, 1879-05-22
MR. TILDEN'S BOOKS.

Tho - True lnWarEnesa " Of the 1fca1y CM4O
mt NRr1aetto-hntt How Slippery Sum
Was Mixed Up In 1t.
Catvfshondence Esiraft T5st
MARQUETTE, Mich, May 17.-Thprc arc many
features Of au Important caso In court tl,ut do
not and cannot be inado to nppcar to tho
public In tho necessarily brief telegram
sent from day to day. Tits is c,a-
phaticnlly truc in the case Of the United
Btatcs against Wlil,am"P.' llcaly,i wl1o was to-
day convicted iu tho United States District Of
iorcsbly seizlng and carrying away certain books
then antl there being used in connection with
thu taking Of certain deposlttoils to 10 used In
the District Court for the Southern District Of
the Stato Of Now York In case there pending
against Samuel ]. T1don, On tile charge Of de-
frauding the Government In the matter OF his
Income tax, and thereby obstructing the due
administration Of jlist!cc.
The defendant said ho had bcan very anx!oua
to Got The cllanco to replevy tho pouks In qucs-
t0n, Rllu wllrl they wcra brought before this
NotarY be- saw Ills chance. The Court to!d hin
TINT such a c0ur6c Of proceedings wns wholly
unnecessary, Us thrF conla haye reached them
any slay by bill In csancery.
Il true statc1nens or the case Is juat this:
Samuel j. Illdcn is charged with dcfra,l1llg
tbs u.ited statcs With a falsc incola return.
loret, md to tho present time, Mr. ,Illden bas
been. tliu principal uwuer Of thu New York
mine, situasca nenr NcEnuncc, In thu Upper
renlnsttla: IL July: iS'7, Wl!lam % L, Wetnorc,
York mine, SEVERED bis connection with tho
Company, keeping in his Possession, however,
four books Of account, US aic says, for hts own
protection. 1lo aniu lpUn tho stunt tliat Mr.,
ridden and l'Is agents snew tint teso books
In thu llatmls Of tho Government wuuiti
materially ud It. In making caso
agalnst a him., a,tl, throuah hls agent
YorI mine, assistci by iIarla,i!, counsel in tic the
pasu pelulfng agal.Ist hlni in Now York, theEr
cant,ire was punnc'l MT. carried into execution.
Notwithstanding liculy c!uims, IN rather, u
renaaSo ctt0 Sot .acent y evnss S s
leaked out Oil tue trial to show tat the execu-
direction Of the New York n,Inc, which
odss2s q ssSfa'siM e H. rss rsr H. esy %s' es asSS
tlat ho suggested 10 Mr.. cCtoskey, tic Gen.
rral Manager Of tho New York inilla, tint tho
seizure bu made, but that McCloskoy gave him
koy tlliln't wish to act IN tho matter without
definite. authority iron, tho COMPANY. a
few days later. however, McCIoskay
snr sGno + nl h ,,a and it,, tod do Tin to 70
HIN to consult with Mr. T't!en, md the prof.
yet had been approved. This Is ccrtatnly u
legitimate tnieFcnce to ne drawn. from tha
Testimony. .Mr. 1ildcn knew tho Importance
VI tHEho Auohs AHA If!IoH+!f b4AHHk u ucpTtfb
t!lu tsovcrnmcnt OF t!etn. 'r!is parties OIL trial
horo wcru simply his aVcnts aini uothlng moro.
having 10 personal interest III the matter WhAt-
ever.
On tho .wllucss.stanl 1Icaly gaye a glowing
acco4.nt III their illght With tho books. Al ono
Of tho street cori.ers ho narrowly escaped
CAPTURE by crowd WHO supposed It WIS a
runaway t0as'. On tho other band, supposlng
It was q company who sought to waylay hi,li
an1 recover tho books i,o passed through them
as tic hlghest possible rate 81 1t spyed to wiIet.
say on tile wItness-stunl that ho was attorney
Tor III OF tho iargs mining companies horo,
With Que exception. an1 also OF the railroad
company, aud that l,o was 4 bachelor {dtdn's
STATE hs age, but for the benefit Ut your laly
renders It llIAy safely be put down ut 4D).
The connection 0l tho authorities will be more
clearly shown iu tic casu Ok llarland, In which
H. Ia understood that certaln cipher dispatches
will l,e introduced.
Tic case llas beon ahly managed on both
silica, tl,e D!atriet-AttorncY and his assistant
displaying nlote than urdilnry caro- fp tile prep
| uratfon u,Il skill in tlle conduit Ut TIC casG
throughout.