, 1877-04-22

| anu the INVESTIGATORS WILL, III all pr00t
| bility, present their findings to~morro,
1,,ro w.. ~. .oaa ,,. ,.,a;a.,,,o o.t so,s:,..
| uavc not yet mace oat aa lho'c11nent asalns
Allen, but 1hat they are deeply cogg1tat1ng as t
| Just what they shall do about the case. Judg
Blodgett was out Of the city yesterday, so tia
an ;11jct mani c,1,1d ~ h.ro hos,, rat,,-,,o :
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| even II IL Aau oeen prepared, anu tAefe Is goo
reason to believe that it has not yet been draw
| up. After closing their examination OF th
92nK easf e 1dy 1o9Asd t into Tie case
that Of James Clifford, who was held by Com
| missioner Hoyne on the charge OF counterfeit
! lng. The Jury failed to lind an 1ndictnen
against Cluioru, anu. ne was accordlng!.
discharged from jail The jury, after furt'ie
considering one or Two small cases, adjourned
without returning any indictments, until. to
| morrow morning at 10 O'Clock
WALSH, THE D1sTnL1:R. -
District-Attorney Bangs and Jim Walsh, tht
d1se haye washs an oabsS on W.T.
ton With the Au Sable dlstlliery, have been be-
prose cuted jim succeeded the other day in com
promising With the Government :by the pay:
nlent OF a line OF $5,00O, on the condition, as
he stoutly maintains, that be. was npt
to testify. either for or against the
Government iu any OF the whisky cases.
1t seems that there was either a
queer misunderstanding as'to the precise terms
OF the compromise, or that judge Bangs is go
Of opinion alluded to came to light yesterday
morning. When the case OF Johu Z. Meyers, the
wholesale vinegar man Of alleged crooked pre-
dilect1ons' came up before Commissioner Hoyne
for hearing. Meyers was arrested few days
ago, 1t will DC remembered, on the charge OF
delrauolng the government out OIL It's revenues,
or, more particularly, OF RECEIVING certain dis
titled spirits and hlehw'nes to be used in
v.neear-mas1ng IN ciandest1ne manner rom
tue Au Sable dstiuery, on all OF which the
taxes had not been paid. As Walsh has
an interest ~ tue said concern, It WAS thought
that us testimony might be o. some Importance
in tracing the matter TO the bottom. He was,
therefore, summoned IS q witness. me Com
n missioner trst listened to inc tale OF William
McCaoe anu Henry Murphy, TWO GoVernment
witnesses, VINO test1ned TO having hauled, On
ono occasion, hfteen barrels o1 the crooked from
the dlsttllery to point about three blocks from
Walsh's place in Chicago. Here they were met
by the tw0 Gosllns, IoIn anu Billy, Nho direct
rived one. night last July, and, during a
heavy rain-storm, unloaded the. goous,
and returned to the distillery.
Their lame description OF the place where they
dumped the crooked would seem to indicate
5 wte % as Se Msss So II Nor hpGF pna TSa
street, "about three blocks from Walsh's."
Having gotten all these witnesses could tell,
the District Attorney called upon Walsh to take
the stand. He was then asked how lar Meyers
Walsh rather Indignantly replied that he should
refuse to answer any questions put to linn Tor
the reasons as above stated.
Mcssrs. Pope and Woke, Meyers' attorneys,
objected to the question.
judge Bangs offered to refer 1t to an arbi1ra-
sioner Hoyne. That functionary, however, was
opposed to deciding SO important question,
and said he preferred to leave the matter to
Judge Blodgett. -:
Judge Bangs pressed Walsh for an answer,
remarked that the District Attorney couldn't
bambooze him; that if the officer had gone out
side Of his authority in making this compromise
he would have to take the consequences.
AS everything was at q standstill, judge
Bangs agreed to give the witness till 2 o'clock
to decide whether he would answer questions
or not.
When the case again cameup at 2 o'clock,
Walsh refused, firmly but respectfully, to an
1cndant; whether he had heard the previous
testimony; whether be had any knowledge Of
the delivery III Chicago by Murphy and McCabe
OF any distilled spirits or highwines during the
last fifteen mouths; and whether he knew Of
any directions having been given these persons
rogatory Walsh replied that If he was to answer
he would say no, but that ue should still decline
to become witness.
Judge Bangs had taken down the questions
answer. He now proceeded to incorporate
these in q motion to commit the witness for
contempt, and, having gotten everything
ready, he handed the document to Commits
sioner ueyne, who signed it. The Judge was
about to take the paper upstairs and deposit it
with Judge Drumt1ond, when Movers ';attorneys
asked for DELAY until Monday morning for lie
purpose Of talking the NATTER over with Ihe re-