Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-27
The whisky Fraud Trials.

VI
In the trial yesterday, before the United
States court at 81. Louis, OF Mckee, editor
of the st. Louis Globe, for completely in the
whisky frauds, further evidence was given,
ma!Gly hearSay, 10 the effect that portions
Of the bride money were intended for the de-
PENDANT. {. j. Megrue, a conspirator, tesii-
ned that he gave two packages OF the ring
money each week TO John LsayeuwOrth a.
per order from Joyce, TO deliver one To Nc
kee and the other TO Collector Ford" Joyce.
he said, told him that as Ford was collector
and Mckee an influential newspaper man.
II was necessary 10 have them in the ring.
Others testified vaguely that ring money
went TO Mckee, and that he was regarded as
exerting a mysterious but valuable lnflu-
ence In behalf OF the thieves. In regard TO
THE CASE OF GENERAL BABCoCK
IL was agreed between court and counsel that
neither Babcock nor the witnesses in Wash
lDgtOn should be required 10 present them
selves next Monday, az which date the case
Is set. The Mckee trial will last all this
week, and the trial OF ex-Collector Maguire
vii, viii oe as long as MS. Baocock's trial fol-
lows that OF Mcguire, and Babcock and wit
nesSes viii simply hold themselves in readl-
ness 10 present themselves when telegraphed
for.
CHICAGO INDICTMENTS.
\. G. Hesing, editor Of the Chicago Staafs
ZeituDg, and Jacob Rebm, eX-police superin-
tendent OF Chicago, were indicted by the
grand jury in the United States district
court, In that city, yesterday, for conspiracy
in connection with the whisky frauds, ex-
Deputy Collector J. F. Hoyt was indicted on
arrest, his bail being fixed at $50 600. The
bail of Hesing was liked at SO, 600, and that
OF Rehm at $4,000. Ten additional indict-
ments were found against distillerS, CANCERS
and storekeepers, one being against Mtnty
who recently left Chicago. and whose where
abouts are not yet known.
MILWAUKEE, INDICTMENTS.
In the United States court Al Mi!wauke
yesterday, the following persons plead guilty
on Indictments for conspiracy TO defraud the
reveLue:-H. p. Ellis, ID. II. Grifiths aud IL
inc gfra Il 4
Robert kiewort, Charles Hentze, Aaron
Schoenfeld, Henry Schoendeld, and william
Bergenthal. distiliers; William Hager, book
Keeper FOR VALENTINO, rectiher.
The SUITS AGAINST REPRESENTATIVE
MN. ,. kING.-Evidence is being taken ia
the Pacific Mail steamship company against
VIM =. King, late postmaster Of the House
OF Representatives, TO recover 4 large sum
of money belonging 10 the plaintiffs, which
passed through the hands of the defendant
for the purpose, IL is alleged, OF influencing
congress 10 grant subsidy 10 the company
Tor its China lire Of steamers. The suit is
brought IN the state Cf Minnesota, OF which
King is resident. HeLry a. Bennett, for
merly secretary Of the Pacific Mail company,
testified TO having drawn six checks, aggre-
eating over 500 600. in favor of Richard B.
IRWIN. Thomas Ellis, teller OF the national
Park b9nR, testified that he became ac-
quainted with King in January. LISP; that on
the 3Oth OF May OF that year King deposited
= - y. - 1es1'N sN-S
aggregating S1l25+ six certificates OF de-
posit were issued by witness for SIS 900
SO 600, $1,000, g, 900, 5000 and Sl,45s.I7,
which afterwards came back 70 the
bank indorsed by King and paid. There
was also placed TO the credit of King $4,000
in the State National bank, OF Minneapolis.
and sic COO, with interest, was paid to cancel
bill OF Kings, which had matured. and
that accounts for the whole deposit. Tneo-
dore I. Johnson, ex-secretary Of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, testified that
there was settlement made with Mr..
Stockwell OF claim against him for the re-
pairs OF steamships sold by him as sea-
worthy, which turned out unseaworthy;
there was also a claim made against Mr..
Stockwell for 81 900 900 for money spent by
him at Washington for procuring a ubsidy
without the knowledge of the directors OF
the company; the checks paid TO Irwin were
not discovered IN their connection with the
entries in the San Francisco account until
December, 1874; he also testified that while
he was acting as secretary he was obliged TO
obey orders given him by the vice president;
he subsequently discovered that the entries
given TO him, and which he made AT the
time, were calculated TO misiead as 10 the
purpose for which the checks were issued.
| W y Or. Flsild. Record.
A JEALOUS INDIAN'S WING EANCE.-A
Green Bay, Wis, dispatch Jan. "a, says