, 1877-10-20
TIL; COUNTY THIEVES.
oonard Swett Closes the Asgu-
ment for the Commits.
sionors.
Emery A. Storrs Begins tho
Closing for tho Prose-
CtltfOn.
por Two Hours Ho Riddles the Virtu-
Gus Pretensions Of the De-
PENDANTS.

- ,,.artrp E,ncrv A. Etorrs sneak. WhNt-
poa ~ ~. tho ro,,sc. tbc Criminal Court room
vas pretty well 1Il'eu Ses'cH'ay .no.h'"s'
Ar, Leonard SWEET continued h(s argument
u, the defense, addressing himself to tho co,,-
r.,,Ion at McCalTrcy and johnson with the
conspiracy, anu a.sne ,n'.' ~" s.,.a.m at ps4
there was = CORRUPT eoho'hal'on oet"een rer
.1,t mil Kimberly, there Was tlo evidence
.h,~Jnr thai either OF the defendants was Con-
,.a I'm l, Tho hvnt,th,sis VIVA Incredible
neescu ",tn ~. .,., .s "'pus' ~" ,sa .,n,o us.s
that McIahrcy "n'heo 'n'" WV ot"'e WIS
or 50 after bis election, an'' nt"n
1etng Introduced to Kimberly, began talking
aoous w a. H. ~. sar, tran.,ctt,n' Mr,
b'ot'H '"' -, s.,uh 49, ......,
bvcct eala "ilen ferioiat' Win .no t,o"ey III
biz hand, passed out of BcardseF's sight, That
ms The cnd Of the envelope. McCaff1ey had
mi been connected with It. a case could not
- nroyrd by tnference. The testimony showed
sh,t 4 m COMMITS sioncr was more vigilat,t than
MrCstfrey in tunkIng alter the cu,inty's inter
e.ts. The indictment against l'tm was gross
ing eliminating lit the fact of hs huying gottls
~ Fnrsythc & Co. His rnying money to Peri
ni,t in The County Duiling did not tunke him
cnntuirstor. Whether rcrinlat handed the
n,ouey over to the firm was nonc Of john
snn's business. str. swctt considered the
ssse against him "so thin II that he said
1ery little at,out him. Speaking Of Car
nentcy, he expressed the belief that he
kad been trcatrl very 1ncanly by the prosccu-
IN. t5"a' % sayIrg that under 10 rule what he did
,onid bo mule aetrhc. Lie cnuid not be convict
ed upess lie cunspfrcd. There waa no evidence
fhat he dill, kCgpfnr the little book was Ill act
hotttle to pcriolat. Tho case OF Swcctzcr .toou
mon Kllnbcsly's testimony alone, ai,u the Qucs-
tlon was whether tlGy would bcsEevG him With.
out corroborution.
HNrKR sTonns.
1t the afternoon session there were no vacant
br{r frr
purts,sc OF hearing Mr.. Storrs, ut,d they we're
snniy repaii, for icw It any ablcr arguments
hsyc ever been made In uIis city. An abstract
DOES not do It Justice.
the case, sjuep It involved interests beyond
ihosc OF Tho IndtviIuaIs TN trial. Such MI
oTcnse rs was here charged aEccicd tic very
;ouulattons upon which society and government
h. sr tho I, county regularly, systenaticas, and
mntinuously, ind d most Important and dam
rerous feature OF tllls corrupt arrangement was
70 provide against detection, hy Including WITH
iess II was to detect. We were d tax ridden
md a tax-rohbcd people. Danger to our exist
ipce caTnc from official robbery.
What Ia conspEracyt was then answered,
mil Wlurton ajld llussrl On CrtMca Wcrc
iuo,cd to SHOW how It must necessarily be
,rovcI. 1t could never he established by the ad-
ttIsston Of tho conkpIrators. It must be- duuu by
IleIr acts. Wien oncc organized, fts boundaries
,"1sr,cmr,,t, nj its uurpoars. nnI thc addition
# nrw members, II was a conttnuuua rrirnc,
i,ring estabii,hcl thu fact tjlut cainsptracy
ni.tr. the next inotllry yas Us 10 WHO were tts
nrnLrrs Mti, fncts w.rc nr,innrIly ntoyrd l,y
.irr,nstnrta "yi.leurc nntl t., convIrt the M r
t;es nn triai p,,iit 1nuat bG shown bcvDn,i n
.sasnnat1a w. u .Io,,ht A. tn what rn,'stiintp n
sssa"ma,,IS tIuabt. he n,c,cJ iran Sscns,,s'
ctimi"oI ,,nw ap,i from Inn Fnrtlrtk anil
s.vart r.,hjr, iitnnia. wbrrc il was .Ir,r.1 M n
,e1i.: wn,I.,1rn,,,,,,ni Sn,,t.wnol liz u,rrc W. j
eoss;ni,t,v sennn ~ ! J"s,Gt. 1'''' '"| '"e'o
Wss''y .,.ora, " ,,r'nf ot III, c,,.,t-a,v Mr..
s,n1rs r"f.rrcif ~ t}e rxt trnnr,it""rv nn} ,nnat
.i.,ie,o"t mt fbns ni1 tl,n r"nfrnrss w.r',
.mN.r", s%H IL I'm ,ams # rrrinlat mi hts aut,,
aaitnatea rrrat l,o,I a ront ract dntcd .1"n
NJ ix-t for fnr'fshm'r i,cans mi hnn,inv .,mr'
m, ta ,ho. ycar' mrr,tst. iscnoint'a nortrr ba5 a
..,Htrsnt ~ its v.nr Hi r,r f,rnishInr rntnn.
h,,t1n, thrrnL rnr,,, ste' Hpar.Is,cy mn,
M's1nycv i'n,i n ro,1tr.rt fnr tim yrnr iH74 fnr
fnsntshInn "snts. v.sts. nnl oat,fa' I,rnrv NH
thrista11s r"r t,vs mir % p"rto,at III 1
sa"irart ~ II. vear s1t for f,,rnI.j,i,r Init.
1,h"rirs ii. (,arn,ntrr suh iserioint hM,I n r",.
tra't fnr tn,. vrae jS;J nmfirr TIN firn, nanc ri
taa,,ns ii st,Tnent"r 4 r. fnr f,trnishimt, ri
N" mts kIcrss. mn, ri tIer nrtjrlts n h:'i.irny
XII. Si"rrs sniuuttri that ths was
WA o'~ ss"v neS nv. y, - mI,s.xr..