, 1876-11-28

before May y, mucu Inc ec.zH1Es Wciu ~ ~
cago, % and Milwaukee, tho secretary anl bolic-
itor called upon tho President, md for the Atss
ri Tia work accumulated, After tic seizure
thorn ~ rrnoine iI.r slitiicn1t ns.s ri trarInr
liz co5nanirnsv 10 fts iountain.heaIi n,,t hrinrs
Ing tho guilty partica to justlce. TIE eonspra.
tors, certain ol rowcflui politieal lnlhcnco 70
support them, were eoillteht toF season ol
Treasury; but they soon discovered That they
had rccEpncl without their host. I,rstow lad
s.,ccoetled ii accomplishing tl,c retirement 81
M s en :. w o saer o.
tary of tho Treasury, was willIng-.nay, anx-
tous-to back up bristow. This enabled t3ris-
tow to manage tho legal as well as tho detective
want awlmninu(y Till Il was Determined 10 over.
haul uis records of the telegraph Office at St.
Tns % cr,zpu.rrp "s1npun AND o7usn DIS
'"1 ptrr,tra
wh,, ~. ,.rsnd .Inrv waa eorvonci, In .l,,1r.
1o7s ne '.n. tns i"eo. foc,n ns sn-gci' ~ ~, ~,
l0.n' ~ "" te'cgron mice NJ a. Ioms mi liz f
,,rns',,co III ii meussTcs ~ InvIo anil McISnnn,I,
pronstG IL ~ ths w n;ttc n frnrn IL 'nsti
Or sHmt py us nuor bcse, ~ III
aa1nsl r",r,tatne ~ thc Tt,usn ~ R"rnscn,a.
nGa.ss e.s.e ~ t,unsstT,tn tI,o uLisEv frsuia Mr
fivor ,cst;nsI ~ fnlIowa:
In july, during tho investigation BY The Grand
nen,r,jnn ~ ccrnin tciesrams. In nns,yer IN tint
= ysrc nnt nniy nathercd Tic cosrcsrondcnce Of lie.
Donald and Joyce, which passed between them
when they were separated. onn at Washington attt
dispatches Of William Y. avery. Mcgfuc had tc.it-
acd nbont Avery beina II the arrangemeht' III INC
course o. tnat sn dto,, antnE Ga nc
9 ~ ,"nI ~ :" ihc Sccrctarv NJ ttc Trcnsntv Mr
v:yrv II bcine thcn In hr nrnnrim.nt nv Chcf Clerk
~ t,o Trtnsnry. of COURSE those thot they sont
from here Coult only ret copies Of at the other
end, the originals being here Ut the Washington
oi1lee; and had r. means o. - teeetSsninsHE Wno
uaspntsn ~ nt ~. yftsn.,rt.s 1nrtu%fn1 ~,
M1I!H. sr,nI = ..rro.Sbm ~ ~ +tms thst scmt
she ssSretAry Of thc Tscasary tGas il WA ono
Of Avery'a dispatches; nnl mover knew any bettar
nnil received letter from the Secretary uf the
TrrNsury., In which he sud Tint he bad bad examined
them q naa them OK ar 'nslns th,s t. 1ns
"sytph" aspaten wa' 'o' III ''o haha"f'anso'
avery ,,,. A., ,,,
Ihe ulspasss' MGM ss, n MsSi ~, uscSu ". st
Suspicion 70 baocoeK, Yas not iounu ~ tnG ~
bis handwriting III SONG time during the foro
puft OF August: 1hc testln,ony OF yyaI IN lo
gard 70 ttsese datea 's cotIooeIatsu " sm%. o.
Ex-senator neaossS9n s;3' anu ncso oos Mr1s1 fnt
mcuts wstc founa oy las 81 a'a non,s 9Tanu jury
AZ the July term nsa1hst MelloMalot soysc,
Avery, all the dlst,llefs anu leet!lofs, ,a.l anu
Ereht hainbef ol ano1tmnaso sevenHu 9 9'net.s: ~ M
testimony q G. g. Msgrs anu 1r,n inc tsiesfams f
70 Joyco. Meg5ue la1 DeeL uur,aI soiI,c ,s, HUT.
teen months, the go-oet~een VI tne Nisn,iefs m
ana the revenue 9uletaia, m.a nan nS.enoea ~. L.
e 5 na 'esv to a q ~
Avery, but swoTe tilat " n!s settlslnehts Mltn
the rcvcnno oillccrs at st. Louis tlley REQUIRED
60 nucu l1r themselves anu 80 nlucn aor i'car
trisnas y washington aha tnas v scSs va,ps o.
name as one VI the parties to whom they had to
pay money.
AyEnY's coNNEcr1oN WITH THB n1Nu-coNsFtR-
ATons.
The facts in regard to Averv's case seems TO
be about as follows: ue furniailed information
to Mcdonald and Joyce us to the nlovcIheuts OF
rcvcnuu officers, ntl kept tlc1l informed Of the
intuntIons Of tho Department abuut sendtng
special agents to look after tho st. Louis dis.
tlilsYs. This is proved by Ills telegrasns to
Joyce, and tl;ls he never denied. But nonc Of
these tclcgr1ms bore date later than 18Th, while
MeEruc's connection with the King tcrsllinatel
several months before. lave been acquainted
observe hfs manner OF living during the pcrlc1
he was charged with being the recipient vi
several hundred dollars q month fronl the
Whaky-Rlng, and know the exact condition lu
the Pcnitent!aty. Ilo owned n modest httlo
hpusc, on which there was a mortEagoOf SY,GlU,
twothrds Ut Its cost. Tbs house was neatly,
not cxtruyaganty furnished, and Ills n,anncr Of
llVlnE Il0t ia kECpIuS VIII
position he ocrupesl and the Falary lie
received, The expenses Of his trayrl "
st, Louis TO attend his trial, aud the fees paid
his attorneys wcro about sl,5OO, ana this co,,-
sumetl every dular he could raise, anu, when lie
WIZ taken IL tic PcI,ltcntiary In April tust, his
wiie lad not enough money to buy meal Tor
herself and little Eirl, and Tor weeks thereafter
s|le was eou,pellcd to accept tic charity of her
neirhbors. Avery was, like tho average Gov
erpmoNt clerk, q man of barely sufficient capae-
ity 10 tlll the position he OCCUPIED, Without
nHv int cllcrtual iulenenilcncc, he was like the
rrt.at ,naiorItyof thu oilicc+holllue c,nss, sus-
ccptiple to tiattory, and fond Ut the recognition
Of iii s,lpcrioro. Naturally al obligiuG officer,
lie IIsiikcd exceedingly 10 refuse MY one d
fnyor. .j0ycc and Id lad been intimately ac-
nmaiuteti When joyce was clerk along with him
in Tic lnturunl Revenue Bureau, aul, after they
boti. uurricI, their wives became Intimate
friends also. .Joyce was alwayn on terms Of fn-
tiinacy at liz White Uousc, and W1s suggested
c1a,asblef cerk. whon that iuIiyiJuu.. ycryunox-
neeteIy to tl,o pnilttsiuns oi st. Louis, became
S,,nsrrisor Of iutcrnal iisyenne fur tho Utstrlrt
n Missouri. Arkansas. and tI,c inImn Terri
tory Joyce is a brigI.t, clever fellow, aud so0n
hosa,ue no]itiriat, 81 some importance in Mis-
es>*As kn''.sAN't - s....f.E