, 1876-06-02


Immediately after the dismissal Of the Grand
Jury the extent OF its work was pretty general
ly understood. The Commissioners wcrc nbn,t
assembling, anl such as lla1 been Indicted were
not little upset. Jones and Crawford oecu-
pieI positions on the frtnt steps, and, Rince
they l,aI fn!icd to persuade The jury not to in
diet them, were prepared for the worst. Mt.
Ashton Ind anticipated tho result, and WIS in
the office Of the State's Attorney awaiting ar
rest, while McCaffrey the defiant and Johnson atld
Holden were acting with the Board In opening
the bids for building the new Court-1Io,lse. All
of them tried to be cheerful, but to expect
stnilc. was too much. Each Of them saw
looming up before him the spectre. Of Pcni-
tcstlaty life, and nonc were prepared 10 kindly
greet IT, Empty talk hail served to answer 4
few OF the newspaper accusations, but they
were fully aware that now something else WINS
necessary; The game uf brag tad been very
successful, but they realized that before court
Of Justice new Enna would be needed, ant!
tint their response xo' hava to be ,lioro than
mere words. III iaet, the qVestton was give ball
plctcd.
IN THEY CONE.
Shortly after 4 o'clach The sky began to darken,
xs, .aSn t. sx 'sF II,
Commsslonors. WITH nc c5eeption Ut fcSiolat,
tnay as;sa e., s ecn
IT, they ther teeth FIRMLY, aid had little 70 say.
THY aa to nre hon snd the st
been .as means oi senting them around
among their friends ia search Of bpndsnen.
Thetr search had resulted successfully. In spite
honda, Increased by the rkipplngs u the past eight
o. nsus months, the Commissioners had frtrnds In
r!ovesb and show that they were friends inieed
So that, WHEN they filed Into the conEt.E0oa,, ~
With a:cGr s we,e ,s., b, hy
md through good rcpor7 althongh some Or then,
10 doubt wished they had not hcen, called on, and
received previous .nsmasion that ttcy were liEely
to be NEEDED in this capacity. Judge Moore was
summoned iron, his room, and Prosecuting Attor-
None 0f khe accused weru accompanied BY counsel
save the cAcrvcsccn. Pcrlont, whosc Spirits were
sliGht1y cosscd up under the guardianthfp Of a. s.
was the frat IN offer ba!l. Now Ashton's plea waa
news Of his Indictment. reached him, that be
supposed somnbody had 70 he Indicted. The
si,ry had eser been known 10 have # before. ii
f4 s assa ss. ' e. s'fs sn b ii "; t
| These periods Of nubte excitement came around
once In while, and wto this was rather c.ag.
peorlo would hes that ,natcad Of indicting rogucs
| they Ind hanlcd mp honest mon. Was he Innocent.
Gsy hin hsf sSsacs @
feeling animAtsag h!' manly breast, ho stepped up
10 ~ JUDGES !,s,s;,, hsneh. Z ,.,, o. ,,.b.. ~
eognixancs would te sufficient Heretofore the
word Of San, Ashton has stood agnlnst tho city Of
Chicago. Now. ho has 10 have Gondsmen."
| Expressions Of syuapathy from scseral members
.'Thats als right, Mr. Aahton, coolly resrona-
cd Jndge Maori. but II would hsvo bad effect,
| II wuu1Itu't 10 around thu 1Dk. taktnC every
| mnn'a sccoXntkance," :"
10 sam .aw It waa Of no usc to urge the nsatter.
and he Qutetly entered into bonds III the sun of
$40. U0O, with Charles n. Hammond and Hiram T.
Crawford rs suEetles. Both arc thought 10 be
tho good 'humoeed American with African blood
conrssnK through his ve'na, ne1t presented him,
pleasantly toward hIu. Charley. Reed said hs
would do without any suIetfes, but he would prefer
% sa . a:s Ssa .sS Iaaqst S Sxn 4:
bond, which was, like shs re.t for $40, 900. anil!
% was al i'm n!sssEe, tasi b. - "a. a. & K. ~ he .sd
and would prove .hfs Innocence ~ surely ss lhers
| was u hea1eu above the earth lIe should 70 to
H. H. lad M not .sen his ,ndtctment, Gut iii lawyers
would stand by him Wills Le NJ. under 4 charsc
Of conspiracy or anything else. ~ they had always
done ln whAieyer trouble lc !ad bscI.
| PAT CANHDLL,
the bold llberntan of the County Hoard, with bis
generally Gust down appearance, W. he ne1t
| Iuau 10 cume " the frQnL ili4 bond was made out
:as.t s5ay n: t95 s1S Hs:o o "a y.
Patrick had fallen into ths llaht!s ot y Tnhu*K
reporter aboqt n'on, and Va. p!aytnly ba"terea
crousht @ tt III. I I"nds,ntn OF = moi. Thr ind!et:
mrnts weso not public 1t this time. bu.
the knuxing newsgathrrcr was aware of ,wlas was
not bo :g.rasly di.appolnsel when thu tacts were
knuHn;