, 1876-01-19
Trial and Conviction at st. Louis OF
Guenthcr, an Ex.Revcnuo Agent.
NTeEcc's Trial Expected to Prove
Of Surprising Interest.
Rumor TINT Mcguire Has Hale Up HI
Hind 10 Plead Guilty.
CHICAGO.

1HB EulCk Luft VI CuHfEIHhtl1l LII kAS o4AHh
Jury room yoatesday was whisky. 1t VIVA esl-
deut from tho start that tlo nombera moant
busiuosn, - thoy strodn into their apartments
with martial mir that bodo Ill towards tho
manufacturers OF whisky who had dovatcd from
lhe path Of rcctttudo. They woro on hand, too,
It Eoaaonnb1a hour, aud when tho roll was
ralIe. at 10 o'clock only thrce wero found to bo
kbsont Iho hrst order Of buanos, Of courao,
ponaatcd In lighting cigars and striking attI-
tutlcs that wero Mt onco comfortable and pctur-
ss4ue. This done, short period OF ldo-
neHs waB necessarily iuduiged in while watt
luz for instructions from tho District Attorney
aud tho Government counsel. T'heso gentfcmen
appeared aoon- As thoy approached lilo Argns-
BJsd young man who guarded tho door with hla
fcat on ths railing, hr. Dexter paused, aud gaz-
Ing cautiously around, inquired
"Are thore any reporters around ?"
t.No, air," replied tito doorkecpor With Camp
bollisn BrRvitY.
''Are you sure :" continued s1r. Do1ter. at TIM
1ine t!mo scrutinizing thu baro tloos and Malls
uf tho CORRIDOR and chroluily lifting up tho dour-
:" II Invent acnn any this morning" answered
"Wo!l," said Mr.. Do1tor, with an accent ot
toilet, "yon will ploaao keep the haIl cleared,
ind not sllor any reporters upon this floor Of
With which dlctum 1,c strolo majostica'ly into
kl0 1ufY-foCul,
rio consequence of this order was TINT tho
fourth story Of Tho Cutton- IIouHc presented IN
unusually doBurtel Appearance all day. Occa.
lionally eomo porRon Interested IN wli1aky would
mo,,nt tho stairs md accoBt tho solitary door
Keeper with snn1o qutA hon In Ecgnru 10 tho do
ings OF the jury, but su ch person speedily found
u convenlent 10 mako descent. Only Col.
DrookH md ha confrcr "a woro allowed fEeo nc
:ess, their consultation. room being on thu sasno
door Ono Of ihc frat even:B OF the norniug
*as a whit to Brooks 70, ,m By
". s. CALNES,
tAa reCtif1er, whoRo rc ce1t nl9orlc8 have bfcn
Iet forth in TuE TninUN.t.- uo waa closnted with
bsoots. about m hour, u Il it IL supposed that
Tho object OF tbs confort flco WAS to arrange tho
plan Of evidence which uolsen III about to gtso
Et the coming trials. Du rinE hts immurclneut
anensly observed ra,nb' Ing ahout the building
bi1ni5ing anxioualy, j" Hrs nnsbody soon dol-
Ecu 7" fIo ls lolson's attorney.
After some preliminary tpnvcr7attoa the Grand
SUPERVISOR TUITION
to give teatltnony concerning lstH knowledge Of
Whisky. II may 10 Htatod hers tint lilo jury
have reaclod En- important stage In t!lcir inYos-
legations. Thu witnoBscu WIN have beon sum-
lnoucd heretofore wcro naen whose Testimony
horc directly upon tic m tnageEaailt, legal and
Illegal Of diati!lorips aud rectifytng houses.
Tho evidence VIA outirelY III regard to tho nl,i-
II regarded tho guilt of tho distilera and tcctt-
iicrB. This portion OF tho investigation may
now be Enid to LaTo cloRol. What .ematu. Ia 10
Tx unon tho amount of blame or cuipability Mt
taching to tho Governments ontci9ls, who. either
10 tAeir capacity ~ Gangerst ar depusIos, Or Of
aiec cloEka colnivcd with tho dlatllora to d.
tEald tho Government
The FIRST whnoAs III tl,is portion Of the inves-
ugaton Has Supervisor Tuition, nsing Called
futo tho jury-room, lie stated. III answsr to tie
usual formula Of QuostsouH TINT le waa tho ST.
rervtaor of Internal Nevcnue for thu State OF
PENNSYLVANIA, aud had come 10 Chicago III tho
month OF May. 1915, under Ordons from tho
commtaoioner Of Internal Rove, .ue. n,r tho pur-
pouo Of making seizures OF n ambar OF dssil-
lefios Which were reported to havo bcnn zun-
ntng crooked. In accordance vi tn Ills insttuc.
GERS Of this city. selzcd tho diatlllor1es Of
hicBars, 0ho!cson q. Russell, Pit ker Il Maaon
isoolte. Yunaer Il Co., l,yron Sawyer, and
tho Teetifyang ho1lse Of Golnou i Eastman. lio
h1. washburn. Deputy Collector l loys. and Roy.
tnue Agents LroNn and L!vin, Sstpp. Philip
Madsworth waa Collector as tho timo. Aftot
nst1ttng Tie tnannor Ia Which tho olzurea woro
That llayo como 10 lin knowledge duplicating
b11lcors OF tho Government. Tno p1 inctpal party
involvod Ia illegal transactions was ons George
4: Mnty. sp!rit.st1mp elesk In tho efico Of tho
uo!lector OF lntotnal Revenue. Fro N IN exatn-
lnntson OF tho boOkH OF Heyeral dlntl be1s 1t bo-
sanao evident to him at tho timo I'll It not ouly
must thore favo boon collnslon betwe m Gaugers
sud disttllera. but also botwoon dis iilers and
mcrouB barrels OF whisky wbloh had ts,n Hhip-
ped Without any voucher thnrofor upon tho
phic6 rcoords. Tho "1ndfa-rubber txaap plan
hscounted for thon, "a far aa It VOL H. but III
OF aome ono CLIO discovered. TINT rover. i stan3.
BOOKS Hsso missing from tue ltoyeutl 10 ottico.
Tho matter remAtnod unexplained for long
time. It Was finally found that they h1.a beou
csErisd away With tho connivauee Ut hr;'asy, the
1p!ritst4mp clerk.
als. Tuition proceeded to GO over tho his'.os,