Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-17


all the time till August L; know Ben
jamin s. Prcttyman, who lives at Pc
kin ILL. witness married Prettyman's
wife's half-sistcr; Prcttyman is law
yer; witness has no other brother-in-
law: living in this Supervisory Dis
trict, had read a very little of the evil
dencc had heard Of that where his
name and that Of his brothcr-in-law
were mentioned; had not the slight
est knowledge of any part of the
scheme proposed by Crosby, or Jonas
or GOldsberg. or that Prettyman was
interested in any such scheme; the
first he heard Of the scheme was aft
er he finally left Milwaukee, on Feb.
8; had seen q paragraph in news
paper that Jonas, after his arrest, and
after he had given bail in Milwaukee,
was cavorting around when the Mar
shal said TO him, (Jonas) "Yon need
not be alarmed we arc not after you
but after Hcdrick." He (witness)
had letter from the Marshal deny
ing the use of this language. The
witness continued: l was told aboul
the time you left here that you (Mr.
was Noi op
SOME SUCH CONSPIRACY.
rs this; but learned no details; you
(Mr. Mckinney consulted with me
about rumors that the ebrother-in-law's S
name was used. About a month or
two after he (witness) made the seiz-
ures in Milwaukee, MAY 10, 1879
he met Mr.. Prcttyman Mt the Pacific
hotel in Chicago; after the usual COM
pliments, Prettyman asked, "What
kind of whisky war are you in up
up there z" The witness answered,
"They are bad cases." Prettyman
said he had been solicited to act as
counsel; witness advised Prettyman
not to be engaged in the cases, as their
relationship would be embarrassing /:
witness on his return to Milwaukee
told Mr.. McKinne, and others that
the whisky men were seeking to en-
barrass him (Hedrick) )by the employ
ment ofhis brother-in-law as counsel ;
this was mentioned to show the des-
perate nature of the defense that
would be made in the whisky cases.
About the same time witness met
Bluford Wilson at Chicago. who told
him (Hedrick) THAT person whom
they saw there was n lawyer named
Feeland, of KY, formerly partner
of Bristow that Feeland had been
down to Washington trying to
~ COMPROMISE THE WHISKY CASES,
and had been kicked out of Bristow' s
Office. Witness then told him (Wil-
son) that they had also been trying
to employ his (witnessO brother-in-
law. Mckinney had told witness
that Prettyman was charged to be
implicated in this conspiracy.
Cross-ex u III n e ID en- lie Il any
knowledge that while here his <ubor-
dinatcs had bnrglariously entered the
establishment of Rndskopf Brothers
and purloined books and papers,
Witness was shown the letter Of Jo-
mas to Rindskopf, heretofore publish
ed in the Times, in which the initials
I'll, (standing for Hedrick) and &c. .
(standing for Crosby were used, and
said he had never seen the letter, does
not know the writer, never had any
conference in Chicago with anybody
on the subject alluded to in that
letter. Mr.. Prettyman was the lead
ing attorney in the part of Illinois
where he lived, in revenue cases, and
had been very successful; had asked
Mr.. Prettyman to have nothing to do
with these cases because it would
leave action of witness open to suspi-
cion.
Mr.. Murphey-And now, Feeland
the left bower of the secretary of the
Treasury, what about him?
Witness-Nothing, except what
have told. l made an official report
of the fact that the whisky men were
SEEKING TO EMPLOY HIM.
(Feeland) and my brothcr-in-law
Prettyman.
Mr.. Murphey--And what about
Blowhard vii :, or, [catehing him.
self, Bluford Wilson?
Answer-That is all, sir.
Mr.. Murphey-And this Feeland
he turned up recently in mule case
believe.
Judge Dyer-Well, omit that Mr.
Murphy.
Mr.. Murphey-Wen, your honor, j
is matter of fact, believe.
Mr.. Murphcy-Did you not know
that Mr.. Feeiand was the shield anC
protection to the whisky men Of tn,
oi1 nourDon S.a'e o. hsh'ucky g,
| ""css sni'' 'isi' ''e "'.' ho' h"o"
lha.. ~
cE ,nh;st-,. mon hara haan ,yai
taken care OFF
A.-Po isibly.
| Witness continued, that. SO far a
he knew. it was proposed to cmplo,
| Prettyman for a perfectly legal pur
nose he never heard, at that time. o
lany plan or conspiracy to steal an,
destroy by Prcttyman's aid or hi
| own. the papers and evidence in hi
Office relating to the whisky cases.
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s
THE AAfIEh VAS AArEk'Ai'
nhu 'hey nsu IishI ~ SHOW -.
thay would attemnt tn show NV othe
witnesses that tbc rnntnra WAS n =
r;nms one aud grew ont of a d;ffs,
anca nf on;nion as In the decree i
Innn;shment 10 he nlacea nn lie vii
ness who had plcaded gnilty. II
cIa;mad that these w;tnesses regard
;nu Mr Kinney as a,l-nowerfnl 10 a
the extcnt of their pum;shment nj
temnted 10 conc;liofc him hy imnli
catir~ Cen. Hedrick IN Tho alleGe
cnnsn;racv
4 Mr.. Mckinney asked how Il runtur
| which occurred, il it occurred at al
in January last. would have induce
Jonas to write these letters last sun