The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-03
GRANTS FRIENDS ALL FREE.
,ur L.tST or THE DHTSKEY PROsECU-
mons PRICTICiLLY ENDED.

mons PRICTICiLLY ENDED.
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,r,,L victory rorthc HIna that was "strona-
or than the Government "-iIow Grant
ranked the Louisiana Courts In the Inter.
,.,orthc Thieves Bristow's work Undone.
nav ORLEANS, April 27.-Thc remaining
.i.t.,li,4. uiions IN this district, pending
trH,l-ttNo y,nl-. and including some tlir-
t..taaud 1letn, indi atmonts against
r.f.t -ou~ may now lcsaid obc practically /
..l li and lie indicted parties released. /
l.....I.f.l- of oontnuanc' OF the trials to- an /
: fH.. time. rec. ni,v grautcd 10y Judge BIZ /
t.- U.i.d States District Judge. This is IN /
t.,..u.r. g u.s. lriic,od. II an agreement and !
nnal.tlnling entered into between tho high |
all i.Nl tAc Government and the friends AMI |
. t-, .lat ~ of the parties ndiot'd prior to |
mtriir. r-nt Of President Grant from ofll'c. |
noh agreement IL 10 probable that Judge |
pWu.e wH. a party. At all events. he has car /
rru out The programme. These cnscs havo !
LtuEA,l for trial at u Torrent times during the |
natvu years. III which there have been four
,,rfs,f the court. hvt on each occasion some |
r,.iou. tnmwry reason has beon assigned |
tr.lt.laUrne ly The accused forcont.nuanccs.
vl.l granted hy the Court Tho last or
d.fn .l.r-ora-os vas granted few days ago
.lul.e Billings and is in these words
... fIf .1,rM dcN, uinnt, h,ina called al
'..HHI uHuc. except John \ walsh. who
.ltn.t him. aunt it was passed. IRON
m.. IiU ti,i a, cuaant. 10 was ord,i el .iai a. to
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rtan 'n'-oilcr. which probably operates
d..4.uI November or December next. tho
rr.,ri term vf the court having only about
,t,g .l..- ,o run. ! remark that tho proper
c.ur frtI' .-o'utng officer 10 have taken
ut..,a.r.o uu accused party VINO was under
i..H tn aipcar and stand his ,rial when or
d,rod &. .oso. but who did not appear. was TO
mos. nr forfeiture ot the bond hu, this Dis
tr.t Attorney la'ey has $50 far not Thought
isr.4 g.. ln WI, this icnicncy to John \.
WA. wl. .- q man of large means. influence.
anil Hi'. igence md an nudacious violator Of
WAIST s. -aid,o have made O largo FORTUNE 10y
il' rNI- try Wnnuileiur' and trafi'. and has
hs.u frINrIIug uiout the country ON political or
other MISS .ns. aud in Europe during these
-. i'y., rlr~. whlle Indictments against him
l04 r4uding the United S'ut,s have boon
.f.. iu the court here. the trial oi whi .h
i- b. III. ln motion. frunel ON one ground
,r.',fItr. May 70 mot lo i-kcd what r'Ght has
uu.nt 90 prosecute 10 ronvirtiOn ant
luN .Hm'ui snDc oi ii- 'iin'u-. while " moN's
,rt HIs. '.u 'e and far 20 of pr 'ee'utns other.
Ata ''.I" whi row proceed 10 unfold.
N' Orleans 10 April. 1916 mny rocoi l"t that
t0' Nll~|.cy revenue drirudof- in this CITY.
VIA Nerr then under indictment. numbered
auru' 1r'y persons. Of whom only seven were
pu' o.. vial ai that term Of the court they being
We lu.-' in- ieuiii AM OF the lot. and perhaps
o. asst guilty. with one"N' rption llch l"r-oul
Ih.-. -o,.u wore probably srlrctrdhy Nr prus-
,.'ufINl: ill'rr of ihe Government. Mr.. Beck
with E.r s.oI reasons and bv way of ,Nteri-
u.Ut. fln surrounding tlr'uui-iaA oS az that
iNn rendering IL doubtful thai CONVICTIONS
could Doe -.'ul,i. The indirtmrni- numbered
ta.uy-if" iu 100. rs TAP the quit Ul the prin 'i-
lH h'- % latt's, whatever may 20 -"lu is DO,
til" otNHrr. who We're H." mere cmnloye and
&. Is of tine leaders. TIN" evidence in possession
oi the pi-trif Attorney WAS so onnriusiN" as
tp cave uo room for their say. II the judge
AMI JurJ dldtu,lr duty. TIA D." were uiitcf par
ti'-, suNr il hlEh puhhf oU'', VINO h"d u
been indicted hut who. Il was known, Were
equally. IL my NOR" guilty. for they had stood
hV inactive, " hic these violations Of the revenue"
laws were taking place under their very Dyes.
Included AMONG those i'm ilstHd wrr" individuals
Of cons id.rable social and political influence,
the Republican, party. while others Vtr" adj
hnrenta ~ and promiuout members. Of the Com
sprVativc or Democratic party. These. us may
readily be supposed. had taken the lion share
of the profits. while the majority of the accused
were the employees and mere tools Of She chief
oOnspirHtors. and wer' men oil no social Or pO-
htcal influence whatever.
The names Of the thirty accused and indicted
persons were published in THE sUN ~ April 10.
1876 Among them Wrrr ll-tiilrr@ and dealers
IN reetlied whisky gro'rr6 and pt'Yi-ioh
houses. inferior rrS"nuc officers. and en-
ployees OF tho whiskey dclrnddcrs. This let
included the names - memtera 81 hYus. If
such respectable stand ing in business circles ~
Flash. Lewis 4 Go. l.. II. Fair'hild. Bay. j. a
Pond Rchan IL Thorn. =. w. Hammond. John
A Walsh. and John Henderson. The leading
men in those frauds. and who realized the
largest profits, were john \; Walsh. John Hen
dersnn, W. j. Behan. and ). W. llammoni.
Walsh is n prominent and active Republican
pouu ian OF this city. and as such Intimately
conne'ted with the ate state Administrations
OF Wurinoth and Kellogg. John Henderson is
q reii6er and dealer in whiskey and President
81 the Hibrrnia Insuranc" Company. a popular
institution among our irish population. vii
liam j. Bchan is produce dealer and grocer,
and now junior partner in the wealthy and cX
tensi,e grocery house Of sqberbcr 4 liiehan.
ington Artillery Of New Orleans. which So dis
ur6luinrni officer ~ the White League i'm the
memorable brush on Canal street, in this city.
between that organization and Kellogg police
fore acting rs state militia, on sept. II. ia.
b Walsh, Henderson, Bchan. ana Hammond are
aii said tp have realized large profits out of this
Nl.,n wAiskey traffic. and what is more remark
al e. thy seem to nave manages 20 rrialh what
hny md, for your READERS wall readily under,
stand t''qt, generally speaking, delraudrrs ~
IA" rry.pI,c Bccessarlly, incur large eNp'ndi-
ture. for ish money. lawyers lees, down
r'rhf ir'bo., :, u'..rs. and other OUTLAWS inrv-
itsb, IN tra-sootio 10 Of such an illegal chnraf-
ter Aul as these M',sa'y r"u n, , coup nU.
nave boon carried on sVraTs' certainly ali
went op for seven Or eieh. 'Soni hero inn ,,t
through Grants admini7trai ,flen Tert .n nn
have been other parties high in ~ ,ains "nI
II Washington who shared IN thcs s" ~ r, M
naturally winked at the manner Of til 't Iraii-
zluUu. Nei only must these high officials "siNr
shut their eye, TO these whisRey frauds; tn ~
tcm Facts show that not only the revenue
9nl rr- n New orleans were IN the conspiracy.
tuttAat VI drill. Secretary u the Treasury tthe
sle,,..s,.ril Bri-t W tho Acknowledgement Of
The GATED States. the Solicitor of the Treasury.
ami wen the President were all hoodwinked or
coaul l"l aud managed in 5Vme way ~ this
powerful. rIuhinlUOn,
In ll.e -prns Of 1916 seven Of the. thirty &C.
H9'e persons were put on trial before Judge
J.t, and "a jury. United States Attorney Beck
WIN. ,--Is trl by Mr.. John II. New, appearing
i9tiae 0oyrrnment., The names Of the seven
lehr. Ah!,A, Onto II, Knrstcndick, W, VI. Todd.
HAN.es .WWil7, John M,Whirter and John Il;
lHa-. The first four named were recti1ers and
dealers .n wAi,key, the other three being oill-
cri1 Nc DO revenue Department The ON GERS
W." acquitted" The others We're found guilty
AAd ""r' sentenced ~ various short terms OF
imprl7 lAu.rLt 40 hard lalor-thr tecn and six
cen H0ntAo-und 10 pay fines Of from 81 900 to
s'"l They served q portion Of their terms at
y l'h.'"i1ry ut MWlulsyile, w. Va. Hen
uri7 W rera,'d after few months by the
sI'' W llrrltrnt Grant. through tho intervon-
u'H M "l "t-4u-law Casey and other persons,
al L. ' him. il generally believed, OF
Woul fj!rp and have heard larger figure