, 1876-04-03

crooked. Ano lace WAa AlscoVotcq. ana amor.
tslct Attorney at Louiaytllc agnlnrt him and ono
]" jim" johnson. "Itcovca" aAya tho oorro-
spondent "gotting information that trouble WA
ahead y, ss.nsf 1qs fo Mt Sterling
prominent Republican, now reaideut OF Louis
yille. TO him he ntatod his caso !; told how ho
bad violated tho lav throuRh Ignorance. aud no.
With any Intent to deffaud the Government.
aa wAnted to fix tho m.ttes up, and "ss willing
10 pay all demands made upon him by tho Gov.
ernmout. Col. MoKee, believing hts story. saye
him q letter to Oo'. Bretow, tho United States
Attorney, sess'ng forth TIE 4, faols, and recon"
ncnt In tho case. Reeves Immediately wont
to Louisv,llc, made the same statement
70 Col D.tBtow. uo said (rery truth
,inIly) tLnt h.. hS was an Ignorant man'
and dtdn't know what tho law was exactly shout
making apple-brandy. Col. DrfBtow, after con-
aidcrng tho case, promptly dismissed heeros.
without oycn prosecuting him to the Grand Jury.
atatoa Court. THAT. IN briof, Is tho history Of
Ike Reaves' oxperienco with the officers ol tho
Government. Jim Jackson and tho othor man
arsostod for the same otronso, woro examined In
Louisville, and, thorc buing no Testimony ad-
dnccd against them, they wore diHcharKed."
Whom the boastsnl Isaac roturnod to Fle1nlngo-
burg ho haa CONVERSATION with hlr. David Will
aon. bankes, aud Mr.. Z: E. Pcarce, President
OF tho Fleming County National DAnk, mud for
tho first and only time in detaai told the truth
nbout bis ylait to Louisville.
Mr. Wilson gavo the correspondent tho follow
Ing statement about tho interview, and Mr.
Peasco corrohosatcd 1t In ovory particular. Boil,
gontlemcn enjoy tho highest reputation for
Yorac!ty and integrity. Said Mr. Wilson.
1n 1877 or 1879 which cvcs 5esr 1se Recrca got into
tsouho about hs dsAllers he esuas Into ny o'ee ona
took him hesn. lie taia he had been disslllns with
gn a;ens9 spa nsa no tax I'D TIM. h heard tho
pod around by OwngaTille lit. ELctlnR, and LexIpR-
ion 70 LouIsvsso. ind went into tle unitod States
aa d e hs Ss 5ss :: u N a
e4rcatod man. took no papet1 aud did net know %
ons I'll In I'D e. out
r. Tes!a j ssme r. = ~ n II aa
Know is dns5 snd IL constassson Of . honesty .nd
lega price, and they told him to 60 home and attend
70 tt buniness snd pay hia tax. He told tlls unso
imagtne. even 1t Till 1ato day. what motvs 10 could
have had in telling Il II wsa not the truth, was
In no way thou aud never hAvs BOOM connected with
tbs Government
About the Now Yoar 1ko was ut tho Bancroft
House In Mayavile, and Dragged and babhled
about hts getting out Of serious troubs In
hSsys hoH Il eo1S 1 Vnsa nas 9 siss h a';psy aa 3
father did not eay thai ho had bribod h1r. Dris-
low" aud tho old hhbblor wna glad to corrobo-
rate h!s sons 1ecollootIon Of this particular caso
Eo1t. III tho Tlomlngsburg Democrat, Of Jan.
20, tho following paragraph appeared without
comment:
W. 49, ,o,o,nca .b,t NJ 1u,c u.orc. r, MI,
county li rlv ikcts ID lii possesslou touching Us
honesty q, cf Mr. SECRETARY Irissow viii le ploass
r.so anil .,l.iuT
Wheu this appeared It excited considerable re-
mark in Tho uaIrhborlood. Il being 4 now phnse
OF Ike Racvea' boastiug aud b.agging. Mr..
Wilson, hLr, pcarce and Mr., W. Il. TloninE-
gentlemen toferred to apove-met the
foouscioua 1gahr = walk or 80 later. and
Ike was littlo ashamed and discounted, and
fraukiy adnittod tAat he had beon driuklnr and
gasgInp at MaysytIlc, and was only fooling when
Ia tsiEed alout II. ard didn't nnt3nosa a1y ono
you'd A pay % INV attention 10 it. 0up'''e ~'' 'A'
allowing sS % suoh chsrao to 20 uneorreuted' @ md
Tseyss. v ithout any othor i,ducoupept OF incon-
IL y,
rEasoNAn Ekr.AnAr1ox-Mr, 1.a.o Reeves asslses
u 70 MAKE persont expanstion for hin IN regard
% q ~ y Ill., -
ststal In suhatanoo Il tho anorpt IIouen In Msyx-
han ben arre.ie for .oms 1o,.nn of IL 1oterns I
Neyenue laws whils nrstow WAS Prosecuting Attorney
Il d Der hundroi. md thst In oonsIerston OF lie
money he va rslss.sd sf M nee1es sd@iIs H. con. 90
l
II nohn1 of il iii rsAtt aSnstt M he yus srrested
and digelarscd honoFa6ty, va uako this statement
At tha rnounat Of Hsnyss
T1on III ne enncsrc, ] mon IN. .c.n, th, oinc,nn,u
EN1u'fG mah' ana ihseevlnWed 1.eeyea PC
tween drinks, and dtex out that rcmnrkaple
| story about HrlatoW hAvtDR boon brtbod BY l00
hogs to let Keeyos Oh, TITO Commercially cor
| rospoudsnt produced to Reoyes The E,.auirer'1
atticIc, and totIs what ensuoa
:. av; o ~" ~" ps .ns o.na'a @ , .Ln ...,y. !,
A.. Muan IL. heaYea we eho"n tno alsie'o ~
tbo enquirer ahu lhtofuoa t4at ens Gulil Anu
| nothing but the truth must 10 told now the
| bragRlag, clustering 11unchausnn recognized
| that he hsd got himself into . very UNPLEASANT
Gx and rromntlv s,,d ,,,rnseryniv admitted
! That Tho wlola atory was Ill Tie result Of his
| voluntarily made tho statement gtyon leiow, aud
nhearfully Eode 70 Ai!lAboro aud sWota TO Is.
S.ats u Kentucky, County of F1e,nin2: 1saaa O..
1tesvss Of tho County md etase sbo'o artten state.
VA thn TOY puolaled " ~ onelnnsa En1at, o.
- sa5nx t.t h. b1 h II IL p.tow