, 1879-01-31
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the revenue of the United States Government
Ia this eityi"
AYES, s!r.''
u When proceedings wcrc commenced against
them by tl,c Uoscrnmenti"
"Ycs-lhc socailcd iirst batch"
"Wcra any OF those men ever brought to
tria'i'
mo. str"
mAnvtn
II think there were some forty or fifty Of
6ccrs and four or dve dlstIElcra-"
Hfn what Court wcre they fnasctedl"
"Tl1c Cour. Of Juiga Dlodgctt-"
"vtst became Of the indictments against
those meni" ..
''1hcy wctc all dismissed. and tho ofs1eers'
indictments were dismissed most Of the Of
1crrs by pasing = little iine Of from 500 up to
I'll SIIsy . VI never brought to trla''"
"Wt'at .lil .hcy do In order t" accomplish
this rchultf"
"Tbose Tint ran away received leave TO re-
turn On The p.,tnsnt Of from q .Mo to ss'oW, q
-.hry werc all released"
"Yes. but In what mani.er was 1t that these
men, fndtrsctl In 1875 and known as tic. nrst
batch, cyadcd punishment for their crtnleel"A
"Uu,ler promise Of squcallng."
ST. Cloudy, rising AMI tnterrupting, said they
iltn not desire 10 Interfere with the lovcsega.
tlon, but It they undertook to 70 into tho trial
Ut Nhat wrrc k,,own as tho whisky cases. They
would discover ,lmt they werc entering Upon
very largo ilcd.
CoI C,orcr said the Committee would bear
ae1 himself had gona into this matter, and 1t
WIS Legitimate Eo-cxamlnntfon, he thought, OIL
whrh liz waa then engaged. and would bo such
even In courts Of tust!cu, wheru tho strtctest
= A%+E,t
htr. l.apl,ain remarked that counsel went Into
| this matter OILY 80 far as 1t Affected thu
| wttncss.
| would state III i've minutes what thcY expected
| to establish BY this limo uf examination. and
! tint thc same lcnRtll OF time bc allowed 10
| counsel for the respondent to object.
Col. Cooper sut4 The queatiDn which Ito had
nut to Tho witness was merely a preliminary
| auest!0,l, to be followed up BY asking HIN what
promises weTu made to him BY tho Government
| officers uf immunity. ...-.
Coi. Cooper-As an indueement to his plea Of
cuiity.
direct he wt'ula not object to u. y bad teen
asked, however, and already stated, he believed.
"1n what n.anEer," asked Col. Cooper, "was
It tlIut tlrte mcn, inflicted by the Government
as the first butch, cVaded punishment Tor theI-
Sir. Goudy called the Commttteos attention
to tle fact that this witness wus not ono OF tile
| first batch, but the second.
Air. knntt Rnh they understood TINT, and
thought Tint atr. Cooper might AJAX the question.
| The gucstlon was repeated, aua tho witHcsa
answered tst they rscaped punishment "oy Of
III, behalf ii whom," asked Col. Cooper.
"1llc Government"
| "hnli against whonil"
"AEn'rss us'-what WAS called tho second
"What WAS known horc ia Chicago as tmnu-
aYcs,--wl,at tho attorneys for the Govern
mgnt afterwards got on tho etund and pleaded
! tur.''
'staso II any propositions were ever made to
you to testify ni,aInst somebody rise, In order
tla. you might ret Immunity tool"
Mr.. l.apham-beforo tue plea Of guilty OF
Eni. Coopcr-Deiore or at any time. want
him To give II hsstory of his own connection with
thu matter.
ncts, "wish the ATTORNEYS. Think judge
ilanKs WIS present, s.nl bclcve Mr. Aver. uhl
this particular. friend u Judge D'odgsst; Tor.
grt Ills n1tne.h ~ .....
''ilc WIS frat attorney for tic whisky men,
aud then lse turned around a1l went for ltlu
Goysryn'l'e't' toy. by permission OF tho ooSeru'
s'Wus 1t Mr. E,outrll,l'
"ics, IL was hontelle. They wanted 10 know
Or mt whether | knew anything againAt Mt.
Fnrwcsl.-Mr. G. Is. farwcl1, ,-nEatnsl Gen.
l."vat', Or Mr. Warl,J. D. Ward, DISTRICT.
ATTORNEY formerly. uni member Of Congress"
Whit lid yult say to themi"
i ~ tol4 thcn, that | uIdn't,-tl,at 1 had no
tFaWSesl1s Wss t,.. Ttt', ny ono whatsoever"
"'rInt was truu; nnA tllut believed tllosa
men lasl nntng 10 tlo With It. 4 further said
to them. 't;entltmen, II you want to buy from
mo to pcriure myself In order to get my free
dom or gct clear, lien yt. uiay srtil lu wter-
ever yuu pieasr. shall moi do IT, Hutsc-
o..eutly, ! had long conversation
with Frod Wis,stor,-he WA very
Intimate fricnu of Juttgv Dludgett, -
wlun he n,uue proposition to INC 10 10y down
On slr Ward; that the Judge hatea M!. Ward !;
HAT lie used. whcn he was III tho lubby vi
Springfield, to carry rallroad measures taroucl,
tln. Lcgslaturc; That he ha.l bought Mr. Wast,
nn,l tat he had to stay alongside oi hun nIl.l
watch him when bis votes were cast. | utter.
war!s carried Tor Mr. Kchm to Mr. Winston
Ss..hOO-n nato VI nbuus S.,0GU, I t.l!n!s, thirty
days litter latg,-ur 81 l.5UU and 6l,D0u IN urlb.
bllngs. Where it went cannot tell"
WlSSTON'S INFLUENCE.
"What did you take 1t 10 Winston fort''