chicago Tsncs; It e7rcd fl refnnlpE to Id
NIT iD svldcsce the fotterg upon which The art-
clio waa basol ]. erred in excluding Sir. hsoroy's
conduct whon lie fiacovoEed that thcro waH
reason to bctteve tho letters roro forycd it
erred 10 n1cluang IRON tho Jury the article OF
retrac: ton: II orint In pnrntit,ng evidence TO he
Snpermo Cnurt McBHrH. Smith and Hfna!t ALLY
rctuted those cholgea and showed that l!o nrtcis
Of retsactiun III tho shape of al editorial hHd
haeI l}l5tlsEes Tbht what tho TiaHa claimGd
to 10 An an:tcIe of Tettaction WAS merely At
insulting letter from Rockford, which waa more
Al hSgr&yatton thao anything else.
THE hEsuLT WILL. sooS EE KxowS.
Tho deci.ion OF tl1e 8nrremn Court will be
kHQ"H lGN 1kFh Q0H kuG rulings OF JuuHQ
McIsobert. ~ll either bo Austained or pronounced
wrong. Both parties arc iuuking forward verv
an1ionejy 10 tile result Of Tia hearinR. Franc
u. W1ik,e rnado his boasts tito other day. and
Patrick Flynn. detective amp!oyed in thss mat
tor. has reiterated theul, that tho decision OF tho
Supreme Court VAS agauBt 3llss Larly. and that
q usw tria! will be grauted. EltonEd t4s provo
true, s1r. Early will nus b discouraged, hut
tiKbt the cAee aEniu with EeneWed euerYy.
4 SIDE Hfuw At NocKFDHD
Dut whlla thegreat 7tmes-Eatty circus With its
legal a!furenentH w&s attracting tia atteptlon Of
iteyers aud Judges I: Ottawa, Bde-sbow, in
winch Patrick Flynn aad Franc 3. Wilkio wore
nation in Eooxford. f1s s,do~show proved
~ the hts tent: Il appears that
OF datoetive, to lind out il possible, tho sushors
Of shs forged lottarH In tho course OF these itl.
veatiRatIpns ho cafue aefoas aome darapltAbie
pcrHohs who either oflorcd directly or Indirectly
to give Testimony to the eTaes that Miss Alico
Early had vtHted house Of Ill fame iu comp1uy
with Rockford lawyer.
Mebsrs. Wlt1o aid Flynn did not cover up
their tracks guihelently, and wa soun tnd Sena-
tor EARLY after them and discovering their
movements. liz promptly aud eree.ually i,ea4od
them on bv 1a7ing compliant before tho
Grani Jury Of Winuebaao County. The
indictment followed OIL tho 14th of
SIS. pc.ober.. The o1c!tomont !" Roe!s-
was first putlialod in THE TRlbrSE, Fpreal
THAT tho cditor OF tho Times ald tho cx-ShortH
ut Rockford had been iniicied for attempting to
brtbe w,tnerses to prove tuat which Ae had enl-
pl,atcally donie1 at tho trsa few mouths prior.
hut after several dnys excitement, triumph OF
lrocraHsinat1on Was announced aud q change of
ycnaa Etanted from the Wlnnebago Circuit Court
to that OF Boone County. Tho trlnl III those two
Wor:h1es IL got for tue second Monday In EeDru-
ary ucxt.
BTtLL ANOTHER BRANCH or IT.
1hs pntaie At laage thought tho caes "onla not
ngalu be biousht into public n0t!ce until the
ts!ai OF Wilkio aud F.ynu for conspiracy, aud
Ind it not been fur few words overheard by i
"IaiBuNE correspondent, nothing wtateyor of the
nsS Developments would hnso been knos II
to tho public until that time. Both "!!tle
mud Flynn tnloro especially tho las-
indictnlons to discover tho writer's Of tue
forged lsttera. ns they knew full wal that in tho
thp discovery Of those po'suns lay tue Chief and
only nafo method at their letsneo. Looking Ut
1t IN wslat Light wo rnnY. they wore discovered in
ycrf bad business, aud unless il could 10
proved beyond tho Aha1ow Of a doubt that tue
object thoy had III view was All
honorable one, their -, punishment might
work TO discover thu iettsr.wriior or WritDrs III
auEuratod. Tho ecent WAS obtained ~ intlnlatod
above, mud the track was followed until they hre
now actually in possession OF sufficient evidence
~ VIII Fs~s e14p Fos sF0tANset"
TUE FlltsT LINE.
THE TntDuNE representative W1B standing Ia
pubic regJrt T. low days siuc1. ntId accidentally
overheard tue conversation between one OF the
expert Writers WHO have bfan employed TO ex-
amino the writing and the ex-5hertG. Tie
dialogue waH Al follows:
Ex.shetitr--Weil. ar, after hours Of careful
examination, la the nlauuacr,pt nov In llr. 80
oilieu aeutlcal Will tue D0uY1tt aud 1towb.ldEe
letter?
sAne.
Ex-s. F.-That ia your opiuton7
E. W.-The1a Gull 10 no opinion about It The
writing Is beyond q SHADOW Of o doubt tho Eanlc.
Fifteen expe1.a ia C!aitaGo Afo ready 70 sWanr 70
it. 30 will any ono who has seon 1t.
WORKING TO BEE TUE WRITING.
Tho two wnt8ea AWAY, au1 this wah all thn ro-
porter tben heard. IthowsyeE furnished oew,
aud upon application at tho Office mentioned by
tho ex-oheflH ho MAJ pcremptoriiy ueniel the
privilege Of looking as the Writing. tew days
e'apasa. and ey a.us Of pefso :eIance aud per-
ssrs. TLe nledsatt iotter Vas hrst
compared with manuscript written by tho sup-
posed author Of tho ltmes~Ear!y slandor. in
ls1!. It VIVA unms.akable. Tho same biz
beliied b's, the Haa.o I'ecunarity about tito au4l
1's n marked contradstinctlon to tue preceding
onea. Tue a'a all through both Documents never
teing 1otuet:, too, when Preceded By =
cullar vs.. sticking up hero ana tLero like
10 many kyonE,ng sbosts pointing out Tho gull
~ man tho Gu woso perfect fsc slmlles tho
on aud ~ oil join at tLe top; the peculiar ourv
ing Of tin ta aud dottlng OF 10. and tile dozen
othor featurss In common establish boyund tue
Possibility Of \ doubt that one And tho tans
taan Eroto both nanusoript8.
THE MoBT pAMN1Sn Pnoop.
However, mich tho 1862 manuscript compares
with tile Dlodxott lettsf. lAter documents written
by tue aaEae tnan arc moro satisfactory. II such
| tslug gould bo. Tho Troabr,dss letter was
written by tile Hama adrolt hand. in different
coiosed lux, different papar, Aoa With dnoI Iiau,
thus malt1lk tile wr!sIIg anlaIlcE. But here tho
same characteristics drop out. The best discovery
Vas made yestor1ay, WHOM ha'f 4 pago Of writing
waA obtained by Deiectva Fiynu, kuown to oo
In ths handwriting Of tho allesel sutAor Of tho
lottefs, in Which he had for oYer Q 1ozon lines
written preciaely the same disgul4ca hand OF
| the Trowhfdge letter, aud Afterwards drs~u \
| pom through tuem. This, 30 far ~ the writing
In concerned estAbllHhos the author beyond co.l-