, 1876-09-30
.,,,,,, rs Promptly Done, and Tho Great
"D' Indicted Step Ont Free.
nj. .,on,ttal Rests Purely On tho Ec-
'D' m oentrioi.ios Of Illinois Legis-
lation.
rbs ningstsra still Convicted Before
4ha uar Of Public Opinion.
MORNING. SESSION.
...nn IA Yts ENuEEEplNfla.

~, ,a,nfe were present. Aho Siosh'SAsA,"-
~, ~ n r1-Wartlen Kimberly was resumed. Ac
uJ ..I bo m wus sound In mind, and Ind never
,.., -. .ort anywhere rs n crippled man." iio
", nn, do any cheating during his first term of
sMr, In 1871a, except lii tho latter part. Iho
.,a,,,nr wps tlono after he WIS elected In 1874.
T.a ,omls received wcro crlmpcd Iii quantity
md qaallty -.,.,, ~, ., m. u, x,,,.
.,,src n the plundcr1 A.-As near rs can get
:, n about 5000. knew was cheating. l
~ :" " rrrcr asked under oath before tue Grnnd
fn,v examination whether wo were cheating.
s"' s.'.,,miued by tho Commissioners in january,
,g.s think, but not und.r oath, In reference
~ shortnrc. There was q shortage IN goods,
h., anil there wus moi, t,-tEat everything CHILLED
u, nv tte regulation was delivered. ! was also
bsfeie another conmIttee md 1nauc similar
statements. ,.., ,,,
~atr mistaken about II, or did you tell willfu'
nj jejlLrrats ialselioUdl AL told false
'V0@Was II willful and deliberate, or WIS It
soi,ental aud urntcntional9 ALL was not
setljeutul or unintentfonnl.
0-Dhl You know you Wcrn te1llhG 1aIse-
holl A.-yes, sir,
ufJs JOxtnc - To ta lact that George buckley, the
all,rtlafi writer WHO reported the ovlttenee
jsiofe thc Grand Jury, haa sold transcripts Of
bs nu,cs to the tcieusc, thry knew all about tho
vi H. - swctt w ,llcn renl from I1imbcs,y's testl-
mony before the Grand Jury, nnd lfse writer
acknowledged that stG Ind sworn TINT he tiau
not received any money Or valuable thing fru'n
M urtn uf James FUrsYthe u Co. nr tllclnber oE
i. sul that there were tn shortages IN Boutls-
ihat there was slo ellcating under Ills adsnints
tration, knowing that he stated falsely.
Wtncss continued: Before went before the
Grand jury, spokr with Alr. Ashton about The
Investigation, uInl uskel him. III c.lse questions
wee put 70 me that would soInnronisv M, .,,aa as' IL
nut necessary fur me- to answer any
Thing that would compromise Inc. My
understanding was that l Was to de-
uy anything that would crimtnntc me.
lum,erstool that tl.c jury coIla not put stlcll
iueln @ il saw proper. ast;.d Ashton il qucs-
tons SHOULD be pit to me tn rrgnrt to certain
state uk atfaIrs-,yllothcr the Euot1s were al1 de-
lyurcl or whether l,ul rerclyctl any money
mud llr sa!,l substantially that l could my
rllae n hIswcr-that they could hot compel me
tusay it was ao II It was
AGAINST SIR 1STrnEsTs,
Q.-DM yun lrleye you h!tu II right to tell
falsyl.vods to tIe Iuryi A.-No, my ldca was
this, sshea went bsiure The jury q; course
misc myself; aud knew nothing uuolst the !aw
III tile snattcr; anil wien tic questions ra..p
!ltat directly affected inc, fclt ihat could
1eny sheH.
,V-fou believed you had right to do Ill
nNV., ,,,r,r., ,,,,, ,c,.o .,,,,,,,,.t.,x,.
@rUug Al lid not without the lltattcr went
la0 euugt-wten was uto,,e IN thu jury-rotti,,
not knowing NY stglte, bel!eyvu hat{ ii right
n deny aliythfHg n!5auat INT. MIR. :Aal!tun Wls
sf ~ ."eai..ls ~ t',g euuutJ nos1u " tne
s% to, i,a'I., II ~ y ~, au'tsvi VIZ p;...
I'm n"ny..,..,, a1 ~ ~ ~. W. p.Sac. .tu'6
Tim 6e a.krti mr n f,r,e W.. n,;vtf ft,,, wrn,,.
,r uu we M,s,ii, '!r a' 'rs9 !g't y nun .s,;,; ~ ~
1,an1 ;n.u e'ea' "'sSe IL l'oss'p'eI oe'o1c tse
,A".,a,, ,, ,,ia II i, rot o,,t ~, , scr,,.7 Al
q;-iemt Nv Els5llsi OF u that y"l were VIII,
xII wo,',t ss say th'a' that W sc' "a' u seFapc'
NJ NJ ~ sas tlat.
r,!,, "sm i,, s" NV taheM r't, iae nth'4 auIy
s At.",Nns .'s aSy" talo aha to!N ~ to etates
Iasn Y y at w. W"alu s, e lroleste l'o "l
ter san IL, Wspe,un w,,,pH @ - az. 1%e1.I s a t!le
sAMsa't,R M,ti,.a Its .',s1'al sosoal aprcarsnge.
az much as r,,ld ~, ~, sCgne., uIi ~ y s'gs
yyl Sertaln jmi,. ny ma ut t,; 'D" ,ns ~ =" w ps
anI a' isS ,aHeu 'lc county lro'' SooD to sooV0,
'' paar,.a ns.e's ., O.. -.
r,1a".t.,i 'nni s1a.n!a1atioN-ny Mr. Inley: was
eeGu s's'.ra y tSs lhmEd nttrr tAelT Investigation.
n"vaT 'Wluse liG dFa,isduyy TINT Foriolnt GIVE
IL umI9ii * q ~, ."s VI v!iSe;
,,% In w;",. S"H 't a,so aweat tat from time to
:h was mn s'i m sivs yoG t'oncg na tel you TUT
~ ",' W. ~. i.e e4Nla EiIe yoi, hcsnuse TIC lad
no,,ssocr y, AHlltHI1 so illnisy ltidrrd
str, n, '", ,, ' oo.es - l'itteu money, and pay
f,Ltm,t.'i. a@.n ~. e,oteFy DUST
1te.e" w. Hn the Eroui!u that witncs6 eHorG
1'"s ~ a.a.tlef L'lne."
th,t ,,,.,c NH, Mh' Nesb ADMITTED
@ snaa lnefc was day ar two between The stnte-
Etam1 fr" I ul they wcfs both lisllo to tIo sa.1o
ota'sa as ..y .J.afy.
,o.'tt, t14.y ueslfct! to show a That the witness
its,!Id a' ~; ~, - uel9re tIe Grand Jury. II por-
wm,|, w." " Mis testimony WIS excluded, all oi Il
'T%'u rt' naYe 10 be.
~: ~: Sou!t sustained thu objection.
~ ntness ~. n tot,tlnuru: Kennedy Ia watuhmnI
~ .ne ruor-lln'I6c. l euultl1i't 6ay whethc,
AsatoG laughed wien hp asked me II things
Mtle all right. ! saw Periolut before I wri,i
'atn t'ts tirand Jury rasln. :.
,.tN-"hat conversation did vol ],ayo will
WIN
~, nin,Estea to ls incompetent; objection over.
'n,eM
N't!lgts proccc.lctl: I saw Jones and Craw
KY v fel!olat ullieo during lilo Investigation
tcf'olat saI'l II l,o Nus called OH AMI nsked il
IT,, IT, pm! M aby H!unty, hu wouid say ilt
tS1,, t'"t '!o1' ! agreed to that, lii rclntlns
!" tle ~ t'rts Ot EoutlB, ,ya9 to testify t,,ut
VII tuc EluA6 MErE ttittvntl h,1