Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-31

month, and gave the Information be obtained
TO the Officers OF the government IL this man
aspyf THIS Is not the only treachery; he wsat
10 Baltimore, joined q lodge OF the Knights OF
the Golden Circle and betrayed them. the re-
suit being the arrest of the secesh Legislature.
He was transferred TO the War Department
from the Stale Department He was the first
10 reconnoiter the works at Manassas.
Mr.. Riddle proceeded 10 read the orders u
Baker at various times, and stated that he was
the only onicsr authorized 10 appoint his own
officers. He then referred 70 the frauds In re-
cruiting in New York. when the New York
detectives were at false, saying that be with
his detectives went 20 that city, were mustered
in and exploded II. After the ASSASSINATION OF
President Lincoln, General Baker WA sum
moned here, the detectives here refused 20 con-
fer with HIM, be took mp the case worked Il up
hounds as they had been called, were close on
their heels. Had IL not been for Gen1 Baker
they would not have been captured.
MIR. Riddle said that he had been retained by
Baker and knew no one else in the trial. IL
had been intimated that this trial was q contest
between two other persons than those named.
but be anew not who they were. The charges
were assault and battery, false Imprisonment
and extoruon, and after four or i've days OF
trial for extortion that charge was abandoned
and the truth was there has been no CRIME COM
mitted. 1t was no wonder, after opening the
case in the IRteuigenoer of Saturday, that AZ
should follow IL up by borrowing from Miles
y Reilly on Monday and from q nameless Re-
publican Journal on Tuesday.
He went TO Mrs. Cobb simply 10 know what
he business was in which she was engaged.
They say that Baker arrested her. Why
Baker is no fool. Why arrest herl II she is
really the minion Of that great man, every one
knows who IL alluded to- from whose brain 40
many great schemes have originated, be could
have procured an order for her arrest In he
intended TO have arrested her. he would have
whistled for one of those who had been called
hon nds, and she would have been brought be-
fore him. He did not mean TO iInpute the gov
eminent Of this ten miles square TO the local
authorities of the city; it was owing 70 what
came from ether places, and he desired 10 make
this PREPARATION.
The prosecution are 10 prove the allegations.
and when the witness Is coutradicted BY an
other, then there are doubts. Ii is said that
Spear was an informer, and If he was, she A. a
blank. Any one can MI IL mp, and not do in
who testified that Baker told him Mrs Cobb
was not under arrest, can you believe her
She did not protest against going: did not call
the landlord or any friends. She quietly and
gracefully gets into the carriage, and goes 10
the headquarters. They say that Mr. Cobb
was arrested, and we say that he was not; she
asked permission for him 10 60. Ii is said that
the defendants satellites had been on the
stand If they had been brought for perjury
they would have done IL better. Spear, Hiue
Jones, and Smith, IL they had come here 20
perlure, would have sworn that they heard
what took place in the private office. She does
not contradict Smith. When she comes down
Cobb upbraIds her, and she says he had a
right to.
In conclusion, he contended that by the proof
there was no arrest, or il there was nv the
merest technIcality into which the purpose of
the party. Did he do or not a good thing
IN attempting TO break up the business,
He had given his views as best he could, and
would leave the case in their hands.
At this iuncture a recess was taken