, 1880-04-29
Trial of the Ex.Postmaster for Em-
bezztement, Etc.
A Sudden Change in the Program-A
Plea Of Guilty.
Tho Object Aimed Mt tho Securing Of n
Pardon.
He Will Not Be Called Up for Sentence
Until June /.

1p,ut ~ ,nton f,,,,tu ,rov hrrttn T1nstny nftcr-
,,n,,, 1,"forn Im..o i,lninett md Jury IN
' tMa 11,t,ni stotos nlatrict Court. the Drosc-
.',,e, va. ,.,s ,,,,rnsn,,t,d hv 1,strict Attor
c"."m otaas ie'tsas .,. ',ot,,,s ,,v 1.morv A.
ntu. n.s a'o ,ra sA'a ,n,'Ir1 . o,,rcssea In Tho
n.o.'s. u,, ,xa a"I ,oF %' nM, h,snrss.likc.-nnr-
!.s M.I w.. H., ~ 1,a f.ot,nwn,,,l rons,t1cra-
~ .".t;,n,',. ~, ,,"ou,,.,,torv, vns nut tu
~. wv ~. ~: ~. r,,o,t fnr thn ,1nv. II
p.ot 81. e ...,nnn sta,omnn,a frnn, tle
I,'n, no,a W nar..a,,t NJ rth,,rs nc.
,,.t ~ .,,a ~, ~, want out If ol,.re.
.1s.aI, v" IN 1s-. Ero,n o,,o nj these #
o,,,,eora5 flint Ma general BALANCE wns
srpIs,s" ais ~, w., u'i"' ;a ,onev.nr,1nr balance.
Z. Ill rce,aiomcnt nf the account,
,sa.,a Marc,, N isso cnntotncd tho following
;n,nortont cnrrnct,n,,. /" Amount Improperly
n,at,n,,s ~ Ini,,, sTca rth,tr o, nccount Of
,nomov or;lcrs o1lercd to have been paid,
,vhtcl, nmnunt has becn transferred to the
oro't,t ~ = " 1,o,mor Postmaster. Chicago,
ett ~, " it,,,,a ,n"da t},e vho1e indebtedness
~, nccnuot of noncv orders sss3. 100,
T,,r: Nr.x.r 1t1r mr. nocr,MESrA1,y EVIDENCE
,.as n o.rttf,a,1 oonv fran the Auditor Of the
Dns. D"s nG,an nnno rtncnt ,ndcr date of Aprit
70 r'1s ,ssn se ~ '1raft M a1a1 dated April II.
~ n,otle hv tho nepnrt,nent on JOHN Nc
Artt"r ,ota i,ost,nostrr. far 5ala0, It was
f,,,o,ro,, IN hv thn nyo,lnction and reatlinc of
1o .ort,f"d ,onv ~ Tia original latter Of +.
m 1,at,-a~ Jat,5 1nfv 10 tR71 In ina Drnnrt-
W. "t.e, ,e" ".su -. t,,nso ononn.,ia 1fr
mcnt IN rc1cscnco 10 uaese AeIoulHs. n1'
| Palmer wrote that lle returned tne aonse-
mentioned drift In his favor OIL Macarthur,
adding that OF, tho eth Of June lie had ad-
dressed letters TO- in a, ms sareitS ',,Ini ,a M
1nhndlng tmnlcdlate pasiheht' u M.'1c1t NV
tcrs ha had received no answers, either from
altar ,vo. a atotomaut frnm ono Of the coin
a,., .ss.st ""o aorntaa sh,,y,nw tha ncc,,rinrv
standing Mt TINT time of Macarthur and tue
AZ this point the Court ordered MI ad1ourn-
nlohs lot Inc ay' @ als'ss un' n l",, thn"' h
tho usual caution. nna l1nptesslhe apo'. lilu'l
the extra hazard of reading anything III tile
newspapers In regard to the case.
The trial was resumed yesterday morning,
"''u rosrv.srrn PALMER
too,, Tho s+,nI 'f srne wi witness stated thnt IN
looh ',le e."u ,,.,., o rti,,r s,,or,,,, oS,nr
m interview with hlctAfthuf shoIaly alteI
In had certain offsets to tho Governments
n1o,,n M ~ Tn ovn,on,,ion ot His balance Nc.
nt,,r III, H., t,,at II ornw nm nnrttv lv .he
MftAf ca hat .o @ rnr he pauic p he '' Ind md
nut Ills personal credit into the
nfI,co tn nbto,u currency wifi which
u,xn wv, T. 11o f~r,bsr nv xr,loinnd lint n ,vns
! ~ Tull ~. !Io AuiuloA cAp'aA.'1s. sas ~ wv,
thrown into the olleo tt!nt ns si,nri ~ i
illofe linn HIT tsas a.e .nttnra o''o''u
G.I 1Ii ii ho oS snv ~ nmWtnr nhn,t ]epnstt will,
the G@ook @ I'd COUNTY u W NationaI B.nE I'll asked Air.
storTs. .,,, =.
nrn,nsed % in ofias s" no t,roof With reference 10
o pssa.tt n niiare'l IN the sIxtt, cnmntNtle
sIenoslt g Ipt In the Cook County National Bank.
proper t%S hs 1a seala ,k ns IL tae cYH1I st
nt to direct verd'es OF NOT guilty ~ 70 '''a'
Ills Ills Court promptly directed q verdict then
ana tAs1s: H. snrsa ~ ,u,tnar cros..ex.m,n,t1on
the ,vitness stntefi lint McArtlur's Offsets, ns
e Gm ex"aneG % tie,n. cor consisied Of tho iron cor
tT1cf r;tl, iha I;nvcrn,';It,t and ills deposlt If
tho Cook County National.
, 't II niuA!a' ,.,,,
{ Spcctnl Agent, tessitiel to d conyelsattGet
, with Macarthur feb. ~ lsI7' ~ Wll!cla ~ ~
Cook County National Bunk matser. was ,q.,el GXe
I s;G, COG; Witness !!ad made made IT. ont 2 iitit III
y ! over $4,000, and Macarthur ,gxplatnGd tho
y Bank which ho thought the Government
could SECURE. hlcArt,lnr further expla,net meg
: pocket to run the oItlcc, hc Ind taken Gov
:, taken 1t with tho intention Of replacing 1t
!. . however, but Ind been unable to tto So, H..
IN GfosscXafltnatInn' Wtaess rs stHaes .ho, .,
,f, 1HsGf rcfnrrn r. 30 '''o' '''%'
D oee'' pteF'o"sly leao41e" ~.
II dEolsaE w. FuLLEn'
4 Cashier Of tho Homo National Bank, testit'e'
/ that AtcArthMr deposited Will tue LINK q
u posi-Onlce f,lndA, Nlny e. 1878, $500, MI
d Mny 81. 81 800. Tlesu funds, amounting i
u just Sl0o0O, were stt9senuently tI1n9I1ette
MGAIlis oM 'nt pta1o in, 4, neHs is1 and n1osn
eati uepost'aE MSa JG; III, ~, ,,eti,,a m ~
.s ace2n sera nl"lc' W. 1'''' oopo't'os a''0
Bgt!!ot Soo, 49, s,,oa 70 ,ho +ro,oyar ,v,a uod
oItS 'SnI @ ~, ' .u3t,nau ti,a,'1ht mn
WILL Gt!ech' at,u sae wtMG1s o," '"ttns"I nv
= tnsn nll, ,,s op1i,n that Mu1ef fha furSa noml
y now ~ WIS M.. A.a 10, ~, i.'uS Soo,. So"r =
y y have been transferred 9h tas ,Ns,, noSiKs Z
G bnk e eeScG9tt ttas troag .gs,,,t Im9 anW s"i hnw
cnccK t ~ os wess II asoa nna hn IM ny"r, @
WHY ona nu ntm y %"1 a1 Ho intoiv 81 ucrG;
mcli ne n4nlltn. w. taa w az a'eiy so' 'ct"'s
"gaisi a tg ,.dirsct na tos ;fsa atotel tlat III
70 On tno icaliect. WITNESS st3. ,'5 t1, 1sv y, ~
n y AnMe Natlollai Wns s, meysr Ill aul'oflAco !"
9 posiioiy loe pantc, ,a,' 1nus: sx-proa,,ent of N