, 1876-06-10
Conclusion Of the Testimony in
the CulIerton Case.
Opening Argument for tie Government
by MIR. Aver.
Judge LefllngWell Dcgtns Ills Plea for
tho Defendant.
The Case Expected to Go 70 tho Jury
To-Day.


before the ,C,fcrtun vase was resumed, All
parties we're on lnnd, nnl after this preliminary
business no time was lost.
Elwnstf 1]ulger Was called, and tcs.
titled that lie met Fergho, Culeston, ami,
Nurse at Smiths saloon. ITc was intrn-
t!nrrl to fcrcho by Cuiertan. The Inter asked
Fcrgho II 'o had bccn before the Jury. vcrgho
said ]Ie Ind not, Int WOULD 60 In day or eo.
Cullertnn sail they seemed to be going for alt
tie Government ut]lcers, and Vcrgho rcpl!cs,
that they coul.l have nothing ngatnst Cullcrton,
for everything he l,al done was perfectly straight
anl hDnest.
On eross-cxaminatton, witness said defendant
wne now keeping eafnp1e.roon on I11ste Island
avenue. Witness denied, wits, some lndigna-
tt0u, that lie had cycr lcen nn Alderman. IIo
hnl kept an.nr!c-f00sn and a0la spirits of and
IN sincc fSf3.
Mr., Aycr-Your merits have been oyer
lonkct.
W!tnesa-1'm very e1ad Of it. tLaughter.1
NittiEs8 snld he went to scG Cullcrtun at
Smiths, to ask him to help get MI extension OF
the tine fur paying Ills ncpl,cw's sauon license
After this conversation Witness left and went
into t!e Mayors oftlce. lie cMne hack and
not ut present nao OF cnllcr;nn's constituents
lie tihl mot 1yo III his ward now, but ha1 for
nlcrly lived there.
R<dirett-Wtness II testified thnt Cultcrton's
hraihcr carried on the sa1nple-room. Aid. Gull
lcrton owned the building, but hts brother cur
rfed on the hus!Ecs. for him.
lAatl:s +. HUniHuhT
was next called uill tcstiIfet
worked at Croshy's with John Williams. l
was coopcrnE, branding, stamping, and DUNG
other work. never saw any stamps removed.
We serape1 thrin nit kp1nctil1ca anil destroyed
them. I Didn't know anything Of crooked guotts
then. dun't rccolect Just where tho goods
came from.
o.,xr.,r;,rt,o, t,oro-,+ .no., 0.,,1,, ,t,,..
May, 1S'5. never had anything to do with
frauds. Didn't know that frauds were
bring :. committed. Crosby ordered
r. to put some goods INTO
stanrp.cud up. After The goods wcre put in
there CFoslg went in. When he came out there
wcr0 no stamps on tho barrclR. Then VIC wc1c
ordered 70 scrape Oft the barrcl-heads. ! saw
Mr.: Stcbhins therc, and perhaps MIR. Robinson
anl Mr.. Lawrence, oiice or twEce.
Rtdirtct-1 couldn't Bny whether barrels were
rolled into the back ronM during April aud May
from the llllmfa Dtstilllng Company
nEolsOE 7. nt'KNoUuus
was next eaile,l. liz testified:
have lived hero ence 1853 was in the dis
ttlllng business III 1878, IN the firm of Dickcn-
son, Leach & Co. butl charge Of the tllsttliery
hllsincss. j.. E. Miller and f. F. Cullcrton,
Gangers, md A. e: Vcrgho anil Louis Dergcr,
during q part nt Marcl,. C,l1crton had no
knowledge Vt anything crooked there. Miller
and the two Storckrcpsrs knew OF 1t. We rot
the gohls out Without 1llnckley and Cultc.tpu
knowing 1t. All the difficulty ended after
getting. gooda out Of tic wine-room. Illncls'cy
and Cullcrton bud to 60 to the Office and make
out reports anil during the few minutes they
were alrny we got uut Two or three barrels, and
put tft stamps On, which had in my pocket,
aHd which Ind been returned to me afscr being
Used. Vcrgho alll Berger knew all nbout this
-that lf, they knew the result don't knuw
that they knew tho modus opcrnndi of It. l
pal1 them for allowing iue to 10 this.
tro:s.t1ant''dilo'- came here In 1868,
boilE!lt stt!e real cstatc, Hlas}o some n,Dtey In
It, md then went to gnutgIug ut Leach & How
1nnd's, I}ullallan Il Hull'a, md tho Nrcat Vest
cEn. Was dismissed ~ the Government. Was
indicted while With flallahan, tbs case came to
any teetiinony agatnst me. I did not get ono
Or rtwn Government wltnussrs to be absent The
tase was tricd, tI'err WIS no argument, md the
Jury acquitted US IN ifye minutes. l1rst E,c-
game g "ssne''ts9 o. iss, WIN .o nickcn.nn, Leach
est ceased III january, 1875. We enm-
monccd taking out crooked goods In Sep
!ss''~r 1877. a'1 continued up to April Is, 1875.
We paid money to- the Government Utll-
fur suc1. pruteetson as hr could giyo ug. Our
arrangement with Rchm was tint VIC were to
have such Gaugcrs and Storckecpcrs as VIC
wanted, and to rccctSe notire Of visits from
washington: z. f"T tbs - wc , Wsfc to p9y and id
Tlicau payments lasted from Ociuhcr, 1877, to
May. 1h15. We paid him cyory month. 'rl.c
Payments averaged more thnn s., 900 u month.
! made thc payt,,enss generally. Abel paid lin
sei ss S :; sapose 'ps Rch x Kspt 's1s eo Psy
and Bridges, wlllcl, don't think was ncccssary
to secure US. We got suitable .Gaugrrs
and a stnrekGcpcrs and no'lr,cs of visits
to tile tnDHtflY TrnnrtA Of RflIrffa
produced and taken out 81 Inc housc. 'i.ui had
Ho design about 1t. l was fprecd into It, ansl
accepted the situation. ftoyt was Gaugcr
pald VcrEl,o, burger, Me,lullrcn, becci,er Wat
ertnan, did llarcth. I,!ilu't ply lilnckiey, Ken
ntcott, VAll, Hall, Anderson, Cox, aud Storo-
kcere,s Walt, Hong, p99!c, a.'igwtck, and
scllrleSci. raid d F.. Miller for letting nu
didn't t,clIcye he ever reported It's. We Ill! not
rcninrc, under tho 7lccnt tux, spirits which
should have BEEN taken out under the 04cnt
tux. Miller was incompetent; he didn't know
for hin. Cul!erton was u ncw Gaugcr, aud didn't
want to trust lin with Inspecting gnols for the
San Ftat,cisco market. IsIitl not ask thut Mil
ler should he removed. hut that ons Of them
s;'oald sa bc 1cthoyed Hnl IIinckiey substituted.
Miller was removed aud sent to the Illinois.
San't tell whether VIC took out lifty Or twenty
five barrels Of crooked after Miller left. Iknow
tl'at cuslcrton didn't know about any crooked.
ness IRON 1He. Wrnt !ntn the WlHc-rtonl When
pleased. 1t WIS often icft opci by the ,nen
lad nn,lcr ray, and went lii; generally left
the door opcrs, Tor consider 1t tho hest way to
lcaye things wide open. / think Culterton bud
the keys while llinrkcy wins there.
Hriirtct-I should have mentioned CfIlcrton
US one Of the Gaugcrs did not pay. ! never
paid hin cent.
GOOD CHARACTER.
a. y. Itpcr anh judge DrAwcll testified to
the sooa character of tic defendant. The Int
ter created laugh By ru.nurking that to hud
known CullcTtnn for soinH tisne, hut he couldn't
tell Just how tiluhy ycurs. lie husl a!so known
Jua Forrest, who was present, but he couldn't
tell just how lung. 1Le knew hin, however,
when liu usctl to preach.
jon luughed pftl turned rcu.
Mr. Ayer-PerflAps hlA aerulons bud good
elect, Renewed laughter.
I. j. ur0Hson, u rcal.cstate dealer; William
Joyce, llr!dgeporter; W. k. Sullivan, city
editor Of tho Epfni"g Journal; 7. u, Randall,
commission n,erchant; Jatnca Turner, ,sluugh.
tsrer nnt parker, from lIrIIKcp,rt; aud Louis
Wah], testified ~ to sood character. This de-
fenst here announced lint thrir case MAS closed.
The Government then put
J0K FOlHEsT
OH the stand, AMI ulEcrv.l his ryttlcncc III the
way uf fchnttni. liz trstiIlctl to Cuilc1ton's
change Of trout In the Council, but utll,,tuti