, 1877-09-28
TIE COUNTY RING.
A Bill Of Particulars Furnished
the Indicted Commis-
sioners.
They Plead Not Guilty, and the
Court Orders @ Jury
Drawing.

The Criminal Court ronm was crowded yes
terlsy morning by curious esoTd. Many hN1
been drawn thither To get peep at tho irnpris-
oned banker. Who uas expected to sppear "
give bail, and also nj the other Indicted ones Of
the day lefure, who were Liable to be brought
fn at any time on captnsce. The most Of the
crowd, however, Judging from their faecA, we're
present to sy1npathi1s With the Indicted Com
mls.ioners and eontractorn, whose triAt waa ex-
pectct2 " commence. Every man who had ever
llaa a contract under tho cnunty Ring " WAS
present. aud they vero copyrighted ~ ncar as
they could bc around the indicted. Emery a.
Stor1t, looking over the motley crowd, remark
Cd III their faces are types Of their souls, what
did Christ die FORT They were 10 hat,1
looking . set a is often seeu,
and very little experience In eflnracter-teading
vas necessary tn form proper estitnAts Of
the etiu,tnaty ol the lndlttel At least, anil 10
show, alee, that they felt their guilt and were
afraid Of the strong arm Of the law.
Directly after the consentnR Of The court, The
atate's Attnrpey arose and announced that la
had obcyel tho prlef 10 furnish the te|ense
with bill OF particulars, which he did 1t once,
"a document covering several page. VI foois-
what WAS cxpectel 10 he proven against the in-
.iicted covering the letting Of contrncts aud the
long lire Of Fr,tb@ry praettttl IN filling the Ane
] The attorneys tor tue defendants grabbed The
paper Us though the fate III ttlclr case depended
| upou lts wording, aud time was grante1 them
| 70 k1A&lNE IT.
| They retired to An adjoining ronm for the pur-
| pose. and attcr an absence of two hours re.
turned With document excepting 10 most ot
the points In the bill on the ground that they
wcre:not sufficiently explicit. Both papels wcrs
then re1d one ns rcp.s to the other, and the
objections were ore1ruictl ant The bill OF par
Il Tp.inr tr1n mi -
be required. The States Attorney then called
| upon the prisoners to p1Gat, md announced his
rtA''ness TO procecd With the trial. IN Answcr
70 tl.etr names, GMnm,..toners hscaiI1sr a,,d
swcc.zcr, OtDonucll. and e.. Il: Carpenter
arssc In their seats md pleaded Not euilty.''
The Impaucling Of = j1ry was then proceeded
With MI. M;lls, to safs r., t,ine nc k.! tha.
the proposition untl HE regular panel bad been
exhausted. The work was exceedingly te<lnus,
tue questions put on either sfic being 10 search
Ing VI 70 the Information 81 the ptnsons exam;
most auy one. The 1Est four examined were
q. II. Beebc, contractor Lying at No. l'1
Prairie avenus: T. A., McGlelIand. medical
staaen ~" 1aS Gnasn snd
r =. Lartn, painter, giving BIS residence al
No. 115 Commercial slrcet. They xrre all nr
eeptcI, first by tic prusccuti Ion and next by the
c!cnss; TIE 1eanSvr ., ..p t6s pane! tla was *
n special runire Tas Issued for AttI
mcu, rcturnablc this morning. The venir.
was placed In The hands Ut na!litf Watkins, AM
he Vas Instructed to get only good men, fh'
Court ti.r,, adjourned until this morning.
During the Iay there was considerable gos
Sip around the building 10 reference to the case
II was said on tho one hand that the Ring
cuutractdrs were n,a1le8tlng 50 Much fntefcs
III IL because they had been assessed to pay al
the expenses. while OH the other hand Il wa,
clearly lntfmntc.f, and In eonlt instances orcni,
charged, that Walker, tho Court-llouso con
tractor, ........-
HAD PUT HIs rArEn rr
To pay the attorneys, some of which vas In
,iot1ci by tho othcr contractors. Walker, Il
will be remembered, issued $4,000 In notc
vcry uystcrfolsly before tho contract was LEI
to Gin, but which he clalms to have subsc
u,,cutly rcpuiited. II he has put ~.
paper up It may be these notes
not hc unnatural under the circumstances
Tor II wns only few days aCo that the Count.
| hoard took thu grBt step toward giving him
! large c1atsa for " "exttss,h
Anotl,er matter Ut goss1p Was that an eflor
! was being lrale 10 pack the lury by friends o
the defendants, and to this was given cTclcnc
hy thu conduct of several well.knowp Jury
| ,nanputatory, who were IahU.inE with such n
came III their way, anu Who wcre noticed +
whisper 10 tic defendants every few minutes
Une OF these p" sharks" reporter WAS told, VA
overheard to remark in tctcrcnev to 4 certak
| t,avc it 1xctt.'' Mr. Sturts and thu stnte'
Attorney arc both watching every movement
however, as arc also private Detectives OH tt
outside, aud II tho sctctMe IL an tnrtsest one
| is not likely to succeed. The ncoplc had cnouE
| of Jury packing In tlc 6ul1fruu ca2e.