The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-05-23
SUMMING UP.
JUDGE BANGS SPEECH FOR THE PROS.
ECUTl0N IN THE MUM CASE.
lie Reviews the Evidence. and Tries
10 Prove that the Defendant IL entity.

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| The evidence on both sides In the trial
of ID. w. Mum, for completely In whisky
frauds was closed yesterday. The argu-
ments of counsel to the Jury were en-
tered upon, at the opening of court this
morning. MIR. Dexter was expected to
make the final summing up for the prose-
| cution, but, as he has been unavoidably alb.
sent during the greater portion OF the
trial, the programme had to be changed,
giving Judge Bangs the opening and Mr.
Aver the closing. Messrs. DOOlittlc and
Ingersoll will sum up for the defense.
DIsTRICs ATTORNEY BANGS
| commenced his address to the jury BY re-
ferring to the importance and difficulty OF
| the duties of the jury. The case Is Of es-
pccial importance to the defendant. lie
Is man of standing, character, educa-
ton, a man who has been honored with
important public offices. The theory of
the defendants counsel is that he, an in
noccnt man, walks trcmblingly into
court, while guilt walks In without alarm.
II this be so, then he is entitled to the
benefit of that fact. On the other hand
the case Is of Importance te the common
wealth. While innocence should be pro-
tected, there should be no
MAwKIsU SYMPATHY
on the part OF the jury for criminal who
has trailed his good character In the miro,
the filth, and the degradation of crime.
The government, the jury, the court, the
public, have no interest in the conviction
OF an innocent man. Personally, he
would be glad to sec Daniel w. Mum
indicated. You have seen, day after day,
the ugly facts presented, pointing with
thnt ftt,fra nt 1af.. 1nn Mt
They look like the finger of doom. II Is
necessary to review this entire situation.
His character and standing must be taken
into account in order to obtain the bear
ing of all these facts. What are these
factsl The government has carefully
provided a system of revenue.
SECOND TO NONE on EARTH
In the facilities afforded for the fcrreting-
out of fraud. The counsel have read to
the jury the reguls tions governing distil-
leries and rectiiiers, showing how careful
precautions the government have taken
to guard against frauds. The regulations
affecting gaugers and storekecpers were
also read.
Mr.. Mum was Supervisor, a supc-
riOr officer, ranking even the Collector,
whom he can set aside aud turn out, II
he suspects fraud. We will show that
Mum had no excuse on earth for not I'M
Outstanding oil these things. and for not
discovering these frauds. He is a law
yer, and he had year before these COM
menced to look in into the matter and in
form himself. His duties were to super
| wise the whole business, and he had cor
| responding powers, and he has no eX-
cuse for not exercising them. Judge
Bangs read to the jury the several Sec
tons of the law relative to the powers
| and duties, Of supervisors. Now what
| are
He found bera n 100. :ppointed in 1871.
army OF gaugers and storekeepers. He
came here and found Mr.. Irwin rs Col
lcctor, and HOyt, Minty and others. An
honest man, who has no proclivities to
be easily tempted, could no more have
breathed in the atmosphere he found
here among the distillers and at the col
lector's Office, than an angel could
breathe In tOphet, without being put on
his guard. What was his situation? A
whole army of thieves, stealing all the
time, and Mum the only honest man
among them. He came in contact with
Rhem, Hoyt, Irwin. Bridges, Minty; his
whole contact was of contamination. lie
must either have gone in with them, or
raise an explosion and clean them all out.
There Is no escape from these conclu-
sions on general principals. DO we find
him discovering fraud! Not at all. We
find him on intimate terms with all these
men, including Conkling, of Milwaukee.
There was q
BUSINESS ANTAGONIST
between Mum and the distillers and
rcctiflers necessarily. He had no bust.
ness to smooth over anything which he
found that was wrong. fine hadn't the
necessary courage, pluck and honesty
to take such position. he had no busi.
ness TO have held on to the place. What
did he do lie visited these distilleries.
some Of them three or four times in the
course Of as many years. Instead of at.
tending to his duties, he was loaflng
around, and allowing these frauds to go on |
When he had the ear-marks OF fraud in |
sight, at Roelle d Junkcr's when he |
found empty barrels with stamps on them |
at Golsen Il Eastman's; when he found |
that there was irregularlty in the stamps |
sent TO Pittsburgh, and wrote q
LYING LETTER
to Washington, which he knew at the
time was false; at Parker, Nelson's and
Russell's, where the books had not been
up, what does he do! lie
smooths all OF these things over in plain
violation OF his duty.
Judge Bangs here read the testimony
given, as to the several incidents men
Toned, and reviewed the Pittsburg trans
lction at considerable length. The letter
If Mum to the department was read and
severely commented on. Mum was tel
ng q whole lie by telling half the truth.
lie was tabricating an excuse for them.
This circumstance alone is enough to sus-
ain this charge; on this alone YOU must
Either find Mum an idiot, which he is
lot, or a rogue. There is no hypothesis
II innocence on which these facts can be
explained. They are utterly conclusive.
The finding OF the empty barrels at Col
zen Il Eastman's was next referred to. 1t
night have been mistake-probably
was. But still 1t was a violation OF the
aw, aud Mum
WAS BOUND By LAW
o make a report of the transaction to the
department, which ne did not. For this
Mum received $1,000 from
Junker. lngersoll caught at that, and
wanted to know what need there was OF
laying him If he was already IN the ring.
tchm didn't think there was any need of
I. But Mum was like the boy who
wanted his wages raised every morning,
their original understanding needed to
70 strengthened little, and so .junker
oOked at 1t, and hence they gave Mum
he 81 900. Ingersoll, with all his won
lerful fertility OF explanation, was in
lted to explain these two transactions.
dunn was also bound to report the New
england rum barrels at MasOn's house
Without stamps. lie did not report these
ecause he was receiving money all along
rom these men, The defense had two | 7