Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-17

The whisky Ring Frauas.
GEN. BABcoCK's SHIRTS CLEAR OF INTER
TERING 10 OBTAIN REVOCATION OF THE
ORDER TRANsFERRING SUPERVISORS.
Alexander T. Tuition, Supervisor Of Inter
nal Revenue for the District of Pennsylva-
Ma, New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and
the District OF Columbia, has written long
letter 70 the President in reply TO the charge
made by Special Counsel Henderson during
the course OF the Avery trial that Gen. Bah
cock had Improperly Influenced the Presi-
dent TO revoke the order OF the Secretary OF
ferring supervisors. The gistof Mr.. Tutton's
letter IL that he alone is responsible for the
residents action In the matter, and that
with the revocation of the Secretary's order
MI. Tuition says he was ordered to ST. Louis;
that be was expected by Secretary Bristow
70 unearth the frauds supposed 70 be exist
Ing at that point; that he set forth that mas
much as the change OF supervisors had been
publicly announced, the crooked" dealers
had time to cover mp their transactions, and
IL would be impossible to trace them; that he
suggested to Secretary Bristow what he
thought the better mode, the sending of suit
able persons without the knowledge OF either
the omcers or the disttllers at the points TO
which they were ordered. Mr.. Tuition closes
with the results OF an interview en- the sub
Iect with Secretary Bristow, and says: "You
July decided to suspend the order, and 80
stated TO me before / LETT you, and before
Gen. Babcock had an opportunity to speak
TO you on the subject, as he was not present
AT the time, and am quite certain that you
arrived at this conclusion during our inter
view. / am confident, therefore, that Gen
baocock could not have influenced you I'm
revolving the order referred to, and what /
ment, for the best interests of the revenue
service, and the results I'm st. Louis Chicago
and milwaukee, fully justify your action In
WHAT M'DoNALD SAYS ABOUT BABcocK
a new YORK Herald dispatch has a re-
ported interview with Mcdonald, who
plicity with the whisky ring. but claimed
that as q matter OF abstract Justice
he was innocent. He explained that the in
from headquarters to raise funds for cam
paign purposes. He considered IL I'm the ma
tuIe Of an order, and endeavored to carry il
out; The money was raised and regularly
applied. After the machinery had been pre-
pared and set in motion, the ease with which
1t manufactured wealth TO subserve political
ends induced the engineers TO apply its work.
1ngs TO their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and the
application was quite generally made; there
1t was that they all got into IL. Mcdonald
saws that Avery was innocent OF the alleged
offence for which he had been convicted. He
said he could have made a fortune out of the
ring II he had consented to Co operate, but he
had made nothing, and today had not
emo enough s1e 70 pay bis Lawyers fees The notes
were bona tide, but Mcdonald positively as
serts that none OF them pertaiued TO the
whisky business His explanation was that
ton woman employed I'm his office was au-
thOrized TO act as his deputy; that consider
able controversy sprang out OF this arrange
kilograms all had reference to this woman.
WHISKY DIsrILLERs' REVENGE.
John Morris, guide to the revenue officers
soldiers, who made the raid on the Illicit dis
tlllers In sumner county, Tenn, capturing
seven OF them, was assassinated at his home
az dusk on Wednesday by unknown parties,
who are supposed to be friends OF illicit dis
tillers. The body was riddled with fourteen
buckshot.
THE DYNAMITE INFERNAL MACHINE
Death Of The Ftend, T7tonlassoa.-Thomasson,
the Guy Fawkes Of the Mosel disaster, died
yesterday from the effects of the injuries In
name was VIM. King Thompson; that he
was a native Of Brooklyn, n. Y. He con-
fessed that he was once captain of the vessel
Old Dominion, and that he changed his name
10 avoid being prosecuted for running the
blockade during the civil war In America;
that he bought the explosive material IN the
United states, and had IL forwarded TO his
address; and that the clockwork Attachment
was manufactured in Germany nd was set
to explode the charge In eight days. II is
stated In Magdeburg that Thompson, alias
mechanician named Fuchs, residing at Bern
burg, q miles from that city. The apparatus
was constructed TO run noiselessly for ten
DAYS days when IL caused lever to act and strike
with q force Of 30 pounds. Twenty similar
machines had been ordered. The negotia-
lions between Thompson and Fuchs have
been carried on since 1873. When Fuchs Wis
TIED Thomson at Leipsic he was told by the
latter that the machines were required for a
mandatory in the United States. Thomp-
son did not reveal the names OF his accom-
plices.
THE PLYMOUTH CHURCH TRoURLHs.-A
meeting was held in Plymouth church last
evening, at which the report of the examin-
ing committee was read by Mr.. Shearman.
II Is general denial of the right of Mrs,
MoultOn TO be reinstated or to receive a let
ter OF dismissal. Mr.. Beecher subsequently
read q series of resolutions calling for n