Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-24
LOCAL NEWS.
4 HE CASE OF GEN B.C. BAKER AND
MIR. AND MRS. COBB.
The Pardon Brokerage Observation-Disclosures
of Mrs. Lucy Cobb
GRIMM CoUEr, JupeE FIsHER.

| case of Iafayette G. Rskar, GENERALLY tnovxp
| As the :. pardon broker case" the accused an
pearsd in conrt Recommended nv M connaHI
Messrs A q; fiddle and = y Stanton T,
| not being generally known that the case was 20
come mn There yYera h,,t CO. ,,.,rsN,,S =, ,ho
opCning of the court P' - 'A''
| There are three m jictmen,s aga;ns, tia A.
cused the first mo D oSs1 cha rginr th.t 7.
| fayette c. Baker did. on the sth day OF Noxem-
ber Is65. commit an assanlt on hin, ITosernh
Il. Cobb,l and without any legal warrant an
thority or iustifiahIa aDse xyha tsoarar ga O.,
| a long time for the snsce Of 10 honrs i'm
prison him
The second fNo D ORG tha, ,ha s,i5 II
fayerte G. Baker did fsIonion af me a on Ia
saIIlt on her. Iucy T. Cohb ! fs,oninnsi, nn,
her IN fear and by force and xioisncs did roh
seal. take and carry away from her four Inn
| ted States Treasury notes escb 81 tba vai,'a
Cobb ~
The third NO . q97) cbarges f.laa irnpri.or-
| ment and exiortion, in that the said Bal,ar. on
the sth of November, 1865, did make an assault
on her the said Lucy l., Cobb and without
any legal authority or iustifiable cause. i'm
prison and deIain her until she had maid 10
HIM four u. =. Treasury notes of the value OF
fifty dollars each. The second count charges
that he did make an assault and imprison her
Mr.. Darlington stated that be had been in
formed that Mr. Cobb one OF the witnesses
was unable TO be present at this trial and he
had thought of asking for a postpoppment
Judge Hughes, one of the counsel for the pros
ecuton, was absent, and Mr. Bradley who
had been retained as consulting counsel. was
also sick.
Mr.. Stanton did not suppose the husband
KIN, w any more of the mailer than hi uifs
who was present AT the time $780,
The Court replied that that WAS its view of
the case, and stated the case could not be fur
Tier postponed
While the Court was waiting for witnesses
the Judge inquired of the TAILOR if there WAS
any other charge against T. p Russell who
had been bailed from the Jail few DAYS SINCE
at the instance of / l. Johnson ana vas an
syered in the negative He stated that there
was some feeling in relation 10 H. He had him
amount charged i'm the Indictment 10 have been
stolen
Ait,r some time spent in debating whether
the TRIAL should proceed the District Attorney
agreed 10 90 on with one of the cases Mr. los
H. Bradley Jr assisting and No seT- va
called.
Wright. Georce C. Hennipg George r CiuIick
Leonard CLARK. james W Barker Cbristiap ID
Shryock. John NJ Young. T. T. Steeyer. John
Narkri;pr lanes English Iobn y CharnsI
and James s Scaggs
The district Attorney onanad tho casa s,a,
ing il was against one L. g. Baker. charging
hIm with false lmprisonment aud extortior
A perscn without due process of Iaw who in
t,lfrres with the liberty of another il not only
liable TO action in a civil suit but a criminaI
prosecution Mr. Darlington proceeded win
the definition of extortion from Wbarton.s
American criminal law section , fS Thay
might find him guilty OF assant and hst,arT
false imprisonment or O. tortion ar ain Of tharn
and the iurv vrere 10 dptermina tbe anaIi-n =,
the ofFense He understood the detandanyy "a
Nyitf shor
private apartment OF Mrs Cobb. where one AZ
nounccd himself as cen RsIsr and ala ,baro
10 NICK mn their dnds They sslad tbe arthor
itv and uara tal,an 70 bis oa5oa NJ 49,.
was informed thar Raker ,vanted - 60 Hou
in his room and was ,hrss,anaS -;,h
irons While in his room he denardad
tho sum of two hundred doii.rs ,nS $500
of her while she nrotestad soa nat dalI,,arinS,
mn She was tbara in tha sra.an - 20 = -. -
representing himself 10 he q Ganer., ni,n
rbrcotened % ~, ha,S o,,e. - - "a, nno
made m deliver mn The nonay " -, an ~ mas
tbns srresteS ~ h. Lamt ~ ~. .I La rug
five hours and tbIeatene6 70 b,nd p Shn i9i
is The nrondest hoast of EnrIanS 90 ,h -
country Thai NO man can he Sanrixa5 % 70
liberty witbout dine nrocass 81 Ia H. , va
grant that in time OF war certain Officers were
nratenca maj tbo nfvsnse - ;p1tit;es III - ~
IF $1,000 Sc SA' 0H'A'e Is J"HHheu oS al act
Vi M tT'1c,,S 1,oI, ,.s c.lr.d 70 ,ha .,o,.
sn.nrn Witness ,S ,he yy,fa of Iosaeh - ~
a"d rasidss nov az The 81 Ch.pfaS Ea,ai W.
ness resided on the Sth Of Noyemhar AZ the
ann. unuSo Wi,nosa ra 20 = &C. .ne "
Raker On the stb of Noremhar iWadnyasae ~
~ aho,t e. o,o,ooS on,a - y " ouIes.a5
donr of vTi1ness VIC smsnod a. ~ Ine
mon rara stand,ma a. The door 49, se1 .hn,-
a.Ito VIZ u; ,h mug At ,ne ooor, ana Iney
Wines did moi rn,ocm;.o ~; 40 aLt MS III
He said Mrs tiohb 8. Mr. cnhh - 81 S Mr
Cobh ,, raneatinS The ,. r,o $1,000 ,o s
said. al have been IooknS for ysn snnae ,; ana
Witness inonired Who he xTas "a ha IA ,.
answer: her husband then inonired and he
said he would .sshow ms who Ia 80 :, ,hat ~
thought he knew her husband Her hn.hanS
asked him again when he ra,'Iioi ~. US JAM
Gen. Baker. OF the War uenartment "a ~
he arrested them both M nnhh .sned H. ~
whose authority. when he answered thai Ss
needed none: her husband demanded a war.
rant for their arrest. and renIied Thai he had
no warrant, he needed none. and her husband
then demanded his authority again and h.
renIed he acted on b,s own a1tbosStr ndu d ns
il ON his own responsibility and he wanted
two hundred dollars which witness had i'm her
possession. Witness said he conId not have IL
He said he would have il and that before he
left the room Witness said he couId NOT hay
il, and he said he would take them TO his head
quarters; they could 60 quietly or lie would
take them, and make them ali the notorietv
they wanted and told witness to pack mn her
buds and come along, and would mt them
where he would NOT hear of any more trouhla
and would break up .sthis pardon brokerape
institution" He then asked IL thew would go
along with him. or whether they should tsGa
them, witness and husband1 and sftar
she put on her bonnet and furs thew went
They were put i'm a carriage and drove
to his headq quarters, where thew were
separated, she being put up stairs in a
back room and her husband down The de-