, 1876-01-23
Ssne tf tho Tettran Editors Underground
Eidlisbt Interviews With
fitzoy.
+, Which the Latter Vas Reminded
that "This Is a Sacred
Thing"
onac}meu Devices Rcsortcd to by
tho Pekin Distillcrs
Criminal Negligence Makes Little Head
vay Against the Powerful Ring.
M'kEE.
4 U4BE LOOK.

M'kEE.
4 DARE LOOK.
Epsefsl pfspat:h To Th4 Chie1os Tribune.
s., LOUIS. Jan. 22.-lt is the remark whic}
., counselor this Afternoon. Just after the ad
ior1praeot Of Court, meaning thereby to typif,
liz .s,ouishment 1t tho very stubborn facts
which the prosecution had ELECTED to-day agalns
Mckee He kuew what to expect from Megrue
md Fitz,oy, but the testimony Of Engelke ani
Thorpo came out much stronger th.p ever be-
fore, being moro in detail aud more prsciso and
suphst,c than tho attorneys for the defense had
been led TO boliere- Tho testimony a.
Developed today constitutes chain that
enfp]is tho veteran Journalist like =
bca constructor. and will take no ordinary power
to e1t..cate him from its mighty coil. His ouly
reasonable hope Of escape. 20 far ~ the casa .n
1eyeloped, il BY tho impeachment of the three
Witnesses xho testified to-day The Govern
uens has doubtless presented the strong sldo Of
Ito csss and il Fitzzoy, Megrue, and Thorpe
esn be discredited. the defendant is safo; hut
rrIRE Is TIE RUB.
Il usy BE- comparatively easy job to dispose Of
Nezrue sad Fltzrog, but Thorpe and Eoselko
a1e reputable people, and the establishment
ct their infAnJ will not be 50 easy. The
only thing NOW against them is the fact that
they sre among those who hare pleaded guilty
to Indictment for whisky-frauds. Tho effort
made by the defense to-day to impeaeh these
two witnesses on their c1oes-e1amipstion was
not SUCCESS, and 80 far their testimony is like
the handwriting On tho wall against McEee
The Government attorneys uay. however, that
their case is not Jet made out bv any means,
end that Monday morning tner will proceed to
PILE PElIoS on ossA
by thc introduction OF q witness who will make
tho chaia thst wraps abound tho defendant
sud J. H. Coscaunon, e1-Deputv Collector. are
mentioned as the tho ne1r important witnesses
for tho prosecution Concaunon w2s 30 upset
= few months ago by tho disgrace thss came
upou him that his mind became unbalanced. and
it was necessary to keep h'm confined. He has
row fully recovered, and msdo his reappea1ance
on tho streets several days ago. It is said that
heTill b powerfnl witness againsr the good Dea-
eco, ehoWng bsroEd cavil hia intimate connection
With what Mckee assured F1szroy were very
sacred things. Everest ID also said to be chock-
ful Of ''dAnnifying disclosure" That much
talked-of witueas is
SILL HID USpER BrsuEL.
but tn strict-AttoEney persists in saying that
he NIL be brought forth in good time to ehed Z
1ad1nt glare over the Whisky Ring operations,
md particularly McKee's rolatlons thereto.
The testimony Of Thorpe is looked upon -
she worst which has been elected against Nc
hes, the picture OF the old man gliding at 10
tho9orRhfare of St. Louia. to 8eek
back entrance 10 the Lindell Hotel for tho pur-
pose Of appealing to Fltzroy for salvation, w4s
pIctare SO vivid that the pant thereof will be
hald to waah OIL. The cellar-lntcrriew between
Thorpe and Mckee is also viewed as bad for
Cnclo Billy. This cellar waa not q lighted base
ment: but rather asubtcrranean vault Of Gimme
11an darkness. except whom lighted bv gas and
thu decent thereto for conference NTH Thorpe
shors
TIE EXTRAORDINARY CAUTION
which the defendant WAS using in covering up
nis tracka- There is very general Impression
that tho prosecution made = hoTid mistake IN
accepting tho juror whose name is Mckee, and
There il reason to believe that tho Government
[eass hun very much AL people hare sort Of
'eFere1eo fer their patronvmic, and McEec is
3oo OF that class who would be loath to bring
dsgrace on h:s family uane. even if it were 20
Fu}sar one az Smith. The dcfeuse is doubtless
be deck. and if tho jury is t,ed into Go1eIsp
not 1t vii! be bv
TEE rrRoR x'KEr.
Sons un!nfo.med people have expected that
fl!l.an Mckeea chief partner d. M. Qouse1.
'onld be more or lees reached during the trial
r Mckee, but from tho very beginning Of
le whisky troubles to tho present time that
entlsman has passed through tho fire Of inyes-
asatlon uusca,hed, his good name never being
nco etained, and tho records showing him to
aa'e been amidst thia reign OF corruption man
ons reur a sans reproche.
TIn the Asssadted Press]
81. LOUIS, Jan. 22--Ihe United States Court
pom VIE crowded again today. The halls out
,ourt.
Ibe FIRST witness was B. Il. Eneelke, Of the
I'm of Bemecker & Co.. 1cct1fcrs After srat- |
Is That hi. frm had handled good deal Of !
rocked whisky, witness rccounted 4 long con-
etsat.on be had With Mckee at the Clobe- Demo
Fot Office, in October, 1874, OF which the fol-
WING 10 the substance: / vent to McKce At ]
70 ho'icitation OF Henry Haxdaway, ex-Uuited
sates otoIekeeper. and told him that JoYco h.d
someea dafdauay that he should be given M
hetees IN the Bnsby dss.illery, and should not
Of this, Henry H.rdaway VAS
take caro- Of Chat Hardaway, his brother.
egrue. and other fellows who threatened mis-
llet- Hardaway complained that Joyce was
.ahnE double "ith him, and that be apd Nc
ona'o we're always throwing obstacles in his
'rther to do With Joyce, snd threatened # ths
1soy o,ahiteIy arrangement WAS not carried I
1t. and he an3 his friends, most Of whom ua,a
'"Gauge1s and Storekecpe1s, and knev All
'ont tho Illicit dlstillins that had been carried
J. would be disposed to break up the R,nu
Id Mckee that this was an arrangement in.
stod on by Harda~ay md his friends and that
It Was not carried ont they would
Burst THE RIHG.
Also told him they had already brought su,
.rsisor Num-. OF Illinois, over here; had rono
ound With him 1t night, and shown him what
9 Buhby houBe IVES doing; that Chat Hard
'sy bad, or was to have. 1 commissioner
ON the fereurT Of the Tleasu1y 70
1oneh this Dlstrict and With tho knowledge
had he knew just whcrs to strike the Ring.
chee asked il this was the only way they could
, Kept quiet. aud replied that this was the
ny thing that they would accept. and further
ole Henry Hardaway had particularly Request
ne to sav to him (Mckee} that he made the
1lets and Chat fred them, ana
u II he IMcKee) and the Ring could not
.oo them, they (the Hardawayo) could. Mckee
ea sad he would drop note to joyce, and
ee MN come over and SEQ him. said Joyce
: : oot II his Office. McKeo then said .'Jry
Keep them quiet for few days, and viii
!. "oAs can be done" I told him that would
:. co. - HardawAy and Barton we're outside
as:nH Tor me. and wanted positive and in
,ua1e ~ answer They had declared they would
~ ny more ehil'ysha;lyiog. Mckee told mo
"4nla tee joyce in the morning, and for me
veil 3hGrU Tint hA J