The New York herald., 1876-01-15
THE GUILTY DISTILLERS.

THIRTEEN OF THE INDICTED wHIsKEY MEN
PLEAD GUILTY-CoNsPIRAcY TO DEFRAUD
THE GovERNMENT-oTHER INDICTMENTS Kx-
PEcTED FROM THE GRAND JURY.
CHICAGO Jan. IA, 1875
The first legal victory of the government in the Chi
cago whiskey may be chroniced to-day, when thir
out OF the sixteen indicted dstllers pleaded guilty
The proceedings occupied only half an hour. Messrs
Boutell Aver represented the government and Leon
ard Swett, Sidney Smith, Charles Hitchcock and Ed
mund Jussen the distilers Joseph Roee and Anton
Junker first stepped up plead guilty, and then fol-
lowed George Miller and H. c. Fredercks, of the Lake
Shore Distlery; G. RUSSELL John p. Furlong, Parker
r Mason, W. S. Golsen, B. M. Ford and Colonel East
man.
PLEADING GUILTY CONSPIRACY.
This made thirteen in all who had pleaded guilty TO
count in the indictment against them The count
TO which these pleas entered in each case
count for conspiracy with other parties TO deraud the
government which offence IS legally defined mis-
demeanor Mr.. Boutell announced in each case that
the other indictments against the same defendants
would be passed. 1t is probable that these thirteen
will be witnesses for the prosecution in the coming
trials. They all looked perfectly cool and sefpos-
sessed with the exception OF Eastman, who greatly
embarrassed David Cochrane who pleaded guilty, Is
the brother OF Andrew Cochrane who WAS the princi
pal cuprt in the Arm, and who has escaped
This clears of the old batch OF indictments entirely,
with the exception of those against Mesereau,
plead guilty, Mesereau is backed especially by
Farwell Most OF the gaugers and storekecpers pre-
viousy indicted will plead guilty on Monday.
EXPLANATIONS FROM BOYD CO.
Colonel Hill member of the firm of Boyd Co.,
arrived this morning from New York TO assist the legal
representative Of the firm (Mr Stickney) in preventing
their Indictment The latter requested your corre-
spondent to say that the letter &C which, he ad-
mitted, stencled the barrels shipped to Boyd
4 Co., had an entirely legitimate meaning, which he
did not care TO explain just now; that every barrel
and entered upon their books. and that Boyd X Co.
never kept a double set OF books concealed their
spirits He also requested In the presence of Colonel
Hill that the correspondent should not telegraph in the
future any statements Of Supervisor Matthews, Super
visor Tuition any of the authorities but only his
(Stickney's and take his word for it that there
nothing whatever against the firm excepting some
clerical errors Stickney swore considerably,
and waxed very wroth when this reason
able request was politely negatived. Stckncy
had assured me that Supervisor Matthews would admit
that all suspicion against the firm cleared up
but Colonel Matthews this evening realrmed his
vction that Boyd Co. as he expressed IL, 'were in
It," ''The only thing they have shown" he said, "s
that the $50 barrels do appear on their government
books, and that does not amount - any more than
spoonful of water would In the Gulf OF Mexico After
all have heard from Stickney, IT'S still my judgment
that they should be and will be indicted for
spiracy."
MORE INDICTMENTS
The Grand Jury in session all day, and II Is
expected to present some indictments tomorrow.
Parker r Mason was the only witness before theu
Daniel Num- ex-Supervsor of this district, who has
already been indicted ST. Louis, again indicted
yesterday at Milwaukee. His indictment kept
profound secret and when Detective Buckley, who
sent here TO arrest him, served his warrant Mum
taken completely by surprise He left with his bonds
for Milwaukee this evening, and on his return he
will probably be indicted here The indictment in
Milwaukee is based principally the bribes paid to
Jury refused TO ndict him, Munn's arrest is secret
even to the revenue officials of Chicago