The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-30

The whiskey Frauds.
(st. Louis Special, Dec. ~ Chicago Tribune.1
Mrs: Joyce. wife Of Col. Joyce. arrived
IN Jefferson City yesterday morning, and
was met at the depot by Ex-Governor
Fletcher, of Joyce's counsel, who took
with her . little girl and I babe to the
Madison House, An hour or two after.
wards they took = carriage and went to
ene penitentiary to see Colonel Joyce.
She has not seen her husband since his
and the meeting between
the two is described to have been most
affecting. Mrs. Joyce is not, oulys an, &C
eomplished woman, but her friends: be,r
testimony that she has passed, through
the trying ordeal that has come upon her
With remarkable heroism. While wait
ing il the reception room of, the prison
she endeavored to preserve at least 4
partial degree Of composure, but, when
Joyce emerged from the adjoining room,
clad in his convict stripes, she at once
gave way to her overwhelmed feelings.
She finally became composed and had a
conversation with her husband lasting
several hours. Joyce bore the meeting
and the tears of his wife marfully, until
she was notified by the prison authorities
that the interview must end. She arose
and said to her husband that she would
bring the baby born since his imprison-
ment to see him. At the mention of his
child. whom he had never seen, Joyce
broke down and left the room abruptly.
A RANsACK.
During the absence of Gov. Fletcher
and Mrs. Joyce from the hotel, United
States Marshal George Smith, accompa-
MED by Assistant District Attorney Bliss
and detective, proceeded to the room
which had been assigned to Mrs. Joyce,
and seized all her baggage. On the re.
turn of Fletcher and Mrs. Joyce the
trunks were opened and searched for
United States bonds and other wealth of
Joyce's alleged to be in his wife's posses.
sion. Mrs. Joyce took the matter good.
humoredly, and watched the examination
Of her dresses and her baby apparel with
evident unconcern. Though her entire
baggage was overhauled, no bonds or pa.
pers could be found, except a few
letters received by her from friends and
relatives. The good natured Marshal as.
sured Mrs. Joyce that it was a most dis
agreeable duty, and, he thought. a very
small piece of business to be engaged in,
but that he was bound to obey the orders
Of the court. Mrs. Joyce replied that it
made no difference to her, and was not
unexpected. She had been advised sev.
eral days before her departure from
Green Lake to so pack her trunks as to
give as little inconvenience as possible to
those who might want to overhaul them.
She also remarked that t,since her arrival in
Jefferson City, she had learned that a de-
tectivc had shadowed her and her baggage
all the way from Wisconsin, and she was
sorry she didn't know it, as she would
have delivered formal possession of her
trunks and thus relieved herself of the
trouble of looking after them. Though
the alleged object of the search was for
bonds and other personal property of
Joyce, it is stated on pretty good au.
thority that the real purpose of the gov
ernment attorneys in making the levy was
to possess themselves of certain
letters from Babcock to Joyce, directly
eliminating the former in the whisky
ring frauds, which they had been advised
Mrs. Joyce had in her trunks.
FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH.
1t is stated on what is considered good
authority that in the early part of the
month Joyce made proposition to the
government to furnish all the testimony
needed for the conviction of Babcock, if
his pardon and guarantee of immunity
from future prosecution could be secured.
It is understood that the proposition was
in the form Of letter to the District At.
torney, whs, after consultation with Hen.
derson and other counsel representing
the government, favored the pardoning Of
Joyce for his evidence, not only against
Babcock, but other suspected parties in
Washington, as we'll as indicted members
Of the ring in St. Louis. Joyce's letter
was forwarded to Washington with their
approval. Nothing had ever been heard
from the President on the SUBJECT until
the Associated Press telegram of yestcr.
day to the effect, that Attorney General
Pierrepont said the President did not "a.
vor the pardoning of Joyce.