The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-11
A CROOKED CRISIS.
BAbcock Indicted by the Almost
Unanimous Vote of tho
Grand Jury.
Tho Report OF tho Bill Followed
by 81 tffG onst as aI1ss%,ss"'
Criticisms on the Immaculate Executive
Made the Pretoxt for Remarka.
BILE Change OF Base in the
Whisky Cases.
From the st. Louis Times, 10th |
1lie sSabcOck Indicfincnt.

The DabcOck Indictment.
The United States grand jury met yes
tcrday morning and without delay pro-
ceedcd to vote on the Indictment which
has been drawn up for several days
against Gen. T.. q. Babcock. the prcsi.
dents private secretary. No additional
evidenccwas presented yesterday, but the
jury decided that it was useless To wait
longer. and accordingly tool, up the mat
ter yesterday morning. The vote was
nearly unanimous In favor of the indict-
ment, There were originally twenty
two members of the body and nine.
teen were present yesterday. OF the
nineteen it is said seventeen voted tor the
Indictment. The grand jury shortly after
the vote returned to the District court.
room and returned the Babcock indlct-
mcnt with dozen Others Of miscclan-
cOus and minor character. Capiases
were ordered on the indictments and that
for Babcock was taken to Chicago last
| night with the avowed intention of hay
ing 1t served this morning. Among the
| indictments returned it is said there is
one against Gucnthcr, the ex-rcyenuc
| agent. The others are of no general
| public interest. being most OF them for
counterfei,ing and forgery cases. Bah
cocks indictment contains the general
charge of conspiracy to dcfraud the in.
ternal revenue OF the United States"
HESDKRsoY's ATTACH on THE PRESIDENT.
An associated press telegram was ie-
ccived last night 10 the following effect:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 9.--l'he at
torney.gencrsl to-day scut telegram to
United States Attorney Dyer, at st.
Louis. saying that "adyices had reached
him TO the effect that Special Counsel
Henderson had, in the course OF the
Avery trial, made al attack upon ia @
president, aud assuring the United States
attorney that the department will not
continue to pay special counsel for this
kind of service
This telegram mentioned in the Assoc
ciated Press dispatches was received by
Col. Dyer yesterday about noon. but not
f until q private telegram had been re.
, ceived here informing some OF the ring
members Of u change Of tactics in wash
, ington, and that Henderson would be
removed before night, showing that 4
leak still exists for the benefit OF the ring
at the capitol. The telegram from Pier
: repoint was followed by Others during
| the day, each apparently widening the
breach between the counsel for the prose
cation Of the whiskey cases here and the
Washington authorities, Gen. Heuder.
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personally. later in the day. from Gen
Pierrepont, asking: ibid your speech
in the Avery trial cast any aspersious on
t the President"
In the meantime, Col. Dyer ana Mr.
Lucien Eaton sent Tor the official stenog-
rapher and lad him 90 over his notes
With them at such places a. General Hem
derson, had referred to tfn~ president
They had those portions carefully writ
ten and forwarded them by mail last
night. informing General pierrepont by
telegraph of their action and telling him
they believed that upon investigation
there would be found nothing in Gen.
. Hendcrsou's speech TO warrant his re-
moyal from the case. They stood by
their associate counsel, firmly endorsing
by implication all that lac had said.
! AT late hour last night Gen. llcndcr
, son forwarded his reply by telegraph t6
the attorncy-generala "a follows: II IN.
: tended no reelection upon the president
t in the Avery trial, but ! stand by my
+ speech and have no apologies ~ make
In the rather limited circle to which the
D knowledge OF this Geographic correspond.
9 encc was confined last night, there wa,
no end to astonishment and speculation.
7 Few believed that the real cause OF the
) sudden change Of base at Washington
, grew out of IIenderson's speech III the
Avery trial. The plausible explanation
is that the President has ut last drawn
, the line OF limit for the whisky prosecu.
, ton, and that Henderson falls victim TO
his zeal in pushing the prosecution
right into the executive mansion,
Secretary Bristow and Attorney
General Pierrcpont. it would seem
from appearances had yielded to the
president, but the men, 1t Is claimed, WHO
have been quietly dosing Grant TO poiti-
cal death with sour mash know their
business now. The breach between tho
st. Louis counsel and Bristow and Pier
repOnt is believed to exist only for ap-
pearauce sake. A very significant tele-
gram bearing out this theory, came over
the wires yesterday to Col. Dyer from
Blutord Wilson, the solicitor OF the treas
ury. IL briefly summed the situation at
Washington. and closed with the words I.
"We will all fall together" bcin. In
tended to convey assurance to Dyer and
the other st. Louis counsel that the
course pursued here had at least Bristow's
cover, endorsement.
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