, 1879-06-05
o!I1STOM-lIOUSE CASES.
n, lackner Talks in Behalf OF
wv Mr.. Prussing.
lad ar. McCazr Makss d Plea for
a'N nlr. Burling.

IND rdr. McCazT I1akss d Plea for
A'N Mr.. B'rling.
rsc art. part Of the twetty'f1''h ,lay'7 pro-
is w.. IN t,,e iriai OF the Ctlslnllt-l1Dau was
es'"", e'''o,s,, tn 1isteni,,g tu the arguments of
N,tt. ltERSEK,
=, for l'ru.rlng. ttr. Laekner quoted
paHI 't,. fnun lhr testimony to Klinw Tint the
h.s9 !, ,,,r ln.Ildl1l, compared very favornbty
f'aue u p.cna yistu stouc In tho yaripus nrivato'
w.. VIII throughout the rity, null that II was
t"s AZ ,tusl IN that in Mr.. boynEtu.'s
q'"v q.,c1 Shreyc Hlock. Az tn tl'c third an,l
faa'', aa1 ,.prtes, which contained 8,GaS stoncs,
a'.'s ..r. o,iy twclvs TINT hnl cycr hcen stis-
sr,ed o. questioned, s'M "'S ot s!:sss !'S9 hesn
pp'u.or,,l eIx mouths ago, ainl the apots Ind
ynrr,nord slure That lime. Patching. Mr..
s.' a.,sns, eo,,;enlrd, WAS not IN t'lc lii
'a 49,, nj thn esm,tsHctor. hut IN tic
'..r..t ",sr If lo f;overnmcnt, rr',sslng's
s-a slur to save 10 the Government the cost
',,utlrr Il stone Which afterwards revealed
ps sne ri these iron spots. Tic testimony
's'u lsaged, 50 Mr.. 1.aeknnr claimed, that tln
'',,,ut of work Ip to tho summer Mntl falt Of
.S.s iucycaxed fully 10 per cent, anll tllHt i'o
pt,r.,rntial election WAS tnain1y Responsible for
H. fa]llornfr uout ,l1at TINS, although base-
.,u b,ttc.lurc, AHl shuttfmNck. nlutchtt,g pct-
.,", ~. etr,. had good deal to Ito with II. But
r,n.tu.. knew nothi.lt. uf,tl1c rxtcnt to which
~. ,d,fnv was 80 a,ylv carried Oh. The tcstl-
l.nor ~, showed him to he faithful, WntclIu!
nu.rr. nSn rtglur tcrFur tn the ,nel who Indeed
III rred Of sot,,e such ssEnal as !sIg.s9uase"
2 Na,' .iv VIZ ali not cnco,,rapa i,llis,.,
IT, w.. ,1'', ,t:,, wurkr,l fnIthf,Illy when he
gu! ,+n,'nl, u mi were ACTUALLY afraid uf htl,,.
w. t.,mn,, witnesses. In tcstifrtnr fpr rrt1s-
lue n.ta,Iv "rrfrrf,,,l n ln}r uf lure. belIuy-
s1s sty Y: y,'"i.'n"ua Iitr syns a M, " m,rarc, Mr.
hs Ill.,, ,,,,tt. n ,trr,rd mini IF i,nrimss IN
isthuti is.l. ~ ntJmnu,s ,rttrr romnlnitiinr of
1otse's n9ca n tr sinwI,cse OF The ucil, claiming
~" ~. RI Endorsement fnrryer destroyed the mr.
llaI .tIs tI,; Irusst,,r and Burj! were ornpc1
leaso m.',trar. II was co,,rluBiysly nrs,yen by
m ,a.ii'mnny thnt prr,ysnr hurric,l III, iii.
lhe 'ss ,,.tinr t,,r tnc,, moi, Ia Frn1 no mich
xvshi IN nrml,rss trtoiis at rarvfnr nnH rnt.
,;.m Mnt ~ 1 In rst,ntu Of tic six exprrts md tl
'at i; az r. In, rxrrssiye ext nj tIm third
au.s s,"rcs t,,,,r tir tirst md stcon,]. WIFI,
~ ,s ~, r,,i,,r frrtan s.t,,,es wht eyrryluly
pa,,;cI tnn,; too ,n,,c}l time. weru tubcil ns i
,le''eu ~" ron, t,',, H., s"nt1f,r, nrnrret!ei
,asS' "a ~ .''' th.t u The. rrss cost at tic
W 80, r.,a whv ,1,n t!,r tninl cxrrsa wns Sl1S-
~ taae 'Tsv' ~ sntu,silon. tic "if. wus purely
H.
~ ic,,,sn ,ie r,tiu hctwcrr strnro mid e,1b,,,
.' r.,'x w.. unt tlrst cstnj,lisct There was
VT s,ta,u, IN nj mis- tn ,irnrr Frnsslnr rot Of IL
III Istint, mr, ,rrns' rrrkon im into tl,c
Eam.sn'i,rv ",u1 Il wny smnIy ultrnrro,,a IL,
ieuae. -. s,";,.' " H., 5,Ir. ~, ,,,s" ,t,,ns
.ars' # r ,rtth thf ttmrErcnrrs. Tho uttunInt 10
.ta, urn,r,iour nr PrussI,,rss mart IN ii.ttfn.
Ei"icr 81, In ,jt, centennial wns nuttr ns small
esr,,n1r other things In the ease. Hinnle hct!csrh
he Nus eutitcI to HIS pay OF, The principle tut
~,heY all did H." a'I NH. n.sl eys.. knlstrom
,lyiscd tlut IL was iiIe prnettce oi thu Lepnrt-
ucn' y Erai.t p1y III such rtlses. burning hflally
certified to Tic payroll. prnssHE, OIL ille atahd.
tld he would ndnlt IccciY1g pay liEmsel!
xheu he was sick. II The Noysrilanrnt Wante't
10 make a1lf pt'!ut 0lt tltte matte. IL was e1E-
rt1cant that lnanf Of TIE Gnvcr,lMent witnesses
Ntft, or hull recently herf. III Gufcftl1he9lt eur
ploy. Buyingtor, while not ~ the government
employ, wanted z, BIZ very Gully. liz hlnue no
s1Edcassoa Tor ltill's p'Mcs; oi conyfG nnt, hut
"he was Il, the hands Ut Ills frtn,hts." sp MAS
Esctor This c'n.,1oymcni of tioyet,Itlent vii
ucsrs for tho mere sakc ol Kettins tlcm to tcs-
tly was un nutragn alNl II disErNcu to 1tle TOW
stlfnent. lial tile t'rHni jnry khnMn "hnt
there was IN this casc these snnn. would nerer
hare been Indicted. But i'll tnd'ct!nE ttem tho
obert Of tho real prosecution !ltt becn ntsnn!-
plkAed. These defendants had !}ven sEHirclleut
ard thnt was oil TINT was WAntcd, lor nohodt
HuQ4 Eitll tftlEIA lllAk ahSlF MN tAt GlHAuts
for touyictill. any OF them. Even The counsel
lot, The prosecution would not dAro 10 make
saeA clAtm before the JURY, lor they
knew there Was nothing IN the case, n'ni hnti no
heaft In II. Tie smallest rrthrntiot tl!G Jury
caall makc Tor thc ssigHsa thrown upon tslcse
iaen was ru acqut Hnti titus y!hiehte tEc1n, md
tba f!el, Wot.l he the result ~ this long trial
Dc haa not Tor n mDIuent doubted.
After thu scccss,
M,,. M'rAuu
Ind I'm foor. III. n,.v,r bv envtn,r f,,,t +,,r
tlrrirs NJ Hrror nH1 hirrtr Ind ,n"i',,v cn,,scG
lin to arr hls ,ytrr,,t,nts, ,,t T., ar;.,,a si,,
t.,c NJ r,,,u,rrnt IN In" trs,inh,,r tr,,tp this
Le yrnt IN ~ s,,,nL ~ Az W,,rit,.,, lr,,.r.,a".
b11e r}nrnrt,r -" ,n,t", ,xI,rh Il, :, fIse Ill,
iii, shn,,'J '..1tu,,1,s h." +.knn irtn 'nnsidnra.
ttm ti~ Tvn sxsn,i,,s, IL" .tn,,tultus ng afy%irs
ueT ,n iii st th.. ue!v a'txoa cni;,n II + thc
xnrks th,, r,nssftu ~ ~. ms ,,"wJ,1,. t,n. ron.
tr,rts ,i.cn l., '.v}vt,''co " MI H., ,,r"I.si~
ojso nj u'x,, IN. ,H"trrt,i h ft,,,u,l NJ, im',
ior t,I h",t intSrnatu ~ H.. t:nvrrst,,rn, 9rhs
ch,nrr wn. ,nt ,i,ut In rrrr1 T ~ in%..,"nr tt
,hat i. s",nc.,i H. .nns,arav t., .i.tra",l 1ns
i;oyrrnnr;,t ria N - f;nvnrn,n,nt rn,,n."i 1,nt,
.Imn,v ,,r.se,,,n IN" ,.,." ~" I,n""rnrtcnt
srif hail mail. fn- linn, Wht ,,ntiv,. f.,r H."
drisnant ~ ~ t sms ,,nr asi'H, ~ ,
b. rat fnrtmr ,.,.t,I, ~, ~ain" Imam, iis ,,cirh.
bars, ly wNm. T.. syns nt.,srt1 .,f .lu,,,.s Wsl1
thu fnry sav th", no., fn ,aors III sro,,w sud
Jrnfr t,,tt, ;rin'"1 Wa.so,, y" No. ,y";at r. 'a
deyriom.n,s ~ an,,"it;s rnr""r si,nrn,, ti'aI
fur VIII. ,r,,S1,''s IL ,ar,os" "r hnL h,", tou"i
op mt, , 1, ,s i.ta ~ u. ~ prm ' ,sht
ftultrtl in ihr sr,Ii,, % ,tn, to tie r,,,inns,arv