, 1876-02-04

in . voioe dsop with ombtlou, aud waa greatly
aon, he continued, ~ belevo aould stsnl It,
hns 10 think Of the disgrace brought upon them
ia moro than can boar.
IT Will xtLr. III WIFE.
Sho IL sick now. snd tha will kill her but ttore
the cbargo. J. bingham llod on ,mo-cruclly
and maliciouB'Y iicd. I1o nover paid mo dollnr
N hin life, aud knows tt woll. DrroM bingham,
l,ia brother, told mo Ut Tho Grand Hotel n Ia.
Marshal, that 10 know nothing aea!nst mo, and
TINT llo did not belevo wAs In the Hing. I
spoko OF this Aftorward, WHOM john bingham
found Il out, sir, and that Wea whyl.o eworo that
iio (john DIng,ian,l nrore that ho patd inc vhile
Was at homo slc1s. 1hoy rntsotl tito sthmpa and
dtd tho dumping on me, and swear 10 you tint
am an innocent man."
hrohon yolco. The Bpenkcr would otton ratlso
tn It's narration. lilo said that hts wlfc waa FL
yosss olll, and that he had been mArriod shirt5
yoa1s. 1lo Naa 90,
!. WARM IN TIM: rnA1sE OF n1s aux.
who had stood uob1y by him during Ills long trial
NlcGn1 wsa wo1l known and highly respected At
Evanarille, belug for BeTen yesta tho City Clork
Of that tlnco, and d leading member in tho Trcs.
byterian Church. Ills trial arnl conviction have
we'll state that lo looked ton years o!icr yos,or-
day thnn ,lo did two months ago. IIo is 4 man
Of highly nervous temperament, and It wna
with tho utmost difficulty that ho co,,ll kcop Up
yesterday. 1Ie was almost entirely let down.
With ali thiu ho has tho heart 1iheaHe. md 1t Ia
tho general oruon among hts frenha TINT llo
will not long survive Lila imprisonment.
JAMES X. HILL
dsp1ayol moro truo grit yesterday tlian tho
other prisoners. l1o soamod cheerful. and said
that ho bad made Zip hts mind to atahd ft, ard
that ho could stand NJ much aa my other living
man. Hill - = pleasant, .gontiemau'y.loo
person, with heavy, black. g'ossy whls!sers.
him to iose his flno wtiakers. ho said: sThoy
won't cut OF my whtskers, will tloy?' and e1-
libi.od aoms emotion whel told that thoY would
ho cut. 1Ie said that Ao was sorry, - ho lad
which his whlskers concealed, lliu haa an OF.
tcnBive acquaintance In Indiana, nod is vol
known In Tits city. lilo waa Deputy Revenue
Collector at EVauHvillo 1io asscrsod his inno-
cenco yosterday, and before llo nns sentenced at
Indianapolis. Tuesday. through hts counsel, ".
T. Fishbnck.. rrosortod tho following uoto to
Judge Gresham:
With tlio deterenca to your Honor, and tt.e Jury TINT
found me guilty nay now. IN The rreacncn Of uod
MID tho world that am not guilty. Dnrlng my COLI
necton with tho 1tevehuo department, hayu worked
faithfully in tho Interest. Of tho to1crnmcnt. ask,
for The aato Of s family, that yo,r Honor Will hc
's' S'@ '''0 s' II. HILL.
The Court held TINT Hills offonso waa Of q
dooper dye than tho other revonno officers, sfnco
Ills position WAS higher ono aud tho trust DO.
srnyod . doopor ono, It'll claims that he worked
l,onstly and faithfully for tho Government.
Iie IL 40 ycars old, nnd haa wIfo and eIght
chiiron.
fH1IrP G. EnRRwian, =
was sad and silent having nothing to sag to my
one but was gazing vhcantty upon those In tho
room. IIe is 80 yeara old has blue oyes nud
tlnsk hair slightly singad With gray. In noto
to Judge Gresham, boloro aontenco WAS pro-
from Tho Unisol 6satea Attorneys whcnn
called upon, but gave thom tho owl
donco urou which my own Indictment WAS
found, aud that Of others. l am unfortunately
a ponsionor upon tbs Government. I boar thrco
severe honorable wounla n a taward Of three
yoarR good service as q private Hodor. anl
nlaimcd for lfo aud unable To do any manual
labor. It was my l.eipcss condition and power
ty, coupled With . deBtto to eave my ltttto homo
listen to the oily words Of tho uodncer."
MILLER =
is 81 years old. To says that Ills punishment Ia
out Of all proportion to hiB olenso. He sald
that ho novor would have boon In tho Ring, only
out lo would hare Ind thotn nll to fight, and
That, to aRyo hln position. lie want In. He tB q
married n,su, but has no cLildron. Lis health
is deIlcatu.
thinks tho seu!once terrible. 11o MAS In the
art1y four years, and was badly wounded. Ho
shId tho dissiilsra had got him Into it BY stating
that they would hayo to shut down or r1,
for la family, nud dld not rant 70 lose bio posi-,
tt1n. Phillips Ia about 50 years ct ago has
dark lair and oyeB. md hna q wifc md four
el,iIdreuin ssrattoned circumstances. lie takca
his sentence hard.
GEORGE Bi.foxaoN
WAS cool aud sc!f-posscased. lfo thought that
| a little more marcy nuould have beou shown
him. but he waa going to mako tho host Of II.
lilo was to tho army. but broke down on account
OF ill-loalth. Iio iB % years Old and has wifd
| and th.oe children.
| WILLIAM MUHfoNp
| Ia \ fno-fooking man, probably Is years old.
| IIo was a Colonel in tho army, and received
| several Wounds. IIo looked very palo but calm
DAVID u. LEWIS
bad nothing to sag. and appeared reaignod II
Of HE. aud t4aa famiy.
| .. HlRAA II. SNYDER
appeared indifferent to alt around him, And
looked sad and gloomy.
| IN rn1soN.
| After TIM prisoners had shakon bands will
1 their frlondH aud bad0 than "gond-by," thej
o.s' reception room, by Deputy Warden Craig
They wero shoro Eolieysd Of such articloH ..
they had about them nhtct, 1t was csitrary t,
tho tu'es for thom to keep. Warden 1Iowart
hold no conversation with the prisoners, ant
will treat them Just "a tho regulation requires
They were ne1t takon to the prison barber
where their hair was cut and their whisker1
shaved or. They were then taken to tht
clothing department and tho "gobta" o.
striped convict'd suit Was givon thom. whlc!,
| they put on, and which altered thon1 40 much
that they wore scarcely recognizable. Wtet
fully rRged OUT they wore taken 10 tho houst
and assigned their quarters and cots. They will
not at prosont have any work to do, ~ tho con
| yosa AfD afl idle.
THE TEnMa OF rsfrn1aoxsfEET.
1.0u1syltLE. Ky, Feb. 8.-Thn 1ndlAnlans re
| comfy tried aud convicted at 12dapnpoliB ful
| completely IN whisky fraudA Were placell In I'll.
4 Htate rriyon at JeIeruonyllto, Ind, laat egen
ing. Tie prisoners, peoyloua TO thar presen
trouble, occupied higl posltionH and wero mum
berod among tho beAt citizens Of Evansville
Thar natnea and terna Of sentence aro as fol
lows !, James X. Hill, two years and nix months
AihaTt McGriH. two years; William Munforl
two years; Daniel NJ. Lowta, two years ueo1ga
+. Simpson and Philip Ebeswine two years
Harrison Millor. two years Jolln L. Phillips
two yea1,3; and lltratn u. SNYDER, two yunrn