The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-02-11
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AT
JEFFERSONVlLLE.
Grant and MOrtOn's Friends
Elected.
Judge Gresham Fixes the Term
Of Office.
Thc Whisky Ring that won't Fur
nish Campaign Money this
Fall 10 beat Democrats.

: INDIANAPOLIS. February LIN the
United States Court, this morning, the
following named parties. FOR their
crooked operations. were sentenced ~
follows. by Judge Gresham:
/ Philip L. Eberwlue. George Il. Simon
sou. David NJ. Lewis. Harrison Miller.
VIM Munford, Hiram i. snyder, Alfred
NJ. McGrin John +. Phillips. each two
years in the Southern indiana Peniien-
tiary, and II Hne of $1,000.
i James *. Hill. three wears in ths
lpenitentiary, and a fine Of 1000.
/ Thomas Robb. one year III the Gibson
County Jail. and fiue of $1,000. Henry
jacques, Chri-topher Coconour. John +.
Crisp, and Dennis Reilly, each six
months in the Gibson County Jail, aud
liue OF 500
George Hagan. six months in the
Vandcrburgh County Jail, and fno
OF $50.
The passing Of the sentence upon !.
w. bingham has been postponed for
few weeks longer.
In the United States Court this morn
. ing several Of the prisoners ia tho
whisky eases. before sentence was pass
ed, plcade honorab wounds and
aithiul service in tho army and various
o,ncr reasons IN mitigation Judge
Gresham admitted the unplcasamtncss
OF his duty. but hc could not allow his
sympathy 10 make hin forget the crime
they had committed. lie drew de-
cidci contrast betw the officers of
the Government aud The distillers. Til.
torsier are trusted servants ia the paw
OF The United states, while the latter ara
not trusted, tut are watched by The
fgt.. IL.
former ought 10 have increased punish
: ment. He therefore announced that
those officers who had BETRAYED their
: trust should have two wears in either of
I AZ pcniIenIlaric' they might prefer, and
/. p,v tine of $1,000 each.
a Then followed the case Of James X 4.
+. Hill, Deputy Collector. Hill protested
Y his inuocclcc before God and tho world.
! The Judge in sentencing him 10 three
4 years in the pcniicniiary aud : 200 fine.
: remarked that his crime was of deeper
K dye because OF his high official position
G in The Government service.
I In passing sentence on those who had
{ been laborcrs about the distillcries. the
: Judge again remarked tho difference
e between their crime and that OF the
~ Government officers. and gave them six
y llltlilN> W lllf Nttb~Oit 1DuuiN JUL. NIlU II
:. iiuc of S5Ii0. with the exception OF Tho
Il J. Robb. u d:siiller, whom lac gave on,
e year in Jail.
o The only ease remaining being that o
&c John w. I'm CHAM, Colonel Tru,slel
stated to the court that he had a conpl,
NJ of affidavit, showing that Bingham
wife was in critical condition. auo
that sudden shock TO her nervous sys
y TEN might prove fatal. and as a further
~ fact that the Government officers il
New York wished Bimgham's atlidav
'e IN other casrs, hc therefore asked "a dc
~ lay ia the pi,sige OF sentence.
~ The Judge replied that. since thes
., facts had come TO his knowledge, h
:" had thought much about what was hes
~ 10 do; that, although there will bc
y popular clamor FOR Bingham's sentence
~ he thought, AS question OF humanity
y, the scGt nee oug,it to he deferred; tha
:" Bingham had recently lost brothe
a. who had. no doubt, died of remorsc
'n that the government could afford to wal
~ few weeks heluie passing the scntcnc'
no and he was pcrnrtly willing To take N
!, responsibiliiy o. rostponing II for th
~ ~ present.