The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-12
BAD FOR Bah.
Abijah M. Everest. Last Col.
lector for the Ring On
folds Strange Tales.
Two Five hundred Dollar Bills
and What Went of Them.
One for 3accOck, tho Other
for Avery.

lHc proceedings III tIc DdoV"N" VIZ"
on Thursday were of Il very interesting
character. and will be read with interest
by the public. We can not undertake to
| print all the evidence. but reproduce Sc
much of it as goes to directly implicit,
Gcn. Babcock with having pockctel q
share of the stcalings Of the ring. Alb
jah NJ. Everest, being on the stand, tcsti-
fled a. follows
| TnE AGENT VISITS.
| Dyer: DO You rccOllcct the visit OF
Brashear:
| Witness: No sir.
Dyer: Ilogc:
Witness ! have heard OF hi, being
| here.
Dyer: Did YOU have frequent talks
with Joyce about The visit, of revenue
agents.
! witness: les sir. He gave iniorma-
ton oil the expected coming. Once lie
read dispatch saying, Get your house
! in order
Dyer: Where is ,hc dispatch:
krum: We object.
Dyer: What did Joyce tell him to do !:
| Witness To tell tie di,iillcr- to get
their places in order. | notified the dll-
| turcnt tlstiliers. They straightcd No 80
| that nothing wrong could De found.
! notified either the distiller or The officers
at The diStillcries ~ soon u, Joyce noti-
fled me.
Dyer: Did you notify them at other
times than this you have mentioned
witness: ] don't remember any par
ticular time, but | notified them several
times. got the information from .Ioycc.
He nsnIIII Toll
Visit us, and to get the distillcrics in order
to receive them.
Dyer: Did Joyce tell you what place
the dispatch was IRON:
sIors object il it is intended to i'm
pilcate M any way the defendant.
The Court ] think il j. Il cOnycrsa.
non between two confessed conspirators.
Dyer: Go on.
CRITICAL POINI.
Witness: From Washington.
krum: The defense have rot that tel
cgram.
Broadhead; The witness didn't read
amy telegram.
krum: The defense have got il.
Dyer Wen read it when we get
ready.
Storr,; Perhaps when We get ready.
hrnm: This leaves the Implication
That the defendant sent the telegram. II
il was produced II would show that il
didn't come from the defendant.
Dyer; Who says 1t dill come from the
defendant
~. k ia,,I say You are trying tue case
Dyer: Yeas.
ihe Court: The witness ~ only de-
failing what Mr.. Joyce said to him In
| lurtherance Of this conspiracy. II the
| telegram Isn't produced further ON II
VIII be fair for the jury to infer /. I,
against the prosecution.
Dyer How often did You 500 ,Joy,et
was told 10 call every other day or 80.
~ oHEpiENT SERVANT.
Dyer Did you obey?
Witness: | did.
Dyer; state Mr.. Everest what mr..
rangement was made with the store
Keepers or gaugcrs.
worthy o. THFIE uEE.
witness They received 81 a borral
/ on an turned out OF their respective dis
tillcrles sometimes paid them some
| times the dlslillcr kept il ont and maid
himself; paid Murray at Tcuscher's:
| the amounts were made out on the slips
paid money also 20 McFall. and R6bb
! and Almstcd
Dyer Where was Almstcd.
Witness: At llric's, paid him once.
Dyer While you We're collector what
did You gety
CHEAPER THAN rTIBol.
witness got 81 a barrel aud Il pres
cnt OF 500 once from Joyce: when col
lected for the ring was acting as gau-
ger received nothing moro than the
~ barrel on what my dis,ilcry made,
and the 500.
Dyer: In 1870 will you state whether
any collection was made by YOU other
than the % cents gallon:
Witness: ics, sir.
Dyer: state to the jury all you know
about it.
FOR Our FRIEND.
Witness: In 1875 Joyce came TO me
and told me Fraser would give me
so,uVO for him | went to Fraser's. and he
~ the presence Of Mr. Barton In the back
oofhce. gave me $1,000 1t was In currency;
TOOK II to the supervisors office and |