, 1876-05-16

INK 70 p1SHtlEY H. lHQ pGLIttHN u uelKn4r AiRnGu
!i.s pariia. who .lgned said pet!ton mlEht ,,aTo
@ hssn tnsae fha rietims OF trick and drawn lack
COL tioodwn argued tho whoio gue.s!en, st con.
r. sng r. aenann n's snd ' n1s,tS tho nSf IT,
commenting rather severely on the practice nf the
prlsecn!ion y regnlr.ng sonstrustlun to be pntt
unfasorahlo to the. defendants. md psotcs.lng
aEasnnt n! the wel.knoTn rules Of law IN the pFo.
teettan Of shn fghts Of mon on trial heIng violated
wrong, Of these defendants.
THE COURT DECIDED
ns Il s ep 1 m ms1pn9 s @
1ueat!on la what Is competent trst!mony fof TINT
hn.p'pst. Defente haye ,pnt ~ letters, one fr1m
M lnter. 0e<ao, and pst!sion s!sned by prominent
Chicago ctttzens, Recommending toEd'org to .
po*t.t.aiershtp. Il this petition cpmlctcnt sgat!-
Mnnyf II u waA coTTesJ.oilscncn betwcen the Sec.
rotary OF War md uotdl'crg, he thought ~ would
hc. but being aligned by third PARTIES ho thought
the Third parties should be produced.
to referred to aon,e ''in1uence" he lind, anil lAs
influence tho prosecution deslrcd 10 have inferred
was 10 e used for tic essric.ion Of tho t;oyern. @
ment records in thcse carer. Snw the drfcnro
to ahow what that fnnaencc was, to snppiy tic
m'1slng link n the Testimony Of tho prosecution,
| and to Aubatituts for the ambiguous references
which They could sll understand-for something
DARK ant mystet!oas sometlilng clear and light
commit crime Va. dcsgnud to accomplish a per.
Tho Court ruled tho petition mot competent. cyt.
Ths defense offered the letter Of Goldberg aud
reply of the Secretary Of War.
mckinney WIS pnt on the stand.
97DId you ever employ Louis n!ndakopfi
communica.ions made ID Government counsel arc
5v,hsgs hg a,a5phsy and rstffn to
High Heaven: prsjnrcd villain md SAMPLE liar,
On whose tcstim9ny dog, 'lou!t! not bc hanged:
statins jul RInd.kopf was ~ In Chicago icy trynss 70
snn1rn s s Titncsscu fer tl1is ca.c md replied.
ho coanrelS woaI have e 'sSH notoro"s viain pun
fshcd This liar and pcrjurcr. and Leopold Wirtt
are tho pillars Of The rrosecution: The ca-e. read
m lnfdrmcs Nho waa a1ao officer Of the Govern
mcnt. In taie instance, Ktntskorf had not yet
:na to h1 an ossr Of th m
were proper or not, he should send Mckinney To
the stand to answcr 1t.
Tla question WIS read,
fsEMpLoI1NO WITNESSES.
McKtnnoy-No, | never ''employed" Kinds.
koTf for any such purpose.
Q.-What do you mean BY "employtngr' Il
ill.
Al neau what say. I l,ave no. dictionary
Q.-you don't look llko one.
The Court-Gentlemcn, let's proceed In tho ordi-
:, Mnlphey-" Employed" was technical word.
Different persons Understood II different way4.
Q.--Do you know Or hnvnyuu ever heard Of any-
body speaking 10 Hlndfkorf on bcllnf Of the pros
eeui!on, asking HIM to directly or indirectly Aid
Al have asked hm to conc up Into cour. and
G.-Ilayo you heard Of my oatcer Of the Govern.
mcnt doing anything to nbtain the assistance Of
h Mcltinnoy-f object,
huFpheynYon ..,, rr, r, o,,r nm
Mnrrhey said It WIS evident that Mckinney hat,
employed number Of subordinatcs, but kept his
Judge Dixon said more rnfounlcd charge. were
never donr nnytiling Of tho sort.
OILS 1t mt u fnct tint Louis Rinds!topf fnr-
.nisheh tie information on which tho prosecution
Objected 10, md eustained ....... .-
Same, as 30 Leopold With and large number OF
subsequent questions.
] wns next sworn.
Tho question was allowed.
2-Eaus sS Hshs Rin.Eops ia s' e Mt 10 O'Clock Friday
night; stald in Chicago till SATURDAY. evening at i
O'Clock; wynt to buy ponies; told Hlndskors thcro
and their characters ought to >a looked ur; could
not remember who they talkcl to.
Dixon satd this vas IT. fur MI tho examination
ought 10 Eo, and he Fet0rtcd Oh tho lc{enHe The
charge Of rcrinrInE witnesses.
Mnrrhey proposed 10 show that these yirtuoua
whisky men. whose characters tho counsel for tho
Government were folcitous about, went to Chicago
corrnptly to buy perjury. lie concluded With tho
fcEvcnt ejaculatlon: ''My God! what nre We CON-
tng to5"
Tie examination wnH resumed. Tie witncss
ealh he talked with I1urace Elliott, detective
Louis did mnst OF the talking; Elliott said Cohen
was implicated with tampcFing with stolen goods.
FTnin this point the examination was Mnsnswcrcl
Interrogation points, with frequent notet. cscla-
nations. fcrvid adtccttves. md tctons tcchntclli
IGs, amid which the Court Adjourned
! LoUIs RtSDsKorF
WIS called TO tho stana before ADJOURNMENT hut.
although ordered not to leave tho Court, could not
ba found. Tho Cpurt malu order. TINT With aud