, 1876-06-25

q" A4o%r DAt AAAA4} cHN IE LAOAHut ~ hAS
extrayagant. lie went on to say that
months, and some Of the others far less than
they had received. Cooper, for instance, he
said, was good man, as was Dr.. Rush. Hc hal
expected that their sentences would have been
lighter, and believed that the Court erred in
marking them SO high. They were not really
guilty compared with the others, but he could not
cxplain their sentences In any other way than
that they were victims Of llefnous conspiracy.
Just here he deviated from his line Of remarks
to make some severe charges against Col. Jues-
SEN He said he had employed and paid him as
counsel about s7O0, whereas he had turned up
on him IN the interest OF Hesing, and endeaEor-
cd to kill him by atfidavits. He then entered
into an explanation OF the
MITIGATION or SENTENCE
proceedings of q few days ago, claiming that H.
G. Miller, Ernest Mattern, and Louis Berger had
0n to pay SoSe s. nia ior never @a,s toFsea Is F ar
Legged, but ~ his brother had bought
Alattern, he said he had been dismissed By Mum
for ncglecting his duties, and that all that was
ever asked OF him In money was S.}1 for election
expenses, which was paid to Hoyt. In the
fcldt WAS running crooked" hc Ind never
countermanled any orders made by the Col
1eetor.
These explanations being through with, the
reporter became inquisitivc, and learned that
Mr.. Rchm
NEVER HAD MAD ANY INFLUENCE
OF any account IN removing or appointing
Gaugers, and whatever he had, came from the
Collectors. lic had had nothing to do with tho
removal Of Juesscn, but he had brought on his
iscs. At the. time Of Juessen's appointment,
Rehin said there WIS d campaign debt on his
hands amounting to $500. Juessen promised
to assume, aud did assume, the liability, giving
he denied it, hence his removal. He assisted in
the appointment Of Irwin US Juessen's Successor,
and had known him Il long WHILE and init
nlatcly. From this period commenced his
'crookedness. He was recognized as leader,
and the consequence was that everybody who
wanted q position came to him.
lie COULD NOT WORK FOR NOTHING,
and did not hesitate to take some loose change
for his Influence in securing appointments. Hc
Was, however, innocent OF any crooked work, and
he had recommended so many thieves, and that
the opportunities for thicving were so great.
He said he held his influence, somehow, under
succeeding administrations, but was careful
enough to ctrta}l his recommendations. In the
ease Of Dan Mum, for instance, he did not In
dorse him, neither did hc favor tho appointment
OF Walsworth. Under the circumstances, how
cycr, he thought it very strange that
they should hare escaped as they
did. He reasoned in this wise: He
authorities at Washington, Whatever. yet was
mysteriously informed In advance Of the vista
tion OF Governmental agents to distillcries in
the citg. He would not say that either 'pa1s-
worth Or Mum posted him In the matter, but
it was asserted that II he had to testify again
that his evidence would not be different fron,
what it had been, even II to change it would
save him from ten years. solourn at Joliet
lie DID NOT ESOW WHAT HIS SENTENCE WOULD
BE;
hal rcnniyn mn nromfses of any nat11rc but the
whole matter had been Left with his attorney.
! HI had understood from him that be would
get OF light, and he expected nothing less, in
view Of the fact that without his evidence moth
ing could have been done, and no convictions
ever realized in his work had been
spent in the interest Of his political
friends, and II Ae had had his choice, he said, by
way OF closing his talk, he would far rather
have bccn in jail the last six months than to
undergone. He. had not been able to sleep ut
night, and his family had undergone an unrasi-
ness that was q fur greater punishment than his
] confinement could inHct.
WAITING EVENTS.
It having been rulnorel last evening that Emery
4. Storrs would proceed to Washington at an
early llnte III behalf Of his clients, Rush and
Pahlman, an1 Dickenson and Abel, q TRIBUNE
reporter called upon him at his hotel
71Mr. Storrs, arc you going to Washington in
the course OF d day or two!"
cannot say now when will 60. 1 am
watching the course Of events"
sin What direction ?''
II am anxious to see Judge Bangs call up
tile first batch Tor sentence. Should they get
tlluir inst deserts, there will be no necessity for
cd wait to know it. In that case ] will go
tn Washington and do what cali to obtain a
paraon for those who were sent to the County
Jail yesterday