, 1876-03-08


While, thoreiors. r1esIog, like tlto others re-
forred 10 ~ the second batoll. has nothing %
dscloae Of Which tho GovoFnaosi 10 no. s'feaay -,
part Of tho Government to tholr al plead
lug guilty, and this oourso, IN faot. y tho
one Which The beat Judges predict tbai hssnE
and tho second BATE. will take: Iho ot aat'oEa i
their glnrn lpoks and dospondont manner for
two Of throo neoks. Thoy Eoalizo tho hopeless
moss Of thoir prodlcAmcnt, tho oxponao aud tho
usolcn.nosa Of standing tsltl, spd they l.n also
In c1so they stand up and acknowledge their siun
Instead of running tho risk Of trial with ita re-
suit loantng strongly tousrsls conviction.
IN nrnAnD TO nRltM'A CASE
1t 10 tho opinion OF those boBt qualified To Hpeak
Tint Jake will bid adEou to Chicago beforo Tuoa-
day morning next, having In tho Interim be'
tween tho Indictment and tho trial arranged his
peouniary matters, satisfied his bondsmen. and
of lila omigratIug, for period at least. Prob
ably tue oxllo would not 30 permanent,
and Jake would relura an time to have
tho forfeiture Of hta bond sot asido, tho
enttro matter. deforred through ono way or
another unti! tho excitement Of I'll Presidential
campaign should lntorfere With tho trial or such
ohango in public opinion Occur aa to render the
prosecution Of whisky case matter Of much
less importance than u Is now. AZ airy raso,
whether Helm rnmaiuB short limo or for a
longer period, the opinion that llo may cluao
Justice ut tla tmc In not confined 70 outsiders,
but Ia ahntcd ovcn by no1no Of tho Government
ofllccra. And tho worHt Of 1t Is that shoy don't
Aoenl to know
HOW TO PREVENT An EscArADE,
wore 1t attempted. Thero IL no Law which pro-
vldcs for . man'H asrest after ho has onco given
bond, - has boon done Ia this case. It was
Huggest4d to Government ogtoer that the plan
Of Attorney -aannral Pier1eponk tried In the
uellinnp oase, would work woll in this instance,
but tue Government officer explained that, rlen
Tho Attornoy-deuotal placed guards around
vent his escape tho General had mol yet been
arreBtcd, and 'had not given bonds, whilo Ia this
case 1schm hns bccn. arrested, Indicted, and
given bonds. His bondamen a!o therefore ro-
5ponsiblc for his Appearance an court on tho
14th inst, aud for each succeeding day during
tho trial Of tho casc. Tho amount Of ths bond.
$50, ,0u0 i'd considered too low, and is at ioaBs
*20,o00 below that which was stronuouely in
sisted On by tho gentleman who baoka
whisky casos. and who hns probed
to tho very bottom OF tho business. His advico
was neglected, aud tho bond was allowed TO bo
giyon for $50, 600. There 10 ono way in which
isohm may bo made still! more respon sible, snd
him 10
In n mitch larger amount. Even Tho sum Of
sl00, 900 would not bo oxtrayagant, when, tho
amount OF uloney Jake IL reported to
Is h''0 a4en ss0'1usa unass oossida.asioo I Du.
would probably be sufficient to Ito him down
and Prevent hfs liking Ills bondsmen for such .
sum- or, in caao thoy woro not tixcd pzoyons Ills
leaving them in Tho ltl1ch.
would perhaps 10 Hafer, but whether thnro ia
nuy law to Justify or condemn such courao la
to be determined. Tho Government might givo
tho Secret Service agents job in wntehing tho
r.1. Rzjt ~ In L. 5nt1rF
and and when 10 came 70 cross tue Detroit
ntver, or any other natural boundary limo be-
twecn this country and tic Dominion Of Canada,
arrest him for attempting sofrnat1ato tho course
Of Justice. Either one q theao methods would
strainiug Influences, and 1t IL beginning to be
felt that either ono or tho other, or both, Blould
be reeortea to In order to prescnt tho utter 1zzc
Of tho greatest OF tho whiaky tSla!s,
and thereby prevent the accusations sIlro to be
mado that the escape had eithor been conntved
ut or carelcsaly permitted by tho doYornmen'
of1lcorB.
returned from Milwaukee yesterday morning
sna loft ast night for ssina''d II 1Syard t.
firms tho position taken BY Tns TRIBUNE at
tAas hb would not rotIro until tho
whisky war is over aud 10 has done Lis whole
As IL wesi knovn. Col. Matthews, is
IN able lawyor, and hie resignation will bc
malo In ordor to allow HIN to return
10 his practice at ptssfold. He LAS had enough
of tho houorH incident TO position iu tho public
service and, from porsonal and businoBs roasona.
prefers to retucn to his professional PRACTICE.
Capt. Somerrie. WHO has been quite Ill Of
late has SO far recovered as to bo Oh the road
again, uo was ln the city yesterday. md loft
for Detroit last cycuing on business connected
With tic Collector'a o0ioo In that city.
News was received from Canada on Sunday
thnt threo Of tho distinguished espasriated
whlakyites had Succeeded III establishing busl'
noss connections in tle Quesns, doninions.
malt -houre In Toronto, Loronx bfattoIn has
secured position In Wholesale boot aud shoe
house In tho same city and August Newhaus u
In tho commission busineas, purchasing Cauada
barioy for aonlo Of. tho Chicago hsowozs