The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-12
CHICAGO'S CROOKED.
WRATH To COME.


slnuous situation "a follows: The ch Ief in
cident in the local whisky drama on yester-
day wasltne impanneling of the grs I'D jury.
During the morning hours, while che mem
bers of the inquisition strolled about the
building, or constituted publ property
while in the court room, their presence Gre
ated considerable stir about thu. government
beadquarters, but as soon as trey were fairly
under lock and key in an up per room, mat
tiers settled into an oppr sssive dizziness
which was in nowise disturbed. IL i
believed that the grand jury Wit act with
great delbarasiOn, and dispose OF al minor
business before taking the whisky MolOch.
This will give them an opportunity tt IA
miliarlzs themselves with tke situation,
which may seem to them the more neces
sarv as Que and all are residents of the dis
trict outside OF Chicago. The Oeay VIII
also, no doubt. prove welcOms to the prose-
cutiOn, it will enable them to contin Ne
to work up testimony, and carefully sift and
sort what is already in their possession
The presence OF the grand jury has bad
very depressing effect on the members of
the whisky ring, and while heretofore thew
have crowded the corridors OF teadquaTter
even when they had no Ostensible busine-
there, simply to sac what could be seen {
to hear wnat could be heard, on yesteTdl "
they fought very shy of the premises, anu
during the afternoon
NOT A SINGLE "CROoKED" COULD BE SIGHTED
in any direction. This absence OF the casus
belli had quite disheartening effect on the
reportorial fraternity, who during the past
few weeks have established very intimate
relations with numerous members OF the
crooked family. taking frequent occasion to
cheer their dropping spirlts with rcseate
stories of governmental clemeDcy, to the
like of which the 1Orlorn whiskyites never
tire of lending willing ear Although it
was pretty we'll understood that no busi-
ness of importance was under consideration
by the grand Jury, the apartment occupied
by them somehow seam d to exercise ias-
cinstiDgiDfluence over the tribe of Faber-
showers in attendance. Perhaps their
only. intention was to familiar
ize themselves with the situation
and it may be they thought that it might
be well TO form An early acquaintance with
the obliging deputy marshal who guards
the door with an eye 10 future benefits.
But the aforesaid deputy marshal was proof
against all their Establishments; talked
gOod-naturedly AID even feelingly upon al
subjscts except tie particular one he was
expected to 'let down" on, aud altogether
proved himself a very desira Die person to
get rid Of-frOm repOrtOrial point of view.
What the marshal should do is to appoint
somebody who is willing to tell all he
knows, and as much more as his fertile
brain is capable of inventiDg. The report
ers will see TO IL that he wheat and chat
are carefully separated. Regarding the
status OF those best known as
THE POLITICAL VICTIMS"
Messrs. Hesing, Rehm and Miller, nothing
of any NOE leaked out yesterday. No
doubt evidence bearing on their cases will
be first sought or when the whisky cases
are reached by the grand jury, for 1t is i'm
portsnt tina. the public should know where
This trio sta I'd, and If on careful sitting they
are found to be more sinned against than
SHINING, no doubt an indulgent constituency
will not be backward in extending teir
sympathies. But u at such will be { re-
suit OF the investigation of The grand
jury is hardly probable, unless the officials
who have in>tis aled the arrest are most
grievously mistaken regarding the amount
and trustwors his the evidence suit
mitted to them. L. may be we'll to state here
that government official have acted with ex-
treme caution in ordering these arrests, have
measured he evIdential ground inch by inch,
so 10 speak and utterly refuse to enter ain the
possibility of mistake. According to their
utteraDc9s, the evidence is simply over
whelming. In the collectors office dullness
reigns supreme The revenue from stamps
which used to aggregate $4,000 per
day, on yesterday dwlndled down TO s., 200,
the result of single order from Shufeldt a.
Co, and this establishment. one of two now
it did week ago, under the incessant
drawback OF rumors duplicating It, which,
as yet, have proved TO be without good
foundation. The whisky trade of Chicago
Is not only seriously crippled, it is almost
entirely annihiIated and unless omefhing
like confidence IN the establishments still
running returns to the puolic mind ii u y
be permAI eutly diverted from the city,
This state OF things is certainly not desira-
bic, and it Is to be hoped that the last of the
seizures has been b ard from, except OF
course, that there still guilty parties
who should b. so served. In spite of
sHoAL OF RUMoRs
indicating the dowDfall of the establish
ment OF Shufeldt q Co., the citadel still
stands. and promises to Withstand any and
all assaults that may be brought against it.
The fact Is, as the Times has heretofore in
timsted, that the sized "crookeds" are
very anxious to see this eyesore come down
and they have been at great pains 10 bring
in testimony against IL, and considerable In
that direction has been done, but most of it
is generally regarded as very untrust-
worthy. SO it seems also 10 be regarded Dy
Supervisor Matthews and Collector Wet
ster, for had they any Information suffi
GENTLY reliable to ac5 upon, the Shufeldt
establishment would be seized as quickly
as. any other. To account for the non
seizure OF this house upon any other
ground than that of "squareness,n the
'crOokeds" give out thai ITS proprietoIs
"stand 10" with the government aud have
been promised immunity provided they
would give the others away. On this head
Mr.. SbufeldL a. ssrts that he has never had
any dealings Win the government about
these cases; that he couldn't have Ii he
would, because ne knows nothing about any
other es sbli-hnent than bis own, aud thar
he accepted the position of appraiser, when
tbe others were izsd, much against mis- in
" he rod
thereby to aid his brethren In trouble by
making the sppIasements as reason able a.
possible. For this friendly office, be says,
he now receives
ONLY CURSES AND TREACHBRY IN RETURN.
II the government officials act cautiously in