, 1879-05-07
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.
Tho MiIls.Mueller-p otter.Burl'ng
Cases Come Up. -s..
. ia, Spent in Listening to tho Talk
of Counsel.
Elaborate Arguments on 9 Motion to
Quash tho Indictment
:, ss,it States Why Ills Client. Potter, Should
~ ua,s a Bill Of Particulars.

=. ea,tt States Why His Client, Y0llcr, should
H. '"s Mil nf rarit,nfars
Have p'' VI '1' ''s"'A'''
....,. ....
.u, ,,u, nj defendants In the Custom.
The sNa'' s'",! 49,, ,,,a,r ra,,nrA -, hIrh
House case, hanacu w WV" 49, t''.. hA
,5ecd counsel, and contronteu W ~" "Hposl"E
pI ~, Iunos,ng array ot GoYcrnmtnt IhwycFo. had
tnIoss pe s,, IN fact. ali ,]ay, as far a. filling
nora!pg, anu, ~ ,as' ns.,rc, cn,r, ,nnr, nn,1
m The United States Distr'ct couF1 ioo,n ~"
rm'onopoliztng WI attention was concerned. besides
-. ,cr.ons Immediately Interested IN tho cnso
e.. @e pss 40. a hast Of outside lawyers present
Hbo rnanlles'cu soao.H ~, .sttI,o, tn,a,.., -,
,n,ount of professional n''o ei.t'ca' "'tcfest 10
N. var their brother lawyers borc themselves
W. W. r,il,t1 the,r clients through.
sno p" ~ tl,c f;nvern1nent aralnst tho e}eht
The ease o. w. ~ ,"t..,,a :, au. ~ .a.,a
.lleged consr!rntoss 10 ae'saua " OUT ol some"
th,nr Ike $500, 600 In tie construction Oh tie
'. ".w cu.ton.IIousc Was to hAve been called at
~ nss Int there vas considerable delay, for
lops1Na' ~ ~ oilcr m TIM naIt of 1,,dco Drer
% out tn an appearance, and Hill, Potter, Muel-
i,r, Mills Burlny, trisslng, hccd, md Whcas-
~ ~ thc alleged cousptrators, sat around mud
wy -. ,1 .t+,, their counsel anil their scvtrnl
eomfnuneu ,s,,.na..o. Wv. ,,,oi- sn,,t. a,iat
luue'mo't eoose.ua''ssse'' ,,sh .s 'o.s n,so n..u
S,if an hours delay In their alleged forth
Ds1a samInr yindicatIon. Tho explanation OF tho
d.Isy was Tint tho Milwaukee Judge had not
Hie III homo until the carly morning train, and
hence Il would be as good as II o'clock hcSorc
ttG n, shnrtly beinre tho hour last.namcd, Judge
i,indvttt and Judge Dyer entered the couri~
uo",n ami look possession Of the bench. Cnun-
II ~ liz. rost stcppet1 lin and Ua tllett fcsnects
e ne rtsitng Judge. anil then tic Hat cf I,cttt
tn,ors ior tic tcrtn was called over Tor tile pur
~. a; scciug how many Ind come iu IS they
!r.ro !v,a oom,namct1 Tie full panel, twonky-foug,
,,c,c ~, hn1,l. Mr., Albert A. Spraguc, OF ibls
.Itr one nf tIlc lot, asked mud obtained mn cx-
emso IN account OF PRESSING blisit,ess, but he
"ns ,le nnIy one who succeeded tn getting OF.
I,Scc Undrett retired to t!r otl,cr room short
sfterraris tn llenr motIors. leaving hts
h,,ther :I,,dpc In nosscesou of tho field. When
,ho ca,e waa tI,rn called, Thomas Hoyue, rcprc-
ssntnc INHALER. Mills, and Reed, promptly
ssoss ssnd n,nrc1 tn
@'o'~ .r.,,, r,,r ,xn,-r,,p,r
He aprcared for Reed, he said, bccauaa that ner.
tou, whose woes hiitl !ehonlnfotlS asrest ne pro.
eeedcd 10 tel! nnont' haa no counsel. some oI
tue detcndants were opposeia 70 On! u!iatory NC.
Tons out .nc ,aa gcHse 81 s,an,. ~ ess1e na 'tin .
no sueh 9aeta i on,, ~. 80, ...a ,.,o,t.
thsY con rin II. for lila n,1r mss nf waatn,r
th,onrt n cart.,oal of noocrs wli,rh could onjy
.tow ilcir nnnc,.nrn ,nIi brinr Il fnrth IN M,
@ snea 'nt'. " @ nn.a" +snt ,s r'.n,,.. .a
Ient u NY; 1aHoe a.Ios,, INV NV" "H,v
poos' NM sun =. ,,.t "s'o ""s
sueh e1pensise ','. nSs,mess ,ss'. ~ ,na'. ,,,
th[. O"ELt A4ll rHHs AAJ uoetoN ~ SAaoA