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possible, but not at all probable. that ha might
he mistaken.
Judge Banga then announced that tho prose-

he mistaken.
.l Judge Dang. then announced that tho prose-
". II. RAwIIsd,
Of galcns, was then called for the defense. 11o
had been County Collector. Deputy Circuit
Clerk, Sheriff, Clerk Of the. Circuit Court, uad
County Judge. Know Patrick MaheT. the pros-
ecntliIg witness-hnva known lin from boy.
llis general reputation was bat, would rot'be-
licyc him uf,llcr oath.
On cross-examtnation, he asid It would be
harder to fl,'d those who had not spoken bag Of
ot Persons Whuln he heard talk about Mnllcr.
Mr.. nuser't reputation had been uniformly Goud.
J. y. Drown testified. l1c had boen proprfc.
tyr OF the 0a'cna Uas.lts for fifteen ycars; Knew
Ma,cr's rcp!.tatlon; It was bad; would not be.
Here Els testimony In my case IN which be hal
an Interest, directly or ibjiscctlT. MIR. Hnser's
reputation WIS guod. -.
Gharlc, s;l'cerer. John F. Brcatall, Patrick
Bell, I.id Juhn llnsbfG had no faith fn Maller.
MI. blNMcnnucr, formerly Dubuque brew
er, dl;1 not know anything about Miller s. na-
scr's Iowa trade.
Judge Hangs-Did you erer sec anybody take
Witneds-I did,
VI; lussrcn tcnplat!eallg)-1 object.
Judge Bangs (trlumphant1y)-T all.
q. 4. Mtvon,
formerly Deputy Collector Of Qa'cna, nlways
lie frequently examined their beer.wagons nm
looked ovcr tic siofnps on tl.u barrels. Found
them generally canceIod. The frIu's bucks
were Kept 10 Enod couaitfon, a.ld tue accounts
to ihe stamps on t,s teerkeea, either bs leak
age or tostlng uf one key against another; d'l
not recolcct tile conversation mentioned by
Mr. Starr; did not thnx t. possible that t,sc
duplicate use OF stamps could hare been carried
On for nny length Of t!tne.
lie did mt cxE'ntnc one wagon IN ten. II the
brewers and dealers would combine, It would
be very easy to get riu ot tl'e beer By using ,he
themselves. In the dnys of tic ineosnc.tax
nbout olle man in ten pcrIurcd himself. aieu
would swear harder on That tlnn nnythinE else.
Col. JucFsen objected to tho line Of cruss-
examinations AMI suggested that Judge Hangs
was making stufnp-spccch to tho wllncss.
Tic Witness did not bc1sevc that Afr. 1lascr
would month after month cu1ngn!t perjury Oh
bis return Witness did not know that revenue
officials und diAtrfct attorneys had general be-
lief tint all brewcrs urd disii!ers were disllon-
est.
eKoR0E O, GRIFFIN,
of Galcnn, Steamboat engineer, testified that
Starr had told him (wttness) In February tl!at hc
mud It was worth 800 lto days ago be aad
that lc received subpoena, ard further safdt Il
Miller j. Huser hud given him Mwnr, hs would
hnyc gont away. lie n1so aAtd thht II Miller j.
Hascs wcre il!lcl S5,V0u he would make over
S2M.
On croas-examtnatlon, the witness said that
the first eongefsltiou took plnca IN saloon IN
Galcna. The second also took place In
Gnlrla. On this occasfon he saitl II Miller &
lInser had furnished money l1e would not testify
against ihetn. Witness asked II Patrick Alahcr
/ mud ofFcrcl him sl00 to swear. He said lle
| would mike over 500.
Mrs. Joseph Groibtr, of {iniena, sal0ou-keeper,
testified that Maller, before he left Galena, sall
III her presence ttllt lie waultl sooner or later
| Fix Miller ai:d uaser. Ma!Icr wanted lrr hIs-
t,,a. to talsr false oath against slr. 11ascr and
| make S5uJ Neither her husband nor hrrsclf
eyrr ttbuk of n Btafrln. 3laller did not mike
| use Ut the wurd lie.
Jo.eph Grcitscr. II boz II yeass old. testified
| TINT he knew Patrick Atahcr; saw him III his
father's sauon looking al the bccrkcEs. The
moment Maller saw witless be put down thc
key.
t}aena saloou.krcper, knew Samuel Starr.
Overheard conversation between Starr mud
Grfil'n. Starr enid io knew as much about thls
case ~ Pat Mateg, ami he thought ha could
lnAke 500 nut of IT,
Conrad Msszger testified TINT he stamped tic
| bcer-kcgs n. Miller s. 1laser's brewery. No beer
went out with M old stump; all kegs had new
| u.ld genuine stamps.
Mr. Minor was recalled. md stated that some
| ycars' ago beer was prohibited frun going Into
Iowa OH ACCOUNT of ucal laws, without permit
| from q Government oiI!cer. Witness gave
Matt Miller permit to send beer into Iowa.
Miller IL llHser llat1 no permit. Witness did not
know whether they soil tecr IN Iowa.
Mr.. Ilassi!: was recalled, mud said that he had
heard afatce make threats on one occasion
agalnat Hascr. 1t was about two yenrs ago.
Tile sefGns0 here rested,
Mr. Dumcnauer waa recalled for Tue prosccu-
tton. nnd testified that he had sren beoT-stamns
taken olf III Gulena about four years ngo. They
were OIL Que oGenslon tulscu OF by q Mr.. Breed.
4 Col. Grtlncson, recalled, stated tliat he had
no recollection Of having heard Mrs. Grciber
make the atateElent sic said size lid.
| This closed the case, md the counsel win
| argue 1t this morning,