Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-13

lHat ctpy. NetlheT baDcOck OF hls
assistants recognized the handwriting
After reading, said | didn't believe
Wilson had been guilty Of writing
such letter, and 1gnever noticed an
onsmnus letters in business. Bah
cock said the. same, and didn't think
Fit worth while 10 show the president
this. | understood il had been shown
Bristow and Pierrepont. recon
mcnded sending ii to Wilson rs an
act Of justice. He said Wilson had
been cut OF the city, and he hadn't
had an opportunity yet. volunteer
ed to take il to Wilson, and it was
given to me. | called on Wilson at
his Office aud handed him the letter.
He appeared 10 know all about il, and
wasn't SIR rprised, having learned that
the letter had heeni lost or stolen in
the court house al St. Louis. He said
it was not "a correct copy, and we
compared it with the copy in his press
book. | believe they were identical,
except the letters ghichgwere inserted
ip tho eopy. They we're in paren.he-
SIS after the word atop.' said the
letters "W. H." had evidently been
interpolatcd. He then explained the
letter, s!a'ing positively that 1t had
.no reference swhateyerstu the presi-
dent or Babcock or the visit of the
presidents party to ST. Louis the pre-
vious fall Il II rlarcd entirely to the
whisky thieves III ST. Louis. ! think
he said there was motion pending TO
quash the indictments against some Of
them, and thought increased watch
fulness necessary during the nc1t ten
days, after writing this letter, TO pre-
vent their escape. He meant to stand
or fall by the letter. He only want.
ed the truth understood. l sad | be-
lieved the president hadn't seen the
letter, aud SAW no necessity of show
ing it to him. He then asked nae 10
show it to the president, and state
thai t.sss H., WKs 1urrrpuaixrr md +
explain it"as he had done. could
not have said j saw this forgery in the
original, because | dido see the or.
iginal. 1t was all lin the same hand
writing in the copy, Wilson asked
me iry understanding of the word
sylph, and syIph dispatch. | knew
nothing except what Babcock told
me a, Long Branch. 1t was that in
the fall Of 1874 Babcock visited ST.
Louissswiih the presidents party; that
on one occasion Mcdonald pointed
out handsome but rather large wo-
man, aud called her Sylpa. ii Great
ed1ooasiderable amusement, and was
afterward referred to as joke and
Nby- word. i didn't understand that
the president was there, or that there
was, any reflection on the lady's char,
ac,cr. never uttered or repeated a
vulgar sander on the president. Will
sou perverted my language concern
iaK the sylph message. said no
such things as he asserted. l showed
the letter to the president, and cx-
planned it. The president showed
considerable feeling he didn't regard
the "W. H..ass important, but the
general tone Of the letter was objec.
tionable. J suggested he send for
Wilson and hear his explanation. The
president considered disrespcctful the
effort to set spies on his track during
hissyisit ~ StsLoais. The presiden.
said in. :1conveI sAtion~ that Wilson
ought to be removed, and his manner
left tho impncss.on on INC thae he was
going TO remove him. IS y : : -
Vim. b. Moore, special treasury
agent, eontradictcd in his testimony
statements by Wilson concerning him
He did not see Babcock receive let
ter from Joyce
1 Tie oornmittee'have adjourned fur
ther examination Of the whisky frauds
to the next session Of congress.