, 1876-05-07
WHISKY.
Yesterdays Testimony In Mn
Jonas Trial in nIN.
Production Of Important Telegzeus
x Bearing Upon the Case.

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A1LWAuKEA NAY IN to1 :, sonas 11al this
morning Bergenthal WAS recalled, to be e1arnin-
ed IA to SOHO testimony he had given reapect,na
~ .,ondfnu NJ tha Rindskop;s. Ha dect.nad.e !
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e'anse nn ..ss.. "a..~,, t,o. n,. - ~. u-
OF closing tho case, hr. Mckinney desiring thu
casa to remain obep ut1t1l Gen. Hedrick oonn
Ia onnmonen tn teatifv in his own bchaif.
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dlstler, was ne1t s"olu 3','. nss o1,ena.on a
6Choenfeld's in this city last July. Crosby camd
in on the evening tram and attended the meet
ua voa hropobt nv Sam Rind.konf ".
n.Ssth., 80 Cros,,r ,ftar ao,,a .,n...
ness bef6en'ua1 "no Stooo'' 11'e1 so.o - ooa'ee
eatlon, went 1nto anoenol .ooa' Aua tusie Ctos
by told his plans, namely: to got and hAut
over to the whisky men all the papers and evj
dence in the possession OF the officers here. Ii
asked $780, 900 for the sotv1ce, but afrarwardi
came down to S70, 000- witness Thought thtyA
could not raise more than GOO, Dut the,
ter. Crosby suggested ttas Hedricks 8 brosherin-
Law Was connected with the scheme, aud Jast
Rehm Lad hand in il. He ne1t SAW the de-
fendants in Chicego. -Titness- Robern hieWert,
and WiEth went there aa commlssoo 20 eettA1 ,
with tho Chicago men. heTert IVES thara b
fore the other members OF the Committee. Iha1
went to look for Crosby at hls office, No. &
Clark strcea railroad office. he was not Ia
aid d no:e WIS Lett telling hlm to 80 to tn :
Sherman House.. He did not come, and tn
Committee then went in search OF Jonas, whit
was found ar his store, and all went together
kiewert's room at the Sherman House. Thsn
they talked shout the money Jonas said tn
smallest sam required would be CSC, coo; thu
the money ~
MIST Be PUT n ms HANDS -
w;.ne., wanted to have the money put In hi :
hands. Then thsY eoparsted, but met in tha
evening and went out to have social TINA.
mee.ipg next morning, when Jonas brougM;
Crnsbv III veil. Crosby repeated h1a old schetta
(Which hna already been published IN Tn
,rn1nnyr1. Tie Milwaukee men said they could
not ralse moro than s23, 000- YIrth .nanted
each man should put ia his share, Is hs go
cIear @ and finaliy it was sgreed that before f1r
| thar nrnQreas could be made lawyer mus. h
consnIted and in the afternoon they brought Il
a Iawrer fshinmaI) who had with him writer
agreement, and soon after Wlrth decided to har
nothing to do With the mattar. aud the otha
milwaukee, men returned hnme to see il ths1
-cauId raise the $4,000; found they couldn't
| and threw the matter up. Goldberg told then
| wi;af, IN Ch1capo thev could trust Crosby, aut.
| the moroy would be safe with Jonas He wu
| to ret au office in Washington for his SHARE
This was tile msteriA part Of the examination
/ TIE cRoss-ExA1aSAr1oS~ =, :,
was generally Of most amusing character, Mr
Ms. Muephey bending all his energies toHatdl
| eliciting replies fayo1ing the theory OF con-
| aniracy between witness and Mckinney, to dam
eea eea Gen ' fIedricE. bY coococtiug> Ills waol.
| stnrr. md ,gituess amptoyluK, tal the powers d
|. his mind in eyading the questions, aud so shsp
ing bis replies as to giTe little information oa
| eyery point raised as possible. Witness ex-
planned the part he understood Jake Rehm WAS
Of Police at Chicago, he:would know where to
ind professional burglars who would bs
proper instruments to burRia1ize the oidces
|, here in which tha records Of the case wera
| depositcd. Nc money MAS ever deposited to
secnre any persons SERVICES, and the whole
thing uao. thrown up OF tho return OF the party
from Chicago. One reason was, they could mol
raise the money. Another that they did moi
altogether e..
1LKE TIE LOOKS or TIE TRANSACTIONS.
His nnoaesty forbade his saving they refused
hsrsn-e:nf IL iYnmofalty-. On|v four or i've Of
tha whisky men could pay money; tho remaindet
| would hare had to be- carried. by witress
| and the other men ablo to- pay-- -.Whsn
Returned to the owners, Did not understand
| That this nonnev 1Yaa to Eay NCdrlck5 brother.
who was lawyer, FOR coming into court to DE-
fend taoEn AL 1e underssooa Was tnat LOT ~ ~
money referred to tha dlst1iefs were 70 ges ~
papers N two cases he ga not hnoW ~ "oss
means. Never heard OF rms nelng an ssseaPs NY
to iniure Charley FarWeu, Gen Logan, yen.
Hedrick, and others OF tho sano sttiPG: Ms'es ea
told Goldberg ne Was poor man; sac nasssl ~
| to Mckinney anu testify asalnss dedslcA.
SAT- R1sus9oPf
vas the next witness. ne ,1oenstneo .a.Es
number OF letters aud dispatches between o.
fenuants and the hnl"anAee MnlsAy men; 70 g.
lasng 10 the subject master oi inc ne, r4a,hg ~