, 1876-09-29
The Last Batch Waive Examinas
ton and Give Bail.
What John 4. COrcornn Says
About tl,e Au Sable Dis
tillery.
How He and Jim McGrath Were Con-
neotad with It..

"Who Is A. FTindl What haa ilc ooch affest'
ell fori''
ivsa vaa us n'' ~ ,non'rc ne,st1' Horne law ~ w
Avn Mno ,tsnn,r, - H.. ''t~ ~, H,a.ry mn, ,-n
"Itnl McHeafy, Goi' e!ca', ~, s',,o ~, ~
"ohl KNOW ye''co t'''' aao O''''
uDlyIl a bit was tho reply.
un... b.s, .,t' 49,, ,,o s1tnc7,, oskcd Phil
7., ,,. Wv ane ~ Wv nv, co, Ctcorv. and
onuy Con Uoacors' so'1si ad ~e S want MT to 60 ball. L
III iioyno S iooked 1t himself. and then went down
TO tlis door and lot tho trio IN. ~ ..
asked col. Clcary. '~ ''
Miiro rot on ti,y niat1t-shirt," snid Phil.
uiDale, that Will do for THO, royal purplc,'
aaid Jim; " an' haTo yez onY whisky 70 20 Win
Phil gct IN the liighwincs, and the crowd went
fcr It, and along tuwards daylight !Ioyne took
a bu1ld Tor S3,500, which bond he refuses 10 dis
close until 1t ls copied. ,,.
eamc In md gave bail in = like amount with
Charles Dcnnehcy as surety. Pete Meorath
was brought up and gavc Cornelius McGinnis,
aSa along to ss @ tea bFn %s gays gs,c 3Sn sa
man. 3yss brought In as Interpreter.
cSsconAs's so,s sfonr. ,.onn,, ,n,o
The Government pelsls Iad Is slelme III, that Ger,
tho Au Sable concern, mid tho reporter wanted
to know abo'1& T.. =. III ,,or. th,s ,,,no.
IT sS Asan s b. ,rs,se eas saa n ssts
lin tbe latter part Of September, 95 r.. 81 said h.
frisn,l anxious u 20 down to.alorris and rent
tho distilcry, which up to that TING Ind been
closed, because Of eome trouble With thc = uoy'
cnlment. 1le said hs tr'ena tat was goSa ast
was very 1cstrous oi helping HIM start
III business. I thought the matter over
for three Or four days before. giving
hIeGrath an auawer, but finally, on his repre-
| sentatlons, thought Won!n nastas hts itieia,
knowing that ho had worked for McGratl, N
tho coopcrage business for several years. That
man was aoslin. ..,o,r,,,,a ,,or. .ho ,n,,,,,o
VIC went With Gosln to Morris, md there de-
posttcd $1,000 with Atr. Car1, Cashier Of the
Grundy County Bank, to tue credlt o. mr. Gqs-
lIn with tnstracttons to cash any sleek ;e o. Mr.
Si' Us L he Ind deposited It hlase!i Mr, Mcdrail'
aaq s,sn % n any wsy ygpssa p1s,saes :, IN as
ductine tho buaIncss, Nj. Carr being at tho time
presumably, In position to advise" :,
-" Whit security did you take from dosiln ioT
| TINT uoncyf'
Ills nota for 81 ooo.' ~.
Is Hut you only loaned S1,Vooi 1or WHAT was
Interest on tho money loaned"
| " Did G0slln ever pay IT,
No, sir,h
| "Or any part OF 1tln
"No, sfr.' amp
-, You haye now got down to September 1885,
| What nc1t3'
think, tic middle Of January, and then eir. Col.
Inns and Mfr. IIalocman took tho concern, and and
Il with Gosl A. thas ,S.Ea time thoy SyaG aa eoo o
on tue running bond for aoslin, and these three
ran tho concern until tho time o. the expiration
Of TINT bond. think that bond ran out Ia the
'A:s9s WHIT gst:h happaacd 1l pen i itl.cn ~
!" I forgot one thing: During tms time thc M
dtstilory Nas closed for while, au!! part Of the
time they only ran ono mash day."
"Why was that ~
"Tl1S roads werc so bad that grain could not
'FWhcn was TINT n
ii think IN tho latter part Of December OF
the first part Ut january"
:" After they shut down for want OF bonds
what happencd1''
"They closed up, and tho house has never
been opened since"
allow much did you draw out OF tho con
cernl"
!, :" II whose maine as payee did doslin mak'
"To McGrath."
"Who holds tlle noso nows"
"Mr. McGratl,.h
"Wcfo you aud McGrath partners IN the de-
poe,t Of ttlot inoneyf''
"Yes, air."
"Unlcr what agrcctncnt}''
! ",rhat the first money Nj. Goslin realized h'
should pay 1t on account."
aWhat wns tho ratc OF tntercstah
; s.Thcrc was no agrcolnent rs to that, except
verbal ono of 10 per cent" ...
"Was there a,iy agreement that tho paymcn
of that money should depend OH tho profits Q
tho eoncernln
"No, sir. Tho agreement was, It tho concern
. ! malo tho tnoney GoBln WIS to pay tho money
Il uot, vo were to hold tho note against him:
. would like to aay one thing right hers. Aftc
UoBin broke up and Collins aud 1Ia!deInan wen
Ia, they sent to us for u load Of malt We weu
(that Is, MeGsath aud wunt) to
JAKn REitM's MALT-HousH
atd askeu II that house would trust tho tlstil
lcry. The managers replied that It would not
,, and Mcituth aud became personally reepon
sihle."
"For how mucli''
"SeYcu hundred tiolIars''