, 1879-04-05
GREGG'S TRIAL.
Revelations Of The Way They Ran
the POST office.
Miscellaneous Objects fer Which Gregg
Gave His Due.BilIs.
Cashier Miller Starts In on Ills Interest
Ing Testimony.

Cashier Miller Starts In on Ills Interest
Ing Testimony.
Tie 1rst heavy case OF tl!c present term In The
Emitted States District Court was struck ycstcr.
das, shortly aftur noon. when JuttRe Bodeet'
called No 435. the nr1t on the dockcs, til: case
of the EnItett statas "a, John ". Gregg In
dlctcd for e,nhe1z'nr att,i apnropriatlng to bis
own uso moneys belonging to the Mousy.Order
Department Of the Chicago Fost.OAlre. TEe
uoycrnmens was represented by Ds,rict.At.
turney Bnngs und his Assistant, MIR. Baldwin
an,i the defendant by Charley Reed aud Leonard
SWEET. Dr.. Gregg, OF ltock Island, the de-
feulants venerable father, sat bettdo h!s son
anil watched the proceedings with Keen pa
rental intercat.
THE WORK or CHOOSING 4 suRr
consumed lust an hour. The questions pitt to
tho cnltlilntea for Jury honors by MIR. Reed
were as 10 their possible relations, past or pres.
cut, to The Government what They would do In
casc thcre apnearcd to be reasonable doubt na
to the slefonslnnt's Guilt, anl whether they
would find man guilty OF crime un'ess there
was evidence of some criminal Intent. A nun.
ter of the Jurors called had At one time Or an-
other been pustmasters, ansl Mr. Reed with
some lclIcacy asked as 10 their feelings towards
tho Government and whether or not they
weren't possibly destrous Of holding Offices
again untirr our common uncle. They oil
dcnicd having any ambition in. tl,at
direction, a,,'l one Of t'rm set the whole
la!nly wasn't seeking oi1ee under this Adm!nss-
traiun-t!lr ralpahle tntercilec being 1al. sncu
lo wasn't M Ol,tu man, lie had abandoned all
hopr:, The jury finally selected 'sas an un:.
nattH}1r nfH11fphnt Nnu E0f1ln0vrH III
Guorrc X. Collins, Ut Woolstock; Lewis Nor
gan, Paviillun; George Y. Rankin, Monmouth;
.. g: Malory, Nnndu; George Bristol, Aurora;
l.. ". CIuynoIc>, Morris; j. u. Morgan, Ottawa;
Frank X. Hmiey, Delvidere; J. D.. Afatoney,
Mount Casrol; William Petty. Mount Carroll;
Samuel Jardan, Morris; and y. Z. Mason, Mon
mouth. ........
After getting Jusv the Court took recess
| until tho afternoon hour.
On resuntny IN tue afternoon,
| JUDGE BANGS MADE his OPENING ADDRESS,
reading scr. 4,040 Revised Statutes, under wuclt
| the Indictment Was founJ, md commenting at
charge u cmbuzzloracnt, as set forth IN the in
dlctMent. Tie history Of tlle past decade.
remarked tho Judge, ought. to tcacl, every
body tint the commission OF crime WAS not
public mind l,ad almost ceased to DO saockc.s
when person of high stnndlng in tEic world,
goriety, and even t'e CHURCH, was. guilty ot
aagrant violation Of law. Especially was this
I
purtnttre Of the present was appnEent from the
I efforts put forth By tic dufenlant liMl his
friends, tho employment Of counsel OF
tl'c, very highest talent, md the
sympathy, rather than strict Justice, to secure,
II possible, hss ncouistal. Judge Bangs said hi
would ask no ono to do violence to his finer
mud better tsoliEs; oil h. should s ask wns tint
The superior advantages enioycd by ,tc de-
fenhant should liars kent him from yielding to
temptation, but they did not, so TINT there was
saS pavs ~, Dse 5 lis n IL
on to state what the Government expected to
slow iu rcfetence to, Grcgg's "draw.
oiiIeo oiIs and lis deposits of duo.bl!s to take
ia place. The question Of intent did not cntcr
tnto The case ct nll since, by the Inv, any one
| taking Post-Ol!1ce mnnegs aid converting them
into Ills own use was guilty Of en'uezziemcnt,
nn matter what tho motive or !ntent+ Tile Ian
guagc Of the statuto was peculiarly strong, the
evident Intention OF Congrcss being 70 throw
around such public funds every possible safe
guard. and to render them absolutely sacred.
After explaining how Gngg und Muller got Into
debt to the o1tico to n large amount, aml how
GrfgE managed to carry IL along for over D
ld na to rsFry y {s II gzsr nt9 ts 1soks
! master Palmer, the Jndgt sentenliously asked
II there could be any absenso OF inteslt In all
thls. lio then proceedo0 to detail the cfreMHl-
SIuuEES tEH1l1lE u I'LL LHH H!klEE.
aud the tntcrsiew between Miller md Gregg at
t!la sherIuan House,. the result OF which
ii tic vouchers by means :. Of
along. Tile judge anticipated thas M atten,pt
would bn nude by thu defense 10 disrredit tlle
testimony Of Miller, who went 10 Canada With
Grcgg's advice hnd as*istancc1 nc idea oclng
absent, by which they would all escape. But
The arrangement fell through, Miller eventually
becoming Government witness. or COURSE
l'ls yeraciky, his motives, mud tlie character Of
the Government was prepared to eorruboratc
ihut eglde,lve on every material point, asu tu
show conclusive proofs Of guilt.
Tic defense reserved tlItbr opening nntti alter
the testimony tor the prosecution WIS all Ia.
\ ED MILLER,
tho cx-Cashter, took tile stand for tho Govern.
,.icnt .,l,i proceeded to detail hts connection
with the Post.0tl'ee. 11o came hero fton New
Orleans IN 1893, anti went Into tho otl!ce under
Gen. Franls shcrman as teegr'ilng, clerk fn the
Mu!ey.Or.ler Department. He became the
Cashier tu about sx months, a!''l held TINT posl'
tiDn until last Marrll. Oeu. Macarthur sanlo In
III 1873, am Grscg catac with bin: Witness
understood from Grrgg t1At hc was McArthl.rs
eon.!n@lnw. Gregg was snadH suneTlntcndent
under Macarthur at once Up to that time no
fuult had been found with witness' accounts or
ilc paid tnu money.ordcrs md tie daily buI.
cven,ng@dcuoslsed i" drcer's tn " box.
Gregg Ind thc combinations to tlr
eate dnl tha key to his box. Beforo witness
made regutar thing Of p .1ting bis haiancu Ia
tie latter, Gregg used Il for setnlttunecs coEan'
I'll tlur!uE slse daf, Some days witness' no1
WIS too small to hold the balauSes, aMl then f,e
occasionally used Gregg'a hox. But this duln't
hait,cu very often. Tie ruvenuc Of tie oii!ee
ctlEs,ated Of rctnltsauccs lrnn country Post
| Ottlces and the selling Ut orders, nls1 out ui
thIs revenue thev wero to pay nonry.oFders OIL
thu otlfee al,l remit tic balance to kew York.
urtge h,d Charge Of tho retnittaucca, while q
rltrk sold tic orders md turned tllr proceeds
over to tin witness. Certificates were given II
country Postlnastera, Which certificates they
use,l In balancing tt,eir ACCOUNTS. The Average
reIulttances day we're irotn so. .Uu0 to $!!,,,
wv, ulul wllsess touk chargu vt lte currency,
generally about half OF tic daily tO.u re.
Ini,tnnce. Witness made w tile amount
uf lhe currency, Gregg tue utnouat Of n,s
| a1rnfIa nMl II IL ri1rrt.a1,t,tuttI1 will