Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-02
GRAPEVINE BOURBON.
supervisor uIcarscn rn,erlae..d

GRAPEv1rE BOURBON.
supervisor IIcdrick InterJaew.d.
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Frcmthe Chicago gimes cfJan. slit e.
cot. iEDRIcK, &I
Supervisor of Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska. Nc, who has been spending,
most of his time at Milwaukee since
May last, left the Grand Pacific Hotel
on last evening for home. The Colo
mel was detailed to make the seizures
in Milwaukee. and having done SO.
and having procured the indictment
and conviction of most Of the party
connected with.rcvcnue frauds, he IL
about TO retire from his fruitful field
of labor. The Colonel's work appears
to have been faithfully and seiioctual-
~ done. A reporter of the Times
called npon him Yesterday afternoon
and held a conversation of considera-i
bic length with him. The salient
portions of the conversation are pro-
duced below, ssa ~ ). . ssaa d8E
=. " hat is the situation Of things in
Milwaukee, Colonel ?" questioned the
reporter, on the alert for news.
THE situation is promising. Much
has been accomplished. The work in
which was personally interested has
been practically completed and am
on my way home now" r. p5f
'What arc the results Of the strug-
gle in Milwaukee," 9 e +iGft
'There were about 70 indictments
found. OF these 10 have plead guilty.
There are four or five more prepared
to plead guilty. Ten have been tried,
and seven convicted. Ten or fifteen
cases remain to be disposed of, and
the remainder arc dead. or run away.
That | think q pretty good showing
ION what terms were these 10 in
duced to come into court and plead
guilty p ll J0la t58 b
"They came into court ana plead
guilty, absolutely eeae ii 90
WITHOUT ANY TERMS. tH y
That was the understanding. and that
was i'll accordance with my instruc-
tons from Secretary BristoW. and in
accordance with the rules of the Pres
ident as knew from personal inter-
views
'Then those unfortunate 10 have
not been as successful rs the l. men in
Chicago, who came into court and
plead guilty."
Glow is that?"
These l3 claim that they have been
promised the absolute immunity from
imprisonment, and freedom from
civil prosecutions" fsa..sts,fist
"Then these Milwaukee men have
not had such liberal terms bestowed
upon them. There are two whose
eases have been postponed. These
men have furnished the government
with testimony of importance, 1t is
more than probable that these men
will, in the end receive The benefit
of their disclosures 51.5
"Who are these men,"
'.Hon. Thomas O'Neill and Louis
Rindskopf." ~
GLOW did the ring come 10 weaken
in Milwaukee 2" n 4
"Thosc fellows who pleaded guilty
did not do so until they found them.
selves in the power OF the govern.
mcnt. The gaugers and store keepers
came in fast and give them away,
These men testified 10 numerous pay.
ments of money to them by the dis.
tillers and rcctifiers, which evidence
absolutely uncovered the whole in
side Of the proceeding. As soon as
the ringlcaders found out for n Ger.
tainty that they had been discovered
they rushed in pcll-mcll to give theil
testimony. The only men who have
been offered Immunity are O'Neill
and Rindskopf These two men OK
posed Mum and Conklin, among
others. -
"ilas the recent Indictment against
MUM
in Milwaukee been disclosed YET Ia
the public 7"
at has not. For some reason, moi
clear to my mind, il has been kept
very close"
"What is the basis, OF this in,lict.
ment p
81 will tell you. Among the dozen
ments captured by the Government
was stub chcck-book in the cstab-
lishment of the Rindskopf Bros. On
examination ! discovered The word
'macher' written on the stub OF The
checks. This word was written in
'sAast IASpICN. III MoINl
translated was found TO mean maker
the man who makes the money or,
in our graphic vernacnlar, Boss Ali
through these stubs / found for
Machcr Num- for Macher Conklin,
and for Machcr Wcisert.' The clerk
OF the Rindskopf Bros, testified that
these stnbs represented checks paid to
these various parties at the times
specified. This was not direct cyi-
dencc, as the clerk did not pay the
checks to these parties. When Louis
kindskopf was questioned in regard
70 the matter he would not answer.
An order of the court was procured,
and he was confined in ia il for eight
days. He then became docile and
answered the questions proponnded
to him. lie then revealed the whole
story, and testified to having paid
money repeatedlyto Mum. O'Ncill
testified TO the same circumstances,
and it was on the evidence thus adj
dnced that Mum was indicted. 1t
q nov hot L. r. II. 4 ..