, 1876-06-08
And Also Counived at Aota Of
Fraud by Others.
Mayor Colrin tn De Called as n Witness
Against Him To-Day.
Light sontoncs, Given Soma st. Louis Dis.
tillors and ReotiGers
CU.LLERTON,
T4ft.ht6 rts- v- +Rrr --n.%

tflal-tdbleS, anu awaited tic pleasure Of Tho
Court, scnsly to gu on with tho triai, an1 mi
lodge behind d plea Of guilty on minor counts.
The Government was represented In force by
Dlstrlcs-AttorncY Bauga, afr. Aver, and Mr..
BolItcl1.
After dlsposing Of several civil matters, Judge
Blodgcts asked DistrIct-AttorJry Bangs II h
was ready to proceed. Mr.. lungs aall Ito VIVA
rcn1y III tic case against Cnllcrton, and Judge
Let'ingweti anuouucca tllat he niso was ready.
THE LURE
was then cnllcd and sworn anu examined BY
Mr.. Boutel for the Government. The intcrro
gattons were about rs follows:
Doy you knnw the defendant, Philip Wads
worth, or ]. y. WarAI
Did you ever maI;u Of sell srtritsl
Uayc you formed Or cxprcssrd my opin!onsln
Ecsercnre u the testimony Ut aeeosHpltcest
liave tho newspapers produced any tulprcs-
sion on your nthd in regard tu thts u,nttrr Ut
tl,c testimony of uceulnpllees9
Ono ulnn. alr. Hunt, Ind the courage to say
that It would take pretty gool corrobvrutlun to
male HIN belleyc tho Testimony u III ACCOM-
p}icc.
Mr. Aver did nut like this, which was not very
cuiilstatyes drtcrlnlncd the weight to be gwen
10 tho testimony ~ tu Eccompllce lle then uske1
the Juror II he would convlct tho testimony OF
~ r iiant sl I.e eo.l tei better M atce hS hearJ
tho Testimony, a1iA the Court aald Tint WAS unI
nrntly proper reply. Sttl, Mr. Hunt said ho waa
perfectly unl taatu ind unrreIuaiced.
The other jurosA were examined In order. and
n.ore tlau oir scelnGd tu have opinions Of acepm-
pees not w!ul!y dayoran!e IT,, to suc, inllSI!uas
to tho surrounding gcIrcathtanees the nntural ,nan-
ncr Of the witnrss, anu the consistency anil har.
mo,,ey uf his story IN relation 10 The other c.reun
stances lit tic cnst, before they Lccldtd whvthas
thu neCunlplico WIS worthy to Ga beloved.
Mr. liuslt mud Mr, Elliott were clininatc1 by ST..
Hst1fn rtf In
G!lIcrt HInl u. D. Mckinney ~crc ca!ed up IL sup
ply thvir p1aces. lhs ioF!er wns tuken and tss
WV we" .Tu III shcr. o'u va ue sc ,hur
rs tho United States Revenue law, and The uos-
..m".ems ..orpe4 h." Iohi II. Crawford was tho
bic to the GuscElIent. ami the deIcnsc announced
tlat they were sat!ricd With thc Jury ~ 1t stool
Tas ..es e H. snesrs ts ~ fSi!ows ;!n T. H.
Lee. MllIersbusg Mercer tounty: john IL. Csaw-
fos1, NachusH, Lee cnMuty; jaMes Duke. Itosetta,
parAgo tuuuty; Anus Bunker. Woodstock, Nc
County; cas;ta ai!esfs, un'or, MsIIsnfs Gsaaty;
Mn.tin Cay, Unlrsburg, Knox County; itns4eif
ssager, uraut rark, haukakee County; E. T..
ac''tr' ll1s''sSl''t; ~, haks kycn' cnun'y.
on behalf OF the GoycrnIncnt, madc the opening
sl..lc.aent. liz Aald the defendant indicted
tiv1i with tlc lll!nuis Dlstillimg Company and
Diekenson, Abei & %: liz @ s'!s Gaugsr, sn1 re-
sstysa is nppnimfst M f,,!H N ~ a9h s 5is s,s
Company. nc was charged In tho nrsL count witn
uvnlEuculy perllltttn. tic fraudutent removal Of
that he ncglgently permitted these frnuds 10 On.
lae thru aM1 .uuEtu cuunta Charge the snulo
n1cnscn at DIcEsndui1, Lcach & Co.. dsstillrry.
tx On On disticd sptrits. 'N' ''' - ''''
planatlui, Ut tbs dutics ind responsibilities Of
hangers. md lho general provisions Of thu lieEenua
lava. rhss Is . subject on which Ar. Aver ioses
trlnl. and hunco bis rennrks will uat be rcpsatcd
here. . ..
proved tut Cuileslon knew of tl,ese frandst cou-
been useu, an4 tlat hu fccoiyel sy for snls from
tic ,!fytilcra. Thih would rot be proved w ono
witness only. but by several. 70 bs sure. tue
Hoyernlncnt must nau Hcu to prove Ills Wlu vera
somewhat tAfllcd and corrupted, but IL thls clats
of offenders tic Testimony u acconplces Was @ nll ~
at ots e1an II 1 =" pSs !o way aS 1.ru ths
kkiind i' Of .estImSay g u ts d.1stsssdj.
iasa srss oao 70 r. M
of an nCcomplce 'Iia ,rans.er, .Ae consistency Il
is story, aud tho surrounding rIrcunlAtances v Gro
t. b. g. M as s vas a,so ~ ssyo ~
taan III politics. lie vas until very recently
Co!vln rnan, Suddenly. he turned hIs back os
is1vin wnn surnr1xtd. md Eu!tctiun told Him. III
~ oxnnnntfou a,I IN pxrtlst, tint he lad Changed
ha msitiuu Leeuuso hr IAti brrn prutse iululunt-
~ IL tlcaa whisky uruscrui!ully Culyiu told him
he IItin;t wnnt inv man tu ~ to thv Fcu11entiury
a., u hia rcro,,nt Tiut was liz rxcuuu no UayQ fUr
ti,n conrsr nt topk.
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