, 1877-06-10

HtAtHGlf [tDF3t Ct%si tHE AttT"t'APtA t&tI%'.0h~-
tire said:
."'Iptesume you know you arc tudIctcd''
81 understand so.H
"} "}'% .,;yi.. y%.,' k know what f'r''
nltt said for pcelury.''
"Wcll, sir, II had tho sama story to tell
oyer again ia tell It the same uny.''
in "iat did Tour alleged perjury consistsf
II don't know, hut believe Il was nineteen
'fst. 's;ss S1F'''' couldn't h'v' told nearer 'h'
"Thcn why did They indict you for per1uryf"
"Ihohe men atc sitting there, and theJ mint
tI ln1Inf :, 1qt ~ enytl!lng. They'd indIcs jesus
tlfT. because they've got to show that they arc
doing soMcthfngtf
"l!are ron no Idea Why you were tndctctlt ~
"Not the feast. ! sent my books and book-
l, keersr np there. atd ! am sa.e ny bookkeepss
"l!ave yo,l been visited BY baIlIG yetr''
I" No, but am ready to 60 at my time:
--sl,ainc. hare llsed In Cook County twcn-
ty-threc years. and l have never sron0cd any
ii1an, ycthcro am Indicted without thc least
show of reason: This oust,lionso busincs.
It. Every stone, almost, has been a curse to
nc. Al to Whist nm mailing out Of II, am
selling my stone, but afn't making dollar. !
think 1t IL shame, aud thcY will havo nice
Il ea@ 4ss 1sSt se Il a~ WI for msSs S'7 i esss
they don't prpra what they nssert.,'
"Who are your attoricys,'
spu!lcr 4 Smith,
".Ihcy ki1n,Y tflc law1"
"Ycs; II there's anY Inv they'll find 1t. But
that a!n'k 1t. dun't curc for myself. am Ed.
win Walker. But haYo young family Gr0w-
inE up. l havo tried to educate them and
, n.ake them respectable citizens; but 1t :" only
"Clsm periolat saYs that you owe him $4,000.
Is tint sol'
u don't deny i. But the fact Is, / owed II
to HIN and paid Il. should norer hare nor-
rowcd any money from him, bceause he has tho
reputation OF being ecoundrel.n
>" Whae ao you propose to DO about tho per-
sdIve bouds, and take tho advteo Of my at-
This closed tbs conversation. It was SELF
evilcn: that Edwin Walker felt bad, to say tho
1cnst. Ills opinion Of some o! The members Of
the usand Jury Is not the most elevated, yet he
does not think that any, of them were prcju-
mayhars been which Walker gave, It Is c vesy cef-
tain that the Grand Jury knew wl,nt they were
doing. They know what tIlcy arc about. They
arc neither rash nor lleadstrong.
The thing which ias exci;cd the most surprise
regarding tlesu Indictments ts that Mt. James
Forsyth, who was excepted when the indict-
mems were found b, the Jury itnpanelcd a
year ngo last May, should now bc brought Into
fact that somd of the Jurors absolutely refused
to vote Tor m indictment ngninAt lcrioiat uuces
ono was also found against Mr.. Forsyth, who
was tho senior partner in the firm. who was an
two-thir1s Of tho profits. Mr, Powers WAS
ono. It 10 said, aHong those who took this yicw
Of the case, inserting that, II theirs was any
cFiu1nallty on the part ct PeEio1at, there was
syth. fills state OF Affairs was not expected by
Nj. Forsyth, and was unknown to his partner.
Mr. Dcaftlsicy, who was around the County
Building yesterday afternoon for The purpose
bad Ssaushs j. f1a pils. It Is I Claimed o % is Foi
syth's behalf that, when lo went before tho
Grand Jury last year, be vas promised
ab:olute immunity, aud that. on tle
falth ta !, Of that pledge he told all
and also himself. It Is clalincd that such
pledge ol immunity given by one States Attor-
ney and ono Grand Jury holds good Tor another
namo has been put Ia. like that Of Kimberley,
simply for formft sakct anil that the Indictment
against him viii bc mol pros'a alter 1lo has
testified satisfactorily. when the case comes to
Haa found agalrst him before, because many OF
tho pcrsous on the Grand Jury Wished to save
him the disgrace OF figuring on the records Of
the Court as quaai criminal; They lad no
therefore Indicted him without ceremony.
It Is alleged that bfr. Forsyth's tcsttmony
will be pl rs little value should tho case coma
to trnl ~ that Of Nj. Rehm wheu he tcstilcd
10 tho Mum case. "A attempt will be made
to break hin down by cndeavoring to show
that he went before previous Grand JurIrs and
swaro absolutely that he know nothing what
eyer OF any crookcdntss on his own part or that
self (which 1t il claimed eau b. pro7cn he can
not be believed BY. = petit Jury.
No indictments haye yet been returned against
any Of Tho County Commissioners, and it ia
questionable a. to how many will be. Tho caso
agalnst Carroll was always rather 4 weak onr,
anl SNcetser, on whose testimony ho was In
dtctcd before. has not yet bteu examined. There
BtcInn to bt no question but that Commissioner
Mccatfrey viii 10 Indicted on Kimbcrloy's testl-
mony. Haw far the witnesses who havo becn
examined CEtmtnate Commissioners on matters
not brought out during previous Investigations
ls unknown
cHANIHs II. REED.
1nasmucl % ono Of Mr. Charles Il. Reeds
clients was among the indicted yesterday, q
TRIBUNE reporter taadu IL incumbent upon 4lm-
sclt to call upon that gentleman At lls office on
Dearborn street. The reporter found the cx-
Stato's Attorney buried in a mass Of papers,
busy slinRfng Ink aud sending messenger after
: carriage. After . brtef chat on current top.
tcs, the rvporter asld!
s'9o Peslolat La iud!ctcd.n
,s Wy that !" ejacutascd Iii. Reed; VI didn't
SThas'. tho story"
"1 must 80 over to tho North sile aud sce
"Pe,. "P,, you know s"est'Fe"
"Wllat DO you !hluk OF him .s witness III
these prosccut!onsl"
~ considered Hugh swcetser an important
witness IN TIE old cases. ! would not liks to
say Against Wh01p.n
~ don't remember Of having seen him since
last September Wltn tlc appeared before tho