, 1877-04-06
THE WHISKY THIEVES.
ANOTHER STORM GATHERING,

6peesdf nf.pafeh 10 ne 7Fttnnt.
! "Asn'SatoS. -. v, Apri! 5.-The decision
. ~ .as lsesoent' tae AttoFncy-aoncra And the
sssn.y ,'.I,y oi tae treasury that the pending
"n@Ny eascs IN tae west shall be prosecuted in
o'ae. tnst Inc MUG remnant Of tho wl'fsky.ring
Hoseeu1ions .hat ls 4ett may not be entirely
& .oss' ~ nao .ee enect 70 create much excite
. nsut at1on8 anc pesaohs IN chicago aud else
"nsse "ao aasc nos settled tho civil suits
osa'nsI tocn,' iMs Is especially truo as to the
n.ohoe's ns,, " tno hfst anu second batch Of the
1neseo "nlsks-nns prosecutions. Thetc can be
"t'e uo1ot that tue new administration Is dis
poseo 70 Or quite severe with The second batch,
So'npusea ot ncs'ns, hash, dickinson. Able,
fo"esl, aud Others. Propositions to compro-
muse thef casct, engineered hero by George
9icAuien' nave oeen pending oil winter, and
were very neaf's successful With tho last Ad.
In'stsa!'on, possibly would hare bccn entirely
70 but for the. illness OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury, which continued until the yerr ctose
Of the Administration. ''
7nA FOLLOWING PROPOSITION
had cccn made to compromise tho civil suits
against the several persons of the second batch,
tho propositions being hused nnon thc sltrr~d
ob.atr,tn 1ara..,. ~ 81, ansA a.. wv 'no s"ese"
TessfnsS eIno non,tsi. ~ nv n, neisos asoal naea' @
1.essing, *lott nominal; Uf. ltlkll, $500; Pow
ell, $50; and Dickinson, Ablc & Co., $1,000.
But the present Indications arc that none at
these rropo.{tions viii la accen,ci1 onS shst
Tin 1ar ofcr. txI,, H.. i,tzos..t -. amu 'n.t ~,
,ae ~" onec1e VIII oe airected to permit tic
la~ 10 'aAe 'ta coufse. Indeed. the Secretary
Of the Treasury has alrendY intin,ated as mucl.,
~ t1c srcort1 t,,,rh nrs, I, n,a.s.S ~ .H .t
" sne seeona oaten' evea II plcaded With the
!4'o; caoquehee oi ooth lngcrsol! md George
Mealulicn, Will not aare the suits. The case
seems to be much altrcrcnt with respect to tho
frat batch. 10 whirh Immunity wa. crsn,a1
~. ,,tnr.i,.s - ~ a.".. .s "ae e'@u.ea.
- ~. s.sou ~ .as oss1e'a'5 was 1o-daS called
10 Tue cases OF thosc who
by their attorney, Charles Reed, with TIM r..
oucst that "A thc.o ncrson. l,ad nj o =. ~,
nt.s,naa f,,,c,,.a .ts,. p.s.na ",.t nut ~ "as
a'.a' ,aa. 4''l''ca 'uel' part oi 1o'nt contract
Government should not fulfil It's part. Sccrc-
tary Sherman nrrced to examine ,hc c,.c. o,,a
,tthou, o.n.,rs.,Iss .,-...m Nv sAses, nno'
sa:e ssid +. se's!si p!nsipls. ts.|, ss viii tse
Iii oiiendrrs m'.,i"st the r iaw ;,. ~ pocsa.e p
Il. ntoner @ n".. H.. "1 cn,src: u 49,: SeS saroagn
lin itrss h"tr arn "'"6ee eHout" po 3soeemea'
"''' Nor ns OFT n;e or mn wooo, w.,
hui the|r chances arc yastlr bctior ttan thoxc
tc other Iatch II sccretarr Sor1il III" H.. 5,sn0t r
suts acai,.t thn d.tcrs ~ wio s tn. tnc e,s
t,nmnnitr ,n,,.,',1 Isse.s i "s'p nau Hen Nfahieu
.irnwn r,eir ".,". "E ~ s,"u III .n'o ncen "ltn
during the latter days Of tIe list Admns,ra. ,o
os}nnn, ahu TSeo tSn ot IN inc
;sS ;s''i !. 'fs it, '' II; ;s% sSs ia Ss !:
atI3raey ai5'r Of noeile' JnnScr, u M.-Fora d Co.,
aes' a.H ~ sIcaer'ehs, any, Mcfscrcali. in~le app-
es,on Gnm of na I" tac t. arccn D. Kau