, 1876-02-02

1}1 hftL VALUE
The Milwaukee, ocorrcspondont OF The TnrnCSE,
In letter prb!i.hed yesterday. gaYo DntrIct-
Attorney Mckonny the benefit Of Ills statement
that tho evidence WORKED up by tho Secret Ser-
vice Department. wlile valuable a. fnr ~ 1t went,
did not so far enough to DO used III 1ratalng tho
indictments in tie Milwaukee CAGES OF In trying
tue caBos OF tho Indicted partioa. Two instances
Of this alleged dafectlrcnesa were 1tlduccd all
going To chow that tho cnso had only boon par
tially worked up. aud that tho Government had
proceeded to ge!zo cortaiu houses with the eT.
dence against them too weak to bear inspection
in court.
4 1alpCsE reporter yesterdar 1nado inquiries
among several GoYernment officials in thld city.
Including tho Assistant Chief OF thu Secret bef-
viso, and learned that the Government had
EsuCGH TESTIMONY
Upon which to frame tho indictments, AMI to
try the cases. but that. for some Eeaso Or otot,
tue Secret Service agents were not called upon
to produce 1t. 1t Wan etated In tie article re-
fer1cd to that tho dAtillcsA had been allowed to
build eheds adjoining their diatcfitB. anI to
store spirits It! them. The law sass that no
| Of dlat1lery, but tho bl.eds were tIsplo
apparently without regard to Iaw. When tLa
| detective aworc lo Raw 100 barrels removed
from a certain tlistil1erT during certain week,
wien tho distlles's ropo,t indicated on!y itly.
the diHtitler swore BY alt that wha holy that the
other fifty barrels wore taken from the store.
| house. Tie statement TAs mado That tho GoV-
crpmeut had no testimony to coutruyort this es-
idencc. Tho other allegation made IN tho dis
patch uaB TINT thnt the detectlre could not pos
| iuyclS swear that tho barrels contained whisky.
| THE REYuLT
OF tho reporters investigations waB that sho
Government did hayo the oTidence to coutroEert
buth tAeao apparently plausible Btatoments put
| fusth by tho dihtllots, and referred to by Nc
Kenny o. weak points in tho Governments 3
canes. The reporter learned th1* Secret Hors!co
I Ausnt Hfnn tA n /
court that for certalu stno 100 barrels had
been received from Certain distillery mud only
200 reported 10 tho Government a. prodnce1.
and that dissil1crs could not BqniEsr out Of tLa
takon from q atolehouse. Mr. Hsooss
had mca of long experience In hs
employ, and gave tho cntiFo matter his
personal supervision: Watching TIC d'ssl!Iefs
| tnakiuH removals, aud knowing, therefore, from
the evidence Of personal observation, that hlH
assertions wese vol oatabllshed.
TO be sire, Mr. D1ooLs dld not put Ills finger
In tile buug-lo:o OF o7ery barrel to cnablo lin
to tastc tho con.ents to SEQ il tloy contained
spirits. THO fact thas they did contain spirits
Has capable OF proof. lnnstnuch an the stamps
| wero found On t1oss barrels uulestroyod,-
whereas II they bad ntained WAtcF, as tho dis
tiilers "orld probably tsy 70 proge. there would
hayo boon no necessity for the Btamps At al.
| These pontD cuEsp1lao only vcry
| BMALL PORTION OF THE EVIDENCE.
| af! Of which could hAyo been obtalued on appN'
cnsion to :i1. Hrooks 4: hny timo Instead 81
this, not onty has no application been mutt. n
effort pat forth to know anything further, but j
I would appear sha. MckonnY has cvon sout;ht t.
ltnpugu and bellttle the otnali amlnt OF evi
ucnce which lad conc into hts possession.
Thoro !laa been some undlsHuised growing a
tho peculiarly tardy way iu Which tho whisk
cases lavn been managed In Milwaukee. M
tue goucral public Inns cI!aritab!y assigned
! reason for t1is By tue statement tina
Mckenuy WAS not tho best possible counsel III
: Government could bare engaged 10 take charS
, OF ite interests; in other wors. to speak PLUM
\ | Is, that he was weak man. It Ia not iuceedtpl
+ tlat this Wow NAV be supplemented by . reflex
ton on the part of tho eanlo general public tha
: McEeuny IA not ouly weak, but, in his apraror
attempt 10 belit.o tho efforts Of tho sccrct.5el
q yco nient and In neglecting 10 avail himself c
I Ill tho oslueuce IN their rotbeaalo1, is shown
himself in certain degree cuirsb!o.