, 1876-07-27
THENEWDuRa (N.Y) WHISKY. WAR
Tho CASIO Of Cottcr and T.nnc.

ldE NE w - uht tN.4) W hA6A1 WAh
Tho Casn Of Cottcr and I.nnc.
We have received tho following letter In reply
to minor paragraph whcl, was printed Ia The
CHICAGO TRIBUNE d month ago. The para
graph tsclt appearing In the body of tho letter:
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all editorial paragraph The following:
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un, instructed BY llie Brotherhood to write you |
disg,lstng In lies thut 1t does lol coaii singIe
word Of truth about our nstnts, oliver cottcF or
5sn f o sr II ,ena T. ta ,,a4 Stq.hss9SG
agent. lie hus entire confidence an has llcv-
Ut given Us reason 10 suspect such folly. IL
% Comment e upon tho wfetcIca w tasfc thai Induced
;hs %F.es ,' ,S Rtn sne yns ,aer and t,ast
ly tho fact that your purer has been unjnstIy and
w!ekcdly ussd 10 sef.e @ tls Isvll instSHd Of tho
bic work, not In gropkyn alone, but In tho nclgl.
Ioring town'. They hass thc Fssrect md cona.
denca Of the c!ti:sns. and desire 70 IT slnd nyiors
sh1 PI~P'II, ~'S,s
chsiraa, 81 Law Committee, Temperance Uroth-
erlood Of Chttatian Churches.
The paragraph complained Of In the above let
ter was condensed from a,l article Of greater
length and more detail, printed in an Eastern
newspaper Of o date ncur that period, but the
patue OF tho paper has escaped the writer of tic
paragraph in question We hul No. knowledge
Of tLe subject at that tIMe other than that III
the Eastern paper, md hutl no desire then, nor
huvc now, to do an Injustice tu these gentle
men or their employers. We lal nu acqnant-
auec with therl,-in fact, had never heard Of
them before As fnr as VT can ascertain, the
statement that they were "arrestel for iitoxt-
cation u Is erroneous. We liavu beyn unable tu
anil anything that substantlatea tic charge
fur.ner than The original article that supplied
the Information, the statement In which was
undoubtedly untrue.
Tho only lacts that hare come to our ls1,owl
olGe with regard to tho case nrt contained III
tic proceedings OF trial Of Georgr Mapcs,
]iau0r-lrnler, at Newbusg, n. T., III which
Mcssrs. Cotter and Lane wsro tho lrosrr,iting
Witnesses In brllalf OF the Tc'nncran!e broti,cr-
hood. The proceedings ure printed III Tho New
burg n y9arn ., r. te !ta a Wh;st1 a o.
Wur.'' The cllargc against Mr.: Aiul:s was that
oi selling liquor u, Sunday, May. ", and the
to,titnuny Is yory yoluminous, itiug live ur six
tIo Board oi Excise At Newburg on Monday
u,orning, june u. Oliver Cotaer was tAe first
witness called v the pFose;ut'onl and l; tsstl;
sssoon sie '"as On saa1ay y''i morning, i May Is,
botwcen i md d o'eIucE. purchased two
drinks Of Bourbon whisky of Mr., Mapcs aM'i
paid for It; that he took aomo III lits mouth to
| satisfy himself What 1t Was, ullt that the rest
went On tue luor-none Of II lnwn LIS throat."
Upon crosscxaninatiun le testified in part rs
follows; .........-.. .'...,
ItwaA tho first liquor had That morning; had tast
Twas not suffering; ffom what had taken tho night
belore. -. went thoto for thp parpoas oi
dieaaT na g sers s nasu hin to 1oa,c IT, sw
was not employed to % there; went t1ere bccausu
lvoluutccrod 70 70: dld net get ra'd for g9i gy9ina
vhsn Visited alapcs saloon; li.ye not bssn n,':
der tho INFLUENCE for puo year md Tour mnNehss
only tastsl tlle liquor, uni spit out tho rest.
John Laue, tho second witness, ~ bis Itrect
e1atnlNatton cGrroborated Cuttcv's testimony us
to tho occurrences in the saloon on tAat Sunday
Tiled that hv was III The business u advocating
temperance, and thNt lie went to NcwEurg at
Alr. Cutters request, to as5lst him. lle alsS
.sasted Of whisky Tut liA not swallow H.
Tho nlght before "ho hal tasted considerable
purcs; oil thu Saturday night We euls1 for bcei
III several places, aud took swnlluw Or two
lont think drank ~ much US m ordinary gsass
l
called, testified:
lp one plsce called fqr lIquor three times;
tasted only once; oil several uccasons atked othSr
aaoothlny to show psopslstof. that j W4s not drink
i tine.
wltuesses, and tic dc.ensr then introduced III
testimony. Mr.. Alexander r. Taylor, cttfzet
! cams iuty Mr. Aann.orS's store md qsks'
ssss ar ak ta ar 30
, tsiiat II iast he treated the,n. They took w
good sauare d1Iuks, aud they didn't put 4 Il
any spIttoons or wnter.pltchers either" Ate
! asked II they could not MAYa some o0 bunlly
t' thc Witness iett, nS thought from their action
4 that Co&tc{ md Lano were drunk.
D Michael Cashnlnn, WHO WAS present at III
i DIR tbs lniluenro OF liquor" On thu socon
9 lay oi ths trlal, Samuel Besnhsim, witpes
Elm, and TINT t!,cy were Intoxicated. WiIiIa,
: Gruss1uan testified To eeeEng them dr!nkin
i E.ger-hesr inu suloon On tau eyepL'g y Nay VI
= and : drank II down" Peter O'lt4llIuy tostle
/ ahas he was III Cottsr's employ when the la,t!
Sas keeping ,a, narrn4 + n Sna h. qucfso.D Ns
y Mr. Cotter's character WaI nut good, W al!rg'
= tlon Of tlieylng anl smuggling IAyIns bGr
q made agaiuss hl11 BY one Fuley. Jonn boslbtrgt
J. place. john jaiucs Wilson, who was " HUI
D. o,ore's saloou OIL The night o. th9 s.fs. "sa
. tlicm tuku nipple whisky aud drink III they toa
q good horn. too" upon his cross,ssaanato Z, h
). That Laps saug vi Irish souy; And that cott'
Y Thu plosecution, III rcbutta1, called tue Rs
John Quincy Aaai w. se;fns ~ ,h sisat at WSs