, 1877-12-05
JACOB REIIM.
The Question Of His Civil I'm.
munity VI for Exam.
ination.
Nessrs. Aver, Lawrence, Campbell,
Dexter, and Bangs Give
Their Reco}lections.
Judges Drummonl md D1odgctt Take
The Point Under Adriscment.

The civil cafe o. the IH1leN SttAtc8 @En1Hst
J,cob Rehm was hcnrtl by Judge. Ur,,mmo,,l
and Blodget yesterday noon, OH reference from
tbc Attorncy.Gcnera', with the concurrence of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. The case was
brari In the Circuit Court rooms, anl at-
tractcd. bcsi.1es Judge Hangs, air. storrs and
Assistant Dtstrict-Attorney Thomson for the
nrosccutiofs, and juIge Lawrence and Mr..
;,eosge t. Campbell far the defendant tho
vily Jacob himself, "Dld Man Dick" OF Dick
enson. Abel 4 Co., Burton ". Ford, ex-Uis-
tr}ct.AttorneJ Glover, the ex-GoTctament
counsel, Aver, Dexter, aud Boutelle. and
others.
At the hour mentioned Judge Drummond an
nuunccl that he and Ills bruthtr Judge were
ready to bear that case, wllcreupon Mr. Camp
bel! read the following
LErTEH or INSTRUCTIONS
from the Acknowledgement and Secretary Of
the Treasury:
WARRINGTON, May o2, 1877. .-Adrk Hdn9s Esq.,
ars Instructed, in connection with Nr. storrs. 10
suhnit to the Court. on aucla evidence NJ tnay be
addusea on stthcs s'de. Tho 9gs:t,"n ~ Masthet ths
and The counsel for Jacob Rehm wAs such ~ 10
pose upon tho Government tic DUTY. ns matter Of
prosecution against jacob i.c!n. If the Court
.1 an1 III. i, a.maSs!y sna rp
miss tho suit. write this with the hpptusal of
ihe Secretary Of the Treasury. VerJ respectfully,
cHAHtEs D1vkxs. Attorney .Geneta'.
leoncnf. JOHN SuENxAk.
MR.. CAMPBELL
went on to state TINT there could be no dtsa..
grce,ncht as to the facts. An indictment had
been returned against Kehn, nm arrangement
was made between him and the Government by
whlcl, ho plcatled guilty. and testified for The
Government; le had served out his sentence
for three months, and was then parAoi,cI.
Those we're the facts, and he ta!tcd Upon Mr..
slorrs to say whether this statement vas correct
sir. Ntorrs said it was. ...
hi. Campbell then took up the ciyil branch
Of the case. AS 10 tue exact arraneemcnts
%e thsra rs w1ad ,hst pt[o'ney c.toD BE- '9s
etefssi by lie T. she Court
Mr. Campbell then proceeded 10 read Isora the
Indictment charging kchm With conspiracy to
After tho returning Of tho indictment il was
rumoEed thnt Ischm was about to leave the
country, and an arrangement was entered inlo
which, us ho understood It,, provided for the
penalty of Imprisonment and Tho doing away Of
s(r. storrs tfIouoht all considerations ~ 10
Rch1n's legal liability wcrc eliminated fron the
inquiry. as he locked at It, the simple solitary
question was whether the Arrangement actually
Included IN agreement that Kchtn should be
relieved frum all punishment Or prosecution OF
any kind which the Government might brtng
against hi!n. Tic present inquiry, therefore:
III OtlHthh1 HN1 NJ W LAF GAAeb AAkAtl "a
thls agreement.
Ms. Campbell called
MI. AYEn
70 the stand, and that gentleman proceeded to
Shortly after kcl,n's indictment, he Fccc'vcdlu-
formation f1onl ccrt lain person, whose name iIe
preferred nut to disclose, that Rchtn, was about
T. abssond 10 Europe. llca'n was thea under
It was not possible to commence civil action
fur the damages l,c had caused the Government
In t!.c conspiracy TO dcfraud. The day after
yards o!s5tures % weFe nude hy Judge Lawrence
no further attention to the proposed ciyil
suit. The preliminary talk was communicated
10 Dexter Mt Washington, ntu the latter came
hnmc, and reported that the matter WIS In tho
hands Of Government counsel TO make what
Arrangement they enw lit. Ills understanding
pf thu final arrangement WIS that Kch.n was iu
plead guilty to two counts, and that llc should
@ ,npmlt to .;, ihs Judgment O. ne Court on ehat
save Nchn from tie lententIary. and desired
the counsel to recommend to the Court not 10
eou!tne him 10 the tcniscnttary, OF In tho jail
mofe than sls months: Mr. Aysrs recollection
Court not 10 fcnd Rchm to the penltcntiary, but
hc did not believe any arrangement was made
5cGanllnE imprisonment in jai!. Judge Baucs
tim aroso Is t. t. whsthe2 1lehm Could ts sscn'ene-
cd on two eounts rceftinE the eane nlIensc.
Eenm was to plead guilty, testify fully and fair
y, tl!c Government counsel we're insist ontllc
heaviest fine possible, and str. Campbell was Ut
liberty to Ect TIC Court to make lilo inprieot-
tnent rs light, anl to slccEeasu tho hne to 1s low
notch, as possible. As slo recollcctcl II, this
was the sum and substance of the agEccMcnt,
ind 1t waa to close oil mnttcrs between Kchui
and the Government. II, after thfs arrange
.neat, hc lati begun civil suit ugniust tehn.
that nclson's attorneeys could Justly have ac-
clkcl him Ut bad faltl.
Tho cross~examluat!on by Sir. 8torrs brought
out nothing but teltcration Of Mr.. Ayers un-
tletstanding TINT Rchm was u plead guilty,
lake tho ecntcnro of the Court, tempered per
haps by the recommendation Of cou,ase! that hc
Was not to go 10 thu Penitentlary, AMI that thu
Government Was TO lnolcst him no farther.
MIR. DEXTER
testified II To- receiving Iangs' Information that
llehm wanted to sq4tal, - 10 thc interviews
tucxter's) fears of itehln's inQsrnity -
Of sll arrangements With Helm, into the
standing Of the final agreement was that Kel,na
was 10 plcatt gu1!ty, anl tho punishment was to
be left to tue Court: that. II ltcl,u1 faithfully
served the Goyernt',clf. nut only IN relation to
ernment officials, but In relation to pending III.
dfetmcuts agalust certain dlstilicrs with which
tue Goeernt'lcnt counsel had lad sospe trouble,
E;sounss! 60 ne!ng juises Of Nslm': good faith.
to the Court that Hehm should not b. sent III
The penitcntiary. lie also thought that the
counsel were to recommend that lsehnls i'm.
pIlsonmcnt should nut exceed sl1 months, al'
though on That point be could not be positive.
As ho recolcctcl the matter, the negotiations
were fur Tic purpose Ut covering all The Gov.
erlllucnts clalM,s against Rehm.
IN Characterization, witness stated thRt
hrtstow had expressed the desire that Uoyern-
iaent counsel secure Kchn's testtmdmT II tlIcy
thought it WAS true. All through thcss ncEu-
tations he tpcxter) had thought 1t far u,orr lln
rortant to show VI, otllrlal rrtokelurss THAI to
recover even large sums Ut money,
Mr. Bouttlle confirmed these statements.
MI. CAMFHELL
himselt then took the stand, and, IN auswer IA
Judge Lawrencr's intcTroEatoscs, testified that
his understanding Ut tue dna! arrangement was
that the agreement with NcA,n was " cover
everything. Hchn's lc.timuny was not to bt
Snntlncd to his Own ease, but lie was ~ AID tho
uoyesnincnt by hts evidence against the lis
tlicts. and II lie testified fully and fairly. thesc
would be a full settlement vi all tie Gov
slnment clains agatnst htm, That waa
the way he and Judge Lawfencc hail understood
tae matter, aud they assured hehm 1t tue iI1ne