, 1876-03-24
WHISKY.
Second Day Of the Pail.
maul.ls uAll Trial.
Testimony Of Joseph Roolle on
Behalf of the Prose-
cution.
nIr. 6torrs Subjects Him TO a Rfgor-
GUS Cross-Eyamlnatlon.
Proceedings Suddenly Stopped by the
Sickness Of q Juror.
Hermann Becker Returns from Canada
to Take Hand.
He Will Produce Note Given Him by
Pahlman and Rush.
How Immunity Was Guaranteed
to the Squca1crs.
Proceedings Suddenly Stopped by the
Sickness Of O Juror.
Hermann Becker Returns from Canada
to Take a Hand.
He Will Produce Note Given Him by
Pahlman and Rush.
How Immunity Was Guaranteed
to the Squcn1crs.


THE SECOND DAY.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Tho interest In The SECOND days proceedings
Of tho whisky trial. while not roaching up to the
tragic point waa vivid and intenee. Tho rove'a-
t!onB Of tic fRir-liafred Junkor 1t tho previous
sesaon, which woro fully totatlod Ia TnE Tam.
uaE, lad tho effect OF drawing q larger and
moro turbulent crowd Of spectators than as
ecmbled on the opening day. They came early.
From tho dislovc1ol and haggard appearance OF
some 1t WAS ovidont that iu their oagornosB thoy
had oven neglected shofr matutfnal cocktails.
Particularly noticeable in ths respect wore tho
diatlllors, who formed aolll phalan1 on thu
back ReakB long beforo tho Judge had mounted
his bar. Thars waH George Burroughs, bis TN.
canny black mlatacho sitter than cror and hts
hair plastorod down all o7orhta forehead, mud bis
Rulilo triae loss natural than usuaa, owing
to m absorbing anx!oty proyiug upon his mind.
Dickonson rat next to him, fat and cozy, with
too much hair on ha faco to toll whether he WAS
Aughing or crying. Further oyor vas Ford, OF
tho sandy board, and tho rugged profile Of Hes
Ing phowod boldly forth among the landscape OF
facoa. He had carcwoza oppression upon hts
features, and huntod look In hiH eyes. During
tho entire forenoon ho SAT the moss deoply-in-
terested amoug all tic obserrars Of tho trial.
lhe dial Of the courtroom regulator before
Judge B1od2ett threaded passayo through tho
crowded corridor, entered the courtroom, and
took Ills seat, willie tho abta baitlH raped tho
Assemblago into order, and delivered himself Of
tho only apecch Tint comes within his bailiWick.
At tic two oaize-coyored tables in tho
tontro OF tho room wore clustered already tho
chief parties Ia tho caao OIL trial. Messrd.
BaugH, Aver, and Bontell sat together ut ono Of
the tables, and at tho other we're 8tor1s aud
btanford, attorneys, with thetr clients, Pahlman
md lush. The lattcr wcro also 6uppor.el by
blnj. Edwards Of tho Post and 2fdit, .ho had
doubtless, gained admission on the ground Of
being reporter. Not the least prominent fea-
turo OF the scene was tho reportortal force.
Each newspaper had largo representation, and
tables provided for thom aud boiled over tile
railing into tho sacred precincts Of the Glnrk OF
The Court, and evon invaded the domain Of tho
balllr.
Meanwhile there was . constant pressure from
The multitude outside Who wanted to get 10, but
Hho wcgo detained by tie atrcng arm OF Deputy
h1atBllal, nho guarded tho entrance ytciously.
Only those wore admitted who were whisky
nnen, attorneys connected with the caac, report.
pre-. Government officials. OF prominent citizens
known to tho doorkeeper. Even under this rule
.ho courtroom was autTocatngy crowded.
Thero we1s plenty Of whisky mon other than
those before noted In the audience, and just over
tho outside railing peored tho lsraelitlsh black
eyea ot little Jake Powell. while Simon, tho
patornal Powell, patronizingly boamel oyor bis
shoulder upon tho Court. Abel, Of the firm Of
Dichenson j. Abel. vas modest rs to Rttiro and
mild as to expreaaion. G. g. Russell, III the con-
.ciousuesA Of innocence, sat bolt upright on a
back seat. N'aBh uegtng came among tho
Earliest dolegatlons md secured Scat with
"tle boyB" " In tho front TOW. uo waa rolllck-
Ing, AZ usual.
Tho examination OF tho vitucss, Joseph
Roelle. BY Air. Storts Was in tho eame vein thst
pulnuod by tho lawyer NTH 1oelIe's partner, only
= little "osao: Roolo Ia not very proficient in
10 Bully lin With biz words lie lilo vas rough
On thu witness personally. Thus, at ono time
during tho csosa-examnattop. ho inquired quite
raHualy:
@ ..what did you hno1 about the fraud depart
"About what ?" nsked The witncas, not COM
prelendlng his meanlng.
"About tho swiudting departmental mean
that part OF tho cssab1ishment engaged In
SNinailng tho Qoycrnmout." [Laughter.I
- ! dou't know about any such department"
Mr. Storrs questioning vas full OF such ear.
castio references. On another occasion ho uned
tho words "awndng transactions" refersing
explained that he would ''inotiify tho word
'nwintlling and call Il fraudulent.
Again. tho witnoss, rcfeulpG to Junkcr, his
Partner. 4apponcd to sa5 TINT he Ind full conti'
g Confidence In What" 4" sharply asked Mr..
Gtorrs.
"contldcnco in hta ability. In his l,ouesty-"
sin la honesty towards tho dovorumont
put III the lawyer.
Tho audoncokocnly rcllshed mr. storsa' meth
cd OF enliyeutug tue dry details Ut fact. II waB
plan, too. that tho jurora liked 1t. They aat up
10 their Gox as consonted az happy family, and.
Appearance as to warrant The ainlle. Near
est TO the nItucRH was tho juror DoDn, Of Man-
teno, q man with cloAo.out beard aud mustacle.
who rat With blu head rigidly thrown back and
tndo ot nnn sliding down stoop dccliyity on
tla aoat OF his hreochoa. llo kept Lis eyes
stcruly beut on tho witness during tho oxamIna-
ton: mover oven winking. behind lin waa old
10y w9nrug GapeF soa M
Tas apparently In tho "loau and slppcred pan
tHoon." oxcopt so far az bearing WAS concerned,
1ot he sconlc1 to catch tue wotda OF tho witncse
WIN ease. Another uotsccablo turyman was
0nE!oy. OF ilennopsn o man built without re-
gard TO- Wasto OF material. Uroad.slou!1nred,
having loug tangled white haIs aud whito beard,
70 certainly xas one OF tho most remarkable Ut
tho 1uron. 1lsa fxyorlto attitude was to loan
forward with hts elbows resting Oh tho railing OF
tho 1uTy'bo1, mhonco hla deep-Hot eyes wau1esod
ceaaelcaaly around tho room.
Tho witness Iloello bore tho ordeal Of exam
nation efoicai!y on tho whole. Once or twice,
eot back at tho lawyor very cIeIisably. Etosss
4lmaelf received one Or two checks from. Judge
inlodGett when indulging III too great liberty Of
!nsltuatleu. Thus. ."hllo In tho middle Of q
seatence, tho Court interrupted him with
There Is no Use. Mr. Htotrs. In giving 4
lecture on tho manner In which whisky fsauds
hsys beeu accomplished"
,rss,.' ssosrs' somewhat taken abacl psused cou-
laaediy. aud finally reeovosod ouly BY making
9ne q blu characteristic jokes, nsying that he
eluht suppose any, OF the dissil!srs present
would ba edihod, and AZ to the roat, they wero
y! iseachezs lmeaniug tho repostors), except
" s4e whole, the proceedings were ~ full oi
aAled tntosnas ~ could haye boon posalbly an.
ncspated. and the entro audience, attornsys,
psstandsrR, including even ths Court and the 10.
Rofto1s, ware sorry that thsy wase interrupted
eJ Liza linesa Of Juror.
JOSEPH RoELlE.
WHAT LIE KNOWS ABOUT THE DEFENDANTS.
sTomptly st 10 O'Clock Judge Dlodgstt a!ed
aaso court. and tho sudden atop to at oonyersa'
t'oa md the dropping Of eTery lawyer Into MI
seat announced thAt tho 1olk Of ths p1sytou,