, 1876-01-12

1t la clcnr from tho procoealngs In thu Unttod
States District Court hnteinbcfore noted that
tho caBcs 10 como up to-day aro Of minor i'm.
portauce, and TINT the jury will haYo but anal
reason to knit their brows Or purso thsir ltpH
oscr Tho crooked In gfeat qnantities. Tho pieces
de resistance hro reserved for that proh!omatteal
future tiEuo when tho attorneys OF both sdoa arc
ready, aud when there Is uo production Of afIl-
day!ts that 4. g.. an important wtuoas for tho
dcfeoso, In At tho Hot Springs for bis health.
It boing concluded, thon, that tho big guns arc
not to bo required to shoot at once. Tho query
CAME up straghtway who Was to b. asked to re-
port to-day. 3fuel, inquiry among tho Govern
mont counsel produced The conclusion that ihreo
parts ot thon didn't know, aud two other frac-
ttons w1uln't tell, what they had concluded n8
for the present. It wsa, howeyor, uade out, as
thu reauls Of . combination Of various scraps OF
Information. that tho uRt.era to bo thkcn up to-
rcvea,ed "a ready for tsia Gus ct theaa il small
In which The tax on eaf tobacco figures. and
other IN tie Indictment hgainst
p. 4. BcnCMACHEr,
= balloon kefpnr aud l!1uor.dfs'or On North Clark
at1oet The taterh case ls not an altogether easy
to prosecute, and conviction in It II rather doubtful.
Ii mt entirely hopsess. Tho facts that sch.1-
1paehcr kests zAoon on the street 1arnc, and has In
IT, & 10 hs m.Es 1ua M e
In the eye Of the Revenue law This statute demand4
that tho person who carries on tho business re-
sraa Faras ST. IN ~ which s'p ho .hali put isS deTa
ho purchases and sales Of h!a establishment for The
@ s fT, u ba a e lao
his clerk burned It up and neglected to preserve for
two Year,. aH tho law demanded.
In explanation Of the lo1a nf tho hc1k. 6"humacher
aay4 that llis clark burned It up unbeknoun to him,
and that ho VA not ony 'gnoFant Of ~ !oss bas ~
tonrsly angry nersas when 10 hoard of r. Tho elerS
from schumacher to burn a cooks 4nd papcrs Of
consequence, and thst hu consequently burned thia
.,f A+uf,fn t,n5
It IL not likely tlat Schumacher wilt be convicted on
ta.3 testmony If he IL. tts law pre.eE!bca that he
5n tro iy ooo to s5.pSa, md safer npl.oncn from
Court.
TIE OTHER cABRs
which are likely to up today those Of several
axeey who were Indicted in October last. Teso geu-
tccn were accused Of having fasoly gauged certain
n1so viii conspitng to detraud tie Government Moet
OF thin represented IN court by Edmund Jueaseu.
asen by reference 70 the proceedings betoro Judge
BloAgcst yesterday that tho counsel rro!cssea bis
Willingness to enter pea Of nolle for those
day III tho represented y hr Juessen. md will
b sutstaaus! plea Of guilty T. Tho accusnton Of
cd ths couuial for tic Government will enter nolo
p1oscaul in the matter Of tue conspiracy si}eys,l
aRanse tho Ga,lger. in question, NJ will leave ths
Court to accept ho chooses, tho othtr Substantial
plea Of guilty. This course determined on at n
eonsutaton of council for ths Government yeaterdsy
nent had rnads tho conspiracy counts ip tho indct
Eent to everything. sud that 1t was not anxious
to rIess them IT tho other matters a1lcRsd wesa ae-
It Is therefore qu!te l!tey that the Dangers under
charge OF Col. Jucass will coma mp this u'ntnns after
Tho penalties which will fall to tho lot OF tho
GauEers are set forth In Sec a,2J4 Of ths RcytscI
il. Il oS e saS s y
nent Of frou three months to thrns ycars tho saIe
being 4 rather rouah deal the pbrsons who did
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