The New York herald., 1875-11-25
CROOKED WHISKEY.
WILLIAM o. AyERY's TRIAL PRoGREssING-
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST THE PRISONER
VACCINATIONS OF THE s'RMG"-ITs MEMBERS
DEMORATIzEn

STRoNG EVIDENCE AGAINST THE PRISONER
VACCINATIONS OF THE 'sRRG"-ITs MEMBERS
DEMoRALIzED
ST. LOUIS Nov. "a 1875.
The consideration OF the case OF William o. Avery,
indicted for frauds on the government, resumed
this morning. The court was crowded all day,
great interest being eynced in the proceedings
conduce G. Mcgrue the original Ring organizer, was
put the stand He related as in the former trial,
that Joyce had written to HIM in 1871 to come here
from Cincinnati, where he then was, and he came;
that he agreed with Joyce and Mcdonald
to arrange with the distiers for rnnning
crooked whskey and to act collector of onehalf
the tax ON the crooked whskey from tho dis
tlers for the "Rng He told of dividing the money
into five parts-ono for himself for Joyce, for
Mcdonald, one for Ford and one for Mckee. part of
the fund set apart or the subordinate officers went to
Fzroy part to Concannon, and part was set aside
for William o. Avery the defendant This last portion
witness always gave to Joyce At first the amount OF
II 500 per week, at Joyce's direction, but Joyce
returned from Washington trip early in 1872, and said
that Avery must have
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS WEEK,
and this amount was always set aside after that.
The money was always put in an envelope marked
Avery, and handed to Joyce or sometimes to Ftzroy
Witness never paid Avery any money in person, and
had no positive knowledge OF his being paid.
HUSH MONEY
Witness told of making agreement with Brashier
a revenue agent who came here by which Brashier,
who had discovered the frauds, make favorable
report he paid Brasher 81 000 at the Southern Hotel
here and either So 600 81 900 at the Carlyle House.
In Cincinnat at the latter place Brashicr presented
witness witha copy of
THE wHTEwAsHNG REPORT,
and witness still had it in his possession. Witness saw
Avery here once in the summer or early fall of 1872
but had conversation with him He was in the
pany Of Fitzroy and Sharpe when witness saw him.
Witness had a conversation with Avery in Washington
with regard to crooked matters either in November or
December of 1872 After leaving ST. Louis Brasher had
written him to come to Washington at once and he
He met Brasher at the Emmett House, who said that he
about To visit st. Louis second time and up
these frauds; he said that Avery fighting him,
and asked witness to to Avery and speak for him
witness went to Avery and told him that Johnny
Mcdonald and John Joyce very foolish TO fight
Brashier and he avery very foolish TO ndorse
them in It, because it would result In injury not only TO
them, but to witness; witness told Avery that he
avery had received
HIS SHARE OF THE PROFIT
of that business as had Witness and if they TO
fight Brasher the whole thing would be discov-
cred; Avery said that he was not fighting
Brashier and told witness to send Brashier
to him; witness went to Brasher and told him that
Billy Avery wasn't lighting him and that he wanted to
see him; Brashier went to see him; visited Averys
house in Washington in 1874; had been trying ior
over a year to break up the Illicit running; when
left 1t had been agreed that there should be
crooked running and as for them to continue was TO
constantly endanger the whole secret and
thus subject my connection with it to expo
sure l made every effort to break up the
thing when | heard ii had been again begun. | con-
tinued this effort until it broken upon Hogue
had told me in 1874 that raid St Louis
tempated, and | called on Avery to talk with him
about matters here. | opened the subject by men
toning the trip of Brooks and Hogue to New Orleans
l desired to know whether Avery still connected
with affairs at st. Louis as he while was there
He treated very coolly and told that
he didn't want to talk to replied
that If he didn't then had desire TO speak him.
He then said that had been talking about him, and
mentioned Hogue one of the parties to whom had
spoken fatty denied the assertion and an explana-
tion at entered upon. In the course of
few moments l succeeded in satisfying him
that he had no grounds for complaint against me, and
after talking awhile other subjects lef. In the
Of conversation Avery did not say what the
nature of the talk of which he complained was this
was about March, 1872; Joyce always told me that
Avery kept him posted to the coming of agents and
other affairs at headquarters and frequently showed
LETTERS AND TELEGRAMs
purportng to come from him. do not know Avery's
handwriting sufficiently well to identity it, and hence
cannot say whether not the letters written by
him. Tho kilograms were generally, in substance,
much like this-"Your friends will leave Monday =;
or, ''Partes will start to omorrow, or something of
that kind Joyce always explained that the friends and
parties referred TO revenue agents. Averys specified
duty seemed to be to keep the 'Ring posted on the
coming OF agents
The witness was subjected to very severe and cx
haustive cross examination, but II did not result In
changing the character OF his direct testimony. The
evidence Is considered TO be very strong against Avery
and in connection with the letters from him to
Joyce, which the government attorneys will produce
viii secure his convection beyond all doubt. Avery
friend to-day that under the present condi-
ton of public sentiment he hardly hoped to- be
quilted.
GENERAL M'DoSALD
occupies cell in the county jail. He seems quite
cheerful His daughter paid him a long visit his cell
this afternoon. The Grand Jury is still in session The
"Rngn is utterly demorazed.