The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-24

letters from Babcock. He also read parts of let
ments. Ae had seen letters signed by Avery,
Holt aud Rogers Joyce's object was 10 show
headquarters. He never had any conversation
win Mcdonald about the crooked whisky.
He raised money for Hogue and others, some Of
John OTears testified that he worked at Cur
rams and Bnsby's distilleries. Both made
Joyce Joyce. Mcdonnell, Mcguire " and Fitz-
roy came there once with Colonel MUM.
the hOu e, but found no crooked viii Ky. They
were one day too late. Fitzroy had told the
coming, and they Strengthened up. Adjourned.
lt seems an error orept into last nights report
se to the Pss to a es
ded TO was $3.50, instead OF S,SO0. and the place
was the supervisors office, not the Globe office.
MoDoNALD'S DEFENSE BEGINS.
MORE EVIDENCES AGAINST THE PRISONER
CONCLUSION OF THE PRosEcUuoS--GEN.
SHERMAN TEsTIFIEs AS To THE sUPERvIs-
oR's CHARACTER-QUEER DOCUMENTARY
EvIDENCE-AN OFFICIALS TESTIMONY.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. l9.-The following card was
published this morning:
The names OF many Wash ngton officials and
with the whisky ring through or with me In 81.
Lolis. 1 desire TO say thatnelther q m. Bah
cock, Orville Grant, Col. Casey. Commissioner
Douglass. Gel. Holt, Col. Luckey or any other Of
nciais or citizens OF Washing on have, to my
kuCNlCOptf CltutA uAiNthJ vi lnuhSNls bOch
exception OF W4 S. Avery very. make this state
named.
(Slgned) c. G.. MEGRUE.
The United states Court room again
crowded to-day and the interest In the trial OF
| Mcdonald is undimlnshed. Joseph Gross was
| Keeper at the Busby distiliery in 1874. 1t made
crooked whisky from April to July. They
made $50 barrels and used the same stamps as
long as they would year The buyers re returning
at different times s20, $40, 1859, 81 29l and s2Sl5.
He was dismissed from Busby's employ
thas s Se nf toi eoud al b Mas %e
formed with him In the place. He is not
under indictment; and not employed in the
United States gauger about one year, and was
employed at several dlstilleries. He had talks
with Everest, Fitzroy and Joyce about WHISKY,
collected money, made it up in sealed packages,
was instructed by Joyce to let Ulrici run
received fOm one TO two dollars per bar
rel Joyce told him that this was
for political purposes. He did not know who
was In the ring until after the raids were made
last spring. VIM. ]. Bassett testified that he
| several disillerles and rectifying houses, When
barrel MEASURED forty-five gallons. he would
a Gps from nr nea6 9TnSy w9e
Joyce said that what was done was
all rlghtand done with the knowledge and con.
Tesied here and the 6 defense OPENED. Generai
sherman, Major Rai0water, of the police COM
missioners, Congressman w. H. Stone, W. W.
of the Memphis and st Louis Packet Company,
Captain Isaac Jones, Daniel o6el and others tes-
titled 10 McD0nald's good character In this CON-
!r some Of them having known him H.
ton all said thai they had never heard his char
acter discussed until lately, aud but few of them
had ever had business dealings with him.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
\, 10 Ia Of
some thirty tri-monthly reports made to the
U1ited States collectors by Alfred BeviS and
verified by him by affidavit that the guam
tity Of wine and proof gallons of spirits men,
TONED In them was produced at the diStilery of
Bevis q Frazer during the times
specified vsD and more Mgru the ndiSt,
him with perjury, three indictments against j.
NJ. Fitzroy. two indictments az sinst B. II. En-
gelke, two against Bevis and Frazer and one
| secretary OF the interior dated August q 1872,
commissioning Mcdonald TO hold c0urcil
with the Indians In Colorado In conjunction
| ter from Mcdonald, dated March III, 1874, TO
Com missioner Douglass OF the internal reve-
nue. agents to assist him ia probing the alleged
WHISKY frauds and several other documents of
minor Importance, Henry q. Rogers, deputy
commissioner OF the internal revenue, was then
placed on the stand and testified that he had
known Joyce since early in 1872. He got &C
quainted with him In Washington while he was
| on a temporary visit there. He had written un-
official letters to Joyce relating TO matters that
| he could not recall, but entirely of a local
nature. He never wrote any to him with an
understanding between them as to an illegiti-
| mate purpose. He had written social letters TO
Mcdonald. No arrangement or understanding
was had by the witness with either Joyce, Nc
| Donald or any other person in st. Louis or
Cross Examined: Mcdonald and Joyce fire.
quently requested him that when revenue
agents were sent on here, the latter
| officers. The witness remembered in the
fall OF 1874, about the time he was organ
| izing a raid upon st. Louis, that Gen. Mcdonald
came into his office. This was about October or
| November l. Said he to the witness: "Mr.
Rogers, don't want you to tell me anything
but want 10 tell you something. Brooks and
Hoag have started TO or are about TO investigate
81. Louis and protest against such investi-
CATION" He demanded that when revenue
agents were sent on here the local officers should
be notified so as to assist in the Investigation,
and took steps hmm ediately to prevent brooks
the investigation was intended TO be secret and
the secret had been developed. The witness did
| not knew who developed IL. There was
| partial organization OF an intended raid be-
fore the October elections He referred TO the Oc-
| tober elections In Ohio-but owing TO their near
approach Mr.. Hoag requested that they be post.
poned uutil after the election, so that the or
ganization of the raid was not consummated Till
October or November, Mcdonald did not tell the
witness Wn0 gave him the knowledge OF the con-
templated IA d. The witness did not know how
| he had that conversation with him, but
| he saw him there on two consecutive days.
/ Whether he spoke to the witness on the first or
| second day witness did not recollect. He did not
him. II leave had been given him
TO leave st. Louis 1t passed through
the hands of the chief clerk of the department.
afterward agent were sent on to st. Louis, bat
| he had no know odge OF IL. Redirect examina-
tion: Gen: Donald named the revenue
them to him. Adjourned.
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