, 1876-03-09
Judge Bangs Wants to Be Satisfied
that Their Intentions Arc
Honorable.
Mr.. Heslng Is Also Ready to Strike His
Flag and Give Up the Ship.
Jake Rchm Says 1ic will Not Desert
His Country In tho Honr OF
Her Peril.
6TCRRS VS.. PtERREPONT.

THO Hon. IG1DrY Il. oEOIIB NJ <AO 0tAA9t AA@'tSV
to mako O fow inquiries suggested by tho letter
OF tho Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, Attorney -0cl-
oral, to tho Hon. Scott Lori Of tho Congress
eional Judiciary Committee, rolntiVc to tho mys-
terious manner In which hia private o!soular-ot-
ter to tho DIstrict-Attornoys concerning the
whisky casos in this city. milwaukee,
and st. Louis, was given 10 tho public.
Il has become apparent within day OF 40 that
Washington Ia trying to throw responsibility 4
On ChicaEo-piorrnpont On atorrH. 10 thls
Chicago aud hor representative will not submit,
and the1o is every prospect OF q lively oontess,
of Which tho patton will be Interested spectators.
Politics will bo forgotten, Dolknap will drop out
OF sight, hard md soft nonoy will ho burl"d IN
oblivion, while storrs onters the fists with tho
Attorney Gouolal, md aonds bis opponent To
Rrass In tho first round.
Altar tllo customary salutattons, tho reporter
INF. ssorrs. suppose you hayc read the At
tornoy"Gcnotais letter, in which yoa1s. j. name IL
"Yca; have read tho lcttor. aud It strikes
AN EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION"
! A fcw days neo was intaryicwed relative to
tho allegation that Ill. pioErcront had oommu-
| nicptod facts to mo In the Dabcock case. de-
niad tho chasgo, and stated TINT nnver Haw nlr.
pie1ropont III WaslinRton but onco' anu t,aa. thas
also stated that tho only other occastons gu
which mat lin woro nt q masa-tnnet1ng III
Pbilndelphia and at tho Fifth Avouue 1lotol."
"Dut he says in shat le'tur that ho novor
"TIo trutl, wonld ha7o answered bis pnrpoho
quito as we'll, but tho auostion Of my acqualnt-
alce with him IL oot,rcly lmnlatoria!."
n.S "wSll; FL, yhat il thoF' to 1t anyhow; DO you
!" ns ulay have forgotten circumstance 80
unim;so1tant to him. but how could I DO OK
poctetl 10 forget m event Of such consequence
to tnygelf nj au Introduction 10 Edwards plorzc-
pont. Ilowoycr, as this matter seoms to have
assumed national Importance, will Gtvo you
TIE rAcrs."
"Well, what aro they7"
"DuriuB tue campaign Of 1871 M. milking
political .speechos III Pennsylvania. It 30 hap-
pcnod that 8sc1uta1y Boutwell,, Edwards Pierre
pont, md myself woro advertised to apcak as .
oot2g IN ntdRhn R h. H. W ntgs na3 %
tho distinguished honor OF sitting next to Alr.
pie.ropont on the platform Ho spoke immo'
d,ateiy before I did. Tho meeting Sas worry
largo ono md vory noisy wsthh 70 mus .so 20
audience llia speech was vory short. enVteti
tho audience. They did not hear his spoech, !
did. mot him aguin Just before THO Noycna-
Der elections as tho Fifth Avenue Hotel i1
Nov York. Ito gave mo priptcd copy OF ons
Of his spocchoA. requesting NO to foturn
ono OF nisio. did not havc any printed cop.
Of any Of my speechcs and could pot therefore 70
( J&Ei1ECEALC& Nuk A1LEA ll0Al1k *A44oANA AsN
folt that tho trade he proposed Was q very mn
even ono. Tho next occasion on which. eaH
11r. piorropont uns ut tha PEcsidont's reception
about ak weoks ngo."
ibid you then talk with hin about
Tue nADCocK Gaze 7"
"No had no donire to do 80. had no idea
that ho know auythtng Abont 1t tltas tho ontir!
! public did not know. I hnd no faqors to nsl
from him. We certainly should not have feared
him ~ an opponent. 1lo would doubtless have
boop much moro dangerous to nB aH an associatl
than al an adversary"
, !" now did you obtain th9s letter on tho TN
munity question, which picEropont wrote tt
| Dyer ind Judge Bangs7"
"Ihat will 10 explained in due time, but cal
y say this much, that: Con-! Bahcock did no
steal it. AZ WAS iutimated In PierropontH lotteE
to Mt. Lord"
this Terminated tho ofror. Of tho pencil-dgive
to eolyo tho myHtory.
0 FRED GIANT.
!, Tho reporter subsequently met Lieut.. Col
/ Fred Grant In tho rotunda Of tho palmer House
. aud, tAiDElug this person might bo aolo to Bhot
4 raY Of light on tho mystery, applied tn
;. soportoriM pump: The modest youug hero
, however. failed to take. any intcres
doscondlugiy admitted TINT ho did not do It, 9
waa charged BY sono Of tue newspapers. !, l
relation to his Walt heFc, he simply stated tha
a ho was undor ordoss to report to Gen. bherida
- Tor assignment aonowhero on tito .Indin
Il frontier. What ho know about it hc doollncd I
toll, ~ tho fato Of Nh ompiso depended on u
:. keeping blu lips soalcd-so tho reporter 1udget
:, lIo shc1oupon put up his pump md adjourned