, 1876-06-25


guilty to the third and sixth counts in this case
1t becomes the duty Of the Court to sentence
you Before doing SO will ask If you have
ANYTHING to add to what your counsel have
already said in mitigation Of your sentcnccs
Mr.. Durrougls-Nothing, Your Honor
Judge Blodgett-The evidence adduccd upon
the various trlals that have been held In this
court, and what hns been said In your behalf up-
on the hearing and on the sentence day, satisfies
me- that you were the chief active promoter Of
The frauds carried on In your distiitcry. The
sentence OF the Court, therefore, is, that you
pay fine of 5000 and be imprisoned in the
Cook County Jail for term OF one year.
lhls sentence created quitc little stir in
court, and mauy sympathizing eyes followed
Burroughs as he went back to lis scat.
p1CKENsON AND ABEL
lhe next victims were OriandoP. Dickenson
and Jonathan Abel, who came forward on their
names being called.
Tue CouFt-Haye you anything to add to
add what has been said by your counsel in
mitigation Of sentence!
Both defendants replied in the negntlve.
The Court-rhc sentence then is upon eaeh OF
you, that YOU pay u fine Of 81, 600 and be I'M
prisoned in the County Jail oil Cook County for
the term of three months. The tine is the low
est that the law will allow me to impose. I
meut, but I do not deem It proper under the
circumstances.
SIMON POWELL
next approached the bar on the Invitation OF the
Judge, who said:
Nj. Powell, you have been heard through
your counsel III their suggestions as to every
consideration they could urge in mitigation OF
your sentence on the plea Of guilty which you
have rendered in this Court-hare you anything
to nffcr2
Mr.. Powell (ncckly)-No, sir.
Judge Blodgett-Thc sentence Of the Court
then, is that you pay u iue of s3,0o0 and be
term of si1 months.
II. 3. MILLER.
AIr. Powell had scarcely time to reach his
seat before Judge Blodgett called out Henry
3. Miller" As Buffalo rose to respond there
was quite an excitement in the room, as it was
remarks. He came forward with smile, and
assumed q courteous attitude when tho Court
asked:
what las been said IN your behalf BY your coun-
sel!"
Mr.. Miller in reply, made the following
speech. which did not come up to the c1pecta-
tions Of the audience:
add little. I don't know as 1t makes any an-
ference in the sentence; still, II the Court re-
members, when crookedncss commenced ut my
distilery had as Gaugers Hermann Becker and
AdoIph Miller. Iu the trial Of Rush aud PAhl
man, M. Becker swore that he had been Gu
gagged in crookedncss before he came to my
house, at Crawford & PahIman's- The question
was put SO directly to Mr. .Adolph Miller, SO
that he eyadcd it IN that trial; but in the Mum
trial he also testified that he was engaged in
1ilc crooked business before he came to my
house, at Crawford j. Pah1nans. 1 was salts
fed that they had been, because they under
stood everything. And Willie don't shlrk any
responsibility, instead Of corruptins them, I
think they corrupted me.
ssAnotilcr thing which onght to be viewed in
! our ease is, thnt, II the Court l1as carefully
looked over these afhdavits, he must have seen
that the distillcrs paid the expenses, md that T.
In company with Mr.. Lawrence, travelled over
seven States in trying to crush out illicit distil
lation that we knew ut that time existed; that
VIC rallied the distillcrs Of the United States,
and done everything In our power to crush It
out. 4 man would rather run his distillery,
don't who he IS honest, than run it disho'l-
est. We knew that st. Louis was largely en-
gagged in it; VIC knew they engaged in 1t in the
First District III Indiana, aud we knew they
were largely engaged In it ut New Or1cans. I
myself called the attention OF one 0t the ofli-
GERS in the Revenue Department in Washington
to this state Of facts; anu, US usual, got re-
butfcl; l got no encouragement, and, In fact,
they would not speak to me.
stNhatever We have done here, St. Louis was
engaged in these practices eighteen months be-
fore any distil1cr here, to my knowledge, cotl1-
nspeed IT, They arc juft g e usn on;s aS
5oincu our association and assisted in crush
Ing 1t out, the distillers here would not have
been forced to the wall and lnadc to enter iuto
these practices. 1t Is no excuse for any dlstill-
er, and don't set it up as an excuse for myself,
that we went into 1t because we had to 60 into
it; because If we went out OF the business we
probably would not have been worse oil than
we are now financially. But It is ease in which
nnety-ntne men, tlln} IN loo would nave aone 1s
mitigation Of my punishment other than what
nv ATTORNEYS said. I shall have to take what
ever tic Court secs fit to give me.
The Court-Thc sentence Of this Court IS that
you pay 1nc Of 5000 and be imprisoned In
the Cook County Jail for the term Of six months.
Mr.. Mller's face beamcd Is he realizcl that 1t
"wlsn't SO bad, after all,' and he quickly got
out Of the way to make room Tor
FRIEDRICH L. REED.
The Court addressed this young man, who, 1t
is generally conceded, was more slnncd against
than SHINING, as follows:
Mr.. Reed, have heard your counsel in their
appeals for mitigation of the sentence which ting
law REQUIRES me to pronounce upon you, and
will also say that the District Attorney and bis
associates lave expressed themselves satisfied
that should pass upon you. the liGhtcst sen
tcnce which Tan under the law rs 1T now
YOU to pay tiuc of $ 600 and be Imprisoned in
the Cook County Jail for the term Of one day.
The statute requires that there should be flnc
and IMPRISONMENT. The other count to which
you plead guilty would require an impris2nMcs :aa
have, therefore, thought that It would be
heavier punishment tLan felt disposed from
the facts which have come to my knowledge 10
regard to your case, and the manner in which
YOU BECAME involved III this oHense against tue
Jaw, I-f1avc felt disposed to impose upon you
such penalty as involves the least loss Of stand-
ing Us aman in business and IS man in society.
This, therefore, is the penalty and the reason
why gave It.
PAHLMAy AND RUSH
next stepped to thu bar, and having no5nlng 70
urge upon the court, Judge Blodgett disposed
Of them with the following bricf. audsess:
You have been found guilty By It jury after
which cannot but consider, in all respects, M
impartial trial, upon four counts in ting inolct-
me,lt against you. I have not deemed It my
duty to 70 to the extreme Of the penalty Of the
law in filing the punishment under either OF the
counts. Ny disposition has been, from all the
liw1lt which I obtaiued, to make your punish
mcut as light as could under the ctscumsta
The scnteHrc Of the court IS that you each pay
fiuc Of $1,000 and he imprisoned IN the COOK
County Jail for period Of three months.
WILLIAM COOPER
WAS then called for He took his place in front Of
the Judge in rather 4 nervous manner, and
waited for the words which were to shut nm
from the sight Of his fcllow-men for prlef
period. ,,o. h.r
been said ia your behalf BY your counsel, wneu
called up for sentence Monday last but what
the District Attorney has said in your behalf,
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