, 1877-06-14

lOTr8i&uDWlnE 0l HnHE 15 10 tDHlC+
The attention Of the Hrapl Jury whs drawn
to thia contract at an early day. md from
the Witnesses who hare been before them
II ia casy IL rec that thc matter 1ha l'cen thur
trmls, Tic voaI contracts, IlarIus' ufrairs, Iro-
gan'a matters, etc., have been examined, there
1o nbl appear to have been any t{pc,a1ly dam.
aytog rcvciat1ons, certainly ,.'nc whit, w"n1'l
bc fo,lntl OF Inc etrcnglh Ut thosc celebrated
checks: Therefore, the cons:'nsu, Ia tncriab1y
arrived at that, II there arc 10 l,c any inslict-
tncts. they must bc III connection With tho let
ting Of thu cne.btone contract; Afl II uitrc arc
tn Ic any indictments on aecount Of tl,Es L,ttI-
mess. the pcrsons brought ", must altf'ost In.
cyltably tc found au'nng these who v,tcd
line of the york to Mcneil y For.
GIcary, con'y, Holden, McCatrrcy, Mulloy,
a'G, tn na nd;eS d:o w. s a sIss a se rt
II there was anything wrong about this 1sb IL
must certainly ttayc bcen ktown To t,e person
to whom It was let, and, Il the Commissioners
named above aIo indicted, It seems natura4 that
Mcneil should be !ndfctcti nlsn.
Any Indictment found on acrot1nt Of t1Iis cut
stone contract would presumably be based on
TINT very comprehensive conspiracy CAUSE Ut
/. Tic Criminal code,-sharging the Gom'eIsston.
null such contract 10 20 and 50.
While this would apparently seem to ba tho
estallo rctai. W q The dfift wthic ti,er invest!-
Enttons have takcr,-it Is not safe to nay }N,sl~
lively that there viii bc any Indictments re.
turned on account VI this contract, ior SONG
s'f ss tss' Z Ta s'fs ss 9s's e 'oss
tlsio's tquen,iae, for. instance, might
Induce them to drup tho whole cut-stone busi-
them To bring IN other Indictments. perhaps
aguitlst sulnc Of tho santc parties, but for df-
fcrcnt and n,rrli E1nrcr oi[cnscs.
THAT PRIVATE MEETING.
t. VIA stated In Frttiay's TRirUSE that
meeting hal hecn hell Tuesday evening. wliirll
flOgan, md other county. contractors, and
where, steps were taken tor avoiding any
Investigations Of the t}raud Jury. On tic fuE-
lowing day Mr.. Hogan bl0ssoincd ont In Il note
to the effect that he had not attended my auch
meeting. .,.-,
.n epiay esise w'i tn Sssa &c Il ~ peosy p
tlay l!ast week MI. Ut: resto!at ,; hsn'ea @
sai bsSe?, requesting shem to eaii 81 his ofise
III Tic r,attsr didn't amount tomuch, but II uas
thought lust as we'll to look Il up, and u report
Il Wtil Ynu tcll inc, Mr.. Norris" said tho re-
porter, "what day It was that you took that
note around to Bakers otl!ec1"
"Tucsday Or Wednesday," replied Mr.. Nor.
Twas It c1em PertoIat who handed It to
mo. / have not seen Perlolat for three
weei;s;'
al don't feel that thcrc is my necessity for
stating It."
"2o "2o x', you kno" what was ia the no'e'"
"lvhnt did you do will, IT."
III took 1t nrcr to Bakers Office, and left 1t
with lis brutlcr. H. stated tllat It was not for
htinsclf, but for D. ". Baker.
"Thcn you hare no idea "l'at was IN ftf'
"And you still decline to give the name Of
the Ys,ss"" Ys.," "ho gave It to your
Mr. Baker was not at home Inst evening, b.
ing probably in attendance upon some otllcr
meeting ot contractors, and It WIS therefore
the contents Of tho note. Until sono explana-
tton is yullrhsafcd, tho story fn TIE TniHuN1:
sbnut that meeting Tucoday night apparently
holds good-ut lcast 60 far as air. baker IS con-
ccrred.
THE f.Asr or NE1s11cK.
Mr.. Mchlick's plarn Of confinement has hcen
changed. Mr. 1ifnsdalo foHnd 1t difficult for
several reasons 10 keep him locked up IN lila
bacis office, md consequently transferred l!n to
streets. About o'clock ssstcEdaY after.
lie ofico Into Mr. iiinselaic's buggy,
w!'!sl' vas standing n front Of fEe
tjratiou Any further intelligence oi iis
whereabouts which rnE TNruuxg MAY sue.
eee,l In nNtasoIng will bo spcedily coulmuu!.
| tAtei to bis afflicted family.